SEJ Summit 2015: The Pareto Principle 2.0: Using Analytics to Find the Right Stuff by Ryan Jones

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Transcript of SEJ Summit 2015: The Pareto Principle 2.0: Using Analytics to Find the Right Stuff by Ryan Jones

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Instant data. Tweak

strategies. Benchmark

competitors.

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3TAKEAWAYS

1. Visualize to find actionable insights

2. Provide Analysis, Not Reporting

3. Use the “3 what’s” to define the problem and solution.

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If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about

the problem and 5 minutes thinking about

solutions.

WHAT IS PARETO PRINCIPLE?

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HOW DO WE FIND THE EFFECTIVEMINIMAL DOSE?

What’s the 20% I Should Focus On?

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Reporting: Actionable Analysis:

Down: 4

Ball Location : 36 yd line

“It’s 4th and inches from

the 36. Our RB is averaging 2.3

YPC and our kicker’s range is

42 yards.”

Evolve From Reporting To Analytics

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THE 3 “WHATS” OF ANALYTICS

What Is It?

What Does It Mean?

What Should We Do About It?

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Note: this is actually my Detroit team. They have no idea I took this photo.

HOW?Actionable Analytics in Action

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THE CONSUMER JOURNEY

Used to look like this Now looks like this

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MEASURINGTHECONSUMERJOURNEY

Source:Google Analytics

Conversions Paths

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ANOTHEREXAMPLEThere’s some Paid Search

Cannibalization going on here.

There also may be some tagging

issues with “direct.”

Social clearly isn’t driving to the site.

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INTERNALLINKINGAUTHORITYInstantly Find Canonical Issues

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VISUALIZINGLINKS

Canonical Issues

Duplicate Home Page

Orphaned Sections

Source:Gephi

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TAKE ACLOSERLOOKThese aren’t bacterium, these are

orphan pages on the site with lots of

links.

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Duplicate Content

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Clicks

Impressions

Impressions vs Clicks

Pages

Unicorns

(High Clicks, Low

Impressions)

Ideal Zone

(High impressions, High Clicks)

Normal ZoneOpportunity

(High Impressions, Low Clicks)

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LESS BORING & LESS INSIGHTFUL WAY

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KEYWORDS MAPPED TO PAGES

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OPPORTUNITY

COMPETITORGAPANALYSIS

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KEYWORDOVERLAP &OPPORTUNITY

These aren’t bacterium, these are

orphan pages on the site with lots of

links.

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KEYWORD OPPORTUNITY MAPS

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KEYWORDTOPOGRAPHYSearch Volumes

+

Social Volumes

=

Actionable Content Strategy

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DID THE ALGORITHM HIT ME?

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STATISTICALALGORITHMIMPACTANALYSIS1, 4, 9 & 20 day impact

Source:

Moz algorithm change

list and site analytics

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3TAKEAWAYS

1. Visualize to find actionable insights

2. Provide Analysis, Not Reporting

3. Use the “3 what’s” to define the problem and solution.

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in/jonesy

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