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(More customer reviews)Yes this is true, people seem so much fascinated about the tools these days. If you have one of the strong performing analytics tools like Omniture, Coremetrics, WebTrends, Google Analytics, etc you feel happy and contended that you are moving in the right direction but this is just a hallucination. And you know that at every month end when you send the excel report of your KPI's to the stakeholders and it just goes unnoticed as they don't know what to do.
Once you read this book, understand what is being told here, I bet you would know exactly what you have to do with those tools that puke data. The author has stressed on the entire process of Web Analytics which includes advance level understanding of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), Benchmarking and even how to make your organization Web Analytics friendly.
I loved the How to Develop KPIs chapter. I read it twice - thrice, though mine is just a lead generation website but for me the Micro Level KPIs formulas were helpful. Second most important thing is the REAN model on which the author has stressed. I tried to ignore it at first thinking that its just another technical term to get famous but it turned out that if I think and plan according to the REAN model, the understanding and implementation becomes very easy of KPI's, reporting, Dashboard creation and other things. But this is a secret which I am not going to disclose to anyone in my organization because it simplifies things too much.
In all ... implementing the high end tool is of no use if at the end of the month you do not have any thing to action upon. In order to understand the actionable elements you need to get deeper (both Macro and Micro level) of your KPIs. If you believe Avinash Kaushik's 90 / 10 rule then this book is to help you in the 90 part.
Thanks ! Chandan Sharma
(Certified Google Analytics Individual, Certified Google AdWords Professional & Certified Usability Analyst from Human Factors International)
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If you want to understand and get true value from your online content you need to understand how it is used by your customers. If you work with web analytics and online search optimization, this book will provide you with the tools and insight you need to do just that.
Even more, it will give you an actionable plan to transform the culture of your organization into one that uses web analytics on a daily basis, focusing on real changes you can make to your department and processes to transform the way your business works.
With examples from dozens of companies ranging from small businesses, to consumer sites like Amazon, to some of the largest companies in the world including Tesco and Google, Cult of Analytics demonstrates just how to apply web analytics to your business.
* Unique: demand from marketers for a guide to building web analytics into business* Real-world examples show what does and doesn't work online to meet online business objectives * Covers both the technicalities of web analytics and the strategy behind using them in one handy guide to give marketers the complete picture
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