intro to google analytics
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Intro to Google Analytics
Jennie LaneCreative Services TeamSchipul – The Web Marketing Companywww.thesemblog.com [email protected]
What We’ll Go Over• Google Analytics set up for a Tendenci website• Goal creation & measurement• Basic metrics and what they mean• How to access reports• Top content & keywords driving traffic• Setting up automated reporting
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Installing Analytics
Track Your Tendenci Site Traffic
Simple Set Up
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Step 1: Create a free account --- www.google.com/analytics
Step 2: Retrieve your tracking ID
Step 3: Plug into your Tendenci site
Navigating Through Analytics
Now that you’re all set up…
Goals• What is the goal of your website?• What is a Conversion?– Contact form submission– Purchase– Newsletter Sign Up– View a key page – contact, driving directions, menu– Tip: Ask your Sales Guys
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Key Terms Defined• Visits = Sessions. A session is a defined period of activity by a visitor. The standard criteria
for a session in Google Analytics is activity without a break of more than 30 minutes OR closing the browser.
• New Visits: A visit to your site by a user with a unique IP address – had not visited the site previously in the selected time period. It is based on a cookie in your browser (not computer)
• Unique Visitors: Counts each visitor only once during the selected time period and is based on a cookie in your browser (not computer)
• One visitor can have many visits• Think of a visitor as the browser of a person who accepts a cookie
• Pageviews: Total views of all pages across the site• Bounce Rate: People who landed on one page & left without clicking anywhere else (we
like to see <50%) Tip to Lower Bounce Rate: Create more inbound links and calls to action to get people to click around to other pages within your site.
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Top 5 Metrics
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1. Traffic Trends2. Sources3. Keywords4. Content5. Conversions
Traffic Trends• Compare month over month
AND year over year• Be aware of seasonal trends –
your traffic should mirror trends in your business
• Pages/Visit, Time on Site Measure Engagement
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Traffic Sources• 3 Main Types:
– Referral, Direct and Search
• Not Provided: Protected by Google encryption: Users that are logged into Google can encrypt their searches so that the keyword they used to find your site is not revealed in analytics and is instead (not provided).
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Content• Look for what changed• Measure new content• Landing Pages• Exit Pages
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Conversions
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Setting Up Reporting
Automated reporting, genius!
Dashboard Reports
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Thank You! Questions?
Jennie LaneCreative Services TeamSchipul – The Web Marketing Companywww.thesemblog.com [email protected]