Web Analytics: An Hour a Day

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 480 pages
• Published by: Sybex; Pap/Cdr edition June 5, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470130652
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470130650
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Book Description
Written by an in-the-trenches practitioner, this step-by-step guide shows you how to implement a successful Web analytics strategy. Web analytics expert Avinash Kaushik, in his thought-provoking style, debunks leading myths and leads you on a path to gaining actionable insights from your analytics efforts. Discover how to move beyond clickstream analysis, why qualitative data should be your focus, and more insights and techniques that will help you develop a customer-centric mindset without sacrificing your company’s bottom line.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Back Cover Copy


Develop a Successful Web Analytics Strategy



A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn web analytics the right way with this unique, thoroughly modern guide to today's web analytics challenges and opportunities. Written by an in-the-trenches practitioner, this book goes beyond concepts and definitions to challenge prevalent thinking about the field and provide a step-by-step guide to implementing a successful web analytics strategy.

Web analytics expert Avinash Kaushik, in his thought-provoking style, debunks leading myths and leads you on a path to gaining actionable insights from your analytics efforts. Discover how to move beyond clickstream analysis, why qualitative data should be your focus, and more insights and techniques that will help you develop a customer-centric mindset without sacrificing your company's bottom line.

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  Learn the pros and cons of data collection methodologies
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  Find out how you can stop counting page views and still get a rich understanding of your customers
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  Discover how to identify valuable metrics with the "three layers of so what" test
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  Optimize your organizational structure and choose the right analytics tool
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  Understand and apply advanced analytics concepts, including SEM/PPC analysis, the power of segmentation, conversion-rate best practices, and others
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  Leverage quick-start solutions for blogs and e-commerce, support, and small business websites
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  Learn the key ingredients of a great experimentation and testing platform
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  Use competitive-intelligence analysis to glean insights and drive actions

You'll also find:

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  Ten steps to turbocharge your web analytics
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  Seven steps for creating a data-driven culture in your organization
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  Six ways to measure the success of a blog
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  Three secrets behind making web analytics actionable
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  Ten signs of a great web analyst

Valuable CD Included

The innovative CD includes more than three hours of insightful audio podcasts, a 45-minute video, PowerPoint presentations that mirror key topics in the book, and other useful analytics resources.

Reader Reviews
'Web Analytics: An Hour a Day' describes in an absorbing and insightful way the most important topics for a Web Analyst or any professional related to the management of a website. Topics covered include: basic terminology, tool selection/implementation, online segmentation, conversion rates improvement, competitive analysis, and many others. The Business trinity, created by Avinash, is a very powerful business process that can radically improve the performance of online efforts. It is also the spirit of the book. Avinash describes the trinity as follows: "The goal of the Trinity mindset is to power the generation of actionable insights. Its goal is not to do reporting. Its goal is not to figure out how to spam decision makers with data. Actionable Insights & Metrics are the uber-goal simply because they drive strategic differentiation and a sustainable competitive advantage (...) The Trinity mindset empowers you to Understand the customer experience so explicitly that you can influence the right customer behavior which will lead to win-win outcomes for the company and its customers." The book is indispensable to those who want to understand and practice the art and science of web analytics. It is organized in a very friendly way, turning the reading into a pleasant break amid the rush of day-to-day duties; like a challenging conversation. It is rich in examples, facilitating the understanding of the `what', `how', and `why' of online measurement strategies. I have profited from Avinash's writings in various situations; the practical advices given in the book are clear and bring great results. I warmly recommend reading this book and following the author's blog. Comment | | (Report this)