The Measure Pod
The Measure Pod is a fortnightly podcast hosted by veteran practitioners of the marketing and product analytics industry. Join Dan Perry-Reed (Principal Analytics Consultant and Trainer @ Measurelab) and Bhav Patel (Director of Experimentation and Analytics @ LeanConvert) and the occasional guest on their quest to make sense of the analytics industry, and have some fun along the way.
#54 The current state of play with GA4
This week Dan and Dara reflect on the current state of play with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), with migrations being a hot topic at the moment for Measurelab. But they try to also look beyond purely the migrations, and discuss what they think might be coming around the corner for GA4 - especially when Universal Analytics (UA) is turned off in July 2023.
#53 A conversation with the one and only Jim Sterne (with Jim Sterne @ Target Marketing)
This week Dan and Dara chat with Jim Sterne and chat about his long and illustrious career in digital. They talk about how the Digital Analytics Association was formed off the back of the Marketing Analytics Summit meetups, how he's managed to publish 12 books, and what exaclt an analytics cohort is exactly. Be sure to listen to the end to find out why Jim is a "goofy footer from the days of steel wheels", and what theat even means!
#52 Talking privacy, GDPR and GA4 (with Rick Dronkers @ Data to Value)
This week Dan and Dara chat with Rick Dronkers to talk everything privacy - from compliance and GDPR, to Schrems and Google's stance. Rick helps them understand all the buzz arougn the recent 'GA is illegal' news and how (or if) GA4 can help address anything.
#51 From marketing to milk (with Bastien Eymery @ Lilk)
This week Dan and Dara catch up with Bastien Eymery on his journey from data science, to growth marketer to plant-based milk founder! They discuss what it took to develop the recipe, how it got into shops, and all the data and analysis to it to make it a success.
#50 Who wants to be an analyticsionaire!
This week Dan puts Dara in the hot seat for a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire special! Dara is raising money for charity, and Dan has curated 15 questions spanning Universal Analytics, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, and some other curveballs thrown in there for good measure too.
#49 Will you still need GA360 in a GA4 world?
This week Dan and Dara chat about assessing the need for Google Analytics 360 in a GA4 world. Do you need 360? Should you still continue with 360 if you already have it for UA? Will you need to go to 360 with GA4? These are the questions that they assess and chat though, and more!
#48 Cookies and consent in Google Analytics
This week Dan and Dara chat about some new cookie settings released in Google Analytics 4 and this spins out into conversations on consent management, server-side tracking, 1P vs. 3P cookies, and a whole lot on browsers limitations (i.e. ITP and ETP). All the good stuff!
#47 Digging into Snowplow (with Jordan Peck)
This week Dan and Dara are joined by Snowplow's Jordan Peck to chat shop about what Snowplow is, how and where it's used, and of course the differences between Google Analytics. Jordan is a friend of Measurelab's and the team saw his presentation at the latest MeasureCamp in London that spurred a lot of this conversation.
#46 Google Analytics for apps (i.e. Firebase) vs. websites
This week Dan and Dara discuss the differences in setting up and using the data from Google Analytics on apps versus websites. Dan recently built an Android app using Unity, and they both chat through how he found the process of 'tagging' it us with Firebase Analytics/Google Analaytics for Firebase/Google Analytics!
#45 Forecasting analytics with machine learning (with Richard Fergie)
This week Dan and Dara are joined by Richard Fergie (creator of Forecast Forge) to chat all about forecasting with machine learning models, and the flaws in Google Analytics 4's machine learning aproach to watch out for.