Web Analytics Education: Secondary Dimensions

We created a series to teach you about the best free tool (and in my opinion the best tool, period) for web analytics: Google Analytics.

Among the less known basic tools are Chart Display and Annotations, Changing Table Filters, and Changing Table Views. Even less known than the previous episodes is Google Analytics Secondary Dimension option and I’m not talking about the twilight zone.

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Avoiding the Glazed Eyes Syndrome – Writing for Your Website Front Page – Part II

It’s a  fact. There is nothing more appealing to us than to know that we matter to others.  Creative use of web data mining by way of Google Analytics can help you unearth the hidden gold  “in them thar hills”.  The golden nuggets of information that, when used correctly in good content writing, can make your site visitors feel like the King of the Mountain.

When you meet a new person for the first time, do your eyes glaze over and your ears stop hearing them after a while, when all they can do is to go on and on about themselves?  How great their service is, how fantastic their qualifications are… on and on….

You want them to hear about you as well – a give and take of conversation.  Well, it’s exactly the same on-line.  If your Home Page isn’t focused totally on who your site visitor is, what their concerns and needs are, then they will do the on-line equivalent of the “glazed eyes” which is, to click-off your site and go elsewhere – where they are more appreciated and their concerns heard.

Use of  Google Analytics,  either on your own, or by using a web analytics consulting company,  can make the task of finding out what is going on with your site visitors so much easier.  Why  keep digging in soil that has no vein of gold? When just a few feet away the proverbial Mother Lode may be waiting for you.  Discovery may be as simple as website analysis.

In order to provide your on-line visitor with an experience that makes them feel heard and appreciated, you need to clearly understand who your visitor is – the whole demographic package.  Once you have this crucial piece of information you can use that as the foundation for your writing.

Your writing will be totally different if your primary audience is 20 years old, male and going to college verses 45 years old, female and working in a corporate job.

Until next time, Happy Data Mining

Suzanne Elliott
Website Content Copy Writer
www.sueelliott.com

Web Analytics Education: Chart Display and Annotations

We created a series to teach you about the best free tool (and in my opinion the best tool, period) for web analytics: Google Analytics.

The other items we covered on how to change your graphs were Date Range Selection, Changing Graph Intervals and Char Options. Here we help you toggle your memory and explain annotations in a 2.5 minutes video.

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Twitter Chatter: Learn what the user can’t do

Six projects to do before you do a webside redesign: Learn what the user can’t do
Ohhhh! You mean we shouldn’t just RANDOMLY re-design our website? (Hint: look at what your users have been TRYING to do)

Six projects to do before you do a webside redesign: Learn what the user can’t do
Ohhhh! You mean we shouldn’t just RANDOMLY re-design our website? (Hint: look at what your users have been TRYING to do)Six projects to do before you do a webside redesign: Learn what the user can’t do Ohhhh! You mean we shouldn’t just RANDOMLY re-design our website? (Hint: look at what your users have been TRYING to do)

Web Analytics Education: Chart Options

We created a series to teach you about the best free tool (and in my opinion the best tool, period) for web analytics: Google Analytics.

The other items we covered on how to change your graphs were Date Range Selection and Changing Graph Intervals. Today’s segment will teach you how to graph a different metric, compare different ones, and how to compare to your site.

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2.0 to go (web series): WordPress from start to finish

Let’s face it, the best part of take out is that you don’t have to do the cooking.

Come spend the day in our local Tech Kitchen as we whip up some fantastic web pages with WordPress. We call it “Make it and Take It,” but you can call it a mini miracle, you decide :-)!

I’m not saying that WordPress is easy-peezy-lemon-squeezy, but let’s face it: you’re all intelligent people with a keen eye for what you want in a website. Why let someone else control the wheel? We’ve designed this workshop with beginner and intermediate users in mind. By the end of the day you will have a better understanding of WordPress and sit in the driver’s seat of your own, custom-made site. And the best part is that you won’t have to pay someone else $5,000 every time you need a picture added. (Well, the best part is that you get personalized attention from the best in the Bay Area, but saving money is a close second).

Benefits of the Workshop

  • Install WordPress on a web host using FTP
  • Select themes, add content & publish
  • What are the best WordPress plugins / widgets to install
  • Keeping your WordPress website safe and secure from internet hackers
  • Controlling spam comments
  • Getting the help you need and putting it all Together

The Details

  • Hosting
  • Installation
  • Customization
  • Configuration
  • Themes
  • Plugins
  • Widgets
  • Pages
  • Posts
  • Media
  • Links

All this for only $99 with the discount code “mpthree” ($149 from August 1st to the 18th and $199 at the door, if space is still available.)

Chopsticks are optional.

P.S. Future 2.0 To Go workshops include SEO, design, social media, and content generation. Join our mailing list and you’ll be the first to know!

PPS. For those interested, we will be having one/one trainings for people – $25/15 minutes for either Massimo or Clyde.