The Measure Pod

Full transcript available at https://bit.ly/3UnLhir. **Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro [00:15] Topic [01:21] Wind down [23:10] Outro [24:57] --- Quote of the episode from Dan: "Google's going to do what Google's going to do and we'll be on the receiving end of it." Quote of the episode from Dara: "just because you have been using UA360 doesn't mean you're going to need, I'm just going to call it GA4-360, you don't necessarily need it" --- This week Dan and Dara discuss the recent announcement that the sunsetting of GA360 has been pushed back 9 months to the 1st July 2024. The news comes bundled with other new feature announcements such as custom channel groupings, automatic GA4 property creation and native bidding in DV360. What does this mean, why did they do it, and what now? These are some of the questions Dan and Dara discuss. The blog post from Google with the announcements is http://bit.ly/3UL2ySz. Want to chat to Dan and Dara on your need for GA4-360, or not? Email them both at podcast@measurelab.co.uk to arrange a call! Dan's writeup on Consent Mode is at http://bit.ly/3EjIeCg. In other news, Dan becomes fireproof and Dara goes to the talkies! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #60 The inevitable… Google postpones sunsetting GA360 appeared first on Measurelab.

Pictures of hedgehogs and the full transcript can be found at https://bit.ly/3fztLsm. **Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro [00:15] Topic [03:29] Wind down [42:00] Outro [45:09] --- Quote of the episode from Ellen: "I think people don't realise that disabilities is such a vast group, you can't just bring one person in to resolve all the disability issues. You need to bring people in from, you know, a wide range of different backgrounds in order to understand the complexities of disabilities, because it's not just a kind of a one size fits all approach." Another quote of the episode from Ellen: "Google Analytics 4 seems to be that tiny little bit more accessible in terms of the functionality and where to press and it's a lot more clearer of where to press. However, you still can't use a screen reader, which I found quite astonishing." Yet another quote of the episode from Ellen: "It's quite surprising for a company like Google, especially when you know they're very driven in terms of trying to attract people with invisible differences such as dyslexia and autism and ADHD. They seem to understand the untapped talent that these types of people have, yet then they're being excluded from being able to access Google Analytics, which I find a bit strange. It's like, how are you connecting those dots? It just doesn't make sense to me." --- This week Dan and Dara are joined by Ellen Cole - an award-winning Marketing, PR and Social Media marketer with a focus on inclusivity and accessibility in digital. Ellen discusses their experience working with invisible differences, and how businesses large and small can make positive steps towards making their social media and marketing more inclusive for all. Ellen's website Little Seed Group - https://bit.ly/3DURbBL. KreativeInc Agency - The UK's Leading Web Accessibility Agency - https://bit.ly/3U7gGWm. A video that shows how screen readers read lots of emojis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TyqW25HPDU&t. Understanding the purple pound market from Purple - https://bit.ly/3NxIhxe. UK govenrment Access to Work scheme to get support if you have a disability or health condition - https://bit.ly/3Nw744I. In other news, Ellen looks after hedgehogs, enough said! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #59 Digital accessibility in social media and analytics (with Ellen Cole @ Little Seed Group) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro 00:15 Topic 05:33 Wind down 32:55 Outro 36:14 --- Quote of the episode from Stacey: "I was looking at the SEO for my site and one of the queries that came up was “I hate GA4” and it was hilarious" Quote of the episode from Dan: "it probably took me longer than I'd care to admit to really understand GA4 well enough to realise that it's actually pretty good." Quote of the episode from Dara: "the business is only just about starting to understand analytics in general and now they're being told there's this new version of all of that data." --- This week Dan and Dara are joined by Stacey Harper, a fellow GA4 expert and trainer! They discuss war stories, hidden features and the huge importance of a migration strategy/plan for migrating to GA4. And remember, never ever push the 'UA events in GA4' button! Stacey's website Sharper Digital is https://bit.ly/3fa9WaO where you'll find all her social links and details on her GA4 training. Measurelab's GA4 training can be found at https://bit.ly/3DfaAfl. And a big shout out to KEYNOAT (thank you Bhav!) who helped connect us with Stacey. You can sign up to KEYNOAT at https://bit.ly/3DcSKtq. In other news, Stacey goes all Disney, Dan goes all Viking and Dara goes to Oxford! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #58 In the GA4 trenches (with Stacey Harper @ Sharper Digital) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro 00:00:15 Topic 00:07:03 Wind down 00:31:50 Outro 00:33:40 --- Quote of the episode from JJ: "this Data Studio thing is pretty sweet. Let me spend way too many hours writing some blog posts about how you can use it" Quote of the episode from Dan: "a lot of people don't know that Google isn't doing what it says on the tin" Quote of the episode from Dara: "sometimes people ask for more customisation, but then when you get it you don't necessarily know what to do with it" --- This week Dan and Dara are joined by JJ Reynolds to chat about the recent rebranding of Data Studio to Looker Studio and what it means for the rest of us. They share many 'hot takes' on where they think this change came from, and where they think it'll go in the future. The announcement from Google on the Looker Studio name change is at https://bit.ly/3eIG5Gt. Check out LookerStudio.VIP at https://bit.ly/3COv8Lu, and the (not so) secret page showing all of their traffic, revenue and number of subscribers across all time at https://bit.ly/3eUKrtT. In other news, JJ gets out and about, Dara goes to the cinema and Dan escapes! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #57 Who you Lookering at? (with JJ Reynolds @ LookerStudio.VIP) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro - [00:00] Topic - [01:11] Wind Down - [32:22] Outro - [34:45] --- Quote of the episode from Katie: "the cool thing about BigQuery is I think the only limitations to it is your own imagination and your courage as well" Quote of the episode from Dara: "there's an entry point for people, which is probably been made more accessible now with GA4, connecting to BigQuery for free" --- This week Dara is joined by fellow Measurelabber Katie to discuss her recent talk at MeasureFest (part of brightonSEO). Katie talks though the process of putting together her presentation and getting up and speaking in front of a croud for the very first time. They also run through the talk content around why everyone using GA4 should get onboard with BigQuery asap! Check out Katies talk slides and video recording - https://bit.ly/3VnBKJ3. Here is Katie's step by step guide on how to set up the BigQuery exports from GA4 - https://bit.ly/3EBJ7qo. In other news, Dara walks out and Katie tough mudders! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #56 Why GA4 means you need to get on board with BigQuery – MeasureFest (with Katie Kaczmarek @ Measurelab) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Intro 00:00 Topic 00:48 Wind Down 27:41 Outro 29:54 --- Quote of the episode from Dan: "Google can try to guess what it is you mean, but it's a stupid machine and often gets that wrong." Quote of the episode from Dara: "I get what you're saying about how maybe there's an argument for this one, but I'm greedy and now I want to look at device type by query string parameters and I can't, so I'm upset." --- This week Dan and Dara react and discuss the recent announcement of the schema changes in the Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Data API. Are Google going backwards by (re)introducting scope compatibility, or is this what was always missing and will now help the transition from Universal Analytics? The GA4 Data API schema compatibility changes announcement is at https://bit.ly/3Md2lnR. And the 'cheat sheet' they mentioned from GA4 Spy is at https://bit.ly/3V6mXCi. In other news, Dan Measures Fests and Dara watches running?! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #55 BREAKING changes in the GA4 Data API appeared first on Measurelab.

**Suggest a topic or guest by filling out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or emailing podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Quote of the episode from Dan: "Time and time again, we get people with Universal Analytics and they're using their data and just assume it's complete, without realising their cookie banner is not tracking a bunch of stuff when people don't accept the cookie to be set." Quote of the episode from Dara: "People who are desperately trying to get upskilled on GA4 then have to explain GA4 to the wider business, who maybe still don't really fully understand Universal Analytics." --- This week Dan and Dara reflect on the current state of play with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), with migrations being a hot topic at the moment for Measurelab. But they try to also look beyond purely the migrations, and discuss what they think might be coming around the corner for GA4 - especially when Universal Analytics (UA) is turned off in July 2023. Since the recording of this episode, news about a new US-EU data transer agreement has come out and more information is expected to be shared next week! - https://politi.co/3fsRVo7. Denmark's Danish Data Protection Agency ruling on the legality of GA (Universal and GA4) - https://bit.ly/3fqOZYX. In other news, Dan finally gets through all the weddings and Dara tidies his office (and goes to a gig)! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #54 The current state of play with GA4 appeared first on Measurelab.

**Let us know what you think and fill out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or email podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Quote of the episode from Jim: "in 2002 we were overwhelmed with data because we had not heard the words 'big data' yet" Quote of the episode from Dan: "finally, there's someone that's willingly and able to listen to you and understand it" Quote of the episode from Dara: "GA4 as a kind of evolution of GA, maybe with a bit of privacy sprinkled on top, maybe not" --- This week Dan and Dara chat with Jim Sterne and chat about his long and illustrious career in digital. They talk about how the Digital Analytics Association was formed off the back of the Marketing Analytics Summit meetups, how he's managed to publish 12 books, and what exaclt an analytics cohort is exactly. Be sure to listen to the end to find out why Jim is a "goofy footer from the days of steel wheels", and what theat even means! There's loads of links for this episode, so if in doubt, just head to Jim's website and everything is linked from there - https://bit.ly/3SI2nGH. - Analytics Cohorts - https://bit.ly/3C1ipWh. - Data Driven Leaders Studio - https://bit.ly/3S7RZYz. - (Book) Artificial Intelligence for Marketing: Practical Applications - https://bit.ly/3Rayuxk. - (Book) The Devil's Data Dictionary - https://bit.ly/3xK7WfF. - (Video) The Day Our Privacy Died - https://bit.ly/3dybjiI (A MUST WATCH!!!). Marketign Analytics Summit - https://bit.ly/3BX540j. The Digital Analytics Association - https://bit.ly/3f0OaWu. - DAA compensation survey 2022 - https://bit.ly/3C2jeOL. - DAA Competency Framework - https://bit.ly/3UxCF9d. - DAA OneConference - https://bit.ly/3LyJGTj. Jim mentioned a great article from Tom Davenport called "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century" - https://bit.ly/3dy9kuO. In other news, Dan becomes a skateboard coach, Dara goes to Belfast and Jim writes some birthday poetry! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like what we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #53 A conversation with the one and only Jim Sterne (with Jim Sterne @ Target Marketing) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Let us know what you think and fill out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or email podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- DISCLAIMER: Neither we, or our podcast guest Rick Dronkers, is a lawyer or data privacy professional. We don’t give any legal advice. This podcast should not be taken as legal advice. Please consult with a lawyer and a privacy legislation professional before taking any decisions. --- Quote of the episode from Rick: "It's good for us to realise Google Analytics makes them no money right. It all serves to get people in on the ad network, and that kind of conflicts with the privacy thing" Quote of the episode from Dan: "One of my nerdy pastimes is to go onto a website and see if their cookie banner even works, because everyone's got a cookie banner now" Quote of the episode from Dara: "If we just started from fresh today and we had no knowledge of what was there before, we'd probably find a way and we'd work quite comfortably within the legislation" --- This week Dan and Dara chat with Rick Dronkers to talk everything privacy - from compliance and GDPR, to Schrems and Google's stance. Rick helps them understand all the buzz arougn the recent 'GA is illegal' news and how (or if) GA4 can help address anything. Check out Rick over at Data to Value https://bit.ly/3Bmxwbm, Twitter https://bit.ly/3Uhxquy and LinkedIn https://bit.ly/3S3EusA. And make sure you listen to Rick's podcast Life After GDPR (after ours of course ;) ) - https://bit.ly/3qJccrU. Have a read through the "Q&A on the CNIL's formal notices concerning the use of Google Analytics" with links to all the CNIL pages on GDPR-compliant tools and how GA might be compliant with the use of server-side GTM - https://bit.ly/3UgBtXZ. Since the recording of this podcast, Rick published his article on "Fight, Flight or Freeze: Will you (continue) to use Google Analytics 4?" which is well worth a read - https://bit.ly/3S3jIta. In other news, Dan gets his Trek on, Dara goes mountaineering and Rick enjoys his creature comforts! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like waht we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #52 Talking privacy, GDPR and GA4 (with Rick Dronkers @ Data to Value) appeared first on Measurelab.

**Let us know what you think and fill out the form https://bit.ly/3MNtPzl, or email podcast@measurelab.co.uk to drop Dan and Dara a message directly.** --- Quote of the episode from Bastien: "There's nothing like a sexy graph!" Quote of the episode from Dara: "If you start feeling like you're not stupid anymore, you're probably getting complacent." Quote of the episode from Dan: "I've not heard of startup bod before, that's a new one to me, but it sounds really fun." --- This week Dan and Dara catch up with Bastien Eymery on his journey from data science, to growth marketer to plant-based milk founder! They discuss what it took to develop the recipe, how it got into shops, and all the data and analysis to it to make it a success. Find Lilk on their website https://bit.ly/3RLNW3H and on Instagram https://bit.ly/3D8s6Dt. Read about Lilk's win at The Grocer’s New Product Awards https://bit.ly/3B4MtyW. Join Bastien and Lilk at the London Coffee Festival on 20-23 April 2023 to witness their new exciting launch https://bit.ly/3x8pQZc. In other news, Dan recovers from 'the vid', Dara visits the emerald isle and Bastien addresses his sart-up bod! Follow Measurelab on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Ka513y. Intro music composed by the amazing Confidential - https://spoti.fi/3JnEdg6. If you're like waht we're doing here, please show some support and leave a rating on Apple, Spotify, or wherever really. The post #51 From marketing to milk (with Bastien Eymery @ Lilk) appeared first on Measurelab.