Using Google Analytics To Improve Your Business - Gravity Switch

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This Presentation Will Help You Set up Google Analytics Define goals for your website Better understand various reports Better interpret data

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Using Google Analytics To Improve Your Website

Hidden Tech: March 31, 2010

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Overview

01. Introductions

02. Why Google Analytics?

03. Website Goals

04. Reports

05. Tips & Tricks

06. Applying What You Learned

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Who I Am / What I Do

Derek Allard derek@gravityswitch.com

Website designer / programmer

Constant website improvement

Maximize value of website

Return On Investment (ROI)

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Who Are You?

What do you want from this workshop?

Do you have a website?

Do you use Google Analytics?

What has your experience been?

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This Workshop Will Help You

Set up Google Analytics

Define goals for your website

Better understand various reports

Better interpret data

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Workshop Materials

Presentation is posted at

http://www.gravityswitch.com/analyti

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Why Google Analytics?

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Industry Standard

Why Google Analytics?

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Industry Standard

Easy to Use

Why Google Analytics?

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Industry Standard

Easy to Use

Why Google Analytics?

Free

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Google Analytics Can Help You

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Google Analytics Can Help You

Think About Goals

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Google Analytics Can Help You

Think About Goals

Track Results

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Google Analytics Can Help You

Think About Goals

Track Results

Save Money on Marketing Campaigns

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Google Analytics Can Help You

Think About Goals

Track Results

Save Money on Marketing Campaigns

Better Understand your Visitors

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Setting Up &

Defining Goals

Setting Up &

Defining Goals

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Setting Up Google Analytics

Sign up

Install code onto ALL pages of website

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Goals Allow You to Monitor Your Website’s Success (or Failure)

Examples of Goal Pages:

- Sign up form

- Checkout thank you

- Download a report

- Request for quote form

- Viewing a critical page of your website

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Setting Up Goals

Define goal type

Define goal funnel

“What do I want my visitors to do on my website?”

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Focus On A Limited Number Of Goals

Limit yourself to high priority items

Website visitors have a limited attention span - keep them focused by keeping yourself focused

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Overview Of Reports

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Four Main Report Categories

Visitors - Geography and Time on Site

Traffic Sources - Where users come

from

Content - Page Popularity

Goals - What does this mean to your

biz?

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Four Main Report Categories

Visitors - Geography and Time on Site

Traffic Sources - Where users come

from

Content - Page Popularity

Goals - What does this mean to your

biz?

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Four Main Report Categories

Visitors - Geography and Time on Site

Traffic Sources - Where users come

from

Content - Page Popularity

Goals - What does this mean to your

biz?

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Four Main Report Categories

Visitors - Geography and Time on Site

Traffic Sources - Where users come

from

Content - Page Popularity

Goals - What does this mean to your

biz?

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Four Main Report Categories

Visitors - Geography and Time on Site

Traffic Sources - Where users come

from

Content - Page Popularity

Goals - What does this mean to your

biz?

Over 100 Reports

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Visitors: Overview

Number of Visits and Pageviews

Bounce Rate

Average Time on Site

Percent of New Visits

Browser / Connection Speed

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Visitors: Map Overlay

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Visitors: Map Overlay

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Visitors: Map Overlay

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Visitors: Benchmarking

Take with a grain of salt

Useful for seeing averages

Set category for more accuracy

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Traffic Sources: Overview

Direct Traffic (entering address in browser)

Referring Sites (link on another website)

Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, etc.)

Top Traffic Sources / Top Keywords

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Traffic Sources: All Traffic Sources

Find your best traffic sources

Analyze visitor behavior from each

source

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Traffic Sources: Campaigns

Google Adwords + Analytics = Happy

Email Marketing

Banner Ads

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Content: Overview

Most popular pages

Number of pageviews

Entrance Paths

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Content: Top Content

Average Time On Page

Exit Percentage

Bounce Rate Percentage

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Content: Site Overlay

Very Visual

Works Great with Goals

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Goals: Overview

Number of completed goals

Goal conversion rate

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Goals: Reverse Goal Path

Find Patterns

Look Backwards from Goal Pages

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Goals: Funnel Visualization

See where visitors fall off defined path

Improve flow to increase conversion

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Tips And Tricks

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

Timeframe is adjustable

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

Timeframe is adjustable

Views buttons are your friend

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

Timeframe is adjustable

Views buttons are your friend

Filter data to focus on what’s important

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

Timeframe is adjustable

Views buttons are your friend

Filter data to focus on what’s important

Apply values to your goals

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Tips And Tricks

All Links can be tagged

Reports can be automatically emailed

Timeframe is adjustable

Views buttons are your friend

Filter data to focus on what’s important

Apply values to your goals

See handout for more resources

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06. Applying What You Learn

Applying What You Learned

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Takeaways

All websites have room for improvement - Google

Analytics will show the way

Set up goals to more accurately (and easily) track

successes and failures

Focus only on those reports that are relevant to

your website

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Additional Resources

Google Analytics Website / Google URL Builder

Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics by

Brian Clifton

Web Design for ROI by Lance Loveday & Sandra

Niehaus

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Ask me Questions

Ask Me Questions

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Thank You!

Derek Allard

Gravity Switch

derek@gravityswitch.com | 586.9596

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