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Explore the world of web analytics

What is web analytics, and why is it important for businesses? Within this course, you’ll explore some of the fundamentals of this increasingly popular skill and learn how businesses can apply different techniques to understand, assess and manage their performance.

You’ll begin by looking at the basics of web analytics, including the different types of analytics and what they’re used for, before exploring some key areas in more detail.

Discover how businesses can effectively use web analytics techniques to improve performance

Running a successful online business often requires a good working knowledge of web analytics. As you work your way through the course, you’ll find out why web analytics skills are becoming essential for all kinds of organisation.

You’ll look at some of the essential techniques which can help you to continually improve your product or business, examining concepts including segmentation and benchmarking, and exploring the five steps to creating a measurement plan. You will also learn the processes involved in creating a successful online business, including measuring outcomes and optimising conversion rates.

Learn the basics of Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics and develop skills to grow your career

As you round off the course, you will learn how to apply web analytics in a business setting, looking particularly at Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics. If you’re wondering what a Digital Analyst does and what responsibilities they have, you’ll find details here. Whether you’re hoping to get a job in the industry or learn web analytics best practices, this is the course for you.

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Skip to 0 minutes and 0 seconds [BRIGHT MUSIC] We live in a world where the majority of businesses have an online presence. A website is a fantastic opportunity to make a great first impression on your visitors. Think back to the last item you purchased online. What made you choose that website? How easy was it to find what you were looking for? Did you come across any difficulties while navigating it? Ensuring a website reaches the right audience provides a good user experience and ultimately helps the business achieve its objectives are all essential factors to having a successful website. But how do you actually measure it? What metrics should you be tracking?

Skip to 0 minutes and 46 seconds Web analytics is the collection and use of data about a website, which you can use to gain valuable insights needed to help achieve business objectives. This course will cover what web analytics is and why it is useful for the business. We’ll also look at different types of web analytics and what they measure. Finally, we will walk through how to ensure you have good-quality data, some web analytics tools, and how web analytics can help achieve business objectives. If you’d like to learn more about website analytics, understand how customers interact with websites, and how these insights can help businesses succeed, then this is the course for you.

What topics will you cover?

Week 1 - Analytics basics

Describe what web analytics is
Identify the different types of analytics including descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics
Explain why web analytics is important for businesses and how it helps in achieving business objectives

Week 2 - Web analytics data and measurement plan

Describe what a measurement plan is and why it is important
Identify the different stages of building a measurement plan
Describe what segmentation is and why it is a useful analytical technique when looking to personalise customer experiences
Explain the role of web analytics for a successful online business through looking at an example measurement plan case study
Describe what a conversion is and the identify differences between a macro and micro conversion
Explain what a conversion funnel is and how web analytics can be used at each stage of the funnel
Understand what conversion rate optimisation is and explain why it is important to obtain quality and relevant data to measure business performance

Week 3 - Analytics tools

Understand what web analytics tools are
Explain how Google and Adobe Analytics work
Explore the challenges of web analytics
Understand a typical career journey, job description and example of a day in the life of a digital analyst

Who is this accredited by?

The CPD Certification Service:

The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Describe what web analytics is
Explain why it is important for businesses
Identify the different types of analytics
Describe the various web analytics processes and metrics
Understand how to create a measurment plan
Describe what conversions are and what a conversion funnel is
Explore the key features of web analytics tools such as Google and Adobe Analytics
Understand what skills and typical experiences people face when undertaking a web analytics career

Who is the course for?

This course is for anyone with an interest in web analytics, and is looking to develop their entrepreneurial skills, preparing to enter the workplace or looking to change careers. If you want to learn the basics of web analytics and understand how to use a variety of analytics techniques and tools, this is the ideal opportunity. No prior experience or qualifications required.

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Who developed the course?

Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialised skills across more than 40 industries, Accenture offers Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centres.

What's included?

Accenture are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

Unlimited access to this course

Includes any articles, videos, peer reviews and quizzes

Tests to validate your learning

A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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