Analytics Tuesday: 8 Excellent Analytics Lessons

Today’s lesson looks at how to make your web analytics work better. Here’s what we’ve got:

1. Leading off, let’s look at improving analytics to improve your business .
2. Next, take a look at ways to track your conversion rate and the rest of the Website Analytics Fundamentals series .
3. Speaking of conversion, it’s useful to look at exactly what an industry average conversion rate is .
4. Of course, A/B testing is a great way to improve conversion. So check out the ultimate A/B testing case study roundup .
5. Unique visitors are an important component of tracking traffic and conversions. This post asks whether unique visitors are a meaningful measure of your website’s traffic .
6. Pulling all your reporting together requires thinking through what your online marketing dashboard should look like .
7. No matter how you report, make sure to pay attention to the 7 keys to successful web metrics .
8. And, finally, don’t ignore these 8 vital tips to get the most out of Google Analytics .

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