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The #Data-Driven Philosophy

Organization


Contents

• Data-Driven Philosophy• Analytics• Advanced Analytics• Case Studies• Q&A



What is #Data-Driven?



• Marketing• Sales• Customer Service• Human Resources• Supply Chain• Manufacturing• IT



Big Data vs. #SmartData



Organizational Resistance – Fear & “Accountability Creep”



Organizational Benefits



Adoption, Investment, Implementation


Web AnalyticsBrief Explanation


Web AnalyticsHistory & Evolution

Counters

Conversion

Trackers (Atlas, DART)

Analytics Suites

Multi-Channel

3rd party integratio

n

Mobile

Predictive

Universal


Web AnalyticsThe Basics

• Implementation• Profiles• Filters• Goals• Funnels• Webmaster• Demographics• Adwords


Web Analytics: AdvancedEvent Tracking

• Advantages• Implementation• Assessment


Web Analytics: AdvancedEvent Tracking: Advantages

Event tracking provides insight into the behavior of your visitors by tracking the specific actions taken throughout the site. This identifies opportunity to edit content, provide additional content or implement technical changes to impact user experience.


Web Analytics: AdvancedEvent Tracking: Implementation

• Requires editing the analytics tracking code• Google Tag Manager – simplifies• Naming Convention

Category Action Label White Papers Download [name of white paper] Articles Download [name of article] Brochures Download [name of brochure] Support Literature Download [name of literature] Video – [topical, bio, promotional] View [title] High Value Links Click [destination]


Web Analytics: AdvancedEvent Tracking: Assessment

• What is our most popular piece of downloadable content?

• How often do visitors click the subscribe button?• What channel drives the most video views?• What roles does social play in content

consumption?


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis

• Multi Channel Attribution• Top Conversion Paths• Assisted Conversions• Custom Channel Groupings


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis: Attribution

First

Assist

Last90 Days


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis: Top Conversion Paths


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis: Assisted Conversions


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis: Custom Channel

Groupings

• Standard channels• Allow a deeper, customized view of your

data• Creating a custom channel• Reporting


Web Analytics: AdvancedMulti-Channel Analysis: Custom Channel

Groupings


Web Analytics: AdvancedAdvanced Segments: Definition

“Advanced segments allow you to isolate and analyze subsets of sessions and users to gain deeper insights.”

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Web Analytics: AdvancedAdvanced Segments: Standard Segments


Web Analytics: AdvancedAdvanced Segments: Custom Segments


Web Analytics: AdvancedAdvanced Segments: Examples

• Users from the MidWest, whose revenue exceeded $1,000 and sessions where the medium was cpc

• Android users, coming from display ads, that generated at least $100 in revenue


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Definition

“Content grouping lets you group content into a logical structure based on how you view your site or app.”

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Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Examples – E-Commerce

Men

Shoes

Casual

Athletic

Shirts Pants

Women

Shoes Shirts Pants


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Examples – B2B

Clients

Research Books Training Videos

Prospects

White Papers

Case Studies SlideShare


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Implementation

1.Change Code2.Rules-based3.Regex


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Implementation - Code

Modification

Modify the code on each page to identify the index number and content group to which the content belongs


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Implementation – Rules &

Regex

Rules:

page > contains > books

Regex (Extraction):

Page > /Men/(.*)/Page Title > (.*shirts).*


Web Analytics: AdvancedContent Grouping: Reporting

Content Grouping is a primary dimension


Case StudiesLead Generation

• B2B company focused on workforce housing industry

• Used advanced segments to analyze visitor behavior

• Discovered visitors that consumed digital assets were 3x more likely to complete form and that repeat visitors converted 50% more often

• Began increasing promotion of digital assets via paid search, social media and on the site

• Successfully tested retargeting• Increased leads ~25% within 6 months


Case StudiesE-Commerce

• E-commerce company selling essential oils and wellness products

• Used content grouping, advanced segments and multi-channel funnels to analyze performance

• Discovered that singles outperformed blends, women outspent men 3 to 1 and that social media played a large role in first click attribution

• Changed the way singles are merchandised and marketed, launched a presence on Pinterest and targeted female-centric sites, revamped the social strategy to better position the products.

• All together, sales increased ~250% over a 6 month timeframe


Mark F SimmonsChief Strategist, Mixed Digital

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