I had recently completed a training module on "Digital Analytics Fundamentals" by Google Analytics. It blew my mind when I came to discover the power of analytics to create a measurement plan for every business.
But before going any further, why do we need a measurement plan for a business?
Its very simple. Unless we measure the tactics of our business strategies based on some context, we shall never know in which direction our business is going. Google analytics makes measuring of these metrics very easy. Its power to collect and analyze data metrics in real time helps every business to define meaningful goals, targets & segments.
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Having said that, now its time for us to know what is a metric & dimension?
In any analytics tool, we will find two types of data. The first will describe about the characteristics of your users, their sessions & actions. These are called dimensions.
The second type of data are metrics. These are the quantitative measurements of users, sessions & actions. Metrics are numbers.
Google Analytics explains the difference between metrics & dimensions and how they are used in reports, with great details in this video.
Please let us know how helpful was this information to you. We shall be posting more insights from Google Analytics very soon.
Lots of Love;
Admin @ United International GBC
Please let us know how helpful was this information to you. We shall be posting more insights from Google Analytics very soon.
Lots of Love;
Admin @ United International GBC




