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Using Google Analytics (GA) for Annual Report and
PlanningFahzy Abdul-Rahman
Family Resource Management SpecialistExtension Family & Consumer Sciences
National Extension Technology Conference (NETC)
May 21, 2014
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Outline
I. IntroductionII. Reporting: Using Google Analytics Data for
Extension Work ReportingIII. Planning: Using Google Analytics for
Extension Programming and PlanningIV. Conclusion
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I. Introduction
• Originally, GA was designed for business– E.g. Pages that has the highest hits, leads to the most
revenue• For Extension, any talks about evaluation need to
revolve around the Logic Model. – Evaluation is an everyday activity– Can be done for various stages of you program
• As laid out in the Logic Model
– Can be done for various purposes– These data can in turn be used for grants and
proposals
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Logic Model: Evaluation …
…. an everyday activity that can be done for various stages of you program
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Motivation
• Many of Extension activities nowadays are online based– As funding has been cut– As a more efficient way to do
programming• The issue: How to show the values of
these online-based publications and activities– How-To publications, webinars
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First Steps• Introduction to Google Analytics• Installing the Google Analytics
Tracking Code• Working with Report Data
Interpreting Reports• Pageviews, Visits, and Visitors• Time Metrics• Traffic Sources• Content Reports
Fundamentals• Account Administration• Campaign Tracking and AdWords
Integration• Analysis Focus - AdWords• Goals in Google Analytics• Filters in Google Analytics• Regex and Google Analytics• Cookies and Google Analytics• E-commerce Tracking• Domains and Subdomains
In-Depth Analysis• Advanced Segmentation• Analytics Intelligence• Internal Site Search• Event Tracking and Virtual Pageviews• Additional Customizations
Google Analytics OverviewWhat we will not discuss today …
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II. Reporting
• Reporting in Annual Report and Promotion and Tenure Packet– Pageviews (or unique)
• Journals brag about their reach and subscription• Top 5, 10 articles, How-To publications
• How your website (and other Social Media outlet) has helped your program goals.– Show that people who visited your site tend to … – … E.g. visit other .gov resources [from your site], – … E.g. healthy _______ habit adoption
• Difficult to establish. E.g. high bounce rate ~ obtained resources or website not useful
Using Google Analytics Data for Extension Work Reporting
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Extension How-To Publication Report
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E.g. Google Analytics Data in eXtension
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III. Planning
• Depends on Extension Online Goals1. Monetary: Donations,
savings -> very similar to business model
2. Non-Profit (typical Extension): Volunteer sign-up, downloads, visiting your YouTube channel, webinar registration
Two main ways:1. Just use the metrics– Usually along with
dimensions & segmentations
2. These goals need to be converted into Google Analytics Goals. – May involve some tricks.
Using Google Analytics for Extension Programming and Planning
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1. Utilize the Metrics Directly
• Use results available directly from GA• Make sense out of them – If the youth group has very low site access, …– If the bounce rate from mobile users is almost
100%, …– If main search keywords that lead to your side are
“hair extension”, …• Working in Extension, you have an article on hair
trimming recall.
Plan
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2. Using Google Analytics Goals
Start with typical business plan or Logic Model. Here is a business example. Easier to measure due to $$$.
Plan
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2. Using Google Analytics Goals
Plan
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Start with typical business plan or Logic Model. Non-businesses tend to involve less $$$ goals – more difficult.
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2. Using Google Analytics Goals
• A trick is involved here.
• See “Goal URL”• In Google Analytics,
you have four ways to track goals:
1. URLs2. Time3. Pages/visit4. Events
Plan
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GA Goal Example• After you have set up goals
(and intermediate goals) in GA:
• the Funnel Visualization report will display perhaps the single most definitive funnel performance metric in Google Analytics: the Funnel Conversion Rate.
• Goals & funnels are not retroactive. So, don’t delay!!!
Plan
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With Goals, Measure Goal ConversionPlan
ning
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E.g. Funnel with a Goal SetPlan
ning
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IV. Conclusion• GA is not perfect but certainly better than nothing.
It contains valuable information that can be utilized for site, planning, and program improvements.
• Start simple. When reporting trends over time, be consistent. Segment, segment, segment …. for enriched results. – You may look back for some of the metrics– Things will be a lot easier if you’ve planned ahead with
regards to the metrics, dimensions, and segmentations used.
• Retroactive data: Some data you obtain retroactively; others no.
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Fahzy Abdul-Rahman
Using Google Analytics for Annual Report and
Planning
National Extension Technology Conference (NETC)
May 21, 2014