It’s only a small snippet of code, but it’s the difference between knowing whether your marketing is working or failing miserably. I’m talking about analytics software, which packs a powerful punch in terms of helping you to understand your website, social media profiles and customers and letting you know whether you’re succeeding in getting attention for your brand and making your business better known.
There are dozens of analytics tools around, but one of the best known is Google Analytics. So what can you learn with Google Analytics, and how will this affect your marketing?
You get more from your marketing when you understand who your audience is. Analytics can help with that. Google Analytics can tell you:
This information will help you see whether you are attracting the right audience.
Google Analytics has a “traffic sources” report which is another good way to track marketing effectiveness. For best results, take a snapshot of the key metrics for your site at the start of a marketing campaign, so you can see how different initiatives affect visitor numbers.
The traffic sources report lets you see:
You can even figure out what people are looking for on your site so that if you’re not providing it you can improve your content.
Google Analytics now tracks more social media data than ever before. That makes it a great tool for helping to check the effectiveness of social marketing campaigns. You can find out:
It’s a good way to find out whether your customers are using social sites where you don’t have a presence. And when you use other tools to dig deeper you may find new advocates for your business that you can work with in different ways.
Google Analytics lets you see which content titles and URLs attract the most visitors, as well as popular entrance and exit pages. That lets you know whether you need to amp up your headlines. Visitor flow shows you where you are losing people after they get to your site and that may suggest new content areas. You can also check for other issues that affect the effectiveness of your site, such as slow page load times which can drive visitors away.
If you’re marketing your business, you probably have a few goals in mind. You can set up goals and campaigns in Google Analytics, so you can see how many people are visiting your store and making a purchase, downloading a free resource or signing up for your email list. This will give you a handle on marketing conversions and see how marketing is helping your bottom line.
These are just a few of the ways in which you can use Google Analytics to improve your marketing.
Stephanie is the Founder and CEO of Crackerjack Marketing.
She’s been in social media for over 20 years, and teaches digital marketing at universities in Barcelona and Bangkok.
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Stephanie founder and CEO of Crackerjack Marketing.
She’s been in social media for over 20 years, and teaches digital marketing at universities in Barcelona and Bangkok.
Follow her on LinkedIn
for expert LinkedIn and marketing advice.
Are you stressed out by the time it takes to create great content?
In this handy Google Doc, which you can save and use on your own, you’ll get a super-simple layout to guide your content creation and management efforts.
It’s only a small snippet of code, but it’s the difference between knowing whether your marketing is working or failing miserably. I’m talking about analytics software, which packs a powerful punch in terms of helping you to understand your website, social media profiles and customers and letting you know whether you’re succeeding in getting attention for your brand and making your business better known.
There are dozens of analytics tools around, but one of the best known is Google Analytics. So what can you learn with Google Analytics, and how will this affect your marketing?
You get more from your marketing when you understand who your audience is. Analytics can help with that. Google Analytics can tell you:
This information will help you see whether you are attracting the right audience.
Google Analytics has a “traffic sources” report which is another good way to track marketing effectiveness. For best results, take a snapshot of the key metrics for your site at the start of a marketing campaign, so you can see how different initiatives affect visitor numbers.
The traffic sources report lets you see:
You can even figure out what people are looking for on your site so that if you’re not providing it you can improve your content.
Google Analytics now tracks more social media data than ever before. That makes it a great tool for helping to check the effectiveness of social marketing campaigns. You can find out:
It’s a good way to find out whether your customers are using social sites where you don’t have a presence. And when you use other tools to dig deeper you may find new advocates for your business that you can work with in different ways.
Google Analytics lets you see which content titles and URLs attract the most visitors, as well as popular entrance and exit pages. That lets you know whether you need to amp up your headlines. Visitor flow shows you where you are losing people after they get to your site and that may suggest new content areas. You can also check for other issues that affect the effectiveness of your site, such as slow page load times which can drive visitors away.
If you’re marketing your business, you probably have a few goals in mind. You can set up goals and campaigns in Google Analytics, so you can see how many people are visiting your store and making a purchase, downloading a free resource or signing up for your email list. This will give you a handle on marketing conversions and see how marketing is helping your bottom line.
These are just a few of the ways in which you can use Google Analytics to improve your marketing.
Are you stressed out by the time it takes to create great content?
In this handy Google Doc, which you can save and use on your own, you’ll get a super-simple layout to guide your content creation and management efforts.
Stephanie founder and CEO of Crackerjack Marketing.
She’s been in social media for over 20 years, and teaches digital marketing at universities in Barcelona and Bangkok.
Follow her on LinkedIn
for expert LinkedIn and marketing advice.
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