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ANALYTICS 101 For Startups
What’s coming up? What to measure? Pirate metrics 101. What tools can I use? What does GoSquared track?
What should a startup measure?
Subscribers Activations Views Churn Cancelations Big Data Upgrade Uniques Impressions ransactions Repeats Pageviews Commen...
Track everything.* Focus on what matters. * Everything you can think of. You never know when you might need it.
Protip Vanity metrics are everywhere.
We need to focus on metrics that help us track our business.
Let’s take a look at one of the best ways to do that…
Pirate metrics (none of these people are Dave McClure)
A A R R R
Acquisition Activation R etention R evenue R eferral
Acquisition How you gain new users.
Track things like Total signups CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) Leading indicators: Twitter Followers New unique visitors...
Activation Turning mere signups into activated users. (Get the on-boarding right)
Some rather successful companies track things like User follows more than 15 people. Installs tracking code. Downloads an...
Retention USING OUR PRODUCT
Retention Keeping users happy. Reducing churn.
Track things like Churn – % of users who cancel in a given timeframe DAU / WAU / MAU (Daily / Weekly / Monthly Active Use...
Revenue Making money. Crazy, huh?
Track things like MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) Average MRR / user AOV (Average Order Value) CLTV (Customer Lifetime Va...
Referral
Referral People like your product enough to recommend it to their friends.
Track things like NPS (Net Promoter Score) No. of signups via referral
Cohort analysis
What is cohort analysis? Cohort analysis allows a company to “see patterns clearly across the lifecycle of a customer (/us...
Track by cohort Break metrics apart. Helps you understand how you are improving things.
% of users who signed in Cohort analysis for sign in activity Time Signups in October Signups in December Signups in N...
Tools unsplash.com
Analytics “Some basics” Wordpress (Jetpack Stats) Facebook Insights Twitter Analytics
Analytics “Next steps” GoSquared Clicky Chartbeat KISSmetrics Gauges Mixpanel
Analytics “Full featured, but complex” Google Analytics Omniture WebTrends Piwik
A/B testing
Visualising data
Protip Learn to love MySQL.
What does an analytics company like GoSquared track?
Metrics we obsess over Signups (by source) Activations by signup week DAU, WAU, MAU NPS MRR, MRR / customer CLTV
Set targets. Track everything. Focus. Always be testing. Ask “so what?”
Most importantly Act now. Not tomorrow.
You’ve been viewing Analytics 101 for Startups by The GoSquared Team
Sources Pirate Metrics by Dave McClure: http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version Lean...
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The metrics that every startup needs to track to be successful, in one lovely SlideShare.

In this SlideShare, we cover the basics of what a startup should be tracking, an introduction to Pirate Metrics, and take a look at some of the tools you can use for measuring and acting on the metrics you decide to track.

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Analytics 101 for startups

  1. 1. ANALYTICS 101 For Startups
  2. 2. What’s coming up? What to measure? Pirate metrics 101. What tools can I use? What does GoSquared track?
  3. 3. What should a startup measure?
  4. 4. Subscribers Activations Views Churn Cancelations Big Data Upgrade Uniques Impressions ransactions Repeats Pageviews Comments Downgrades Conversions Visits otations Follows Cohorts Growth Upsells Hits Goals Favourites Engagement
  5. 5. Track everything.* Focus on what matters. * Everything you can think of. You never know when you might need it.
  6. 6. Protip Vanity metrics are everywhere.
  7. 7. We need to focus on metrics that help us track our business.
  8. 8. Let’s take a look at one of the best ways to do that…
  9. 9. Pirate metrics (none of these people are Dave McClure)
  10. 10. A A R R R
  11. 11. Acquisition Activation R etention R evenue R eferral
  12. 12. Acquisition How you gain new users.
  13. 13. Track things like Total signups CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) Leading indicators: Twitter Followers New unique visitors to site Facebook likes Subscribers to mailing list
  14. 14. Activation Turning mere signups into activated users. (Get the on-boarding right)
  15. 15. Some rather successful companies track things like User follows more than 15 people. Installs tracking code. Downloads and installs the native app. Finds what they searched for in under 10 seconds.
  16. 16. Retention USING OUR PRODUCT
  17. 17. Retention Keeping users happy. Reducing churn.
  18. 18. Track things like Churn – % of users who cancel in a given timeframe DAU / WAU / MAU (Daily / Weekly / Monthly Active Users) Customer Support metrics
  19. 19. Revenue Making money. Crazy, huh?
  20. 20. Track things like MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) Average MRR / user AOV (Average Order Value) CLTV (Customer Lifetime Value)
  21. 21. Referral
  22. 22. Referral People like your product enough to recommend it to their friends.
  23. 23. Track things like NPS (Net Promoter Score) No. of signups via referral
  24. 24. Cohort analysis
  25. 25. What is cohort analysis? Cohort analysis allows a company to “see patterns clearly across the lifecycle of a customer (/user), rather than slicing across all customers blindly without accounting for the natural cycle that a customer undergoes.” Source: Alistair Croll; Benjamin Yoskovitz. Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster
  26. 26. Track by cohort Break metrics apart. Helps you understand how you are improving things.
  27. 27. % of users who signed in Cohort analysis for sign in activity Time Signups in October Signups in December Signups in November Signups in January Signups in February
  28. 28. Tools unsplash.com
  29. 29. Analytics “Some basics” Wordpress (Jetpack Stats) Facebook Insights Twitter Analytics
  30. 30. Analytics “Next steps” GoSquared Clicky Chartbeat KISSmetrics Gauges Mixpanel
  31. 31. Analytics “Full featured, but complex” Google Analytics Omniture WebTrends Piwik
  32. 32. A/B testing
  33. 33. Visualising data
  34. 34. Protip Learn to love MySQL.
  35. 35. What does an analytics company like GoSquared track?
  36. 36. Metrics we obsess over Signups (by source) Activations by signup week DAU, WAU, MAU NPS MRR, MRR / customer CLTV
  37. 37. Set targets. Track everything. Focus. Always be testing. Ask “so what?”
  38. 38. Most importantly Act now. Not tomorrow.
  39. 39. You’ve been viewing Analytics 101 for Startups by The GoSquared Team
  40. 40. Sources Pirate Metrics by Dave McClure: http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version Lean Analytics: Alistair Croll; Benjamin Yoskovitz. Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster ! Images ! http://littlevisuals.co/ http://unsplash.com/ http://wallpaperswide.com/pirates_of_the_caribbean_on_stranger_tides_2011_movie-wallpapers.html Olly Plumstead: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a. 10152234031736354.1073741826.138182321353&type=1&l=bd5230316c

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