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UNDERSTANDING
WEB ANALYTICS
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You’re using
Google Analytics, right?
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What are your goals?
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Online sales?
People visiting your store?
Filling out a form?
Joining your newsletter?
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Always relate back to a
business goal.
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Page views do not
pay the bills.
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Step 1:
Set up your goals (or
revenue) in
Google Analytics
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Read this:
support.google.com/
analytics/answer/1032415
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Step 2:
Add a dashboard in
Google Analytics
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Get the dashboard here:
kickpoint.ca/localu
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Sample dashboard (revenue)
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GOOD BAD
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Step 3:
Create Google
Analytics alerts
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Organic Traffic Drops 20%
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Organic Traffic Increases 20%
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Page Load Time Increases 30%
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OTHER ALERT IDEAS
• Zero sessions
• No goal completions
• No revenue
• Increase/decrease in social sessions
• Increase/decrease in referral sessions
• Increase/decrease in paid sessions
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THANK YOU!
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Understanding Web Analytics - Local University Edmonton