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Get perspectives from different people -- IT, marketers, web design folks, whoever might touch or be touched by analytics Gives you more insight into how and where analytics is valuable for the business Builds grassroots movement of people who care about analytics
bottom up is good, but so is top down find executives who want to hear about analytics and feed them good analysis they’ll keep coming back for more and they’ll spread the word to colleagues at their level and people below them
If you’re a non-boss, find your colleagues and help them look good If you’re a boss, this works great at any level Also good because it helps you focus on *outcomes*
Of course it’s important to demonstrate success -- demonstrate that analytics have value It’s also important to have an *early* success... if you go too long, people get skeptical that you’re doing anything worthwhile... got to catch their attention early So try to have a plan for successes, take sequential steps... often many baby successes are better than one big success after a long dry spell
Success doesn’t matter if you don’t tell anyone about it Get recognition so people understand analytics is valuable Tell it to everyone -- people who it matters to, people above you who may notice, people who are totally skeptical, people with different perspectives Get perspectives so you know what’s valuable to the business
Important to keep it top of mind, don’t bury analytics and only come around to them once a quarter Make it interesting -- what’s one interesting thing you discovered since last time Or turn that around -- what’s the one thing someone wants to know?
Numbers can be so dry, make fun Experimenting? Make bets If you can get the level of interest and excitement of fantasy football, you’ve got a winning program
Use terms people understand So, e.g. for a forum --- not “visitors who visit the site frequently but do not post” -- “Lurkers” This does two things First, it personalizes the data and makes it interesting -- gives an inkling about why these people fit together in a group and why we might care Second, people have to ask for the definitions, which gets them engaged with the data
picture from Avinash’s blog don’t make a giant excel spreadsheet overflowing with data people don’t know what to do with all that data at worst, they start ignoring you at best, they feel overwhelmed and don’t know what to do stick to a few key measurements, add insightful analysis, and focus on the *actions* and *impact* that’s what people can actually do, and why it’s important
Some people won’t be on board they don’t trust the analytics they trust their gut / they’re not numbers people just don’t think it’s that big a deal Know who these people are and you can deal with them better How do you deal with them? Be convincing If they don’t trust the analytics, be careful with the numbers, provide context and caveats If they trust their own opinions and don’t like numbers, explain the numbers in human terms... it’s easy for them to argue with you, hard to argue with the customer If they don’t think it’s a big deal...
Fear is a great motivator Delta has twice the revenue of Southwest, but half the online visitors? what’s up with that? why are they doing better than we are? are they making MONEY online, are they selling tickets?! why aren’t we doing that well?
It’s very important to know what the metrics mean and why the metrics mean success/failure, and what you need to do about them.
How many people are using tools they pay for? Free tools?
How many people are using tools they pay for? Free tools?
Has anyone used any other additional tools?
Has anyone used any other additional tools?
Does anyone use
Does anyone use
Mention GetActive
RedDot URL Issue GetActive Wrappers Convio Other Scripts
Example: A thank you page from your donation engine that goes to your CMS page. Nothing terrible happens if you can’t integrate everything – don’t forget, your store will give you data.
Measuring Success with Google Analytics.
RedDot issue with URL
RedDot issue with URL
API Mention: Measuring Success (Brian Clifton), Lunametrics Blog, Occam’s Razor, Eric Peterson, and of Course Google’s Blog. Tools: SiteScan, GAIgnoreMyHits, Better Google Analytics FX Plugin