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1. florabrown

   May 13th, 2008 at 5:47 pm

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   Google Analytics is a great tool. It recently helped me determine which blog articles folks were reading the most. This was important since I’m putting some of my blog articles in my new book.

   I especially like the fact that Google Analytics also indicates how much time visitors spend on a given page.

   Thanks for sharing this free and invaluable tool.

2. Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

   May 13th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

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   Dr. Brown,

   Thanks for the comment.

   I use the “goal” function to track list sign-ups. By doing that I can see what content turns people into subscribers. That not only tells me what people are reading, but what is generating leads.

3. florabrown

   May 13th, 2008 at 5:56 pm

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   Hi Aaron,

   I haven’t used the “goal” function yet. But sounds like I need to.

   Thanks for pointing out to me that you use it to track sign-ups.

4. Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

   May 13th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

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   The simple way to set it up is to just make your “thank you for submitting” page the “goal” page. Every time someone submits an email it counts as a completed goal.

   Of course you can get fancier if you wish…

   I track submitted an email as well as confirmed an email. And the confirms get a monetary value so I get an idea of how much money a page or referrer or keyword is worth. I know it may sound a little extreme, but once it is set up it’s easy to follow, and it really puts your planning into perspective.

   Now I need to go check my leads to see how much money ClickBank ID “florabrown” is making me…

5. Internet Business Coach

   May 13th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

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   I would be interested in learning more about the goals and how they work. I have seen them and never investigated out of intimidation of the unknown.

   What can you tell us

6. Suzie Cheel

   May 13th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

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   Like Flora , I haven’t Used the goal function, but it sounds like a great idea , another skill to master. How many goal tracking codes would you use Aaron?
   Thank you for reminding me i need to spend more time on amalytics

7. Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

   May 13th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

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   Sounds like a good mini-report.

8. Suzie Cheel

   May 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

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   Yes Please , a think that is a great idea, look forward to it

9. Mark Sierra at MeAndMyDrum.com

   May 13th, 2008 at 10:33 pm

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   I never understood what a goal was in GA. Makes perfect sense now. I’ll have to start using that now. Thanks for the tip.

10. make money online

    May 14th, 2008 at 6:51 am

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    Hey good post

11. Tray Gamble

    May 15th, 2008 at 12:41 am

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    Recently started using Google Analytics but not for goals and email tracking as you described. Thanks for sharing other beneficial ways to use this tool.
    A mini-report would be great.

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    May 15th, 2008 at 5:37 am

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13. Olympian

    May 16th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

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    I have used Google Analytics for some time and it is very useful to see where the traffic comes from and why. Using the site overlay feature on a site will also show you what links are being clicked - on which is great.

    Google Webmaster Tools are another very important thing to learn.

14. Bryan Hee

    June 22nd, 2008 at 12:32 pm

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    Great resource for me to track the visitor from the blog. I’m appreciated if you can show me how to add the google analytic code in the blog for wordpresss and blogger blog?

    Thanks

    To your success
    Bryan Hee

15. Aaron at FullTiltBlogging.com

    June 22nd, 2008 at 12:45 pm

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    Bryan,

    Go to your dashboard, then to “Design”

    Then click on “Theme Editor”

    Click on Footer in the right hand column

    Scroll down in the footer until you can see the closing body tag:
    </body>

    Paste in the Google Anayltics code just above the closing body tag

    Save your changes