This document discusses how businesses can use data and analytics to drive growth. It introduces Google Analytics as a tool to gain insights from data. Businesses are encouraged to outline goals, ask questions about areas like reach, engagement and conversions, and then view different Analytics reports to find answers. These reports include real-time data, conversions, audience insights, and acquisition sources. The presentation provides examples and activities to help attendees start using data to inform business decisions.
2. Meet Your Presenter
Speaker, Grow with Google
CEO, Bryan Caplan Marketing
Host, Bigger Better Biz YouTube Channel
Get even more tips and tricks at BryanCaplan.com/grow
3. Data makes your briefcase
heavy...insights make you rich.
– Niall Fitzgerald, Former Chairman of Unilever
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TO UNLOCK NEW OPPORTUNITIES, TRUE INSIGHTS MUST BE
Novel
Actionable
Credible
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● Experimented with a seasonal
recipe, loved it, and immediately
added it to the menu.
● Cut prices when sales were down.
● Assumed target audience was
women, age 35-54.
USING GUT INSTINCTS
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USING DATA
Look at numbers to make
business decisions rather
than opinion or gut instinct.
Data = facts or statistics to reference.
Analytics = patterns and trends.
Insights = actionable value.
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GET STARTED USING DATA
STEP 1: OUTLINE GOALS
What are you trying to achieve?
STEP 2: ASK QUESTIONS
What answers do you need?
STEP 3: VIEW REPORTS
How can you find the answers?
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WHAT MAKES A GOOD GOAL?
Specific Relevant
Measureable Time-sensitive
Attainable
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Increase online orders by
30% in the next quarter.
GOAL
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Find the SMART goal template on your handout.
Use the template to map out your ideas for each section
in the SMART goal framework.
3 Consolidate your ideas into a single SMART goal at the
bottom of your handout.
Need Help? Raise your hand.
ACTIVITY: MAP OUT A SMART GOAL
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DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS
Reach
Who is your audience?
How do you reach them?
Convert
Do leads become customers?
Engage
Can they find answers?
Sustain
Are people turning into
loyal customers?
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● What are people searching for?
● Who is your audience?
● How do they find you online?
REACH QUESTIONS
Reach
Engage
Convert
Sustain
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● What do people do once they
find you?
● Where do customers engage
you online?
● How do people interact with
you online?
ENGAGE QUESTIONS
Reach
Engage
Convert
Sustain
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● Which channels drive conversions?
● What calls-to-action drive
conversions?
● Which channels have a higher ROI?
CONVERT QUESTIONS
Reach
Engage
Convert
Sustain
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● Do people continue to engage?
Where?
● Do you respond? How quickly?
● Do you give people a reason
to return?
SUSTAIN QUESTIONS
Reach
Engage
Convert
Sustain
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GOOGLE ANALYTICS
google.com/Analytics
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Conversions
Is the website successful?
TYPES OF INSIGHTS
Real Time
What’s happening right now?
Behavior
What do people do on the site?
Acquisition
Where do they come from?
Audience
Who visits the website?
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REAL TIME: WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?
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CONVERSIONS: IS THE WEBSITE SUCCESSFUL?
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AUDIENCE: WHO VISITS THEIR WEBSITE?
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ACQUISITIONS: WHERE DO THEIR CUSTOMERS COME FROM?
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BEHAVIOR: WHAT DO PEOPLE DO ON THE SITE?
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Go to g.co/grow/AnalyticsDemo
Review activities shown on your workshop handout.
3 Complete all three activities by navigating your way
through Audience, Acquisition, and Behavior reports.
Need Help? Raise your hand.
ACTIVITY: NAVIGATE REPORTS IN GOOGLE ANALYTICS
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WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?
Outline goals Choose tools
Ask questions Measure results,
take action
30. Questions?
Speaker, Grow with Google
CEO, Bryan Caplan Marketing
Host, Bigger Better Biz YouTube Channel
Get even more tips and tricks at BryanCaplan.com/grow