Using analytics to help you generate ideas for content, show you what's really working, and help you guide your business overall with Jeff Sauer from Jeffalytics.

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Welcome to episode 76 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week, Bjork chats with Jeff Saur from Jeffalytics.com about how you can use Analytics to increase your chances for blog success.

Oftentimes, when new bloggers start blogging, the only stat they really care about is whether or not their content is being seen by someone.It’s satisfying to see the first day we get 50 pageviews, or 100, or even 1,000. We check our analytics to make sure our content is getting seen.

However, Analytics can be much more powerful than this. Used correctly, they can help you generate ideas for content, show you what’s really working, and help you guide your business overall. In short, proper use of Analytics can really help you accelerate your blog and business.

Jeff Sauer has made his career out of helping people use Google Analytics. Today, he’s here to give us some of his best tips.

In this episode, Jeff shares:

Why Google Analytics was so revolutionary and powerful
What the phases of Analytics use are
What universal analytics is and why it’s important
How you can use GA for more than just pageviews
What your bounce rate means to your business
What reports you should be looking at in Google Analytics
How to leverage the existing traffic you have
Why ranking for more specific keywords is better
How you can use goals to improve your website

Resources:

Jeffalytics
Jeff’s Google Analytics Course (use coupon code foodbloggerpro)
Jeff’s Google Adwords Course
Viral Posts & Hit Songs blog post by Bjork
Google Analytics
Google Webmaster Tools

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