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OUCC 2015 Inspiring Innovation Enabling People to Make Website Decisions Based on Data: Experiences with Google Analytics and Yorku.ca Avalee Harlton May 4, 2015

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Page 1: OUCC 2015 Inspiring Innovation Enabling People to Make Website Decisions Based on Data: Experiences with Google Analytics and Yorku.ca Avalee Harlton May

OUCC 2015Inspiring Innovation

Enabling People to Make Website Decisions Based on Data: Experiences with Google Analytics and Yorku.ca

Avalee HarltonMay 4, 2015

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What decisions can or should be

based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Website redesigns / restructuring

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What decisions can or should be

based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Website redesigns / restructuring

• Whether content should be added or removed or reorganized

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What decisions can or should be

based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Website redesigns / restructuring

• Whether content should be added or removed

• Campaign planning and assessment

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What can be done to enable people to use the data that

gets collected?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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How can having a single Analytics account enable decisions based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Allows everyone to have access to the same data & information

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How can having a single Analytics account enable decisions based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Allows everyone to have access to the same data & information

• We can see how visitors flow through the site as a whole

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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What is available within GA to track data that can enable decisions?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Goals

Avalee Harlton
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What is available within GA to track data that can enable decisions?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Goals

• Conversions

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What is available within GA to track data that can enable decisions?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Goals

• Conversions

• Event tracking

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What is available within GA to track data that can enable decisions?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Goals

• Conversions

• Event tracking

• Google’s URL Builder Tool

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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In-Person Training

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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Training Feedback

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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Online Documentation

@avalulubelle [email protected]

analytics.info.yorku.ca

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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Survey: “What would encourage you to check Analytics more often?”

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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What else can you do to help make GA a part of

people’s habits?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Reminders & updates

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What else can you do to help make GA a part of

people’s habits?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

• Reminders & updates

• Word of mouth

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What about the politics?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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Remember:

@avalulubelle [email protected]

Google Analytics doesn’t show that someONE is wrong, it shows that someTHING is broken!

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In summary: What do we need in order to enable

people to make decisions based on data?

@avalulubelle [email protected]

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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@avalulubelle [email protected]

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OUCC 2015Inspir Innovationing

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