Website analyticsA NON-TECHNICAL INTRODUCTION for BUSINESS LEADERS
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Hits and impressions do not matter!
http://amandarudd.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/what-was-i-thinking/
(unless you montetize your site through ads, which you probably don’t for your business)
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TRAFFIC VS GOALS
DOES TRAFFIC MATTER?
Unless you stuff your site with ads and aim to get as much traffic as possible, you should never look at overall volume of traffic as a success measurement.
You should look at the path your users take to reach an end goal and use website metrics there to see how you can get people to do what you want them to do.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/3137422976/
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TYPICAL AIMS
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WHAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR A COMPANY WEBSITE?
‣ Sell (eCommerce)‣ Advertise‣ COMMUNICATE‣ Support
Companies typically aim to accomplish one or more of these goals with their websites.
Simply tracking bounces, exits, traffic sources, and other similar types of metrics without these end goals in mind is a waste of time.
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO DO ON YOUR SITE?
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STEP ONE
DEFINE YOUR WEBSITE GOALS.SET THESE UP AND TRACK THEM, IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY.
HOW TO DEFINE GOALS
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WORK TOWARDS AN END TARGET
Begin with the end in mind.Stephen covey
http://www.flickr.com/photos/athomeinscottsdale/5247714147/
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE FLOW TO YOUR GOALS
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandeth/2485322567/
WHY ANALYTICS?
ANALYTICS - THE RAISON D’ȆTRE
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go with the flow
GOALS ALIGN WITH SPECIFIC FLOWS ON YOUR WEBSITE. your analytics will show you how to improve your site for these goals.
TARGETED flow
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A BASIC MODEL FOR HOW PEOPLE SHOULD NAVIGATE YOUR COMPANY’S WEBSITE
ORGANIC SEARCH
PAID SEARCH LANDING PAGE
ENTRY PAGE
CALL-TO-ACTION
BOUNCE / EXITS COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE HERE
GOAL COMPLETION(COULD BE THE SAME)
MEASUREMENT CATEGORIES
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WAYS YOU CAN ANALYZE YOUR WEBSITE GOALS
‣ BUSINESS‣ SITE USE / FLOW‣ SEO‣ SOCIAL
Some of these look outside your site, but they are important factors in driving traffic to your site.
This presentation focuses primarily on business metrics using site use / flow metrics to support and improve upon these. Within the business category, we incorporate your advertising (AdWords & others).
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THE BIG ONES THAT COUNT THE MOST
• ROI• LEADS • sales• other CONVERSIONS
• bounce rate • visitors - unique, new, returning• referral source (+ Location)• page views / visit + time on site
focus measurementsBUSINESS site use / flow
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BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOR YOUR WEBSITE
http://www.flickr.com/photos/consumerist/422359926/
WTF IS ROI?
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roi definition
RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI) =WHAT YOU MAKE (TOTAL INTAKE - TOTAL COSTS) - OR ÷YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT IN THE PROJECT
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So, i’m supposed to believe it is really that easy TO MEASURE ROI?
WEBSITE ROI
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IS MEASURING ROI EASY?
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The answer is
YesandNo
CONSTRAIN YOUR MEASURMENTS
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WHERE MEASURING WEBSITE ROI WORKS
E N D G O A LT I M E
P A T HC A M P A I G N /
I N T E N T
Measuring ROI for your whole website is painful.
Measuring ROI for a specific purpose, bound by time, specific paths, and goals, is actually quite easy.
Calculate costs & returns on a campaign by campaign basis. The rest is overhead you can allocate to all.
LEAD DEFINITION
WHAT IS A LEAD?
Generating leads from the web is a marketing tactic to collect names, emails, and/or other contact information from people interested in your business.
http://www.jacksonvillelocalsearchmarketing.com/jacksonville-local-lead-generation/
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leads vs sales
AWESOME PRESENTATION TEMPLATE
‣ Complexity of the product or service
‣ Sales price‣ trust factor‣ Marketing / Sales Cycle
Why not just go ahead for the sale on your site? Do it, if you can.
The factors on the left denote typical reasons why people use websites to collect leads over simply selling directly on the web.
Let’s face it - you just can’t sell some products and services online. Period.
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WEBSITE LEAD GENERATION
Key Measurements
http://hankerings.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/for-a-self-weeding-garden/
‣ COST PER LEAD‣ COST PER SALE / opportunity
(LEADS THAT CONVERT TO SALES)‣ quality of lead =
ratio of cost per sale tocost per lead
WHAT ABOUT WEBSITE ANALYTICS?
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support lead generation
MONITOR: GOAL CONVERSION Rates (i.e. -“SUBMISSIONS” VS CLICKS),cost per click,SPLIT TESTS
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Split test example
ANALYTICS SHOULD DRIVE YOUR GOALS
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THE GOAL
MAXIMIZE CONVERSION RATESMINIMIZE COST PER CLICKMINIMIZE COST PER SALE (LEAD TO SALE)
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HEY DUMMY - isn’t this about WEBSITE analytics?!?Why are you talking about ads and cpc???
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It’s all part of the same chain
HEY - IT’S NOT ABOUT YOUR AD, IT’S YOUR SITE
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For Your information
THE QUALITY OF YOUR landing PAGE(S),aka your website,IS 90%+ YOUR COST PER CLICK AND99% Your CONVERSION RATE*
*WE’LL LOOK AT THIS IN MORE DETAIL IN ANOTHER PRESENTATION
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website analytics support your ultimate online goals, not to sound like a broken record...
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WEBSITE ANALYTICS TO MONITOR
whAT MATTERS?Step 1: Design the flow you want your visitors to take.
Step 2: Monitor these items for individual pages in your flow: - unique visitors - traffic source (keywords, paid/organic, etc.) - action on page - action after page - time on page - bounce rate
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Unique Visitors
DON’T STUFF YOUR STATS
The same person who visits your site multiple times does not count as a new unique visitor, even if he or she views multiple pages at multiple intervals during the day.
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Bounce Rate
DON’T STUFF YOUR STATS
This is the percent of people who leave your site after viewing just this one page.
This is not the same as exit rate which is the percent of people who leave your website looking at a specific page whether or not they have looked at other pages on your website.
Traffic Sources
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TYPICAL CATEGORIES
‣ PAID‣ ORGANIC (SEARCH KEYWORD)‣ REFERRAL
Paid visitors come from your ads.
Pay attention to where people find you through search - this is where a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy comes into play. Pay extra attention to whether or not the page linked to these search terms converts your visitors to your goals.
The best source is when visitors arrive from a link into your site - when someone shares your page on their site or through a social media conversation. AKA social credibility. These also help your SEO, big time.
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Look at the right stats
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Go beyond google analytics
(this is a heat map from crazyegg,it shows where people click on your page)
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Go beyond google analytics
(this a real-!me dashboard with great social media infofrom chartbeat)
THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON
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USE YOUR INFORMATION
YOUR ANALYTICS ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS YOU USE THEM. TWEAK YOUR PAGES TO FLOW BETTER TO YOUR GOALS. MEASURE. REPEAT.
BEFORE THIS BECOMES INFORMATION OVERLOAD...
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THAT’S A WRAP
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