watch your site's success with google alerts, analytics, and other cool tools
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A presentation for DigitalVU and the VMC Web Council, Oct. 22, 2009TRANSCRIPT
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Watch Your Site's SuccessGoogle Alerts,
Analytics& Other Cool Tools
Jacob Berner WeissAnna Belle Leiserson
October 22, 2009
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterWhat Jacob & AB will cover
1. Google Analytics
2. Twitter and related tools
3. Google Alerts
4. Email campaigns
5. Other cool tools
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1a. Google Analytics
http://www.google.com/analytics/
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGoogle Analytics
• Most Important Points
• 1. It’s easy to install (for most)
• 2. It gives you a wealth of data
• 3. You can always learn it later
• 4….
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• Analytics moves you & your site …
• 1. Past opinions
• 2. Past committee-think
• 3. Past politics
• 4. Past design sensibilities
• 5. Even past HiPPO
• To…..
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Metrics
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterAnalytics Defined
The process of matching
core goals with
objective numbers
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGA Best Practices
1.Make base account and profile(s) as broad as possible
2.Review your metrics regularly
3.Learn your tool
4.Don’t go it alone
5.When possible, set website goals
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGA Quick Wins
1.Over time, totals for
(a)Visits
(b)Pageviews
(c)visitors
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Note: Visits, Pageviews and Visitors
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2.Top content and keyword (a) what’s most used(b) bounce rates (c) exit rates
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterKeywords & bounce rates
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterTop content & exit rates
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3.Every so often: browsers
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Vanderbilt-IngramCancer Center“Best” GA Things to Watch
4.Benchmarking?
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Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGA Quick Wins
5.The Google Analytics Blog http://analytics.blogspot.com/ because…
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• Google keeps changing…
• And so does Google Analytics
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Intelligence and Custom Alerts!
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterBUT…
Don’t stop at
google.com/analytics/
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1b. Website Optimizer
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterCheck out
www.google.com/websiteoptimizer
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGreat A/B demo from Google itself
Marissa Mayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x0cAzQ7PVs
Starting at minute 12 (12:14)
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterBasic Optimizer Check List
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1c. Insights for Search
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www.google.com/insights/search/
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Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGoogle Analytics Resources
• Searchable manual and referencehttp://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/
• Brian Clifton’sAdvanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
• Google Analytics Blog http://analytics.blogspot.com/
• In Nashville, Kate O’Neill of [meta]marketer http://metamarketer.com/
• For HealthCare, Edgewater Technology http://www.edgewater.com/
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2. Twitter!
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterTwitter Resources
• Twitter Search http://search.twitter.com/
• HootSuite http://hootsuite.com/
• BingTweets http://bingtweets.com/
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3. Google Alerts
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGoogle Alerts Resources
• Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts
• Google Alerts FAQhttp://www.google.com/support/alerts/
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4. Email Campaigns
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterEmma report
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterURL Builder
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterEmail Campaign Resources
• E-mail Marketing: 13 Services To Help You Make Contacthttp://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/06/26/e-mail-marketing-services/
• MailChimp’s Email Marketing Resourceshttp://www.mailchimp.com/resources/
• URL Builderhttp://www.google.com/support/googleanalytics/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55578
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Summary …
Two take-aways …
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterJump In!
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterUnderstand Your Site
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Questions?
Vanderbilt-IngramCancer CenterGeneral Resources
• Vanderbilt Web Community (Ning) http://vanderbiltweb.ning.com/
• HappyWebDiva (where these slides will be posted) http://www.happywebdiva.com/