How to Measure Social Media in Google Analytics - Superweek 2014 #spwk
1. Google Analytics for Social
Media
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2. Your Guide
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3. Google Analytics is Like Othello
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4. Google Analytics is Like Othello
A Second to Learn
A Lifetime to Master
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16. Social Reports = Well Guarded Secret
“The
Social
Reports
in
Google
Analy>cs
are
the
Best
Thing
Nobody
is
Talking
About”
Jeff
Sauer,
2012
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17. Easy Grouping of Social Traffic
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18. Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Value
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19. Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Value
Social
Plugins
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20. Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Value
Social
Plugins
Social
Data
Hub
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21. Social Reports Help Analysis
Social
Value
Social
Plugins
Social
Data
Hub
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Media
Social
Conversa>ons
25. Track Interaction With Social Buttons
Select
Plugins
Under
Social
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26. Track Interaction With Social Buttons
Then
Select
Social
Source
and
Ac>on
Select
Plugins
Under
Social
Track
Social
Interac7ons:
h;ps://developers.google.com/analy7cs/devguides/collec7on/gajs/gaTrackingSocial
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28. Information from Data Hub Partners
Gain
Access
to
a
Wealth
of
Informa>on
from
Several
Social
Networks
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29. Learn About New Social Networks
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38. Direct Traffic in the Dark
Typical
Traffic
Source
Report,
Too
much
Direct
Traffic!
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39. Direct Numbers are Inflated
Doub^ul
This
Many
People
Know
to
Type
in
Website
URL
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40. Use Campaign Tracking!
Google
Analy7cs
URL
Builder:
h;ps://support.google.com/analy7cs/answer/1033867?hl=en
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42. Dark Social is a Monster
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43. Add Hash to URL
Direcmonster.js
Adds
Source
as
a
Hash
Code
to
URL
Directmonster
for
Dark
Social
by
Dan
Wilkerson/LunaMetrics:
h;p://bit.ly/1dtw9GC
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44. Reduce Direct Percentage
Reduce
Direct
Percentage
by
over
50%!
Directmonster
for
Dark
Social
by
Dan
Wilkerson/LunaMetrics:
h;p://bit.ly/1dtw9GC
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46. First Interaction Social Segment
First
Interac>on
from
Social
Media
9%
of
Visitors
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47. First Visit Social Conversions
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48. Segment Social Traffic Handily
Create
Social
Network
Regular
Expression
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49. Super Easy Regular Expression
facebook.com|quora.com|reddit.com|imgur.com|
tapiture.com|disqus.com|9gag.com|tumblr.com|
plus.google|stumbleupon.com|twiher.com|
linkedin|del.icio.us|delicious.com|technora>|digg
.com|
hootsuite|stumbleupon|myspace|bit.ly|tr
.im|>nyurl|ow.ly|reddit|m.facebook.com|
youtube|flickr|pinterest.com|^t.co$|tweetdeck
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Create
Social
Network
Regular
Expression
50. Better Yet, Use the Gallery!
Google
Analy7cs
Solu7ons
Gallery:
h;ps://www.google.com/analy7cs/gallery/
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52. Group Traffic Sources into Channels
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53. Enhance Social With Custom Definitions
Default
Grouping
is
Good
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54. Enhance Social With Custom Definitions
Default
Grouping
is
Good
Your
Enhancements
Are
Great!
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72. Google Analytics is Social
“I
can’t
believe
how
awesome
the
Social
Reports
are
in
Google
Analy>cs.
Mind
Blown!
”
Superweek
Audience,
2014
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73. Thank You!
Jeff
Sauer
Marketer
and
Entrepreneur
Jeffaly>cs
Minneapolis,
MN,
USA
google.com/+JeffSauer
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