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Intro to Google Analytics

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What do I do with

all this data?

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The Question

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1. Getting Started

2. Reports to Focus On

3. Goal Tracking

4. Benchmarks

5. Making Decisions with this Information

6. AB Testing

What We’ll Cover






Getting Started






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Getting Started

1. Why Google Analytics?

2. Embed Javascript code on each page

3. Set up Goal tracking to get the most out of Analytics






• Tendenci Reports Data Behind the Logini.e. Invoices Reports, Membership Reports, Top Spenders

• Tendenci Reports Data from the Databasei.e. 404 Reports, Event Logs

Tendenci Reporting vs. Analytics






Click “Add to Dashboard” to add any report to your dashboard

Dashboard Set Up






Click “Email” to have any report or dashboard automatically emailed to you periodically

Automatic Email Reports






Google Analytics Definitions

1. Visits # of instances of a visit

2. Pageviews Total views of all pages

3. Pages/Visit # of Pages viewed in the avg. visit

4. Bounce Rate People who landed on one page & left without clicking anywhere

5. New Visits Based on a cookie in your browser






•Bounce Rate recommendation: < 50%

•Pages per visit recommendation: > 2

Engagement Benchmarks






Top Google Analytics Reports






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Top Reports to Focus On

1. Traffic Trends• Traffic Patterns• Traffic Sources

2. Audience Demographics• Mobile• Geography

3. Keywords & Content• Top Keywords• Content/Navigation Paths






Part 1: Traffic Trends






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Traffic Patterns


• Look at Month/Month and Year/Year

• Online should mirror what happens Offline





Tip: Add Notes


Get in the habit of adding them!





Traffic Sources


Benchmark: 60-75% Search Engine Traffic

Who Links to You





Social Sources






Part 2: Audience Demographics






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Geography


• Is it what you expected?• Where is there opportunity?





Mobile






• Our Nonprofit clients have seen a 30% increase in mobile traffic 2013 vs 2012

• 13% of all web traffic is now mobile (Forbes)

• Our Nonprofit clients average 27% mobile traffic in Q1 of 2013

Mobile Benchmarks






• Mobile Users want the same experience

• 85% of mobile users say they watch TV with their devices

• Google Rewards Mobile Content in Mobile Search Results

Everything is Mobile


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Part 3: Keywords and Content






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• Top Content Report

• Page Path Level Report - Shows Data Aggregated by Module

• Tendenci Event Logs

Content Reports






Navigation Paths


• Top Content tends to not change much

• Look at Navigation Paths from your homepage particularly





• Is it what you expected?

• Can you add more content around popular topics?

• Can you make other content more findable/interesting?

What Do I Do With this Data?






•Non-branded Terms

•By Traffic and Conversions

•Look for Surprises

Google Analytics Keyword Report






• What keywords are missing? Can you add content around those topics?

• What keywords are sticking?

• What new keywords are emerging?

What Do I Do With this Data?






• Top 10 Ways to...

• Hot Topics/In the News

• Infographics

• How to/FAQs

• Tag People

• Local Content

• Revisit/Update Popular Content

Content Brainstorming






•Title Tag/Meta

•Content Text

•Alt Tags on Images

•Cross Links

•Photo/Video Tags & Descriptions

Incorporate Keywords Into Your Content

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Conversion Tracking






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What is a Goal?


• Three Types:

• URL Destination (Confirmation page of Contact form, Donation form, etc.)

• Time on Site• Pages/visit

• Adds a tab to all reports





Set Up Goals


• Admin > Goals > Add confirmation page URL

• Allowed 4 sets of 5





A/B Testing






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There is no such thing as a marketing argument, only

a marketing TEST.






Set up a unique tracking URL for different versions of the same URL

Google URL Builder






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Google URL Builder


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Click Sources > Campaigns to view results

Google URL Builder






Content Experiments


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More Resources






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Resources


1. Google Support - support.google.com/analytics

2. Google Analytics Blog - analytics.blogspot.com

3. Lynda.com - Google Analytics Essential Training





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More Tracking Tools


Tip: Add + on the end of any bit.ly URL to see stats





Heat Map Tools


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Questions?

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