Data analysis

The numbers are in. What will you decide?

We start from the decision in front of you, not from the report. Every analysis states the conclusion, the evidence and the next step, so anyone can pick it up and follow through.

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WHERE TO START

Start with a question

You do not need to know which analysis you need. Pick the question closest to your situation and we start there.

BEFORE WE ANALYSE

First, we make sure the numbers can be used

Careful analysis built on numbers that do not agree only makes a wrong decision look more certain. So we check tracking and definitions first, flag what does not match, and suggest a Data Health Check where it affects the reading.

Data Health Check

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

What each analysis gives you

The conclusion first

Our judgement comes first, along with what it can and cannot answer.

Evidence you can trace

Each conclusion names its report, metric definition and period, so it can always be checked.

Next step and owner

What to do, who does it and when to look again, so the meeting ends with an owner.

SUBSCRIPTION

Three subscription plans: annual contract, one report a quarter

Choose by the data you want to look at together and how complex your decisions are. Each quarter brings one analysis; the first becomes the baseline.

Why once a quarter

A month rarely shows a direction. A quarter shows the trend and gives your team time to act on the last recommendations, so the next report has results to compare.

Between quarters

Send questions in writing and we will reply. Anything beyond the plan is explained first and discussed separately.

You have GA4, but nobody reads it regularly

Basic

  • One GA4 website
  • Quarterly report: traffic, funnel, key pages
  • The three things to fix this quarter
  • Written questions between reports
  • A four-quarter review at year end

You run ads but cannot tell what works

Advanced

  • Everything in Basic
  • Google Ads and Meta added
  • Advertising and attribution, budget advice
  • One deep-dive question each quarter
  • A quarterly walkthrough
  • A budget review at year end

Marketing, e-commerce and finance each have their own numbers

Premium

  • Everything in Advanced
  • CRM or order data added
  • Content and audience analysis
  • Two deep-dive questions each quarter
  • A cross-team review each quarter
  • A year-end decision log: what was done and what happened
Compare the three plans
Data analysis subscription plans compared (annual contract, one report per quarter)
ItemBasicAdvancedPremium
Best whenYou have GA4, but nobody reads it regularlyYou run ads but cannot tell what worksMarketing, e-commerce and finance each have their own numbers
Data includedOne GA4 websiteGA4, Google Ads and MetaGA4, Google Ads, Meta, plus CRM or order data
Quarterly reportTraffic, funnel, key pages; the three things to fixEverything in Basic, plus advertising, attribution and budget adviceEverything in Advanced, plus content and audience analysis
Deep-dive questions—1 per quarter2 per quarter
Reviewing togetherWritten questions between reportsWritten questions, plus a quarterly walkthroughWritten questions, plus a cross-team review each quarter
Year endFour-quarter reviewFour-quarter review and budget reviewFour-quarter review, budget review and a decision log

A consultant will explain the approach and fees for your data scope. Without a recent Data Health Check, we start there.

OFFICIAL REFERENCES

References: Google documentation

Our approach follows Google’s official documentation. When the rules change, the latest official guidance applies.

HOW WE WORK

How we work

  1. 01

    Name the decision first

    Who the analysis is for, when, and what it should help decide.

  2. 02

    Check the numbers, choose the data

    Review tracking and definitions, and agree on scope and limits.

  3. 03

    Analyse and hand over a plan you can follow

    Walk through the results together and agree on the next step and follow-up.

BEFORE WE BEGIN

A useful place to start

The decision you are weighing, the reports or account access you have, and anything that feels off.

Discuss your situation
Does it have to be a year?

Yes. Four quarterly reports are what it takes to see a trend and to track whether recommendations were acted on and what happened.

Can we subscribe without a Data Health Check?

Let’s talk first. If tracking or definitions would distort the reading, we suggest a health check and start the first quarter once it is fixed.

What if a question comes up between reports?

Send it in writing and we will reply. Anything beyond the plan is explained first and discussed separately.

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COMMON QUESTIONS

Showing marketing ROI

What does a report need in order to show marketing ROI to management?

Three things:

  • every number can be traced to the system it came from and the definition used;
  • the attribution method is agreed in advance, with results from different models side by side;
  • the report is produced automatically on a fixed schedule, so time goes into interpretation rather than assembly.

The last page should state a conclusion and the next step, not only charts.

How is a data analysis service different from reading GA4 reports ourselves?

GA4 shows what happened. An analysis service answers what to decide next. Every quarter we deliver an interpretation report with the conclusion and the evidence, and we flag the numbers that are not reliable enough to base a decision on.

Is there a real example?

For CTi News, we built a real-time dashboard that cut data latency from about 48 hours to about 30 minutes. In the 60 days after launch, with no additional media budget, new users and active users each rose 25% and sessions rose 15% compared with the same period before launch. Read the case

How we work

  1. Agree on the decisions this quarter needs to support.
  2. Check how reliable each number is and flag the ones not to use.
  3. Put attribution views side by side.
  4. Write the interpretation report: conclusion, evidence, next step.
  5. Review next quarter whether the call was right.