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How To Actually Use Google Analytics
Jamie Kelly
David Waiter
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Vanity vs Actionable Metrics
●Vanity Metrics: Give you confidence about how your site is doing, but ultimately won’t help you to make decisions.
o Ex. Web Traffic, Social Shares/”Likes”
●Actionable Metrics: Data you can use to measure a specific goal. Metrics that actually lead to new clients.
o Ex. Newsletter Sign Ups, Phone Calls, Consultation Sign Ups, Chat Conversations
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Navigating Google Analytics
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Filters
●Assigned at “View” or “Account” level
●Filters permanently change future data when applied but do not change historical data
●Filter your home and office IP address
●Dynamic vs static IP addresses
●Continually exclude bot referral traffic
A Tutorial on Filters
Control Which Traffic You See and Don’t See In Your
Data
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Sample IP Exclusion Filter
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View Historic Traffic Trends
●Year over Year – How is traffic trending compared to last year?
●Month over Month – What changed on a monthly basis?
Look at multiple date ranges to get the full story of
your site’s performance
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Annotations
●Document all important changes to your site○Website redesign
○Office/location changes
○Offline campaigns
○Paid campaigns
○Optimization efforts
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Custom Dashboards
●Get a snapshot of your most important metrics every time you log in
●Easily customize widgets
●Schedule automatically emailed reports
Mold Analytics to Show the Data You Need Right
Away
A Tutorial on Custom Dashboards
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Sample Custom Dashboard
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Goals & Events
Goals
● Created at the “View” Level
● Measure success of KPIs
● Destination (/thank-you.cfm), Duration (time spent on site), Pages/Session
Events
● Any action taken by a user
● Video play, scroll to bottom of page, clicks
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Setting Up Goals
Use Goals to Track Who’s Requesting Your
Books, Chatting, Completing Forms, and More
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Setting Up Goals
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Setting Up Goals
A Tutorial on Setting Up Goals
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Which Sources Of TrafficAre Converting?
●Track conversion rates per traffic source for all goals or individual goals by viewing Channels.
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Determine Where YourVisitors Are Located
Audience > Geo > Location > US > State
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Determine Where YourVisitors Are Located
Audience > Geo > Location > US > State
What if you want to view traffic from several cities
as one group? Get detailed reporting by creating
an advanced segment!
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Get the DetailsWith Advanced Segments
●Define a specific geographic area to track
●Filter by mobile, converters, or any other combination
Leverage the Full Power of Analytics on a Smaller
Defined Audience with Advanced Segments
A Tutorial on Advanced
Segments
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Get the DetailsWith Advanced Segments
●Create a geographic/demographic profile to see detailed data on visits from audience segment of your choice!
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Uncover Your Best Content…
●Sort your pages by total visits
●Look for well-performing pages:
○Most visits
○Best engagement
○High conversions
○Fewest bounces/exits
●Sort by overall landing(entrance) pages or organic landing pages for a more complete picture
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Uncover Your Best Content…
Acquisitions > Channels > Organic Search > Landing Page
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…And Your Worst
●Few visits
●Low conversions
●High bounce rates
●High exit rates
●Mobile/browser issues
Audience > Mobile > Overview
Look at your best-performing
pages for inspiration to improve
those that need help!
• Optimize title/headline and content
• Strong call to action
• Optimize for conversions
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Questions?
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