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Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Allaedin Ezzedin

Allaedin Ezzedin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:22:54 +0000

Thanks Mr. Sterne for taking the time to send your feedback about my humble resolutions. I really appreciate it.

I hope your input and encouragement will be a source of motivation for me to accomplish my goals.

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Jim Sterne

Jim Sterne — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:59:54 +0000

Allaedin – A couple of quick responses to your resolutions:

- Obtain the WAA Certification.
Excellent! I look forward to seeing your name added to the 91 currently at http://www.webanalyticsassociation.org/?page=certified

- Support at least two non-profit organizations in making better online marketing decisions.
Yes!!
http://www.webanalyticsdemystified.com/ae/what-is-analysis-exchange.asp

- Release my first Analytics app.
Ooooo – That’s intriguing. There’s always something new and it’s nice to know where to expect it to come from next.

- Run a marathon – I know it is not directly related to WA, but Healthy Body -> Sound Mind -> Good Analysis
Ahhh, youth! You are a better man than I, Allaedin.

All the best for your quest.

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Object Synergy — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:02:01 +0000

Nice Tips Mate. very informative, particularly on social media marketing.

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by 2012 Marketing Trends, Predictions & Insights for online marketers.

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Comment on Google Analytics’ Gift to Humanity: Multiple Custom Variables by Christian Business Directory

Christian Business Directory — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:07:13 +0000

There is no limitation in the number of values you assign for any custom variable. Typically, you will have two or more values for a given name. For example, you might define a custom variable name “product-category” and supply: Suits, Pants, Shirts, Shoes, Sports Apparel, Socks as possible values.

Comment on Tracking Mobile Devices in Google Analytics by Allaedin Ezzedin

Allaedin Ezzedin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:22:20 +0000

Hi Ancy,

It really depends on:
1) how you are reporting data from the different digital properties
2) the interaction between the mobile site and the main site

If the mobile site is 100% independent of the main site, then maybe reporting each web property in a separate profile or event account is a good idea. But, if the mobile site depends on the main site for conversion and other main functions, then linking the two sites and reporting them to the same profile is a must.

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Comment on Tracking Mobile Devices in Google Analytics by Ancy

Ancy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:41:16 +0000

Should we create different google analytics code for mobile site and normal site

Comment on Segment Blog Commenters in Google Analytics by neti pot

neti pot — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:20:05 +0000

I stopped using Google Anayltics and moved to piwik so my data was not shared with Google. However I really miss the goals aspect of GA.

I may well go back to GA for some of my blogs and give your comment code a try

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Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Pugal

Pugal — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:44:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing the tips Feras.

I agree, sharing the resolutions with others makes it more accountable.

My resolutions:

1) Add at least 3 new clients a month

2) Request and receive at least 3 referrals from existing clients

3) 45 minutes of daily exercise

Wish you and everyone a Happier and a More Successful New Year.

Pugal

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Allaedin Ezzedin

Allaedin Ezzedin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:29:16 +0000

Thanks Andrew for reading!

I have a long list of resolutions that I am aiming to achieve in 2012, but here are few WA related resolutions:
- Obtain the WAA Certification.
- Support at least two non-profit organizations in making better online marketing decisions.
- Release my first Analytics app.
- Run a marathon – I know it is not directly related to WA, but Healthy Body -> Sound Mind -> Good Analysis

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Andrew Byerman

Andrew Byerman — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:58:16 +0000

Excellent post, thank you!
Are you going to share with us your Analytics resolutions or you are going to keep them to yourself?

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Allaedin Ezzedin

Allaedin Ezzedin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:15:47 +0000

Feras, don’t mix pleasure with pleasure Please enjoy your vacation and don’t think about your resolutions until you come back to Cali!

Comment on 5 Tips for Web Analytics New Year’s Resolutions by Feras Alhlou

Feras Alhlou — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:30:36 +0000

Great post Allaedin!

As you know, I am on vacation and wasn’t going to read any blog posts, but couldn’t resist and now you got me thinking about my analytics resolutions for 2012!!

Feras

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Comment on Cleanup your URLs with Search and Replace Filters by Allaedin Ezzedin

Allaedin Ezzedin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:42:04 +0000

Hi Hyderali,
Please provide few samples of the current URLs and how you want to see the URL in GA.

Comment on Cleanup your URLs with Search and Replace Filters by hyderali

hyderali — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:14:21 +0000

Hello Sir,

One of my client ecommerce site have dynamic URLs. Wanted to know how to replace that. Appreciate if you can guide whether I’m doing it right or wrong.

Main Category – /Products/ProductList.aspx?103=57
I changed it to – ^/Products/ProductList\.aspx\?103=57.*
I done that through the post here http://www.blueglass.com/blog/regex-as-seen-out-in-the-wild/
Please let me know if I’m doing it right or wrong. Also, please guide me on how to do it for sub-category & product detail pages.

Product Detail Page URL – /Products/ProductDetail.aspx?productid=61962

Thanks a lot sir for this awesome post.

Comment on Segment Blog Commenters in Google Analytics by Dubai Web Design

Dubai Web Design — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:40:52 +0000

This is something new at least to me that I can offer to my client as well as to my blog.

I’ll start segmenting my readers from today.

Comment on Facebook Marketing Bootcamp – Insights & Optimization by Juliann Matson

Juliann Matson — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:02:57 +0000

Thank you very much for providing this summary. I was not able to attend the bootcamp so to find the terrific information has made my day!

Comment on Nurturing the Click – 10 Tips On Building Effective Landing Pages by Ivan Andrianko

Ivan Andrianko — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:47:42 +0000

Very in depth article Farid, But i feel that anyone looking for the very basics should also know exactly what they are trying to accomplish, the basics of all basics.

A very main component of landing page design has to do with the desire that you are approaching. according to consumer psychology, whenever we decide that a product is worth investigating, it is because something they read or saw triggered a thought say “I can fulfill something in my life with this” Its not enough for your product to be good and for people to know it. You have to entice them FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
To do this you have to understand the natural human desires…

There are 8 natural desires they go as such.

1. Survival, enjoyment of life, life extension
2. Enjoyment of food and beverages
3. Freedom from fear, pain and danger
4. Sexual companionship
5. Comfortable living conditions
6. Superiority, Social ranking
7. Care and protection of loved ones
8. Social Approval

The main thing is figuring out which of these your demographic is looking to fulfill when they land on your page, and SCREAMING FULFILLMENT! in your header. Always keep their attention on the idea that your product will help them fulfill one of these desires.

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No spam — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:59:10 +0000

You have to be careful though, as recent studies have shown that users are very apprehensive to what they feel as businesses impeding on their social media experience.

Comment on Facebook Marketing Bootcamp – Insights & Optimization by Peterborough Social Media Marketing Experts

Peterborough Social Media Marketing Experts — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:16:27 +0000

Thank you for summarizing the Facebook Bookcamp. these tips are very good, I did not attend the Facebook Bootcamp because I was busy on a small project and having someone who took some time to share this Webinar with others is very kind, This is fantastic Social Media network example.

Comment on 5 Steps for Awesome Social Media Lead Generation – Hubspot Webinar by Farid Alhadi

Farid Alhadi — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:37:08 +0000

Thanks Svitla Systems and Barbara. Yah, ROI from Social is very tricky. We have a couple clients that have a social marketing plan, and as far as direct ROI, we’ve found success depends on your type of business. We have a dentist that administers Invisalign. He pumped money into the ads for his page, has 17k fans, extremely active and engaging. Regardless of his leads and closing rate, if he closes a handful of leads, he makes his return right away, because of the cost of his service. Musicians however, where the industry is constantly changing, ROI is not as straightforward. Its more for branding, getting exposure for them and their music. There’s a “tipping point” where finally if they reach enough fans, they can monetize (through music sales or mainly attendance to their tours). We’ve found the trick is to find a social method/goal that works for you (build rapport and branding? Directly get leads to contact you? Drive foot traffic to say your restaurant because you offered an online promo? etc.)

Comment on 5 Steps for Awesome Social Media Lead Generation – Hubspot Webinar by Barbara Mckinney

Barbara Mckinney — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:40:15 +0000

Thanks for these 5 great tips for social media lead generation. It’s difficult to measure ROI in social media marketing but one thing is for certain, the quality of traffic it could bring to your site. You were right when you said; not all marketing approaches suits your business needs. Testing can help you choose which one works for you.

Comment on 5 Steps for Awesome Social Media Lead Generation – Hubspot Webinar by Svitla Systems

Svitla Systems — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:26:15 +0000

Thanks for summary. I found a lot of useful information on improving my social media campaigns. I’ve been running several social media campaigns since the beginning of 2011 and their ROI disappoints.

Comment on Google Analytics Flow Visualization – Not Your Traditional Path Analysis by jure

jure — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:31:13 +0000

do you know, when it will be avaible for all google-analytics customers?

Comment on Facebook Marketing Bootcamp: How Your Business Will Be Better In A Connected World by Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:48:15 +0000

Wow. I’ve been working hard to develop my communication skills lately. And these seem like some great techniques to help get the word out. Thanks a lot for all the ideas, Farid.
I’d love to hear what you think of my site,
Jeff

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Comment on Tracking Traffic from Press Releases in Google Analytics by Jim Bayes

Jim Bayes — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:23:27 +0000

This is pretty smart. I’m going to implement this on our site and post my feedback in a couple of weeks once we collect enough data.

Comment on Google Analytics Flow Visualization – Not Your Traditional Path Analysis by Alejandro

Alejandro — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:10:57 +0000

Feras, great post. As you said, “Google replaced the bar entirely”; so I will require to play a bit with this, aided by your post to get full understanding. So far looks very promising
Tkx

Comment on Google Analytics Flow Visualization – Not Your Traditional Path Analysis by Petr Macek WSI

Petr Macek WSI — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 10:15:26 +0000

Thanks Charles for this post. Is this in some pilot stage at this moment and open only to a selected few?
I can’t wait to get this, it may open our eyes in many occasions, at the moment this type of analysis is very difficult or almost impossible to do and with this tools analysts will be much keener to get into this type of web assessment.
Thanks,
Petr

Comment on Optimize Form Length with Input Analysis by Samantha LeVan

Samantha LeVan — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:00:10 +0000

I love the idea of seeing how many forms fields were “visited” compared to completed but web analytics may tell you what people do but they don’t tell you why. Certainly we can hypothesize that people are seeing it and may not find it important, don’t believe it’s necessary, or just don’t care, but based on the form layout, I’d guess that people are tabbing into the comments field but not really noticing it.

Some quick usability testing with 4-6 representative users would provide the feedback you need to know the “why” part of this problem. This isn’t a form with too many fields (five is fairly routine). It’s a form with a workflow that doesn’t match a user’s mental model.

I realize this post is very old, but would love to see some examples with different form layouts and with more than five fields, particularly those that gather market research data with demographic questions. This could be a very cool experiment!

Comment on Channel Grouping in Google Analytics Multi-Channel Funnels by Charles Farina

Charles Farina — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:15:40 +0000

Thanks Jeff!

Comment on Channel Grouping in Google Analytics Multi-Channel Funnels by Jeff SanGeorge

Jeff SanGeorge — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:16:04 +0000

Great visuals, this information makes it much easier to visualize, and explain to others how the multi-channel funnel works.

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Charles Farina

Charles Farina — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:45:00 +0000

There was a question in the Webinar about the Treemap visualization. Here is a link to the post: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2009/10/google-analytics-api-on-app-engine.html

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Rob Shapiro

Rob Shapiro — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:45:08 +0000

Hi Feras,
I’m looking forward to the webinar and have a couple questions.
1 – When logged into a Google Account, I can only access Analytics via “Visit the previous version of the Google Accounts Screen.” Am I missing somthing or is this the only way to access GA for now?
2 – Do you have any suggestions to efficently zero in on the relevent data and not get lost in the forest or miss somthing important?
Thanks,
Rob

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Marty DeWitt

Marty DeWitt — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:36:47 +0000

Feras,

Here is a question for Friday…

If I’m sending an email to prospects from my WSI email address and included in the email is an image that it loads from my WSI website, is it possible to tag the image so that I know if a recipient opened the email and downloaded the image? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks,
Marty

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Marty DeWitt

Marty DeWitt — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:34:56 +0000

Feras,

Can I get a copy of the slide deck?

Marty

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Feras Alhlou

Feras Alhlou — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:49:37 +0000

Hi Rich, Deven, Rob,

Thanks for the follow up. You should have received the slide deck by now.

Hope you are starting to make good use of all the cool analytics “stuff”

Thanks,
Feras

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Rob Shapiro

Rob Shapiro — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 19:18:45 +0000

Hi Ferras,
I have not received the slide deck or the webinar invite.
Many Thanks,
Rob

Comment on Segment Blog Commenters in Google Analytics by Bennie

Bennie — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:03:30 +0000

Apply the same concept to your email subscribers, contact-us requests, social media followers or any other segment of your blog readers you are interested in learning more about.

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Deven Pravin Shah

Deven Pravin Shah — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:06:30 +0000

Hi Feras:

Where do I get the slide deck?

Thanks,

-Deven

Comment on Google Analytics Training Day – Thank You to All Attendees by Richard Casamento

Richard Casamento — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:07:08 +0000

Feras,

I did not get the slide deck, can you send or tell me where to get it?

Much thanks,
Rich

Comment on Download Whitepaper – A 7-Step Analytics Reporting Framework by Feras Alhlou

Feras Alhlou — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:13:10 +0000

Thank you for your comment Edgard. And yes, focus on these few KPIs!

Comment on Download Whitepaper – A 7-Step Analytics Reporting Framework by Edgard

Edgard — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:27:46 +0000

Thank you for a great paper Feras!! It’s quite practical with real-life examples.. good stuff!! It brought focus to me on what really matters in the world of crunching analytics…Like you noted numbers can get overwhelming and meaningless if we don’t know how to put them through the process you defined in order to convert them from mere “data” to knowledge. Gotta get the KPIs down

Comment on New Multi Channel Reporting Suite for Google Analytics by Charles Farina

Charles Farina — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:07:44 +0000

Hi Mark, it is in the Assisted Conversions Section.

Comment on New Multi Channel Reporting Suite for Google Analytics by Mark

Mark — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:16:29 +0000

“you can change to look at first click vs. last interaction ”

How exactly can you do this? I don’t see any such option. I’ve looked under all the menus and there is no “First Click” interaction filter or heading.