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Lies, Damned Lies &
Vanity Metrics
Bernard Leong
A Simple Guide to Feedback, Analytics &
Iteration in Product Development
1
“There are three kinds of lies:
lies, damned lies & statistics.”
- Mark Twain
2
A good theoretical physicist is one who makes
all the mistakes as quickly as possible.
entrepreneur
3
4
Feedback Generation
• How do we collect and generate user feedback?
• Qualitative: Surveys, Talk to customers, Create
channels via social media (twitter/facebook).
• Quantitative: Google Analytics, Mixpanel
metrics.
• User interface & experience testing: User
education and perception of how product
works.
5
• Qualitative - Break it into the following buckets:
• Spam/Troll & Insults - Ignore
• “Blue Sky” or “N=1” comments in the form of
“you should build this or that” - Think about it
but don’t act
• “N>50” comments on a feature or users
demanding for a feature - Ascertain whether
people really want it and then act.
Feedback Maintenance
Obviously, you need to find metrics to do that ...
6
Avoid Vanity Metrics
• Number of hits.
• Number of page views.
• Number of visits.
• Number of unique visitors.
• Number of followers/friends/likes
• Time on site/number of pages.
• Emails collected
• Number of downloads
7
Framework for User Growth
8
Element Function Relevant Metrics
Acquisition
Generate attention through
various means
Traffic, Mentions, Cost per Clicks,
Search Results, Cost of acquisition,
Open Rate
Activation
Turn the resulting drive-by
visitors into users who are
enrolled
Enrollments, signups, completed
onboarding process, used the service
at least once, subscriptions
Retention
Convince users to return
repeatedly or exhibit
stickiness behavior
Engagement, time since last visit, daily
& monthly active use, churns.
Revenue
Business outcomes
depending on business model
Customer lifetime value, conversion
rate, shopping cart size & click thru
revenue
Referral
Viral or word of mouth
invitations to other users
Invites sent, viral coefficient, viral cycle
time.
9
How to identify key metrics
Acquisition
Activation
Retention
Revenue
Referral
How do users discover you?
Do users have a frictionless or
seamless first experience?
Do users return?
Do users want to pay you
money?
Do users spread the word?
10
Constructing a Funnel
Internet Marketing - Google Ads
200K impressions = 20K click thrus
(10%)
User Signups
20K click thrus = 2K signups (10%)
User create activity
2K signups = 200 users return
with 5 actions (10%)
User pay for premium
service = 20 users
Users send
invites to other
users = 2 users
How do users discover you?
Do users have a frictionless or
seamless first experience?
Do users return?
Do users want to pay you
money?
Do users spread the word?
11
Source: Lean Analytics
Usability Test
12
Figuring out the customer lifecycle
and working out the metrics which
you want to measure.
Case Study: SaaS
services
13
References
• Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz, “Lean
Analytics”
• Jon Yongfook, “21 Actionable Growth Hacking
Tactics”, http://yongfook.com/actionable-growth-
hacking-tactics.html
• Ash Maurya: 3 Rules to actionable metrics in a
lean startup: http://www.ashmaurya.com/
2010/07/3-rules-to-actionable-metrics/
14

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Lies, Damned Lies & Vanity Metrics

  • 1. Lies, Damned Lies & Vanity Metrics Bernard Leong A Simple Guide to Feedback, Analytics & Iteration in Product Development 1
  • 2. “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies & statistics.” - Mark Twain 2
  • 3. A good theoretical physicist is one who makes all the mistakes as quickly as possible. entrepreneur 3
  • 4. 4
  • 5. Feedback Generation • How do we collect and generate user feedback? • Qualitative: Surveys, Talk to customers, Create channels via social media (twitter/facebook). • Quantitative: Google Analytics, Mixpanel metrics. • User interface & experience testing: User education and perception of how product works. 5
  • 6. • Qualitative - Break it into the following buckets: • Spam/Troll & Insults - Ignore • “Blue Sky” or “N=1” comments in the form of “you should build this or that” - Think about it but don’t act • “N>50” comments on a feature or users demanding for a feature - Ascertain whether people really want it and then act. Feedback Maintenance Obviously, you need to find metrics to do that ... 6
  • 7. Avoid Vanity Metrics • Number of hits. • Number of page views. • Number of visits. • Number of unique visitors. • Number of followers/friends/likes • Time on site/number of pages. • Emails collected • Number of downloads 7
  • 9. Element Function Relevant Metrics Acquisition Generate attention through various means Traffic, Mentions, Cost per Clicks, Search Results, Cost of acquisition, Open Rate Activation Turn the resulting drive-by visitors into users who are enrolled Enrollments, signups, completed onboarding process, used the service at least once, subscriptions Retention Convince users to return repeatedly or exhibit stickiness behavior Engagement, time since last visit, daily & monthly active use, churns. Revenue Business outcomes depending on business model Customer lifetime value, conversion rate, shopping cart size & click thru revenue Referral Viral or word of mouth invitations to other users Invites sent, viral coefficient, viral cycle time. 9
  • 10. How to identify key metrics Acquisition Activation Retention Revenue Referral How do users discover you? Do users have a frictionless or seamless first experience? Do users return? Do users want to pay you money? Do users spread the word? 10
  • 11. Constructing a Funnel Internet Marketing - Google Ads 200K impressions = 20K click thrus (10%) User Signups 20K click thrus = 2K signups (10%) User create activity 2K signups = 200 users return with 5 actions (10%) User pay for premium service = 20 users Users send invites to other users = 2 users How do users discover you? Do users have a frictionless or seamless first experience? Do users return? Do users want to pay you money? Do users spread the word? 11
  • 13. Figuring out the customer lifecycle and working out the metrics which you want to measure. Case Study: SaaS services 13
  • 14. References • Alistair Croll & Benjamin Yoskovitz, “Lean Analytics” • Jon Yongfook, “21 Actionable Growth Hacking Tactics”, http://yongfook.com/actionable-growth- hacking-tactics.html • Ash Maurya: 3 Rules to actionable metrics in a lean startup: http://www.ashmaurya.com/ 2010/07/3-rules-to-actionable-metrics/ 14