Setting Up Google Analytics the RIGHT Way for Beginners
What you'll learn
- How to properly add the Google Analytics code to your website
- Best practices for setting up Google Analytics, including how to set up your profile hierarchical structure and add users
- How to link your AdWords account to your Google Analytics profile so you can track data from your search advertising
- A-Z terminology to help you understand the main areas and features of Google Analytics
Requirements
- Website
- Ability to add code to your website (either yourself or through your webmaster)
- Basic understanding of web and digital marketing terminology
- A desire to track and learn from the people visiting your site
Description
Data is essential for making informed decisions about your website. You need to know more about your visitors, like where they’re coming from, how they access your website, and what content they’re interested in. This is why Google Analytics is an essential tool for uncovering the data that will provide these insights and allow you to take action.
During this course, you’ll learn the basics of Google Analytics so you can implement on your website, understand the reports available, and begin tracking your visitors’ behavior on your website.
***Updated Content***
Several new guides have been added to the course. After each section, you will find a step-by-step guide to completing important tasks mentioned in the previous videos. Feel free to download these PDFs for later use.
If you have any questions about the guides or set-up process, please post them in the discussion area, where Janet Driscoll Miller, a Google Analytics certified expert, can answer your questions.
Who this course is for:
- Do you have a website? Do you want to track your visitors and gather more data about their visits? Google Analytics can help you with this, and this course is definitely for you!
Course content
- Preview01:04
- 00:52Introduction
Instructor
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Janet Driscoll Miller is the president and CEO of digital marketing agency Marketing Mojo, and has over 20 years of digital marketing experience. She is considered a leading expert in the fields of search marketing and analytics, having spoken at search engine and marketing conferences including SMX Advanced, Search Engine Strategies, MarketingProfs B2B and Pubcon. She has published articles in B2B Magazine, Visibility Magazine and others, and contributes to several blogs, including Marketing Mojo's blog and Search Engine Land. Janet is also a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities including the University of Virginia and James Madison University.
Prior to founding Marketing Mojo (then Search Mojo) in 2005, Janet was the Director of Internet Marketing at WebSurveyor Corporation, an online survey company. Prior to WebSurveyor, Janet was the founder of empower marketing, inc., an interactive marketing firm based in Denver, Colo. Before starting her own interactive marketing firm, Janet served as the Sr. Marketing Communications Manager at Software AG, where she coordinated advertising, interactive marketing, events and branding efforts. She has over ten years of technology marketing experience and additionally has held marketing positions at Call Technologies and Telos Corporation.