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What Analytics Can Do for You

       Chicago SEO Meetup
          Meta S. Brown

    http://www.metabrown.com
What Can Analytics Do for You?
• Reporting

• Basic statistical analysis

• Advanced techniques
Reporting
• How many visitors?

• When were they on the site?

• What search terms did they use?
Basic statistical analysis
• Which product offer works best?

• Does long copy convert better than long copy?

• Does a product image improve click-through?
Advanced techniques
• Does a product image have the same effect on
  conversion when used with short copy as it
  does with long copy?

• Is this transaction fraudulent?

• What are my customers saying about my
  brand online? Are they positive or negative?
word sense disambiguation
analytics = Google Analytics
analytics ≠ Google Analytics
Software
•   Where can I get software free?
•   Where can I get software cheap?
•   How can I get a discount on software?
•   Can I get the student version?
•   Where can I get a license code for software?

• Etc., etc., etc….
Stop obsessing about software
Who am I to tell you what to do?
Meta S. Brown
• Analytics guidance

• Math and engineering

• Software industry insider

• Hands-on analyst
Real life business issues
• Which of my new customers is willing to
  spend a lot/only a little?
• Which add-on offers will sell the most?
• How much product should I have in stock?
• What keyword sequences are important to my
  business?
Analytics
• Statistical analysis
• Data mining
• Operations research

                             and so on…
What’s your
 problem?
What’s your business problem?
Examples…
• Does the content that converts best vary with
  the keyword search?

• Which keywords are worth the cost of
  optimization?

• Are there situations where PPC or some other
  form of marketing is less expensive?
Examples…
• What communities are good targets for my
  business?

• What products should I consider offering?

• How can I spot valuable customers from the
  start?
Who?
• Who has done it already? Who will share?

• What can I do myself?

• When should I get help? And where?
Resources
• Government and nonprofits

• Commercial

• Internal

• Competitors
word sense disambiguation
Meet others who use analytics

• SEMPO

• American Marketing Association

• Direct Marketing Association
Meta S. Brown
http://www.metabrown.com

metabrown@metabrown.com
      (312) 286-6735

     @metabrown312

Connect with me on LinkedIn!
Questions?
   Images: FreeDigitalPhotos.net

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