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SEO Analytics in a Not Provided World: Change Your Focus to Profit and ROI!
The document discusses strategies for proving the value of SEO in the context of changes to Google Analytics data. It shares techniques for adjusting analysis, leveraging landing pages as proxies for keyword data, and calculating ROI to represent the true business value of SEO efforts. The author emphasizes the importance of demonstrating profit and lifetime value in order to secure higher budgets and support from executives.
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- 16. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Filter Data to Include Landing Page How to steal some 'not provided' data back from Google: h*p://econsultancy.com/blog/8342-‐how-‐to-‐steal-‐some-‐not-‐provided-‐data-‐back-‐from-‐google
- 17. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Landing Page As Keyword Proxy Not Perfect, but Much BeZer!
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- 23. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value SEO Dimension Widening Example Dimension Widening for SEO: h*p://bit.ly/SEOwidening
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- 29. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value More Alternatives to Not Provided Proving SEO Value in Google AnalyGcs: h*p://moz.com/blog/proving-‐seo-‐value-‐in-‐google-‐analyGcs
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- 31. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value How Profit Should Be Calculated Revenue
- 32. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Subtract Our Ad Spend Revenue Marke<ng Investment
- 33. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Subtract Cost of Selling Each Product Revenue Product Cost Marke<ng Investment
- 34. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Subtract Fixed Costs of Business Revenue Product Cost Fixed Costs Marke<ng Investment
- 35. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Now You Have Net Profit Revenue Product Cost Fixed Costs Net Profit Marke<ng Investment
- 36. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Here’s an ROI Equation to Use Gain From Investment (Net Profit) Cost of Investment Cost of Investment ROI True ROI Measurement: h*p://bit.ly/TrueROI
- 37. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Here’s an Example with Numbers Revenue $99,630 100% SEO Spend $10,942 -‐ Return on SEO Spend $88,688 811% Cost of Goods Sold $77,625 78% Gross Revenue $11,063 11% Total Fixed Costs $5,000 5% Net Profit $6,063 6% True ROI 55%
- 38. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value True Return on Investment is Important Revenue $99,630 100% Ad Spend $10,942 -‐ Return on Ad Spend $88,688 811% Cost of Goods Sold $77,625 78% Gross Revenue $11,063 11% Total Fixed Costs $5,000 5% Net Profit $6,063 6% True ROI 55% We need to subtract the expenses needed to achieve revenue to understand true ROI Learn How To Get This Spreadsheet: h*p://bit.ly/SEO_ROI
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- 40. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Lifetime Value = Long Term Investment Revenue $149,445 100% SEO Spend $10,942 -‐ Return on SEO Spend $138,503 1266% Cost of Goods Sold $116,437 78% Gross Revenue $22,066 15% Total Fixed Costs $5,000 5% Net Profit $17,066 17% True ROI 156%
- 41. More Profit = BiggerBudgets!
- 42. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Executives Get Paid on Profit
- 43. Jeff Sauer | @jeffaly<cs | www.jeffaly<cs.com | Proving SEO Value Thank You! 43 Jeff Sauer Marketer and Entrepreneur Knowledge.Land Minneapolis, MN, USA Email: jeff@jeffaly<cs.com google.com/+JeffSauer Newsle*er: bit.ly/jeffaly<cs
Editor's Notes
- #4 We feel very upset about Keywords not provided in Google Analytics
- #5 But you know who isn’t upset? Executives in your organization. They don’t know what (not provided) means, don’t care and never will care in the future. They want to know what
- #10 While Google Analytics is a free tool, it has many enterprise level features that are useful for organizations of all sizes. In order to help explain just how powerful Google Analytics is, I developed a chart called the Periodic table of Google Analytics that marketers from across the world have downloaded over 5,000 times
- #37 Import Cost Data Feature
- #40 Our Success comes from Simplifying the Complex
- #42 Our Success comes from Simplifying the Complex
- #43 Executives love it when you talk in terms that they understand/how they receive compensation. They receive compensation for running a profitable business. Put it into their terms and show your success, and you will get more budget.