Content, Social Analytics & Digital Marketing Evaluation

Start accurately tracking leads, conversions and behavioural change to get the most out of your digital spend and excel key business deliverables

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Why sit this course?


Start Seeing Real $$$$ From Your Digital Spend

Start tracking leads, conversions and behavioural change in a meaningful way

Get Beyond ‘Counting Likes’

Make content and social activity accountable against key business deliverables

Understand Critical Digital, Social & Content KPIs

At a glance know the must-know metrics to determine success, by channel

Moving Past ‘Last Click Attribution’ To Measure Online Activity

Understand differences in attribution modelling to provide a more rounded view on measurement

Use Google Analytics (GA) To Get The Truth On Campaign Performance

Use GA as the single source of truth on social, search, remarketing, email, content and beyond


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What content is covered in this Course?



Defining a framework to measure success

  • Defining a system for awareness, lead nurturing and conversions
  • How to measure brand awareness online
  • Defining website goals and tracking performance
  • Analysing and interpreting user behaviour to unlock audience intentions

Moving beyond Cost Per Impression (CPM)

  • Pros and Cons of measuring by CPM
  • Why marketers are unwise to trust platform data
  • Moving towards an outcome led approach
  • Starting to tie campaign performance to engagement and actions
  • Transitioning to Cost Per Action (CPA)

Tracking the user journey with Google Analytics (GA)

  • Overview of key GA features
  • Using dashboards to simplify data and for ease of analysis
  • How to interpret and understand traffic data
  • Using GA as a single source of truth
  • Isolating key metrics using Views and Segments

Key performance indicators by channel

  • Digital data and KPIs for healthy activity
  • How to know if your Google ads should be cheaper
  • Watch signs you are paying too much on Facebook
  • Key Search Engine Optimisation metrics
  • Is it actually a problem if bounce rates are high?
  • Why having ‘good traffic’ doesn’t always equal success

Understanding the user journey and attributing success where it is due

  • Appreciating the role of different channels in the conversion cycle
  • Which channels are good closers?
  • Which channels are best for awareness?
  • Giving credit where it is due to both closers and awareness generators
  • How to accurately attribute conversions in a multi-channel campaign
  • Developing an attribution framework across all channels
  • Integrating offline and online data to understand the customer journey

Measuring Earned, Owned & Bought media

  • How to measure earned vs. owned vs. bought media
  • Breaking down campaign performance by key areas
  • To boost or not to boost?
  • Are online Influencers worth the money?

Course Curriculum


  Content, Social Analytics & Digital Marketing Evaluation
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Your Instructor


James Fitzgerald
James Fitzgerald

James Fitzgerald is the Executive Director of Programming at SMK.

SMK is a specialist learning and development organisation which exists to help businesses use social media, mobile and digital channels more effectively.

As Executive Director of Programming James is responsible for devising and developing all blue chip and corporate education programs. James is one of the most widely respected figures in digital marketing in APAC, having educated over 15,000 senior business decision makers on how they can use these channels more effectively, including leaders from: United Nations, Air NZ, MYER, McDonalds, NAB, P&G, Tourism Australia, Ralph Lauren, Westfield and various Government departments, to name just a few.


How does the Pricing work?

  • Become an SMK member for unlimited course access
    Join SMK: Digital Excellence and access all online courses as they are released PLUS all Strategy Training Courses, Member Clinics, Technical Labs, Facebook Working Group Member Support and Live-Streams

    SMK releases between 25-35 hours of new leading-edge, digital marketing eLearning course content each month, touching on everything from Facebook Marketing, to Google Analytics, Digital Copywriting and much more. Digital Excellence Membership packages start from just $85 +GST /month with plans for individuals and teams available.

    Join hundreds of marketers today, from organisations like Sydney Metro, News Corp, Meat & Livestock Australia, Australian Youth Orchestra, Tourism Bendigo, Precision Group, Department of Education (QLD), City of Playford, Working Style (NZ), Timberland (NZ), Asics (NZ).

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Who is this course for?

Simply put, this course is for anyone who works with Online Marketing or is looking to enhance and accurately evaluate their activity .