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Audit Your Author Platform
by, Jill Swenson
February 18, 2020

Whether you are preparing to launch your new book, still writing the manuscript, or marketing your book a year after its release, you can’t ignore the importance of your author platform for your success as an author. Today you need to demonstrate to a publisher you have built a big enough platform to sell a sufficient number of books before they’ll offer you a contract…. [Read More]

Filed Under: advance marketing, analytics, audit, email, LessAnnoyingCRM
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Analytics for Authors: Understanding Google Analytics’ Traffic Sources
by, Claire Webber
December 11, 2012

 Analytics for Authors blogs have been edited to reflect the 01/16/2013 Google Analytics update. — Another key section of Google Analytics is Traffic Sources. Access this section’s overview through the left-hand navigation bar.* Your traffic is broken down into three types: Direct Traffic Direct traffic are the visits you get through someone typing in your URL into an address bar, by accessing a bookmark they’ve… [Read More]

Filed Under: analytics, analytics for authors, blogging, Google, Google Analytics, internet, search engine optimization, SEO, technology
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Analytics for Authors: Putting Your Keyword Data to Work
by, Claire Webber
December 8, 2012

 Analytics for Authors blogs have been edited to reflect the 01/16/2013 Google Analytics update. — Mark Twain wrote to a friend, “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.” – and the same can be said for Google keywords. It’s the difference between ‘swimming pool’ and ‘swimming pool installation… [Read More]

Filed Under: analytics, analytics for authors, blogging, Google, Google Analytics, internet, search engine optimization, SEO, Social Media, social media metrics, tutorial
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It’s Time to Data Mine – Installing Google Analytics
by, Claire Webber
May 12, 2012

Much of the labor of creating a snappy and engaging blog is visible to the outside world – your carefully crafted content, your punctual updates, your original style and creative voice… But under all of that outward cultivation lies a rushing river of information, a spring of data that you need to tap.  Who is visiting your site? How long are they staying? How did they get… [Read More]

Filed Under: analytics, Blogs, data generation, data mining, Google Analytics, google analytics tutorial, jumpinsites, search engine optimization, SEO, social media metrics, tutorial, widgets, WordPress
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