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Star trek & analytics (video)
AgendaAnalytics Metrics Lifecycle ProcessEverything can be measuredThe world of (Google) Web AnalyticsDefinitions – SEM and SEOGoogle Analytics, hands on (demo)Goals, A/B Testing, Funnel, In-page analyticsSocial Marketing AnalyticsGoogle AdWords – Tips for 1st time users
Recommended reading/rss-ingGoogle Analytics Blog: http://analytics.blogspot.comAvinashKaushik: http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/Jeremiah Owyang: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/CMO.com: http://www.cmo.com/blogs/web-analyticsGA Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/googleanalyticsBooks/PDFsWeb Analytics – An Hour A Day – AvinashKaushikWeb Analytics 2.0 – AvinashKaushikAdvanced Web Metrics with GA – Brian CliftonGartner: Key Challenges in Web Analytics – Bill GassmanAltimeter Group: Social Marketing AnalyticsForrester: Appraising Investments in Enterprise Analytics
Everything (can) should be measured
Are you using a web analytics tool?
Web analyticsOver 30 different web analytics tools
Google Analytics was introduced Nov 2005. A week after launch Google froze new registrations due to overwhelming demand
Today, GA can be found at almost 60% of the 10,000 most popular websites (WW), and 80% of the 100,000 most popular websitesDisadvantages of using a cloud-based web analyticsJS code can be blocked by browser add-ins or the user
Not all cellphones support JS in their mobile browsers
A user can either block or delete the cookie
Privacy issueSEO – Terms and definitions
SEM – terms and definitions
Google analytics – hands on (demo)
Advanced metrics+20% sign ups
+250% opt-in rate
+5% download rate (A/B/C testing)
Funnel, goals
In-page analytics, advanced segments and filters (video)
Social marketing analytics
Social Marketing Analytics is the discipline that helps companies measure, assess andexplain the performance of social media initiatives in the context of specific businessobjectives.There is currently no single vendor that can effectively measure all aspects of social media.Source: Social Marketing Analytics report, The Altimeter Group, April 2010
Social marketing analytics
Google adwords

Web Analytics and Google AdWords 101