Measuring, monitoring and tracking your website and social media presences can give you quite a bit of good information. Some information and data requires the use of special tools or techniques, but here are some of what online measurement can tell you:
- Who (what websites) is linking to your blog posts or website.
- How much traffic your website or blog is attracting (pageviews, visits, visitors).
- How much traffic search engines are sending to you.
- What keywords are being used to find your content from search engines.
- How much traffic is coming from other websites & blogs.
- How much traffic is coming from Twitter or Facebook or other social networks.
- How many people click on the links you send out via Twitter or Facebook or other social networks (requires URL shortener).
- How often people amplify your messages & posts (via sharing, retweeting, reblogging, etc.)
- What content or posts are the most popular.
- How many conversions (sales or leads) you’re getting from your marketing efforts.
- Where people are getting lost in your checkout process.
- Which social networks are sending your landing pages the most traffic.
- Which calls to action are working and from which places.
- How long people are spending on your site and on specific pages (on average).
- What percentage of people who visit your site only view one page.
- Who is saying things about your brand or products or services.
- Who is amplifying and advocating your brand and messaging (influencers).
- How people are navigating around your site.
There are many more things that online measurement can tell you. These are just some of them.
What does online measurement tell you?
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