Just this last week there were several articles in the news about the value of measurement and analytics. IT World : Is Analytics Adding Business Value? Data analytics is receiving vast amounts of attention in the trade press, on many websites and at conferences. MORE
Analytics Has To Have A Goal In Mind. The process of analytics is basically filtering data in various ways to assess what that data is actually representing. The goal of analytics has to be kept in mind or this filtering becomes a random number crunching instead of a thoughtful process. You have to keep the big picture in view with analytics or those numbers obscure what’s actually happening. MORE
Top Five: Google Analytics introduces new 'Audiences' report. Snapchat finally gives creators analytics. Now tens of thousands creators who make official Stories or have large followings will start seeing a slew of view count and demographic analytics on their Snapchat profile. MORE
Did you know that you can use Facebook Analytics Funnels to help uncover the value of an action on Facebook? You probably noticed that I’m on a big Facebook Analytics kick lately. Why the focus on Facebook Analytics? Facebook Analytics Funnels and Pixel Events. MORE
Facebook released more new features for its Analytics for Apps : support for web analytics, improved cross-device analytics, user properties and updated sharing insights. Product manager Josh Twist provided details on the latest round of new Analytics for Apps features in a blog post : Analytics for Apps is introducing a beta that adds support for web measurement and cross-platform metrics. MORE
If you are like the members of the analytics team here at Ignite Social Media, you’ve been anticipating the release of an official Instagram analytics platform ever since Facebook purchased the platform for a nice, round $1 billion. MORE
Are you using Google Analytics to check your content marketing efforts? Google even has a dedicated Analytics Academy to help you understand it. Previously on Razor Social, we’ve covered the most important terms and reporting in Google Analytics. MORE
Analytics is a very important part of doing business. I think this could very well become one of your most important analytics tools , especially if you have a presence on Google+ (and you should). Tracking & Analytics analytics google small business Small businesses, especially, need to consider how they will reach their audiences effectively and track their movements online. A new tool from Google makes that easier. It’s called Google+ Dashboard. MORE
The analytics tools behind some of the most popular social media platforms can be surprisingly limited. With an increasing number of businesses using social media for marketing, many platform analytics leave something to be desired. Overall, Pinterest analytics aren’t too special. MORE
What if I told you that right now at this very moment you are already you're sitting on a gold mine of free data and analytics to help you generate more brand awareness, leads and sales by connecting with your ideal customers in a human way? MORE
Facebook launched several new features and an improved design for its Analytics for Apps free mobile analytics solution. The social network introduced Analytics for Apps at its F8 global developers’ conference in March 2015. Push Notifications in Facebook Analytics for Apps. MORE
Google Analytics turned 10 years old on November 12. But I still think this is a good time to praise the power of analytics. If you aren’t sure what I mean, just think about all that a good analytics solution can do for your brand. The harsh reality is that analytics is necessary to the healthy growth of your business. Google Analytics is one of the best solutions out there, and it’s free. The Best of Google Analytics. MORE
The TEKsystems report on the Top Digital Skills CMOs are looking for in 2018 has analytics top of the list. In a recent post PR News stated “Data analytics and insights will be more valuable on your resume than “people skills” or great writing.” MORE
Pinterest has introduced analytics so that businesses can see who are pinning images on their websites and which images are being pinned. The first step to using Pinterest Analytics is to switch to the new look. Among the metrics you can track using Pinterest Analytics include: How many people have pinned your website. I expect Pinterest to improve upon its analytics platform over time. Tracking & Analytics analytics Pinterest Social Media MORE
Facebook added two major features to its Analytics for Apps Thursday: the ability to set time zones and view data by hour of the day. The social network also added an option for “last 24 hours” in Analytics for Apps’ date picker and the ability to break down reports by time interval. MORE
» Google Linking Webmaster Tools And Google Analytics There have been several significant improvements made to Google’s Webmaster Tools over this past week. One feature that has been added is the ability to link your Google Analytics data to your Webmaster Tools account. MORE
We’ve refreshed this post for 2017, check out the latest and greatest social media analytics tools below. As a little bonus, we have included more than 19 free social media analytics tools in this post! Chapter 1: 19 Free Social Media Analytics Tools. Google Analytics. MORE
You keep hearing that it’s vital to learn how to use data and analytics, but the very thought gives you a headache. Think of Google Analytics as your new BFF – the one who knows everything about everyone and is willing to dish! Need help with data and analytics? 3 minute read. MORE
I’m not suggesting you should give up on Google Analytics, especially now that they are in the process of rolling out Universal Analytics , but if you do decide to look around for other analytics services, here are five free alternatives to Google Analytics you might consider. Clicky – Clicky is one of the more popular Google Analytics alternatives. Mixpanel – Mixpanel offers analytics for events management. MORE
This is the actual value in using social media analytics properly. Related posts: Analytics: What are you really learning? HOW TO: Get Started With Google Analytics. Top Fourteen Interfaces in Social Media and Web Analytics on the Internet. MORE
How Analytics are the Sideways Approach to Measuring PR. And analytics are at the heart of this approach. Registrations were the ultimate goal, and they were using campaign tracking in Google Analytics very well. A version of this post originally appeared on Spin Sucks. MORE
8 Google Analytics Tricks For Marketers. When someone wants a tool to analyze the traffic coming to their website, nothing comes close to Google Analytics (GA). The AdWords reports showcase valuable ABC metrics from both AdWords and Analytics. MORE
For the longest time Google Analytics was the only free open source analytics program. Many online marketers opted to use a paid analytics program so they could keep their information private and away from Google’s eyes, or they had other reasons. But there is a new alternative to Google Analytics that is free and open source and is picking up speed. I am saying it’s a useful alternative to Google Analytics , if you are in the market for one. MORE
I believe most website owners are still using Google Analytics. There are perfectly valid reasons for not using Google Analytics. Another reason you may not want to use Google Analytics is because the data is unsecure. Here are six viable options to Google Analytics. Piwik – Piwik is a free open source analytics package that does everything Google Analytics does. Clicky – Clicky is 100% real-time analytics. MORE
This past week I have been busy prepping monthly analytic reports for clients. ” While that may have been true, I was really bothered that my analytic report was being dismissed. Analytics B2B Marketing Uncategorized analytics MORE
Let’s take a deeper look at your Twitter analytics, something that many of us rarely do — but need to. Twitter Analytics 101. Click on ‘analytics’ to get to the dashboard. From this dashboard, you can dig into the analytics of each tweet. MORE
So I spent the better part of January looking at every social media listening, monitoring, analytics, intelligence and insights firm I could get my hands on. They have staff to pull monthly reports and do what they are calling “Insights analytics&#. SENTIMENT BASED ANALYTICS. MORE
Whether you are a big business executive, middle manager, or a small business owner, you’d be hard pressed to succeed at SEO (or any Internet marketing) without the use of analytics. You could say that analytics are the eyes and ears of the marketing department. Analytics measures results. Most of the time, you want to keep your analytics focused on end result data. Analytics are important for any marketing. MORE
Google has made all this possible with its quintessential service called Google Analytics that specifically caters to online marketers. So what exactly is Google Analytics? Advantages of using Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free service. MORE
Finding insights that drive action, and communicating these nuggets of information to the right people, is one of the most important parts of analytics. PR pros could be champions at analytics because they already have the skills others find so challenging: Content Analysis. MORE
This makes your analytics options far more advanced and can also help you to optimize content for your audience or customers. Facebook Marketing & Communication analytics Comment Box demographics Social Media Social Plugins social sharing MORE
Twitter has been slowly improving their analytics features for profiles and ads and it’s been very interesting to see. The new analytics dashboard shares top tweets, mentions, Twitter cards and followers on a month by month basis. MORE
Social Analytics: A Valuable Tool Evolving To Meet Expectations. G2 Crowd , a business software reviewing company, recently released a report focusing on social analytic software. The report contains nearly 900 reviews of over 25 different social analytics products. MORE
Luckily, there are a variety of Twitter analytics tools to help do this. Which are the best Twitter analytics tools with which to get started? The native analytics accessible through Twitter.com are extensive and great to use for reporting and analysis. MORE
It takes being logical, objective and analytical too. A good social media consultant will be au fait with: Google Analytics and Tag Manager. Native platform analytics including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snap. MORE
Blog Social Media Twitter twitter analytics Numbers nerds rejoice! Twitter is finally providing all users with data on their tweets. Previously, this information was only available to advertisers and a limited number of other users. MORE
Last week at Social Capital Ottawa I moderated rountable discussions on analytics and digging deep to gain real insight. It was clear from those who participated that people are using and are keenly interested in analytics, but that information they are gleaning is largely superficial. MORE
Google Analytics is without a doubt one of the most useful tools available to help you gain insight into your online marketing performance. So go ahead, log into your Google Analytics account and click the Admin tab at the bottom of the menu on the left. in Google Analytics. MORE
Rocco Baldassarre just gave a simple explanation on Entrepreneur of 5 Keys to Unlocking the Power of Google Analytics. It can take up to 24 hours to sync AdWords and Analytics. Link AdWords to Analytics and then link Analytics to AdWords to get the full scope of possible use out of these important tools. Tracking & analytics are sometimes overwhelming to a busy business owner because there is so much else going on. MORE
Facebook Analytics is a terrific tool that not enough marketers are using. In this post, I’m going to provide a few examples of some powerful Facebook Analytics reports and how it all comes back to the Facebook pixel and Events. Facebook Analytics, The Pixel, and Events. MORE
“When you hear “analytics”, you might think of webmaster tracking visits to their site. But learning analytics combines this sort of data analysis with student interaction in online education tools, aiming to create a more integrated and customized learning experience. MORE
With the incredible volume of new products and tools released every month, some folks might have missed the launch of Facebook Analytics. Facebook pitches Analytics as an informative tool intended for advanced advertisers. This complex data is possible with Facebook Analytics. MORE
And one of the best tools that helps all of us understand data at a deeper level is Facebook Analytics. Jon and I taught a Facebook Analytics course last December and we received this question, which helped prompt our thinking for a future Analytics course: . MORE
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It takes being logical, objective and analytical too. A good social media consultant will be au fait with: Google Analytics and Tag Manager. Native platform analytics including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snap.
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FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Top Five: Google Analytics introduces new 'Audiences' report. Snapchat finally gives creators analytics. Now tens of thousands creators who make official Stories or have large followings will start seeing a slew of view count and demographic analytics on their Snapchat profile.
The Realtime Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2017
8 Google Analytics Tricks For Marketers. When someone wants a tool to analyze the traffic coming to their website, nothing comes close to Google Analytics (GA). The AdWords reports showcase valuable ABC metrics from both AdWords and Analytics.
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And one of the best tools that helps all of us understand data at a deeper level is Facebook Analytics. Jon and I taught a Facebook Analytics course last December and we received this question, which helped prompt our thinking for a future Analytics course: .
Small Business Mavericks
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Google Analytics turned 10 years old on November 12. But I still think this is a good time to praise the power of analytics. If you aren’t sure what I mean, just think about all that a good analytics solution can do for your brand. The harsh reality is that analytics is necessary to the healthy growth of your business. Google Analytics is one of the best solutions out there, and it’s free. The Best of Google Analytics.
Jon Loomer
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With the incredible volume of new products and tools released every month, some folks might have missed the launch of Facebook Analytics. Facebook pitches Analytics as an informative tool intended for advanced advertisers. This complex data is possible with Facebook Analytics.
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Google has made all this possible with its quintessential service called Google Analytics that specifically caters to online marketers. So what exactly is Google Analytics? Advantages of using Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free service.
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Blog Social Media Twitter twitter analytics Numbers nerds rejoice! Twitter is finally providing all users with data on their tweets. Previously, this information was only available to advertisers and a limited number of other users.
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Last week at Social Capital Ottawa I moderated rountable discussions on analytics and digging deep to gain real insight. It was clear from those who participated that people are using and are keenly interested in analytics, but that information they are gleaning is largely superficial.
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Google Analytics is without a doubt one of the most useful tools available to help you gain insight into your online marketing performance. So go ahead, log into your Google Analytics account and click the Admin tab at the bottom of the menu on the left. in Google Analytics.
Proactive Report
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Just this last week there were several articles in the news about the value of measurement and analytics. IT World : Is Analytics Adding Business Value? Data analytics is receiving vast amounts of attention in the trade press, on many websites and at conferences.
The Realtime Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2017
Social Analytics: A Valuable Tool Evolving To Meet Expectations. G2 Crowd , a business software reviewing company, recently released a report focusing on social analytic software. The report contains nearly 900 reviews of over 25 different social analytics products.
Ignite Social Media
JULY 22, 2016
If you are like the members of the analytics team here at Ignite Social Media, you’ve been anticipating the release of an official Instagram analytics platform ever since Facebook purchased the platform for a nice, round $1 billion.
Waxing UnLyrical
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
How Analytics are the Sideways Approach to Measuring PR. And analytics are at the heart of this approach. Registrations were the ultimate goal, and they were using campaign tracking in Google Analytics very well. A version of this post originally appeared on Spin Sucks.
PWB Marketing Blog
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This past week I have been busy prepping monthly analytic reports for clients. ” While that may have been true, I was really bothered that my analytic report was being dismissed. Analytics B2B Marketing Uncategorized analytics
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So I spent the better part of January looking at every social media listening, monitoring, analytics, intelligence and insights firm I could get my hands on. They have staff to pull monthly reports and do what they are calling “Insights analytics&#. SENTIMENT BASED ANALYTICS.
Small Business Mavericks
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
Rocco Baldassarre just gave a simple explanation on Entrepreneur of 5 Keys to Unlocking the Power of Google Analytics. It can take up to 24 hours to sync AdWords and Analytics. Link AdWords to Analytics and then link Analytics to AdWords to get the full scope of possible use out of these important tools. Tracking & analytics are sometimes overwhelming to a busy business owner because there is so much else going on.
Small Business Mavericks
MARCH 12, 2013
Pinterest has introduced analytics so that businesses can see who are pinning images on their websites and which images are being pinned. The first step to using Pinterest Analytics is to switch to the new look. Among the metrics you can track using Pinterest Analytics include: How many people have pinned your website. I expect Pinterest to improve upon its analytics platform over time. Tracking & Analytics analytics Pinterest Social Media
Small Business Mavericks
DECEMBER 28, 2012
For the longest time Google Analytics was the only free open source analytics program. Many online marketers opted to use a paid analytics program so they could keep their information private and away from Google’s eyes, or they had other reasons. But there is a new alternative to Google Analytics that is free and open source and is picking up speed. I am saying it’s a useful alternative to Google Analytics , if you are in the market for one.
agora pulse
MAY 30, 2017
Luckily, there are a variety of Twitter analytics tools to help do this. Which are the best Twitter analytics tools with which to get started? The native analytics accessible through Twitter.com are extensive and great to use for reporting and analysis.
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Did you know that you can use Facebook Analytics Funnels to help uncover the value of an action on Facebook? You probably noticed that I’m on a big Facebook Analytics kick lately. Why the focus on Facebook Analytics? Facebook Analytics Funnels and Pixel Events.
Pam Moore
JULY 5, 2017
What if I told you that right now at this very moment you are already you're sitting on a gold mine of free data and analytics to help you generate more brand awareness, leads and sales by connecting with your ideal customers in a human way?
Small Business Mavericks
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Whether you are a big business executive, middle manager, or a small business owner, you’d be hard pressed to succeed at SEO (or any Internet marketing) without the use of analytics. You could say that analytics are the eyes and ears of the marketing department. Analytics measures results. Most of the time, you want to keep your analytics focused on end result data. Analytics are important for any marketing.
Jon Loomer
DECEMBER 2, 2017
Facebook Analytics is a terrific tool that not enough marketers are using. In this post, I’m going to provide a few examples of some powerful Facebook Analytics reports and how it all comes back to the Facebook pixel and Events. Facebook Analytics, The Pixel, and Events.
Proactive Report
APRIL 2, 2018
Finding insights that drive action, and communicating these nuggets of information to the right people, is one of the most important parts of analytics. PR pros could be champions at analytics because they already have the skills others find so challenging: Content Analysis.
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Facebook added two major features to its Analytics for Apps Thursday: the ability to set time zones and view data by hour of the day. The social network also added an option for “last 24 hours” in Analytics for Apps’ date picker and the ability to break down reports by time interval.
agora pulse
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Let’s take a deeper look at your Twitter analytics, something that many of us rarely do — but need to. Twitter Analytics 101. Click on ‘analytics’ to get to the dashboard. From this dashboard, you can dig into the analytics of each tweet.
Proactive Report
JUNE 4, 2018
You keep hearing that it’s vital to learn how to use data and analytics, but the very thought gives you a headache. Think of Google Analytics as your new BFF – the one who knows everything about everyone and is willing to dish! Need help with data and analytics? 3 minute read.
Small Business Mavericks
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
» Google Linking Webmaster Tools And Google Analytics There have been several significant improvements made to Google’s Webmaster Tools over this past week. One feature that has been added is the ability to link your Google Analytics data to your Webmaster Tools account.
Sherrilynne Starkie
MARCH 8, 2014
This is the actual value in using social media analytics properly. Related posts: Analytics: What are you really learning? HOW TO: Get Started With Google Analytics. Top Fourteen Interfaces in Social Media and Web Analytics on the Internet.
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
“When you hear “analytics”, you might think of webmaster tracking visits to their site. But learning analytics combines this sort of data analysis with student interaction in online education tools, aiming to create a more integrated and customized learning experience.
SocialTimes Facebook
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Facebook launched several new features and an improved design for its Analytics for Apps free mobile analytics solution. The social network introduced Analytics for Apps at its F8 global developers’ conference in March 2015. Push Notifications in Facebook Analytics for Apps.
Proactive Report
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
The TEKsystems report on the Top Digital Skills CMOs are looking for in 2018 has analytics top of the list. In a recent post PR News stated “Data analytics and insights will be more valuable on your resume than “people skills” or great writing.”
SocialTimes Facebook
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Facebook released more new features for its Analytics for Apps : support for web analytics, improved cross-device analytics, user properties and updated sharing insights. Product manager Josh Twist provided details on the latest round of new Analytics for Apps features in a blog post : Analytics for Apps is introducing a beta that adds support for web measurement and cross-platform metrics.
Razor Social
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Are you using Google Analytics to check your content marketing efforts? Google even has a dedicated Analytics Academy to help you understand it. Previously on Razor Social, we’ve covered the most important terms and reporting in Google Analytics.
Small Business Mavericks
OCTOBER 29, 2014
Analytics Has To Have A Goal In Mind. The process of analytics is basically filtering data in various ways to assess what that data is actually representing. The goal of analytics has to be kept in mind or this filtering becomes a random number crunching instead of a thoughtful process. You have to keep the big picture in view with analytics or those numbers obscure what’s actually happening.
Small Business Mavericks
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
I’m not suggesting you should give up on Google Analytics, especially now that they are in the process of rolling out Universal Analytics , but if you do decide to look around for other analytics services, here are five free alternatives to Google Analytics you might consider. Clicky – Clicky is one of the more popular Google Analytics alternatives. Mixpanel – Mixpanel offers analytics for events management.
Buffer Social
MARCH 6, 2017
We’ve refreshed this post for 2017, check out the latest and greatest social media analytics tools below. As a little bonus, we have included more than 19 free social media analytics tools in this post! Chapter 1: 19 Free Social Media Analytics Tools. Google Analytics.
Mindjumpers
MARCH 18, 2011
This makes your analytics options far more advanced and can also help you to optimize content for your audience or customers. Facebook Marketing & Communication analytics Comment Box demographics Social Media Social Plugins social sharing
Small Business Mavericks
JUNE 11, 2013
Analytics is a very important part of doing business. I think this could very well become one of your most important analytics tools , especially if you have a presence on Google+ (and you should). Tracking & Analytics analytics google small business Small businesses, especially, need to consider how they will reach their audiences effectively and track their movements online. A new tool from Google makes that easier. It’s called Google+ Dashboard.
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