The Measure Pod

The Measure Pod is a podcast hosted by Dan, Dara and Bhav - veteran practitioners of the marketing and product analytics industry. Join us, and the occasional guest, on our quest to make sense of things, having some fun along the way.

#32 Measuring SEO (with Jenni Stacey)

This week Dan and Dara are joined by Jenni Stacey to chat SEO measurement and how Google Analytics is (if at all) useful. Jenni shares how they work across different search engines, and how things like Core Web Vitals changes things in SEO.

#31 The brightonSEO and MeasureFest story (with Kelvin Newman)

This week Dan and Dara are joined by Kelvin Newman to chat all things brightonSEO and MeasureFest. Kelvin shares how they come about, what the future holds and the ideas behind the fringe events in general.

(BONUS pod) Google is sunsetting Universal Analytics!

Dan and Dara react to the big news (bombshell) from Google about them sunsetting Universal Analytics in 2023.

#30 Why use both GA and AA? (with Liam Galliers)

This week Dan and Dara are joined by Liam Galliers to discuss why you'd have both Adobe Analytics and Google Analytics on your website. They chat about some of the differences, their strengths and weaknesses, and who they think the target audiences are for each.

#29 Can you track offline marketing in GA?

This week Dan and Dara discuss the intricacies of measuring offline marketing activities in Google Analytics. What the various methods of doing are, and what to look out for when analysing the performance of the offline channels.

#28 The MeasureCamp story (with Peter O'Neill)

This week Dan and Dara are joined by Peter O'Neill to talk about how he founded MeasureCamp and what the journey was like from the very first one, through COVID, to what the future holds for the analytics unconference.

#27 Common Google Analytics mistakes to avoid

This week Dan and Dara talk about common Google Analytics mistakes they see time and time again. From using UTMs incorrectly to having analytics siloed away from the rest of the business.

#26 App attribution for dummies, and web analysts (with Derek Ooi)

This week Dan and Dara are joined by Derek Ooi to talk about app attribution, and why an MMP is essential. They talk about why GA4 can't do it, and what you'd be missing if you don't invest in an MMP if you want to run marketing campaign to you app.

#25 Dan and Dara’s analytics journey

This week Dan and Dara take a walk down memory lane and chat about how they got into the weird and wonderful world of analytics.

#24 What will the role of GA be in the future?

This week Dan and Dara discuss where they think the future of Google Analytics is heading. Spoiler alert - like it or not, it's all GA4.