You've probably noticed in the acquisition tab of Google Analytics that your blog or website gets traffic from Organic Search. It is also possible to see what words and phrases people searched when they found your blog + what pages they landed on. In order to see search keywords, you need to connect your Google Webmaster account with Google Analytics. If you haven't set up a Google Webmaster account, do that first. (You should also check out my other post about Google …
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Track which blog posts get you the most email subscribers.
You might have noticed in my Google Analytics screenshots that I have a column that you probably don't have called Newsletter Subscriptions. Today I am going to show you how to track your newsletter subscribers with Google Analytics. Why track your Newsletter sign ups in Google Analytics? If someone is willing to let you into their inbox, it's a big deal. I usually only subscribe to a newsletter when I am very interested in what the site has to say/offer. I assume that most people are the same. …
Are you watching these stats to improve your blog?
Google Analytics can be a powerful asset to your blogging tool box. It's exciting to watch your traffic grow, but it can also help you improve your blogging strategies, narrow in on what your readers like best, and see which social media platforms are working best for you. This post is going to walk you through the things I personally like to look at in my Google Analytics dashboard and how tracking these statistics helps me improve my blog. If you don't have Google Anaylytics set up, here are …