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Welcome to the Our Kids’ Marke5ng Academy. Today’s we’ll be discussing Google analy5cs, what it is, why it’s important, how to install it and what informa5on it can provide you about your website. My name is Kimberley Fowler, and I’m the content coordinator with Our Kids Media. The Marke5ng Academy has been developed to provide you with: 5ps, tools, insights and recommenda5ons to help you navigate this new digital marke5ng world. You’ll be able to walk away with ideas you can implement right away. For those that may be aGending their first webinar, you’ll no5ce the dashboard to the right of your screen has an area where you can ask ques5ons, so at any point, please feel free to jump in with ques5ons or comments and we’ll try out best to answer them. If I don’t get to your ques5on during the webinar I’ll follow up with you via email. The presenta5on will be available on the marke5ng academy website in a few days. If you’re on twiGer, be sure to join the discussion at @mktgacademy or follow the hashtag: #mktgacademy. Let’s get started! (click) 1

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Welcome  to  the  Our  Kids’  Marke5ng  Academy.  Today’s  we’ll  be  discussing  Google  analy5cs,  what  it  is,  why  it’s  important,  how  to  install  it  and  what  informa5on  it  can  provide  you  about  your  website.  

My  name  is  Kimberley  Fowler,  and  I’m  the  content  coordinator  with  Our  Kids  Media.  The  Marke5ng  Academy  has  been  developed  to  provide  you  with:  5ps,  tools,  insights  and  recommenda5ons  to  help  you  navigate  this  new  digital  marke5ng  world.  You’ll  be  able  to  walk  away  with  ideas  you  can  implement  right  away.    

For  those  that  may  be  aGending  their  first  webinar,  you’ll  no5ce  the  dashboard  to  the  right  of  your  screen  has  an  area  where  you  can  ask  ques5ons,  so  at  any  point,  please  feel  free  to  jump  in  with  ques5ons  or  comments  and  we’ll  try  out  best  to  answer  them.  If  I  don’t  get  to  your  ques5on  during  the  webinar  I’ll  follow  up  with  you  via  email.  The  presenta5on  will  be  available  on  the  marke5ng  academy  website  in  a  few  days.    If  you’re  on  twiGer,  be  sure  to  join  the  discussion  at  @mktgacademy  or  follow  the  hashtag:  #mktgacademy.  

Let’s  get  started!  

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If  you  have  a  website  then  you  have  access  to  Google  Analy5cs,  which  is  a  free  tracking  tool  offered  by  Google  which  provides  you  with  data  that  you  can  use  in  a  number  of  different  ways.  Google  analy5cs  is  a  powerful  tool  that  can  be  used  to  gather  basic  informa5on,  or  more  complex  reports.  

This  is  an  introduc5on  to  Google  Analy5cs  for  beginners.  Today  we’ll  be  looking  at:  

  How  GA  works  –  what  is  it,  how  does  it  gather  informa5on?    Why  do  you  need  it?  –  how  can  you  use  it  to  help  your  camp?    How  to  install  GA  -­‐  step  by  step  instruc5ons  on  how  to  install  it    What  informa5on  can  GA  tell  you?  –standard  informa5on,  custom  reports  and  

goals    Addi5onal  resources  –  where  to  get  more  informa5on      Summary  &  take-­‐aways  

And  again,  if  you  have  any  ques5ons,  please  type  them  into  the  ques5on  box  and  I’ll  do  my  best  to  answer  them.  

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What  we’ll  cover  in  this  sec5on:  

What  is  Google  Analy5cs  What  it  can  do  for  you  How  it  collects  informa5on  

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“Web  analy5cs  is  the  measurement,  collec5on,  analysis  and  repor5ng  of  Internet  data  for  the  purposes  of  understanding  and  op5mizing  Web  usage.”  –  Digital  Analy5cs  Associa5on  

GA  is  just  a  tool  that  provides  you  with  data  and  reports.  You  then  need  to  analyze  this  informa5on  to  understand  the  opportuni5es  and  ac5ons  that  your  camp  can  undertake  in  order  to  get  full  value  from  your  website,  social  ac5vity  and  online  presence.  

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Provide  data.  You  need  to  use  that  data  to:   Evaluate  –  iden5fy  opportuni5es  for  improvement   Analyze  –  understand  your  audience  and  website  beGer   Track  –  what  is  working  and  what  isn’t  so  you  can  fix  and  improve  

GA  gives  you  the  data,  you  need  to  put  the  data  together  and  analyze  it  in  order  to:  -­‐  Get  insight  -­‐  Determine  what  ac5ons  you  should  take  -­‐   Improve  

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According  to  Forrester  Research  –  when  asked  what  was  the  most  difficult  aspect  of  analy5cs  for  their  company,  53%  said  ac5ng  on  the  findings.  

The  value  you  get  out  of  GA  comes  from  the  ac5ons  you  take  based  on  the  data  that  it  provides.  If  you  don’t  take  ac5on  you  won’t  get  any  value  from  your  GA  data.  

In  order  to  get  value  from  GA  you  need  to:  1.  Plan  (ie.  let’s  say  you  have  a  PDF  about  packing  for  camp,  or  a  mailing  you’d  like  to  

send  out  –  these  require  custom  coding  in  GA  in  order  to  track)  2.  Do  (implement  the  custom  coding  and  then  send  out  the  newsleGer,  emails  or  

aGach  it  to  a  .pdf  about  packing  for  camp  that  you  place  on  your  website)  3.  Study  (once  you  have  that  custom  code  you  can  set  up  goals  that  will  help  you  

understand  if  your  campaign  (.pdf,  email,  newsleGer)  has  been  successful)  4.  Act  (if  it  is  successful  perhaps  you  will  do  these  campaigns  more  oeen,  if  not  

successful  the  data  might  indicate  you  should  tweak  the  campaign,  or  try  something  else  completely)  

5.  Assess  (take  a  look  at  your  overall  goals  and  how  this  specific  campaign  has  or  has  not  helped  you)  

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1.  JavaScript  code  is  installed  on  a  web  page  2.  When  a  browser  presents  a  page  to  a  visitor  the  JS  executes  and  sends  a  string  of  

informa5on  to  Google  Analy5cs  (uses  first  party  cookies  to  send  the  data)  3.  GA  logs  informa5on  and  con5nuously  updates  reports  

What  are  cookies?  Cookies  are  like  a  memory  of  where  you’ve  been  online.  When  you  visit  a  website  a  cookie  “crumb”  is  kept  in  your  browser’s  cache.  These  cookies  give  Google  Analy5cs  the  informa5on  it  needs  to  calculate  your  website  reports.  

Note  that  data  is  usually  1-­‐2  days  delayed  before  showing  in  a  report  so  if  you  want  to  run  a  report  for  the  beginning  of  a  month  start  the  report  on  the  3rd  day  of  the  month  to  ensure  that  you  have  the  most  accurate  informa5on  

Note  that  GA  data  can  some5mes  be  inaccurate.  Things  that  can  affect  the  accuracy  of  the  data  include:  

JavaScript  errors  on  your  page  Visitors  can  block  cookies  or  disable  JavaScript  You  are  not  tracking  internal  organiza5onal  traffic  PDFs,  videos,  flash,  email,  forms  are  not  automa5cally  tracked  by  GA  

It’s  important,  then  to  focus  on  trends  instead  of  absolute  numbers  (more  accurate).  Using  ra5os  and  percentages  will  give  you  a  beGer  idea  of  what  is  happening  than  finite  numbers  will.  

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Why  do  you  need  Analy9cs?  -­‐   Free  –  the  info  is  there  so  you  may  as  well  take  advantage  of  it  -­‐   Provides  you  with  informa5on  about  your  website  and  clients  that  is  valuable  –  we’ll  look  at  some  examples  of  the  type  of  informa5on  you  can  collect  and  how  you  can  use  it  in  the  next  sec5on  -­‐   Informa5on  is  power  –  with  more  informa5on  you’ll  be  equipped  to  make  beGer  decisions  

Google  Analy5cs  is  one  of  the  most  effec5ve  ways  to  track  a  marke5ng  campaign.  It  is  an  enterprise-­‐class  tool  for  analysing  website  traffic,  but  one  that  is  user  friendly  and  free.    Google  Analy5cs  will  monitor  website  traffic  and  can  automa5cally  alert  you  when  there  are  any  significant  changes  to  the  data  paGern  of  site  visitors.  For  example  a  dras5c  spike  or  dip  in  traffic…  so  you  can  explore  what  may  have  caused  it.  

Google  Analy5cs  can  also  produce  specific  data  on  certain  segments  of  website  traffic;  for  example,  you  can  assess  what  propor5on  of  visitors  arrive  to  your  site  as  a  result  of  a  referral  website  (adver5ser  or  partner),  compared  to  visitors  that  arrive  via  an  organic  search  result….  And  how  their  behaviour  differs.    

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How  can  you  use  it  to  help  your  camp?  

1.   Gather  informa9on  about  the  families  that  visit  your  website  to  help  you  make  beCer  business  decisions  (where  they  are  from,  electronic  devices  they  use,  where  they  were  before  they  visited  your  website)  

2.   Learn  how  families  are  using  your  website  (9me  of  day  they  visit,  do  they  follow  your  blog,  do  they  interact  with  you  on  social)  

3.   Evaluate  content  on  your  website  (is  it  providing  the  informa9on  families  are  aKer)  

4.   Determine  if  your  marke9ng  dollars  are  giving  you  a  good  ROI  (adwords,  banner  ads,  which  partnerships  are  working  for  you  and  which  aren’t,  who  you  should  be  partnering  with)  

5.   Understand  your  website  so  you  can  make  improvements  that  will:    1.   Op9mize  your  website  -­‐  rank  higher  so  you  are  easier  to  find  (SEO)  2.   Target  the  right  keywords  to  bring  the  right  families  to  your  site  3.   Make  your  website  user  friendly  (ie.  mobile  website,  use  the  best  

resolu9on  for  tablet  users  or  smart  phones)  

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1.  Login  or  Sign  up  for  a  Google  Account  that  is  for  your  camp  first.  You  will  be  able  to  give  other  Google  Account  members  access  to  your  Google  Analy5cs  account  and  data  without  having  to  provide  them  access  to  your  main  Google  Account.  

2.  Login  to  hGp://www.google.com/analy5cs/  -­‐  click  Access  Google  Analy5cs  on  top  right  

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1.  Enter  the  account  name  (go  with  domain.com  to  make  it  easy  to  see  which  account  is  for  which  website),  your  websites  URL  and  your  5me  zone  

2.  Do  you  want  to  share  your  analy5cs  data  with  other  Google  products?  I  recommend  sharing  with  AdWords,  AdSense,  Webmaster  Tools,  etc…  but  you  don’t  have  to  share  your  data  with  these  products  if  you  don’t  use  them.  

3.  Tracking  Code  configura5on  –  here  you  tell  Google  if  you  are  tracking  a  single  domain  (domain.com),  a  single  domain  with  mul5ple  subdomains  (domain.com,  blog.domain.com,  store.domain.com),  or  mul5ple  top-­‐level  domains  (domain.com,  domain.ca,  domain.org)  

4.  Are  you  using  Google  Adwords?  If  so  then  check  the  AdWords  Campaigns  box  to  link  your  AdWords  account  to  Google  Analy5cs  to  enable  advanced  tracking  of  your  Adwords  campaigns  

5.  Advanced  Setup  tab  will  allow  you  to  track  sites  built  for  mobile  phones,  campaigns  from  providers  other  than  GoogleAdWords  

6.  Custom  Setup  Tab  allows  for  more  advanced  GA  func5ons  

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1.  If  you  are  just  star5ng  s5ck  with  standard  configura5on,  but  if  you  need  custom  code  then  you  should  look  at  the  Asynchronous  Tracking  Usage  Guide  available  in  Google’s  help  sec5on.  

2.  Tracking  Code  Installa5on  –  once  your  tracking  code  is  configured  you  need  to  install  it  on  your  website.  The  way  you  do  this  will  change  depending  on  your  website’s  platorm.  If  you  use  WordPress  then  some  themes  will  come  with  admin  panels  that  let  you  copy  the  GA  tracking  code  into  fields  designed  for  tracking  scripts.  If  you  have  a  WordPress  theme  without  an  admin  panel  op5on  find  the  part  of  your  site’s  template  before  the  closing  </head>  tag  in  the  actual  HTML  code  (usually  in  the  “header.php”  file).  If  your  website  is  just  a  collec5on  of  HTML  pages  install  your  tracking  code  before  the  </head>  tag  of  each  page  you  want  included  in  your  Google  Analy5cs  data  

The  types  of  tracking  code  have  changed  over  5me:  If  you  already  have  Google  Analy5cs  installed  on  your  website  find  out  what  code  you  are  using…  There  are  3  op5ons:  

1.  Tradi5onal  Synchronous  code  –  ga.js  (installed  in  footer,  it  tends  to  cause  slow  load  5mes)  

2.  Asynchronous  code  –  ga.js  or  dc.js  (installed  in  header,  doesn’t  slow  the  page  load  as  much  –  used  by  most  websites)  

3.  Universal  Analy5cs  is  a  new  measurement  protocol  (public  Beta  at  the  moment)  and  is  the  next  genera5on  of  Google  Analy5cs  code.  If  you  are  new  to  Google  Analy5cs  I  recommend  you  use  this  new  code  (analy5cs.js  to  replace  ga.js).  Some  of  the  advantages  include  being  able  to  sync  offline  and  online  data,  can  use  20  

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Now,  let’s  talk  about  the  type  of  informa9on  you  can  get  about  your  website.    

Standard  repor9ng  –  is  the  standard  informa9on  that  is  included  in  your  Google  Analy9cs  account.  For  most  websites,  the  informa9on  included  in  standard  repor9ng  is  more  than  enough  to  get  the  insight  that  will  help  you  make  decisions  in  order  to  improve.  Examples  of  standard  reports  include  -­‐   Where  your  visitors  come  from  -­‐   How  long  they  stay  on  your  website  -­‐   What  content  they  like  the  most  

Custom  reports  –  customized  informa9on  you  have  asked  Google  Analy9cs  to  collect  and  report  on  for  you.  Usually  you  need  to  install  a  custom  GA  code  on  a  webpage  that  you’d  like  to  do  custom  repor9ng  on.  Google  Tag  manager  makes  this  possible  without  having  to  go  to  a  developer  to  create  the  custom  code  for  you.    

Let’s  take  a  look  at  some  examples  of  the  reports  you  can  run  in  GA  and  what  they  look  like.  

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Here’s  a  quick  look  at  a  simple  GA  dashboard.  You  can  set  this  up  however  you  like,  to  show  you  what’s  most  important  to  your  business  goals.  

In  this  one,  we  see:    •       Daily  visits  to  the  website  •  Average  5me  visitors  spend  on  the  website  •  The  goal  conversion  rate..  Which  is  a  value  you  always  want  to  aim  to  increase.  

We’ll  discuss  goals  shortly.  •  Different  traffic  types  (organic,  paid  search,  referral  traffic…)  will  tell  you  

informa5on  like  whether  people  are  coming  to  you  from  search  engines,  being  linked  from  other  sites,  or  going  directly  to  your  site  

•  Time  on  site  broken  down  by  country  •  And  conversion  rates  by  source  of  traffic  

What  else  can  Analy5cs  Do?  What  keywords  are  people  using  to  arrive  at  your  site?  Does  your  site  content  and  goals  match  what  people  come  to  it  looking  for?  If  not,  you  need  to  change  your  content  or  change  your  marke5ng.  Which  pages  get  the  most  views  and  how  long  do  people  stay?  Popular  pages  can  be  a  guide  for  what  layout  or  content  your  users  like.  

Let’s  have  a  quick  look  at  the  basic  values  that  analy6cs  provides  us  about  our  website  in  standard  reports  

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Visits:    These  are  the  total  number  of  visitors  that  arrive  at  your  website  within  a  given  period  of  6me.  What’s  important  to  know  about  visit’s  is  that  they  expire  aBer  30  minutes  of  inac6vity,  or  at  midnight.    

For  example,  If  you  leave  for  lunch  for  31  minutes,  and  leave  a  website  open  on  your  browser.  When  you  return,  your  visit  will  be  counted  as  a  new  visit    New  visits  are  always  also  counted  when  you  arrive  using  a  different  source.  For  example,  If  you  come  via  a  referral  source  (a  link  from  another  website),  then  do  a  Google  search  and  click  the  website  link,  these  are  counted  as  2  different  visits,  although  it’s  the  same  person.  

Some  referrals  are  treated  differently  however!  –  If  someone  visits  your  website  first,  then  visits  a  site  and  is  linked  back  to  you,  the  30  minutes  does  not  start  over  again.  It’s  treated  as  one  visit.  

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The  Audience  reports  are  designed  to  provide  insight  into:  Who  makes  up  your  audience  (loca5on,  language,  custom  variables)  How  that  audience  reaches  and  consumes  your  site  (technology,  mobile)  Loyalty  and  engagement  (behavior)  

Loca9on  You  want  informa5on  about  visitors  from  the  areas  you  already  target  in  your  adver5sing,  but  you  should  also  know  about  traffic  from  other  geographic  areas  whose  visitors  exhibit  a  natural  interest  in  your  camp.  

Technology  &  Mobile  Understanding  the  technologies  visitors  use  to  reach  and  consume  your  site  lets  you  fine  tune  current  versions,  and  plan  upcoming  implementa5ons.  For  example,  you  want  to  be  sure  your  site  is  fully  func5onal  in  current  browsers,  but  you  also  want  to  stay  abreast  of  the  extent  to  which  visitors  are  migra5ng  away  from  desktop  to  mobile  browsers,  and  plan  your  development  accordingly.  

If  you  see  more  than  20%  of  users  browsing  your  website  on  mobile,  it  may  be  5me  to  look  at  a  mobile  friendly  website.  

New  vs  Returning  Visitors  This  report  gives  you  a  quick  look  at  the  ra5o  of  new  to  returning  visitors  by  number  of  visits  and  percentage  of  visits.  You  can  dig  a  liGle  deeper  into  the  numbers  to  see  if  the  content  and  pages  that  new  visitors  look  at  is  different  from  return  visitors.  Or  the  engagement  value  of  new  vs  returning  visitors.    

This  is  an  important  stat  to  look  at  when  segmen5ng  your  referral  traffic  from  paid  adver5sers.  Are  they  con5nuously  sending  you  repeat  visitors…  the  same  family,  or  are  you  geyng  a  qualified  stream  of  new  visitors  that  are  looking  at  your  cri5cal  

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Here’s  an  example  of  two  different  reports  for  New  vs  Returning  visitors.    

On  the  right,  you  can  see  that  only  30%  of  visits  are  from  returning  families,  but  that  the  returning  visitor  engagement  level  is  higher,  making  up  nearly  43%  of  total  pageviews  to  the  site.    

You  can  do  the  same  for    Organic  search  traffic  vs  paid  search  traffic  Referral  traffic  vs  search  traffic  Or  compare  different  referral  traffic  sources  And  so  on.  

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At  the  boGom  of  the  audience  menu,  there’s  a  preGy  cool  visitor  flow,  which  outlines  how  visitors  flow  through  your  website.  Looking  site  wide  gives  you  an  overall  trend,  but  the  real  value  comes  when  you  break  it  down  into  segments  again.  So  look  at  each  of  your  referral  sources,  look  at  your  search  traffic  vs  your  direct  traffic  or  new  vs  returning  visitors.    

You  can  also  see  what  pages  have  higher  /  lower  drop  off  rates.    When  you  scroll  over  each  segment,  it  will  show  you  the  URL  and  %’s  for  each.  

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One  quick  report  I  want  to  men5on  is  the  real  5me  tracking.  

Real-­‐Time  allows  you  to  monitor  visitor  ac5vity  as  it  happens  on  your  site.  The  reports  are  updated  con5nuously  and  each  pageview  is  reported  seconds  aeer  it  occurs  on  your  site.  For  example,  you  can  see:  •  how  many  people  are  on  your  site  right  now,  •  their  geographic  loca5ons,  •  the  traffic  sources  that  referred  them,  and  •  which  pages  they're  viewing.  

With  Real-­‐Time,  you  can  immediately  and  con5nuously  monitor  the  effects  that  new  campaigns  and  site  changes  have  on  your  traffic.  Here  are  a  few  of  the  ways  you  might  use  Real-­‐Time:  •  monitoring  whether  new  and  changed  content  on  your  site  is  being  viewed  •  see  whether  a  one-­‐day  promo5on  is  driving  traffic  to  your  site,  and  see  which  

pages  these  visitors  are  viewing  •  monitor  the  immediate  effects  on  traffic  from  a  blog/social  network  post  or  tweet  •  immediately  verify  that  the  tracking  code  is  working  on  your  site  

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We  looked  at  audience  reports,  now  let’s  look  at  traffic  reports.  

Source:  Every  referral  to  a  web  site  has  an  origin,  or  source.  Possible  sources  include:  “Google”  (the  name  of  a  search  engine),  “facebook.com”  (the  name  of  a  referring  site),  “Camp  Wrap  Up  NewsleGer”  (the  name  of  one  of  your  newsleGers),  and  “direct”  (visits  from  people  who  typed  your  URL  directly  into  their  browser,  or  who  had  bookmarked  your  site).  

Medium:  Every  referral  to  a  website  also  has  a  medium.  Possible  mediums  include:  “organic”  (unpaid  search),  “cpc”  (cost  per  click,  i.e.  paid  search),  “referral”  (a  website  linking  to  yours),  “email”  (the  name  of  a  custom  medium  you  can  create),  “none”  (direct  visits  have  a  medium  of  “none”).  

Keyword:  The  keywords  that  visitors  searched  are  usually  captured  in  the  case  of  search  engine  referrals.  This  is  true  for  both  organic  and  paid  search.  If  the  a  visitor  is  signed  into  a  Google  account,  however,  Keyword  will  have  the  value  “(not  provided)”.  

Campaign  is  the  name  of  the  referring  AdWords  campaign  (if  you  are  running  paid  search  ads)  or  a  custom  campaign  that  you  have  created.  

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This  is  a  quick  look  at  the  overview  graph  of  traffic  sources.  It  breaks  down  the  total  visits,  and  what  percent  are  coming  from  which  sources.  Now  that’s  good  to  track,  but  again,  you  want  to  dig  a  liGle  deeper  into  each  of  the  mediums  and  sources.  

At  the  top  there.  You  see  I’ve  highlighted  the  EMAIL  op6on.  For  any  report  you  pull  in  Google  analy6cs,  you  can  set  up  an  automated  report  to  be  sent  on  a  daily,  weekly  or  monthly  frequency  to  you  or  your  team.  Because  we’re  all  busy,  this  is  an  easy  way  to  look  at  your  data  without  forgeVng  about  it.  

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Keep  an  eye  on  your  referring  website  traffic.  You  want  high  numbers,  but  also  qualified  visitors.  People  that  stay  on  your  website.  

When  analyzing  the  quality  of  each  referral  website,  aim  high…  except  for  bounce  rate.  If  you  remember,  bounce  rate  is  the  percent  of  people  that  only  look  at  1  page.  So  if  a  referral  source  is  sending  you  lots  of  traffic  with  a  80%  bounce  rate,  that  means  only  20%  of  the  visitors  are  staying  and  exploring  your  website.  

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This  is  what  a  typical  referral  traffic  source  report  looks  like  I’ve  highlighted  some  of  the  important  elements  such  as  the  pages  viewed  and  5me  on  site.  

Referral  Traffic  

The  informa5on  in  this  report  lets  you  see  which  domains  (and  which  individual  pages  in  those  domains)  are  sending  traffic  to  your  site,  how  much  traffic  they  are  sending,  which  landing  pages  are  the  most  popular  referral  des5na5ons,  and  the  extent  to  which  those  referred  visitors  interact  with  your  website.  

If  you're  trying  to  build  a  traffic  stream  from  referrals,  you  want  to  know  which  domains  are  successful  sources.  For  example,  if  you're  pos5ng  videos  on  YouTube  in  order  to  raise  brand  awareness,  you  want  to  see  whether  those  videos  are  driving  visitors  to  your  site,  and  consequently  whether  youtube.com  shows  up  as  a  top  source  of  referrals.  

If  you’re  doing  online  adver5sing  it’s  important  to  track  the  traffic  levels  from  your  expected  sources,  but  this  report  also  lets  you  see  whether  there  are  unexpected  sources,  such  as  a  review  or  news  story  you  didn't  know  about,  or  a  popular  blogger  who  discovered  your  site.  

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Keep  an  eye  on  your  referring  website  traffic.  You  want  high  numbers,  but  also  qualified  visitors.  People  that  stay  on  your  website.  

Let’s  do  a  poll  –  in  the  example  above,  which  referral  source  is  more  valuable?  

Answer  –  Referral  source  1’s  visitors  are  interac5ng  with  the  site  and  Referral  source  2’s  are  not.  

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It’s  a  good  idea  to  track  your  camp  name  to  monitor  your  brand  awareness.    This  is  a  capture  of  an  organic  search  traffic  report  for  the  term  EXPO.  What  is  shows  us,  is  a  high  spike  in  people  searching  for  EXPO  around  our  private  school  and  summer  camp  expo  events.    

What  it  shows  us  is  that  people  heard  about  the  event  somewhere  (magazine,  newspaper,  flyer,  friend…)  and  are  now  doing  a  search  for  it  online  It  gives  us  an  idea  of  the  effec6veness  of  our  offline  campaigns.    

And  every  year,  we  ideally  want  to  grow  and  increase  this  branding  and  trend.  You  can  do  the  same  for  your  camp  name,  or  a  key  word  or  phrase  you  use  in  your  marke6ng  materials.    

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Another  rela5vely  new  report  with  Google  is  the  social  traffic  report.  And  if  you’re  doing  any  social  marke5ng,  this  is  an  important  report  to  review.    

Increasingly,  people  engage  with,  share,  and  discuss  content  on  social  networks.  Eighty  percent  of  interac5ons  with  content  take  place  on  sites  other  than  the  content  owner’s  website.    

So,  it’s  likely  that  most  people  become  aware  of  and  interact  with  your  blog  posts,  videos,  and  ar5cles  on  websites  other  than  your  own.  

How  do  you  measure  the  impact  and  effec5veness  of  your  social  networks?  Start  by  analyzing  referral  sources,  conversions  and  pages  shared.  ____________________________  Extra  info  incase  of  ques5ons….  

The  Social  Overview  report  allows  you  to  see  at  a  glance  how  much  conversion  value  is  generated  from  social  channels.  The  Social  Value  graph  compares  the  number  and  monetary  value  of  all  goal  comple5ons  versus  those  that  resulted  from  social  referrals.  

A  visit  from  a  social  referral  may  result  in  a  conversion  immediately  or  it  may  assist  in  a  conversion  that  occurs  later  on.  Referrals  that  generate  conversions  immediately  are  labeled  as  Last  Interac9on  Social  Conversions  in  the  graph.  If  a  referral  from  a  social  source  does  not  immediately  generate  a  conversion,  but  the  visitor  returns  later  and  converts,  the  referral  is  included  in  Assisted  Social  Conversions.  

Social  Plug-­‐ins  If  you  have  Google  "+1"  and  Facebook  "Like"  buGons  on  your  site,  it's  important  to  know  which  buGons  are  being  clicked  and  for  which  content.  For  example,  if  you  

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Here  is  an  example  of  a  social  networks  report  that  will  tell  you  popular  networks  and  measure  visitor  engagement.  It’s  not  enough  to  just  have  visitors  on  your  site,  you  want  those  visitors  to  engage  with  your  site  in  order  to  meet  your  goal  conversions.  As  an  example,  you  may  have  lots  of  people  visi9ng  your  site  from  Facebook,  but  if  they  aren’t  actually  contac9ng  you,  or  downloading  a  camp  registra9on  package  then  you  aren’t  conver9ng  your  visitors  to  clients.  

(Defini5ons  in  case  people  have  ques5ons)….  

Sources:  As  your  content  is  shared  and  people  come  to  your  site,  it's  important  to  understand  how  visitors  from  different  social  sources  engage  with  your  site.  

Conversions:  Shared  content  URLs  become  the  entry  points  into  your  site,  driving  traffic  from  social  sources.  Measuring  the  conversion  and  monetary  value  of  this  traffic  will  help  you  understand  the  impact  of  Social  on  your  business.  

Pages:  People  increasingly  engage  with,  share,  and  discuss  content  on  social  networks.  It’s  important  to  know  which  pages  and  content  are  being  shared,  where  they're  being  shared,  and  how.  

Social  Plugins:  Adding  Social  Plugin  buGons  to  your  site  (for  example,  Google  "+1"  buGons)  allows  your  users  share  content  to  social  networks  directly  from  your  site.  Your  social  plugin  data  shows  you  which  content  is  being  shared,  and  on  which  networks.  

The  Social  reports  allow  you  to  analyze  all  of  this  informa5on  together  and  see  the  complete  picture  of  how  Social  impacts  your  business.  Social  Reports  

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Another  sec5on  of  standard  repor5ng  is  Content  also  called  Behaviour  in  the  new  GA  platorm  –  depending  on  your  version  you  may  see  one  or  the  other.  

Analyze  this  data  to  get  insights  about  your  website’s  layout  and  content:  Is  your  layout  user  friendly?  How  well  is  your  content  being  received?  (high  or  low  bounce  rate,  page  views,  5me  on  page)  What  search  terms  do  people  use  to  find  you?  In-­‐page  analy5cs  will  give  you  a  heat  map  to  see  where  people  are  clicking  on  each  page  Is  there  a  problem  naviga5ng  through  your  site?  

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In  some  of  the  slides  I  talked  a  bit  about  goal  conversions…  or  you  may  have  seen  goal  conversion  rates.  First  however  -­‐  You  must  define  goals  in  order  to  track  goal  conversions  

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In  web  analy5cs,  a  conversion  is  the  comple5on  of  an  ac5vity  on  your  site  that  is  important  to  the  success  of  your  business.  For  example:  a  completed  sign  up  for  your  email  newsleGer  (a  goal  conversion)  a  comple5on  of  a  contact  form,  or    a  purchase  (a  transac5on,  some5mes  called  an  ecommerce  conversion)  

Goal  Conversions  First  -­‐  You  must  define  goals  in  order  to  track  goal  conversions.  Goal  conversions  are  the  primary  metric  for  measuring  how  well  your  site  fulfills  business  objec5ves.  A  goal  conversion  occurs  once  a  visitor  completes  a  desired  ac5on  on  your  site,  such  as  a  registra5on  or  download.  You'll  be  able  to  see  the  conversion  rates  and  number  of  comple5ons  for  each  goal  you  have  set  up.  Once  you've  set  up  goals,  you'll  also  be  able  to  see  how  all  your  channels  work  together  to  create  conversions  with  Mul5-­‐Channel  Funnels.  

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Google  has  4  types  of  goals,  however  the  primary  one  that  is  easiest  to  implement  and  track  is  the  URL  des5na5on  goal.    

This  is  when  a  specific  loca5on,  like  a  web  page  (or  virtual  page)  or  an  app  screen,  has  loaded.  For  example,  a  Thank  you  for  registering!  web  page  or  app  screen  may  be  a  des5na5on  for  a  lead  genera5on  campaign.    

To  set  up  goals,  you  go  to  your  admin  tab  in  the  top  right  corner,  and  click  on  the  tab  GOALS.  You’ll  be  able  to  set  goals  up  in  this  area  and  can  set  up  as  many  as  you  like.  How  to  set  up  goals  is  outside  the  scope  of  this  webinar,  however  you  can  find  full  details  at  google  analy5c  support.  

-­‐-­‐-­‐-­‐  c  lick  -­‐-­‐-­‐  

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Use  Goals  to  measure  how  well  you  meet  individual  objec5ves.  Goals  and  Funnels  are  a  versa5le  way  to  measure  how  well  your  site  or  app  fulfills  your  target  objec5ves.  You  can  set  up  individual  Goals  to  track  discrete  ac5ons,  like  transac5ons  with  a  minimum  purchase  amount  or  the  amount  of  5me  spent  on  a  screen.  A  Funnel  lets  you  specify  a  path  you  expect  traffic  to  take  to  reach  a  Goal.  Combining  Goals  and  Funnels  helps  you  analyze  how  well  your  site  or  app  directs  people  towards  your  target.  

Each  5me  a  user  completes  a  Goal,  a  conversion  is  logged  in  your  Google  Analy5cs  account.  If  you  set  a  monetary  value  for  a  Goal,  you  can  also  see  the  value  of  conversions.  You  can  see  the  Goal  conversions  rates  (i.e.,  the  Goal  comple5on  rates)  in  the  Goal  Reports.  You  can  also  analyze  Goals  conversions  in  other  reports,  including  the  Visitor  Report,  Traffic  Reports,  Site  Search  Reports,  and  the  Events  Reports.  

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Let’s  summarize  what  we’ve  learned  today.  

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Please  email  me  for  more  resources  or  if  you  have  ques5ons  …    

Please  answer  the  following  survey  ques5on  –    

Would  you  be  interested  in  aGending  an  Intermediate  Google  Analy5cs  webinar  where  we  get  into  some  of  these  reports  in  more  detail?  

2.  Analy5cs  videos  and  webinars  hGp://www.google.com/analy5cs/iq.html    3.  Analy5cs  help  centre  hGp://support.google.com/analy5cs/?hl=en  4.  Defini5ons  of  data  filters  hGps://support.google.com/analy5cs/answer/1034380?hl=en  5.  Informa5on  about  sampling  hGp://www.clickinsight.ca/about/blog/long-­‐tail-­‐keyword-­‐analysis-­‐sampling-­‐google-­‐analy5cs  6.  Informa5on  about  custom  campaign  tagging  hGp://www.clickinsight.ca/res/google-­‐analy5cs-­‐resources/google-­‐analy5cs-­‐custom-­‐tagging  7.  Analy5cs  status  update  hGp://www.google.com/analy5cs/status#hl=en  8.  Google  Analy5cs'  twiGer  feed  hGps://twiGer.com/googleanaly5cs  9.  Ar5cles  on  Google  Analy5cs  hGp://www.clickinsight.ca/res/google-­‐analy5cs-­‐resources  10.  Blog  about  Google  Analy5cs  hGp://www.clickinsight.ca/about/blog/category/google-­‐analy5cs  

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Any  ques5ons?  Email  me….  

Thank  you  for  joining  me  for  this  webinar.  Remember  the  slides  will  be  available  online  at  www.ourkidsmedia.com/marke5ng  

We  also  offer  a  number  of  other  webinars….  

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I  want  to  men5on  that  we’re  hos5ng  a  camps  and  programs  membership  overview  webinar  on  Wednesday  October  9th  from  12  –  1pm.  To  register  for  this  free  webinar  please  visit:  

hGps://www3.gotomee5ng.com/register/625126390  

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It  was  great  hos5ng  you  today,  and  I  hope  you  can  join  us  for  our  future  sessions!  Please  visit  www.ourkidsmedia.com/marke5ng/camp  and  be  sure  to  sign  up  for  our  upcoming  webinars.  

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