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9780470596432

Web Analytics 2.0 : The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470596432

  • ISBN10:

    0470596430

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-12-01
  • Publisher: Sybex
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Summary

Adeptly address today's business challenges with this powerful new book from web analytics thought leader Avinash Kaushik. Web Analytics 2.0 presents a new framework that will permanently change how you think about analytics. It provides specific recommendations for creating an actionable strategy, applying analytical techniques correctly, solving challenges such as measuring social media and multichannel campaigns, achieving optimal success by leveraging experimentation, and employing tactics for truly listening to your customers. The book will help your organization become more data driven while you become a super analysis ninja!

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Bold New World of Web Analytics 2.0
State of the Analytics Union
State of the Industry
Rethinking Web Analytics: Meet Web Analytics 2.0
Change: Yes We Can!
The Optimal Strategy for Choosing Your Web Analytics Soul Mate
Predetermining Your Future Success
Three Critical Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Seek an Analytics Soul Mate!
"Do I want reporting or analysis?"
"Do I have IT strength, business strength, or both?"
"Am I solving just for Clickstream or for Web Analytics 2.0?"
Ten Questions to Ask Vendors Before You Marry Them
"What is the difference between your tool/solution and free tools from Yahoo! and Google?"
"Are you 100 percent ASP, or do you offer a software version? Are you planning a software version?"
"What data capture mechanisms do you use?"
"Can you calculate the total cost of ownership for your tool?"
"What kind of support do you offer? What do you include for free, and what costs more? Is it free 24/7?"
"What features in your tool allow me to segment the data?"
"What options do I have for exporting data from your system into our company's system?"
"What features do you provide for me to integrate data from other sources into your tool?"
"Can you name two new features/tools/acquisitions your company is cooking up to stay ahead of your competition for the next three years?"
"Why did the last two clients you lost cancel their contracts? Who are they using now? May we call one of these former clients?"
Comparing Web Analytics Vendors: Diversify and Conquer
The Three-Bucket Strategy
Identifying Your Web Analytics Soul Mate (How to Run an Effective Tool Pilot)
Negotiating the Prenuptials: Check SLAs for Your Web Analytics Vendor Contract
The Awesome World of Clickstream Analysis: Metrics
Standard Metrics Revisited: Eight Critical Web Metrics
Bounce Rate
Exit Rate
Conversion Rate
Engagement
Web Metrics Demystified
Strategically-aligned Tactics for Impactful Web Metrics
The Awesome World of Clickstream Analysis: Practical Solutions
A Web Analytics Primer
The Best Web Analytics Report
Foundational Analytical Strategies
Everyday Clickstream Analyses Made Actionable
Reality Check: Perspectives on Key Web Analytics Challenges
The Key to Glory: Measuring Success
Focus on the "Critical Few"
Five Examples of Actionable Outcome KPIs
Moving Beyond Conversion Rates
Measuring Macro and Micro Conversions
Quantifying Economic Value
Measuring Success for a Non-ecommerce Website
Measuring B2B Websites
Solving the "Why" Puzzle: Leveraging Qualitative Data
Lab Usability Studies: What, Why, and How Much?
Usability Alternatives: Remote and Online Outsourced
Surveys: Truly Scalable Listening
Web-Enabled Emerging User Research Options
Failing Faster: Unleashing the Power of Testing and Experimentation
A Primer on Testing Options: A/B and MVT
Actionable Testing Ideas
Controlled Experiments: Step Up Your Analytics Game!
Creating and Nurturing a Testing Culture
Your First Test is "Do or Die"
Don't Get Caught in the Tool/Consultant Hype
"Open the Kimono"-Get Over Yourself
Start with a Hypothesis
Make Goals Evaluation Criteria and Up-Front Decisions
Test For and Measure Multiple Outcomes
Source Your Tests in Customer Pain
Analyze Data and Communicate Learnings
Two Must-Haves: Evangelism and Expertise
Competitive Intelligence Analysis
CI Data Sources, Types, and Secrets
Website Traffic Analysis
Search and Keyword Analysis
Audience Identification and Segmentation Analysis
Emerging Analytics: Social, Mobile, and Video
Measuring the New Social Web: The Data Challenge
Analyzing Offline Customer Experiences (Applications)
Analyzing Mobile Customer Experiences
Measuring the Success of Blogs
Quantifying the Impact of Twitter
Analyzing Performance of Videos
Optimal Solutions for Hidden Web Analytics Traps
Accuracy or Precision?
A Six-Step Process for Dealing with Data Quality
Building the Action Dashboard
Nonline Marketing Opportunity and Multichannel Measurement
The Promise and Challenge of Behavior Targeting
Online Data Mining and Predictive Analytics: Challenges
Path to Nirvana: Steps Toward Intelligent Analytics Evolution
Tag, Baby, Tag!
Configuring Web Analytics Tool Settings
Campaign/Acquisition Tracking
Revenue and Uber-intelligence
Rich-Media Tracking (Flash, Widgets, Video)
Guiding Principles for Becoming an Analysis Ninja
Context Is Queen
Comparing KPI Trends Over Time
Beyond the Top 10: What's Changed
True Value: Measuring Latent Conversions and Visitor Behavior
Four Inactionable KPI Measurement Techniques
Search: Measuring the Value of Upper Funnel Keywords
Search: Advanced Pay-per-Click Analyses
Advanced Principles for Becoming an Analysis Ninja
Multitouch Campaign Attribution Analysis
Multichannel Analytics: Measurement Tips for a Nonline World
The Web Analytics Career
Planning a Web Analytics Career: Options, Salary Prospects, and Growth
Cultivating Skills for a Successful Career in Web Analysis
An Optimal Day in the Life of an Analysis Ninja
Hiring the Best: Advice for Analytics Managers and Directors
HiPPOs, Ninjas, and the Masses: Creating a Data-Driven Culture
Transforming Company Culture: How to Excite People About Analytics
Deliver Reports and Analyses That Drive Action
Changing Metric Definitions to Change Cultures: Brand Evangelists Index
Slay the Data Quality Dragon: Shift from Questioning to Using Data
Five Rules for Creating a Data-Driven Boss
Need Budget? Strategies for Embarrassing Your Organization
Strategies to Break Down Barriers to Web Measurement
Who Owns Web Analytics?
Appendix About the Companion CD
Index
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