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Association Media &Association Media & Publishingg
W b A l tiWeb AnalyticsMeasure, Write, Measure: Using A l ti t H l Sh O liAnalytics to Help Shape Online
EditorialTuesday, May 18th
AgendaAgenda
Collection, Understanding, Decision MakingWhat is web analytics?Wh h ld I ?Why should I care?What should I measure?What do I do with the information?Who should be tasked?When do I start?Case Study: Institute of Food Technologists
What is web analytics?
Aggregated information about visitors.
How did visitors find my website?yDid they have a pleasant experience?Why did they visit?
Why should I care?Why should I care?
Achieve your business goals, improve association member experience.
What do you want visitors to do on the website, what do visitorswant to do on the site?want to do on the site?If you know what you want your visitors to do, do you know why
d h th t it thiand whether or not its something visitors WANT?
What should I measure?
Measure what impacts decision making!
What may be important to you, may not be important to the person down the hallwayWhat do you control, what do you influence?
What do I do with the data?
Make informed decisions.
Drive content strategy (drill down)Improve visibility of popular contentStrengthen partnerships with websites that refer traffic
Who should be tasked?
Everyone, kinda.
What part’s of your business are impacted by the association website(s)?Who is handy with Excel?Who’s the newbie?
When should I start?
NOW, but you probably already started.
Who’s the person who makes the changes and updates to the website?
Case Study: Institute of Food Technologists
Association, publisher, conference organizer
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Why did IFT care?
New WebsiteMember experienceAdvertising revenue
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What does IFT Measure?
VisitorsPageviewsBounce RatesTraffic ReferralsConversions
New MembersSubscribersSubscribersOnline Learning Sales
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Who was tasked?
Knowledge and Learning Advertising Sales
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When did IFT start?
Long time ago…Webtrends8 months ago…Google Analytics
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What does “start” mean for IFT?
Business goal reviewTest group selectionTranslation of group business goals into measurement pointsStaff training, coaching, evangelizationMonthly review of data, contextualize!
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What’s happened since “start?”
Testing scenariosBenchmarks developedUnderstanding of group impact and adoption
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SEO Implications…
More Indexible ContentFriendly URLsTitle TagsCross LinkinggInbound link preservation (redirects)
Tool BoxTool Box
Cheap Tools
Google AnalyticsViral HeatSocial MentionTwittalyzeryGoogle WebmasterGoogle AdPlanner
Questions?Questions?
Michael [email protected]@ p g708-369-0433