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Utilizing custom alerts to minimize event loss – Google Analytics

Google Analytics Intelligence Events Overview

For a variety of reasons we will all experience either a complete loss in event traffic or a partial loss. Reasons are always of a technical nature and some easier to fix than others. Some common examples include: Switch from

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Posted in General Advice, Goals, Insights, Understanding Google Analytics

Feedback Form Design – Improve usability and (conversion rate)

Feedback Form Design - 101

Quick post following a discussion with my Head of Design (@fritzvonrunte), not to mention listening to the knowledgeable Caroline Jarrett (@cjforms) Below is my Friday doodle on Feedback Form Design   The basics Keep it simple – The fact is

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Posted in Design, Insights, SEO

Know when your visitors are converting: visualising goals by day and hour – using google analytics and excel

Google Analytics app screenshot: behaviour by hour and day of week

UPDATE: I will shortly automate this with a google sheet and possibly data studio. Stay tuned. A quick post inspired by the new Analytics App (iPad), in particular the “Behaviour” pageviews by day and hour chart After seeing the above

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Posted in Goals, Insights

SEO is a team game (just as UX and CRO is!)

Thought I’d discuss a common topic, that being SEO. More so tackling SEO as a team rather than individual SEO factors – see the excellent MOZ for them. As the person in charge of Google Analytics (prob Webmaster Tools too) you are

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Posted in Insights, SEO

Visualise the (digital) user journey – step away from the screen and get it on the wall!

Single user Journeys on a desk

I’ve spent some time recently on user journeys and thought I’d share some best practice. User journey mapping isn’t something new, it is something fundamental when understanding your user. It can help provide insights for design improvements or IA changes.

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Posted in Goals, Insights

Measuring the impact of a hashtag

It’s that time of year when higher education campaigns are in full swing. This year especially #hashtags feature prominently on ads both in the digital world and the old school hard copy (billboards, bus posters, newspapers etc). Some in the

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Posted in Goals, Insights

Idea generation AGILE style: Product design sprints

Following a very insightful NUXUK workshop by @TomBradley at the BBC, I thought it would be good to share and talk about idea generation in the agile environment. Those of you in HE, Local Government and other Public Services will

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Posted in Improvements, Insights
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