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Going for it. Ecommerce.

I've been on this forum for months now and have been reading non-stop just about every day trying to learn more and more about everything I can here. I'm done action faking and watching from the sidelines. I'm taking action.

Here are my why's:
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Get a Provisional Utility Patent for $65

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Austin code's an App in 10 days.

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A lot has changed. My old business was not Fastlane. It was draining the life out of me even if the money was good. I disolved it.

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From The Stage To The Page

First off, I'm extremely thankful for MJ and all of the threads on this forum. Chickenhawk's and Held For Ransom's progress threads were like a lightning bolt of inspiration.

A little backstory

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How to Harness Your Personality and Become a Better Blogger

This post comes to us courtesy of ProBlogger psychology expert Ellen Jackson

Are you a scheduler? Or do you publish as you write?

Do you delegate? Or is your need for the nitty-gritty too great?

I’d love to be the writer with the annual content calendar, or the leader who entrusts my big ideas to others. I’ve filled a thousand spreadsheets with good intentions, only to find them languishing and incomplete months later. I’ve dabbled with VAs, and had my control freak tendencies laid bare.

It took a while, but I’ve learned that I’m wired to work the way I work best. Other people’s systems and successes may seem appealing, but unless they fit in with my modus operandi I’m trying to fit square pegs in round holes.

Personality is what makes you, you.

In psychology, your personality is defined as ‘the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character’. It describes who you are, and what makes you, you.

It also shapes the way you work.

Think of your personality as your unique operating system. It’s the software that manages your thoughts and behaviour. It directs your energy and attention, and defines which systems, processes, people and environments are most compatible with you.

When your operating system fits your work and work environment, tasks are seamless. Sit me in a café with a notebook and pen and ask me to generate fifty ideas, and I’m a machine. Sit me at a desk with a spreadsheet and ask me to fill in the boxes and you’ll be tearing your hair out at my slowness and ineptitude.

How well your personality matches your tasks, team and goals is often the missing link between overwhelming frustration and intense productivity. When we have insight into our unique operating system, we can create the interface we need with our world to make work easy and fun instead of being filled with stress, bugs and crashes.

Understanding your personality

While there are many ways to describe personality, today’s experts believe there are five broad, basic dimensions known as the ‘Big 5’ personality traits. Unlike models such as Myers-Briggs or DISC that assign people to ‘types’, the Big 5 depicts personality as five spectra:

1. Openness to experience
2. Conscientiousness
3. Extraversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism

We all exist as a dot somewhere between the two extremes of each dimension. And those billions of dots represent billions of wonderfully unique, complex people.

You can get an insight into your personality through online questionnaires such as the Truity Big Five personality assessment. They’re quick, reliable, and give you a detailed report that includes your score and description for each dimension.

You can also uncover your personality type with a little introspection and a guide like the one I’ll share with you now.

Which of the following best describe you?

Openness to experience

High: People at the ‘high’ end of openness like venturing outside their comfort zone. If this is you then you love novel experiences, variety, and coming up with new ideas. You might be described by others as imaginative, insightful, curious, creative, or even intellectual.

You love the creative side of blogging and business, but the routine and repetition of everyday tasks bores you to tears. Scheduling is tedious, and you don’t have the patience for spreadsheets. You are an ideas person who struggles with following through.

Low: If you’re at the ‘Low’ end of the openness dimension you enjoy routine. You stick to what you know, and you do it well. You’re practical, down to earth, and happy doing the same task time and time again. That’s how you get so good at it.

Conscientiousness

High: Highly conscientious people are persistent, self-disciplined, reliable and persevering.

If this is you then you’re organised, you work within the rules, and you excel at delaying gratification.

Getting the job done is never a problem for you, but you may turn yourself inside out getting it done. (Stress head alert!)

Low: Are you a major procrastinator? A little bit flighty? Impetuous and impulsive? If you are, then you may be sitting at the other end of the conscientiousness scale. You’re fun and spontaneous, but find it hard to actually get the job done. (That whooshing sound was probably another deadline flying by.)

Extraversion

Chances are you’ll recognise this spectrum – extroversion at one end, introversion at the other.

High: If you’re high on extroversion you’re sociable, assertive, outgoing, talkative and socially confident. You’re the team player who wants to collaborate with everyone. You love your colleagues to bits, but you will never be left alone.

Low: At the low end of the extroversion scale you’ll find the introverts, although most of us sit somewhere in between. True introverts are quiet, introspective, reserved and thoughtful. They are people of few words but many thoughts. They’re writers, not networkers, and group work sends shivers down their spine.

Agreeableness

How are your people skills?

High: People high in agreeableness are trusting, patient, tactful, kind and considerate. If this is you then you’re well-liked, respected, and sensitive to other people’s needs.

You might blog to help and spread happiness. No cynics or ranters here.

Low: Not everyone likes to be liked. If you’re low on the agreeableness scale you’re happy on the edge of social acceptance. You can be rude, antagonistic, and maybe sarcastic. You’ll make enemies as well as friends, but you won’t care. You’re much better at saying “No” than your highly agreeable mates, and no-one will ever take advantage of you.

Neuroticism

If you Google it, you’ll see it defined as ‘mentally maladjusted’ – pretty harsh.

High: Those high on the neuroticism scale tend to be over-sensitive, nervous, anxious, self-critical and insecure. They’re also easily angered and temperamental. If this is you, then you might find yourself embroiled in regular battles – online and offline.

But there’s an interesting twist. Parts of your personality can interact with varying results. And if you’re high on neuroticism and conscientiousness, you may end up channeling your anxious energy for good. Healthy neurotics take action to address their worries rather that ponder and plot. If this is you, then you may actually have better health habits and greater motivation to succeed in all areas of life than your less conscientious counterparts.

Low: Finally we have our emotionally-stable peeps. They’re adventurous and unflappable. Unencumbered by worry or self-doubt, it’s hard to rattle them. They’ll try anything once, and no problem is too big. If this is you, then you’re optimistic, self-confident, reliably even-tempered, and will cope with any crisis that’s thrown.

3 Tips on Using Your Personality to Blog Better

Do you know where you sit on each of the Big Five dimensions? If you do, try these tips to work and blog better.

1. Take note of the characteristics that make you great at what you do. These are your strengths, and you should use them as often as you can.
2. Make a note of the characteristics making work difficult right now. Are you a creative type struggling to narrow yourself into a niche? Or perhaps you’re an extrovert weary from working alone. What can you change about the way you work to find a better match between who you are and how you work?
3. Stop fighting your operating system. You work the way you work because that’s the way you’re wired. It’s who you are. Fighting your natural preferences is energy-sapping, and robs the world of your unique and fascinating contribution. Don’t let that happen. Go forth and be the crazy, exceptional individual you are. It will make your work (and your life) a lot easier.

Are you in tune with your personality? Have you figured out how you work best?

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6 Reasons Why Your Blog Needs an Email Newsletter

Do you email your blog readers regularly?

Maybe you put ‘set up email newsletter’ on your ‘someday’ list ages ago, but still haven’t done it.

Or maybe you have a newsletter list, but you haven’t sent one in months.

You might think it’s optional – something you can do once you finish everything else on your to-do list.

You even think email is dead (or at least old-fashioned), and that you’re better off building connections through social media. (Which is nothing new, by the way. I was talking about bloggers having similar concerns nine years ago.)

The truth is, email is still one of the best ways (if not the best way) way to connect with your blog’s readers. And if you’re not using it, you really are missing out.

But before I start talking about the benefits of using an email list to connect with your readers, let’s get one misconception out of the way.

Does it Have to be a ‘Newsletter’?

In the blogging world, you’ll hear people talking about “email lists” and “email newsletters” as if they’re synonymous.

You might think of an email newsletter as a weekly content-rich email complete with feature article, links to your recent blog posts, and maybe a round-up of what’s been going on in your niche.

But that’s just one example, and there are plenty of other ways you can run an email list.

Some bloggers send out their newsletter once a month. Others may email irregularly – an  email every few days in the run-up to a launch, but otherwise only every month or two.

You might decide to send out your blog posts by email, maybe as a weekly digest like we do on ProBlogger. (I’ll be talking about that, plus other options for your newsletter, in next week’s post.)

Whatever you decide, here are a couple of suggestions:

• Email at a frequency that suits you and your readers.
  If they want a weekly newsletter, and you can comfortably manage that, then go ahead. But if you can only manage one a month, then make it a monthly newsletter. There’s no point sending one a weekly newsletter that’s full of careless mistakes because you had to rush to get it finished on time.
• Whatever sort of email list you run, make sure your emails aren’t too infrequent.
  If you don’t send an email for six months, many readers (especially ones who’ve just joined) will forget who you are. They may even mark your emails as spam, which can have a serious impact on them being delivered.

Why Emailing Your Readers is So Important

Some bloggers – especially newer bloggers – find it hard to see why emailing readers is so important. To them, bringing in traffic through good SEO or building their social media following makes more sense.

But here are six crucial reasons why email is still important.

#1: Emails Give You Control Over Your Own Traffic

With a big email list, you can easily drive lots of traffic to your posts simply by sending out an email. If you’re relying on Google, you’re competing against lots of other blogs. And if Google decides to change its search algorithm you could lose a lot of traffic very quickly. (This happened to me way back in 2004, which I wrote about a couple of years later.)

Social media isn’t much better. You probably already know that only a fraction of your Facebook page’s followers will actually see any given post. To reach lots of people you need to either “boost” your post (which costs money) or run a paid ad.

But with email you have full control. Even though they can get caught in people’s spam filters, most of them will get through. And even if only 25% of your subscribers open their emails (which isn’t a terrible open rate), they can still drive a lot of traffic to your blog.

#2: Emails are a Great Way to Build Relationships and Engage with Your Readers

Emails feel personal in a way that blog posts rarely achieve. They’re also private. Your readers can reply to you, and you alone – a far cry from a comment that everyone can see.

So when you write your newsletters, try adding a bit of personal information that you wouldn’t share on your blog. Emails are more ephemeral, so they’re a great place to drop in a few words about your life and what’s happening around you. (You can talk about those things on your blog, but the post could be found and read years later.)

For instance, here’s how I started our weekly post round-up back in July:

It’s a hive of activity at ProBlogger HQ today because we’re less than 48 hours from this year’s first ProBlogger event in Brisbane!

I’m excited to meet those of you who are coming along for the day of learning and our first ever mastermind! For the rest of you – here’s our latest blog posts and podcast episode.

Of course, engagement goes both ways, and you can encourage readers to email back. You may find some readers who’ve never commented on your blog, but are very happy to engage with you by email.

#3: Email Drives Sales of Your Products and Services

While social media can be a great place for conversations, it’s typically not a good place for sales. It may help people find out about your blog and connect with you, but email is a great place to ask for the sale. Brad Smith’s post on why social media sales suck (and what to do instead) on AdEspresso explains how you can use social media to get people to subscribe to your email list.

The cost of an email list can be a bit off-putting when you’re starting out. (We’ll be taking a look at the costs involved in a couple of weeks’ time.) But the power of email to drive sales should make it far more worthwhile.

#4: Emails Let You Point Readers to Where You Want Them to Go

Email is a brilliant way to direct readers to where you want them to go. For instance, you can:

• Link to your blog posts. Not just the recent ones, but also posts in your archive readers may have missed or forgotten about.
• Link to your Facebook group, Twitter account, etc. If you’ve set up a new Facebook group your readers might be interested in, you can promote it in your newsletter.
• Link to a survey or poll. This can be a great opportunity to find out more about your readers, and ask them what sort of content they’d like to see more of. I’ve been doing this since 2010, and it’s been an invaluable way to find out what readers want.

#5: Email Lists Let You Target Different Groups of Readers

When you publish a post on your blog, it goes out to everyone who’s subscribed for updates, via RSS or email.

But with an email list you can ‘segment’ the list into smaller groups.

For instance, you might create segments for:

• People who aren’t subscribed to another list you have. This can help you avoid sending too many promotional messages to the same people (e.g. those who have signed up for both your “newsletter” list and your ‘waiting list’ for an ecourse.)
• People who joined your list at a specific point in time – within the past month, more than a year ago, and so on.
• People who joined from a specific page on your website. If you’re using social media ads or guest posting to drive sign-ups, you can target your messages or promotions to each segment’s interests.
• People who haven’t opened your emails recently (or at all).
• People who’ve looked at specific pages on your site, or who’ve bought a particular product.

#6: Email Can Lead Readers on a Journey

You can design a series of emails to take readers on a journey, whether it’s teaching them something new or helping them come to a better place in their life.

It could be something quite straightforward and practical, such as teaching them how to play basic chords on the guitar. Or it could be something more personal and in-depth, such as  teaching mindfulness and meditation.

You can use autoresponders to send a sequence of emails – say, one every few days for two weeks. (If you’re not sure what an autoresponder is, I explain what they are and the benefits of using one in this episode of the ProBlogger podcast.)

Most bloggers use an autoresponder at the start of their relationship with a new reader (i.e. when the reader first signs up). But you can also create different lists that readers can opt into separately.

It can be a great way to get readers used to opening your emails (they won’t want to miss a step on the journey), and to link to your blog posts or even paid products and services where appropriate. For example, you could “upsell” the reader on a related ecourse or product at the end of the series.

In Summary

If you haven’t set up a newsletter yet, or you never saw the value of having one, I hope this post has been helpful. And if you already have a newsletter list, but haven’t sent anything in a while, I hope you now understand how worthwhile emailing your readers can be.

I know it can be easy to focus on a blog at the expense of your newsletter. A blog is more visible and public, which can make posting there more motivating. But your newsletter may be the key to driving greater engagement and, ultimately, more sales.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be covering what your newsletter should include, how you can set it up, and some fixes to common problems. I know the process of creating a newsletter can be a little daunting when you’re starting out, but don’t worry – I’ll be walking you through it all.

And just a reminder: to make sure you don’t miss the rest of this newsletter series, or any other ProBlogger posts, make sure you’re on our email list, “ProBloggerPLUS”. You can subscribe for free here.

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From Affiliate Marketing To Importing And Ecommerce

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Fastlane Fantasy Football (2017-18!)

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Our league will reopen again very soon (August) and if you played last year, you get to reclaim your spot. We have removed one player for being a dick.

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Investing in the ONE sure thing.

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How to use forums (and Facebook groups)

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Building a Second Income Before the Second Kid

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My name is Tom and I'm from Australia. I have read TMF and have just finished Unscripted and have loved both books.

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Education in the stock market

I will be taking some time off over the next year or two and have always been into the stock market...started doing some research on to educate myself more and Information is everywhere,t ake this class,day trade classes ,research subscriptions etc......
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How can i become a real estate developer??

I have been fascinated by real estate development for years now since i was a little kid, and i have decided that this is the career path i want to take.

So what is the best way to become a developer?

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2. Still get education while rehabbing properties , then find a small residential development deal (3 subdived lots for single family homes) and build my portfolio from that point on, while having a mentor starting out

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Critique my residential real estate checklist

Hey everyone,

This is my first post and I'm excited to have found this forum, I've been lurking for awhile and there is so much value it's insane.

I have been reading everything I can about appraising residential properties for maximal potential appreciation with minimal risk of vacancy. From many of the posts on this forum and some real estate investing books I put together a checklist to run on properties that I am interested in. I am hoping to make the process as systematic as possible;...

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Real Estate.

Hi guys, excuse my ignorance on Real Estate.

I'm from a tech start up entrepreneurial background (think: Social Network), however a lot of my friends are in the real estate game (Vancouver/Sydney).

Stereotypically, I always saw Real Estate as a slow game of buying a house and renting until paid off.

Could anyone enlighten me on the speed of ROI in real estate along with the best avenues to make money in real estate? (Eg. Building/Selling real estate, selling, mortgage broking, etc)?

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How to Add Google Analytics to WordPress in 5 Minutes or Less

You want to know whether your blog is doing well, right?

Whether those posts you work so hard on are attracting traffic, and where that traffic is actually coming from?

Whether your last marketing campaign was a smashing success or an unfortunate bomb?

Because if you don’t know whether what you’re doing is working, you’re basically running around blind. And that means you could be wasting valuable time and energy on stuff that just plain ain’t moving the needle.

There’s great news, though …

If you install Google Analytics on your blog, you’ll never have to wonder how your blog is doing again.

Why Every Blogger Needs Google Analytics

Google Analytics is what replaces “I think this works” with “I know this works.”

It tells you where your visitors come from, which posts they just can’t get enough of, and, well … almost anything else you can think of.

Seriously, Google Analytics is like your own personal spy agency for your website.

But here’s the thing:

Google Analytics can only do those things if you can actually get it installed on your WordPress blog.

And that’s why I’m here to lend a helping hand.

How to Make Google Analytics Friends with WordPress

Installing Google Analytics is actually quite easy, even if you’re not a tech-head. Honestly, you can have it installed in five minutes or less.

Basically, there are two distinct parts to this process:

Part 1: You need to create a Google Analytics account and add your website to Google Analytics. All of this happens inside the Google Analytics interface. You won’t lay a finger on your site.

Part 2: You need to add the tracking code that Google Analytics gives you to your WordPress site. This is the part that trips a ton of beginners up. No worries, though. We’ll get through it together.

I’ll give you detailed step-by-step instructions for each of these processes below.

Ready? Let’s go …

Note: If you already have your Google Analytics account set up, and you’re just struggling with adding the tracking code to your WordPress site, go on ahead and skip to Part 2.

Part 1: Creating Your Google Analytics Account

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Alrighty, the first step in your journey to the goodness of Google Analytics is to actually create your Google Analytics account.

For this, I’m going to assume that you already have a regular ‘ole Google account because, well … you’re on the Internet. If not, you can always create one right now.

To get started with Google Analytics, head here. If you’re not already logged in to your Google account, Google will prompt you to sign in. If you are logged in, you’ll see a signup wizard right away.

Go ahead and click that big Sign up button on the right:

Next up, you’ll need to add details about your website. Here’s what you’ll need to enter in the Setting up your account section:

• Account Name — This is just for internal organization. You can enter whatever you want. In my analytics account, I put “Personal Projects” in this box.
• Website Name — Again, this is for internal organization. Just enter the name of your website in plain words. For example, “Smart Blogger.”
• Website URL — Paste in your website’s URL. The only tricky thing here is to make sure that you choose either http:// or https:// from the drop-down, depending on whether or not you’ve enabled SSL. Just look at the beginning of your URL to figure out which applies to your site.
• Industry Category — This is optional. Google uses it to help provide tailored reports for your industry. If you don’t see a category that perfectly fits your website, feel free to leave it blank. It’s really not worth stressing over.
• Reporting Time Zone — Most of the time, you’ll want to set this to your own time zone. But if your target audience has a radically different time zone from your own, it can be helpful to choose the time zone where most of your audience lives so that your analytics sync with their daily life.

Once you’ve knocked that out, scroll down to the Data Sharing Settings options. There are no right or wrong answers here — it just depends on your penchant for privacy.

I’m a grouch on the topic, so I always uncheck every single box. But you can feel free to check and/or uncheck according to your own preferences. And once you’re done deciding how much data to fork over to Google, scroll to the bottom and click that nice blue Get Tracking ID button:

You’re almost there, but first, Google wants you to read their lengthy Terms of Service Agreement which, let’s be honest, you probably won’t read (I know I didn’t!).

Once you accept their terms of service, Google will dump you straight into the Google Analytics interface:

This part of the interface is where you’ll find your Tracking Code and Tracking ID.

Keep this tab handy because you’ll need this information in the next part.

Part 2: How to Add the Google Analytics Tracking Code to WordPress

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You have a couple of ways to add the Google Analytics tracking code to your WordPress site, each with its own pros and cons.

You can choose to use the Insert Headers and Footers plugin, which is the quickest method and does a clean install of the Google Analytics tracking code without any added bells and whistles. This plugin also isn’t limited to Google Analytics, and if you ever need to add more code to your site’s header or footer sections, you can use this plugin for that as well.

Or you can choose the Google Analytics Dashboard for WP plugin (GADWP), which helps you both install the tracking code and view analytics reports inside your WordPress dashboard.

Note: GADWP isn’t the only plugin that offers this feature. You can choose from a number of quality plugins like MonsterInsights and Analytify. I recommend GADWP, though, because it has a couple of free features — like tracking form submissions and tracking how far visitors scroll down the page — that are only available in the paid version of the others.

The best choice comes down to whether or not you want the ability to view reports inside your WordPress dashboard.

And not everybody agrees on this.

Some find it useful to get a basic sense of your stats without having to leave your WordPress dashboard.

Others feel the reports you get inside your dashboard are too limited, and you end up using the external Google Analytics dashboard anyway, so the widget only clutters things up. On top of this, the Insert Headers and Footers plugin may save you from having to install further plugins down the line, and the fewer plugins you have, the faster your site will be.

If you have any doubts or are struggling to make a decision, install the plugin that gives you reports inside your dashboard and see if you find it useful. You can always switch later without too much fuss. Plus, you can still use the stand-alone Google Analytics dashboard, too.

Make your choice below:

How to Add the Tracking Code with Insert Headers and Footers

Okay, so you decided you don’t need to view analytics inside your dashboard, which means you can do a clean install with the Insert Headers and Footers plugin.

Go into your WordPress dashboard and click Plugins → Add New. Then search for Insert Headers and Footers.

Once you’ve found the plugin, click the Install Now button and it will change to Activate. Click Activate and you’re good to go.

Once you’ve activated the plugin, go to Settings → Insert Headers and Footers in your WordPress dashboard:

Remember when I told you you to keep your tracking code handy? Here’s where you’re going to use it.

Head back to the Google Analytics interface and copy the whole script in the Website Tracking box:

If you accidentally closed the tab or skipped the first section, you can always find your Google Analytics tracking code by going to Admin in your Google Analytics dashboard sidebar and clicking Tracking Info under the Property column:

Okay, you have your tracking code. Now copy it, go back to your WordPress dashboard and paste it into Scripts in Header:

Then just save your changes and … presto, you’re done!

That wasn’t too painful, right?

Keep reading for a quick and dirty guide to get up and running with the Google Analytics dashboard.

How to Add the Tracking Code with Google Analytics Dashboard for WP

Okay, so you decided you do wish to view reports inside your WordPress dashboard. That means I’ll help you install Google Analytics Dashboard for WP.

And it’s easy. You can install it right from your WordPress dashboard by going to Plugins → Add New and searching for Google Analytics Dashboard for WP.

Once you’ve found the plugin, click Install and then click Activate.

Now head to the new Google Analytics tab in your WordPress dashboard and click the Authorize Plugin button:

In order for the plugin to show you reports inside your WordPress dashboard, you need to give it permission to access your Google Analytics data. That’s what this authorization process does.

Once you click the Authorize Plugin button, the plugin will prompt you to enter your Access Code.

To get your access code, click the red Get Access Code link:

Then you need to Allow the plugin access to your Google Analytics account:

Once you click the Allow button, Google Analytics will give you your access code:

Copy this code, head back to your WordPress dashboard, and paste the code into the Access Code box. Then, click Save Access Code:

And you’re done! You’ll now see an Analytics widget on your WordPress dashboard homepage. (Yours might be in a different spot than pictured below, but you can move it as you wish.)

You’ll also see a new Analytics column for all of your posts and pages.

To access analytics for specific posts, just click on the Chart icon in that column:

Once you click the Chart button, a lightbox window will pop up with stats for that specific post:

Cool, huh?

Now you might be confused by some of the terms you see — “what the heck is Bounce Rate?” — but no worries, I’ll explain some of the basics below.

Finished? Then Check Out This Google Analytics Quick-Start Guide

Okay, so you’ve installed Google Analytics. Now what?

When you head to your Google Analytics dashboard, you might feel confused by all the different numbers and reports.

Yes, there’s a ton of data in Google Analytics, which can feel overwhelming if you’re new to it and you don’t know what everything means.

To assist with that, I want to introduce you to some basic Google Analytics reports and terminology that can help you understand what’s happening on your site. I’m not promising to make you a Google Analytics expert (there’s a whole academy for that!). But I can get you started on the right path.

Google Analytics Terminology 101

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When you log in to your Google Analytics dashboard, Google is going to dump a bunch of terminology on you:

Thanks, Google … but what does all that even mean?

Here’s your cheat sheet:

• Users — The number of unique visitors to your site for the specified time period.
• Sessions — The number of visits to your site. One User can have multiple Sessions. For that reason, the number of sessions will almost always be higher than the number of Users (and can never be lower).
• Bounce Rate — The number of people who leave your site without completing any actions. For example, if a visitor immediately clicks the “back” button, that counts as a bounce. Because of how Google Analytics calculates Bounce Rate, a user might still count as a bounce even if they only click the “back” button after spending ten minutes reading your post.
• Session Duration — How long, on average, each visit to your site lasts. From the screenshot above, you can see that the average visitor spends 48 seconds on my site. Don’t take this number as gospel, though. It can be a bit misleading.

3 Basic but Helpful Google Analytics Reports for Beginners

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Google Analytics is mind-bendingly deep in functionality. And one of the joys of Google Analytics is finding creative new ways to structure reports and approach your data from different angles.

But if you’re just signing in to Google Analytics for the first time, that doesn’t mean anything to you.

So we’re not getting into all of them here, but let me share some basic reports with you to get your feet wet:

1. Checking Your Visitors’ Demographics

Knowing your visitors’ demographics can provide incredible insight into your audience. Where they’re from, what age they are, what they’re using to access your website. You won’t believe how useful this can be.

For instance, on one of my sites, 80% of my visitors use their computers, while on another, over 80% visit from their smartphones. That’s a massive difference. And you’d better believe I put a higher emphasis on mobile-friendly content on the second site.

Learning more about your audience’s demographics will help you find little idiosyncrasies like that for your site.

To do it,  head to Audience → Overview:

You can click on any of the links under the Demographics column to see a more detailed report.

For example, if you click on the Operating System option under System, Google Analytics gives you a breakdown of your visitors’ operating systems:

2. Finding Your Most Popular Content

Do you actually know which posts get the most traffic on your blog?

Don’t guess. Go to Behavior → Site Content → All Pages and look at the real data:

You’ll see all of your most popular content, as well as additional metrics for each piece of content.

3. Discovering How People Find Your Site

Figuring out which content sources drive the most traffic to your site helps you focus your efforts on the channels which deliver the best bang for your buck.

Better yet, you might find some sites sending traffic to you that you never knew existed! Maybe you can reach out to them and form a stronger partnership.

For all those traffic insights (and more!), head to Acquisition → Overview:

You’ll see a breakdown of the different channels that drive traffic to your site:

• Organic search — Traffic that finds your site through a search engine.
• Direct — Traffic that types your URL directly into their browser’s address bar.
• Referral — Traffic that finds your site through a link on another website.
• Social — Traffic that finds your site through social media.

To see more information about a specific channel, all you need to do is click on it.

For example, if you click on the Referral option, Google Analytics will show you a report of all the websites that drove traffic to your site for the specified time period:

Let’s say you published a guest post on an A-list blog, and you want to see exactly how much traffic it sent you. This report will tell you!

And these reports are just the tip of the iceberg. If you want to know more, check out Casey Kluver’s guide that dives much deeper into various Google Analytics reports.

Congrats! Your Days of Guessing Are Over

You’ve just learned how to stop guessing and start knowing. Gone are the days of wondering what’s making your blog and its visitors tick.

Now you’ll have all the relevant data right at your fingertips, ready to pull up at a moment’s notice.

You’ll know which marketing strategies and content work the best, as well as which could use a little rethinking.

That means you can work smarter and build a better, more data-driven blog.

And that, friends, is pretty dang awesome!

About the Author: Colin Newcomer is a freelance writer for hire with a background in SEO and affiliate marketing. He helps clients grow their web visibility by writing primarily about digital marketing and WordPress. In his spare time, he travels and curates graphic t-shirts.

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SAAS Product Creation - Successes and Failures

I want to create this process thread to as one, a way of documenting the growth of the product and two, to help others who maybe looking to create their own tech product.

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Building a real estate money system in USA or Latvia [Comparison]

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Do bulletin ads still work?

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SaaS Startup Thread, 2nd Time Entrepeneur

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How to Test Products Banned by Facebook, Adwords, etc?

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Show us your mug!

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Go.

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#1490 What happened to one of the most hated entrepreneurs on “Shark Tank?”

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Pipedrive is a sales management tool for small teams with big ambitions. It visualizes one’s sales pipeline and helps to make sure important activities and conversations won’t get dropped. Salespeople really like it because it’s easy to use and intuitive. Managers like it because they don’t need to nag their team to use their CRM. It also sports built-in forecasting, integrations with other software such as Google Apps, MailChimp and Zapier and a powerful API.

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Hello from Canada

Hi everyone, William here from the capital of Canada =)

Quick background:

Initially started out as a computer guy - laid off a few times
Then got into furniture sales, event marketing and financial consultant.
And finally ended up in car sales and moved into management currently.

First book that changed my thinking was Rich dad poor dad. Read most of his books back in 2009.

Got first rental property in 2011 then another in 2015 & 2016 currently waiting on a 4th to be built.

Currently in...

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Easy business idea

thought id share, like this guy quite alot.. imagine a funny version of MJ


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1e8YxGSy5o

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SPI 281: How Coach Glitter Built Her Affiliate Business and Launched a Product

Before Tiffany Lee Bymaster got into online business, her friends called her the “walking Yelp.” In addition to being a professional makeup artist, she had a reputation as a trusted, go-to resource for recommendations on just about everything. When Tiffany dove into coaching and affiliate marketing, that reputation came with her, and the “Coach Glitter” empire has thrived ever since.

In today’s episode, Tiffany (a.k.a. Coach Glitter) walks me through her journey from pro makeup artist to branding coach, course creator, and affiliate marketer. She shares how reading Will It Fly? helped her uncover her entrepreneurial “superpower” and how she maintains her reputation as a trusted voice in the online business world. You’ll hear how she mines her audience for feedback, the platforms she used to build her brand, how she makes the most out of online courses, and the mindset advice that helped her the most while building a business from scratch.

Tiffany’s story proves you don’t need a following of millions to build a powerful, devoted, tight-knit community and see your online business thrive. As a course creator myself, I’m reminded of just how powerful a good reputation can be, and how much audience trust impacts the growth of your business.

Listen in on my eye-opening conversation with Tiffany—you might just discover your own “superpower” by the end!

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You'll Learn

• How Tiffany translated her professional expertise into a coaching career.
• The platforms and strategies Tiffany used to build her reputation and personal brand online.
• How Tiffany's reputation for being a "walking Yelp" evolved into a successful affiliate business.
• What happens when you identify and embrace your entrepreneurial "superpower."
• Why you don't need millions of followers to build powerful community online.
• Advice for overcoming self-doubt and mindset obstacles as a solopreneur.
• The importance of accountability and listening in online course communities.
• The "turtle" approach to online business, and more!

Resources

• Lights Camera Branding
• 1000 True Fans
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• Will It Fly?

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Keep Riding

Hey there! Whoa guys, what a great and inspiring forum! For my vacation last week i bought some books, one of them was The Millionaire Fastlane which i finished in one week and now I am here.

What am I doing here?

Coming from depression and light alcohol addiction I got to the point where I realized I had to change my life. This was 1.5 years ago. Since then I am working hard on myself taking more and more responsibility and accountability.

I am currently in my last semester of my...

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Buyers, Purchasing Managers and the Like

Hi guys,

As I mentioned in my previous post, I am thinking of switching from a Full Time Entrepreneur to Part Time Entrepreneur due to many reasons.

Anyway, my background is recruitment/hospitality and am currently thinking of switching my career to Buyer/Purchasing Manager. Based on career tests, psychological examinations and my research this is the career that matches my interests and abilities best.

If you've ever made similar career decision or are currently employed as either...

Buyers, Purchasing Managers and the Like

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