SEO Analytics in a Not Provided World: Change Your Focus to Profit and ROI!

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Keywords (not provided) in Google Analytics is the best thing to happen to SEO, because it forces marketers to start thinking outside of the box! Marketers are challenged with accounting for a loss of the keyword data that has been the heart of their reports for years and must now discover new ways to measure their performance. What they don't realize is that they now have the opportunity to advance their careers to the next level. With disruption comes opportunity, and this opportunity allows marketers to redefine how search marketing efforts impact their company. Executives don't care about keywords, they care about running a profitable business. Who needs keywords when you can start showing amount of profit you deliver to your business? Read this presentation to gain a clear understanding of how to approach the future in a (not provided) world, including a lesson on: * Alternatives to (not provided) keywords that are readily available in Google Analytics * Using visitor demographics to refine search efforts and inform our future marketing decisions * How to measure the true ROI of SEO efforts and present our case in a way executives understand Read the whole presentation to learn how to download an advanced Excel dashboard template that allows you to easily calculate the true ROI of your SEO efforts and share with key stakeholders in your organization.

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With Disruption Comes Opportunity: Proving SEO Value

in a (not provided) world

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By Jeff Sauer Founder of Knowledge Land

SMX Advanced | June 12, 2014

Jeff  Sauer  |  @jeffaly<cs  |  www.jeffaly<cs.com  |  Proving  SEO  Value  

Your Guide

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Jeff  Sauer  Marketer  and  Entrepreneur  Knowledge.Land  Minneapolis,  MN,  USA  Email:  jeff@jeffaly<cs.com    google.com/+JeffSauer  Newsle*er:  bit.ly/jeffaly<cs  

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Our Feelings About (not provided)

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Executives Aren’t Losing Sleep

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It’s Time to Make Adjustments

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How Should We Adjust?

Dig  Deeper  into  Google  Analy<cs  

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How Should We Adjust?

Dig  Deeper  into  Google  Analy<cs  

Prove  Business  Value  

DIG DEEPER: WAYS AROUND (NOT PROVIDED) IN GOOGLE ANALYTICS

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Taking Advantage of all GA has to Offer

ORGANIC SEARCH REPORTS

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Measure Year Over Year Growth Trends

Traffic  Comparison  by  Date  S<ll  Works  Great!  

SECONDARY DIMENSIONS

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Landing Page as Secondary Dimension

No  Keyword  Provided?  

No  Problem  

FILTER YOUR DATA

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Ugly Not Provided Keywords

What  Does  it  Mean?  

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Filter Data to Include Landing Page

How  to  steal  some  'not  provided'  data  back  from  Google:    h*p://econsultancy.com/blog/8342-­‐how-­‐to-­‐steal-­‐some-­‐not-­‐provided-­‐data-­‐back-­‐from-­‐google    

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Landing Page As Keyword Proxy

Not  Perfect,  but  Much  BeZer!  

WEBMASTER TOOLS

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Google Webmaster Tools Reports

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Google Webmaster Tools Reports BeauGful  (and  Increasingly  More  Accurate)  Search  Data!    

CUSTOM METRICS AND DIMENSIONS

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Pull SEO Data into Google Analytics

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SEO Dimension Widening Example

Dimension  Widening  for  SEO:    h*p://bit.ly/SEOwidening    

DEMOGRAPHICS

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Enable  These  and  Update  Your  Tracking  Code  To  include  dc.js  

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View ABC Reports by Demographic

Performance  by  Age  

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Organic as a Secondary Dimension

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Mash Up – Popular Search LPs by Age

Find  High  Value  Search  Visitor  Segments  

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More Alternatives to Not Provided

Proving  SEO  Value  in  Google  AnalyGcs:  h*p://moz.com/blog/proving-­‐seo-­‐value-­‐in-­‐google-­‐analyGcs        

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Prove Business Value By Reporting on Fully Loaded Costs, ROI and LTV

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How Profit Should Be Calculated

Revenue  

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Subtract Our Ad Spend

Revenue  

Marke<ng  Investment  

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Subtract Cost of Selling Each Product

Revenue   Product  Cost  

Marke<ng  Investment  

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Subtract Fixed Costs of Business

Revenue   Product  Cost  

Fixed  Costs  

Marke<ng  Investment  

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Now You Have Net Profit

Revenue   Product  Cost  

Fixed  Costs  

Net  Profit  

Marke<ng  Investment  

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Here’s an ROI Equation to Use

Gain  From  Investment  (Net  Profit)  

Cost  of  Investment  

Cost  of  Investment  

ROI  

True  ROI  Measurement:  h*p://bit.ly/TrueROI    

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Here’s an Example with Numbers

Revenue   $99,630     100%  SEO  Spend   $10,942     -­‐  Return  on  SEO  Spend   $88,688     811%  Cost  of  Goods  Sold   $77,625     78%  Gross  Revenue   $11,063     11%  Total  Fixed  Costs   $5,000     5%  Net  Profit   $6,063     6%  True  ROI   55%  

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True Return on Investment is Important

Revenue   $99,630     100%  Ad  Spend   $10,942     -­‐  Return  on  Ad  Spend   $88,688     811%  Cost  of  Goods  Sold   $77,625     78%  Gross  Revenue   $11,063     11%  Total  Fixed  Costs   $5,000     5%  Net  Profit   $6,063     6%  True  ROI   55%  

We  need  to  subtract  the  expenses  needed  to  achieve  

revenue  to  understand  true  ROI  

Learn  How  To  Get  This  Spreadsheet:  h*p://bit.ly/SEO_ROI    

Don’t Forget About Lifetime

Value

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Lifetime Value = Long Term Investment

Revenue   $149,445     100%  SEO  Spend   $10,942     -­‐  

Return  on  SEO  Spend   $138,503     1266%  

Cost  of  Goods  Sold   $116,437     78%  Gross  Revenue   $22,066     15%  

Total  Fixed  Costs   $5,000     5%  Net  Profit   $17,066     17%  True  ROI   156%  

More Profit = Bigger Budgets!

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Executives Get Paid on Profit

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Thank You!

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Jeff  Sauer  Marketer  and  Entrepreneur  Knowledge.Land  Minneapolis,  MN,  USA  Email:  jeff@jeffaly<cs.com    google.com/+JeffSauer  Newsle*er:  bit.ly/jeffaly<cs  

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