Aguidetovastlyimprovingyour
eCommercebusinessbyinvesng
nothingmorethan me&effort
Areyourunninganonlinestore?
Wellthen,wehaveariddleforyou!
Whatischeap,risk-free
andpoten allyextremely
beneficialtoyour
eCommercebusiness?
Ifwebanalycsisthefirstthingthatcametoyourmind,
chancesarethatyoualreadyknowwhatwehavetotellyou.
Ifyouguessed
wrong,keep
reading.
It’sgoingtobe
worthit:)
DATA
-therearefewwordstodayinthe
worldofeCommercethatgetthrown
aroundasmuchasthisone.
Thebigdatamarketthatconcernslargevolumesofdatais
settogrowtoover$40billionworldwideby2018.
Whyshouldyoucareaboutit?
Soyoudon’tremaininthedark!
Howmanypeoplevisitedyourwebsite?
Wheredidtheycomefrom?
Whatproductsandsitea ractedthemostvisitors?
WWhatsiteturnedthemostvisitorsoff?
Whichcampaignandadthatyourunbroughtthemost
revenue?
OK,sohowdoIbegin?
Youneedtherighttool.
Therearemanywebanalycstools,bothpaidandfree.
GGoogleAnalycs,OpenWebAnalycsandPiwikcanall
beusedforfree,aresimpletosetupandhighly
recommended.
Toshowyouthemost
importantbenefitsofweb
analycs,let’sfocuson
onetool,themostpopular
oneinexistence:
GoogleAnaly cs
SETUP
1.Accesstheserviceat
google.com/analy cs.
2.Setupanewanalycsaccountforyour
website.
3.FindthepieceofJavaScripttracking
codethatneedstobeaddedtotheheader
ofyourwebsite.
4.4.Addthecodetoyourwebsitemanually
orbyusinganextensionspecifictoyour
pla orm(WordPress,Magentoetc.).
ACQUISITION
Now,thatyouraccountisupand
running,wecanfinallyanswerthe
quesonsyouhavealwayshadon
yourmind:
Wherearemyusers
comingfrom?
Organicsearch
visitorswhofoundyourwebsiteinorganic
(non-paid)resultsinasearchenginesuch
asGoogle,BingorDuckDuckGo
Direct
visitorsthattypedtheaddressofyour
websitedirectlyintotheaddressbar
Referral
visitorsthatcametoyourwebsiteby
followingalinkfromanotherwebsite
Social
visitorsfromvarioussocialmediapla orms
YoucanalsousetheGoogleURL
buildertocreatecustomlinksand
trackvisitorsfromspecificwebsitesor
sources,suchasnewsle ers.
AArmedwiththatknowledge,youcan
easilyseewhichchannelsbringyou
trafficandwhichonesunderperform.
BEHAVIOR
Oneexampleisthebouncerate–thepercentageofusers
thatle yourwebsiterighta ervisingjustasinglepage.
Whatmayahighbounceratemean?
A B
It’suptoyoutodeterminewhichop oniscorrect.
Yourwebsiteisnot
relevantforyour
users.Theycan’tfind
whatthey’relooking
foronyoursite.
Justoneofyourpages
fulfillstheir
need/inquisivenessso
wellthattheydon’t
needtoseeanymore.
CONVERSIONS
GoogleAnaly csalsoletsyoutrack
conversions,thatis,adesirableacon
yourusersperformonyourwebsite
suchas:
-signingupforanewsle er,
-usingacontactform,
-makingapu-makingapurchase.
Needanexample?
IIfmakingapurchaseonyourwebsite
meansge ngthroughfivepageswith
thecartbeingthefirstanda“Thank
youforapurchase”pagebeingthe
last,the“Thankyou”pagemaybeyour
endgoal-aconversion.
IIfausereverseesthispage,theyjust
broughtyouoneconversion.
Andifyourealizethatmanyvisitors
don’tcompletethefive-stepprocess,
youcancheckoutwhichstepmostof
themdropoutat.
TThatmeansthatwithwebanalycs
youcanimproveyoursite’sabilityto
sell,everyday.
ECOMMERCETRACKING
GoogleAnaly csalsooffersadvanced
eCommercetracking.
Withthis,youcantrackeCommerce
conversions.
Instandardconversion,whenoneuser
downloadsaPDFfile(theendgoal)repeatedly,
itonlycountsasoneconversion.
IneCommerce,ifoneuserdoesitrepeatedly,
each meaddingrevenueasspecifiedbyyou
(e.g.$8).10downloads=$80.
CUSTOMIZE
Ifyouwantquickaccesstospecific
data,youcancustomizeyour
dashboard.
FForexample,youcancreateaseparate
viewforasingleURLonly,whichwon’t
influenceyourprimaryviewthat
showsstatsfortheen rewebsite.
REPORT
Onceyoureceivedata,youcaneasily
generateandprintareporttobe
includedinyourpresentaons.
GoogleAnaly cs,aswellasotherwebanalyctools,
givesyouawholelotofpower.Useitwiselyandyouwill
beabletoimproveyoureCommercewebsiteeveryday.
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A guide to vastly improving your eCommerce business by investing nothing more than time & effort.