14 Free Web Statistics Tools
Are you blogger or web manager? My guess is each webmaster or blogger use at least one web service to keep track & monitor web traffics. There are tones of free web traffic checkers out there, each a unique of its own. Most of them have something in common though; installation of script is required to generate traffic reports. Installing too many tends to slow the site down and cause inaccuracy in overall results. It’s better to stick with one or two which matches your requirements the most. Based Hongkiat Article, here’s by far 14 most used web statistics tools I’ve come to known.
AWStats
AWStats is probably one of the few good ones that don’t require client side script installation. It’s installed on the server side and provides comprehensive logs of traffics accessing particular websites. It’s free and if your web host doesn’t have, request them to install.
StatsCounter
StatCounter is widely used among most tech non-savvy web owners. It gives real time statistics of your web traffic but the drawback of it is, you will need to pay if your traffics exceed 1,500,000 pagviews a month. Well, if you have that much of traffic you wouldn’t mind paying to continue don’t you?
SiteMeter
SiteMeter is another very popular traffic tracking provider. It’s used by a lot of notable websites such as lifehacker, read/write web, gawker, gizmodo, kotaku, etc. And like StatsCounter provides 2 different charges of services; the free and the paid premium. Free services get all basic statistics a webmaster could possibly need but in case you want more comprehensive analysis on your traffics, you will need to get the premium account.
Google Analytics
This is perhaps the most commonly used and most famous web traffic tractor every build. It’s free with functions I’ll take me pages to describe. Google Analytics gives very accurate statistics on not only traffics but also keep track of almost everything a cookie can store (browsers, type of OS, plugins installed, etc) on each unique visitors. It is also used to keep track of Google Adwords performance. And with the new look recently upgraded, it’s certainly better in terms user friendliness and navigation.
FeedBurner
What makes Feedburner different from the rest is that it keeps track of traffic coming from feed readers. Feedburner users can show off how many people are currently subscribing to them by displaying a chiklet on websites. Feedburner’s FAN is also the only traffic counter that offers publishers to make a profit from their traffic. With the recent acquisition of Feedburner by Google, it could have just helped Google to strengthen their domination on traffic counter. Google AdSense on Feedburner is what many AdSense publishers looking forward to see after this acquisition.
103Bees
103bees started off earlier this year but already gain much reputation because they are one among few that concentrates on search engine traffic analyzation. It is one of my favorite tool to measure and check my daily traffic. Check out my reviews on 103bees.
Performancing Metrics
Performancing gives you real time readings of your web traffics however if you want to use it for free for long run, your pageviews/day must not exceed 1000. Upon sign up, Performancing gives you 21days full premium access, after that you will have to pay ($2/month) to continue. If you have high traffic, try using Performancing metrics. If your traffics are among the Top 20, you will earn yourself a PR7 link back from Performancing.com main page.
Reinvigorate
I feel in love with reinvigorate the first time I encounter it. ReInvigorate has nice interface design with traffic charts nicely placed. It makes charts very understandable, very easy for comparison and analysis. However, it’s currently a beta and only available through invitations. Send in a e-mail and let’s hope they will send you an invitation to try it out.
Spotplex
Spotplex shows you not only real time traffic stats, but also how you rank among bloggers of your niche that use Spotplex plugin. Head over to Spotplex website to check the most popular articles of the day, most popular within specific niche or your Spotplex rank today.
Automattic Statistics For WordPress
Automattic Statistics calculates your traffic within WordPress. However Automattic Statistics resides on WordPress.com’s Dashboard. After installing the plugin, there will be an extra button call Blog Stats that will lead you to your statistics in WordPress.com.
OneStats
By putting one small OneStats banner on your website, you not only get to see your web traffic but also get to compete against websites from your country in the OneStats chart. OneStats chart is a very good place to gain publicity and its monitor by many webmasters. It’s ranked based on pageviews so it’s a bit unfair as forums andphoto albums have a higher pageview rate.
Counterized II For WordPress
Counterize II upgrades from its previous version to give more traffic data. It embedded inside your WordPress Dashboard, giving you traffic information like IP, timestamp, visited URI, referring URI, total hits, unique hits, etc. All you need to do is install the plugin and view your stats inside Dashboard.
Counterize II upgrades from its previous version to give more traffic data. It embedded inside your WordPress Dashboard, giving you traffic information like IP, timestamp, visited URI, referring URI, total hits, unique hits, etc. All you need to do is install the plugin and view your stats inside Dashboard.
MyBlogLog
MyBlogLog stats shows you where your visitors come from, what they read and where they go, but the most interesting thing about MBL is, it includes the statistics of Google AdSense clicked and their sizes.
CrazyEgg
CrazyEgg tells you where in your page people are likely to click and the most interesting part is, it gives you a heat map display. Install and test it out yourself.
GoStats
GoStats provides not only the normal stats we want to see, it also comes with a prediction figure. The tab navigation from text view to graphic view comes simply in handy. Another good visitors tracking system worth checking out.
What’s the Hottest Brand in CES 2012?
People couldn’t stop buzzing about Motorola for the second consecutive day. OLED display technology andtablet devices are still popular, but ultrabook laptops faded in the conversation as audio and gaming technology surged. And people shared more CES-related video than ever.
So what were the hottest brands, trends and topics on Thursday’s penultimate day of CES 2012? From Mashable articles, i found interesting data collection.
All this comes to us via Twitter this week in Las Vegas, provided by Simply Measured analytics. Click here for our report from Thursday, here for our report from Wednesday and here for our report from Tuesday. Check back this weekend for a comprehensive breakdown of CES Twitter buzz as a whole.
How Did Thursday’s Twitter Chatter Compare to Last Year?
As on the previous two days, overall Twitter talk tagged #CES showed the same general trend in 2012 as 2011, but with people tweeting at a higher rate this year. On Thursday both years, the Twitter action started slow in the wee hours before ramping up to peak in the late morning and then gradually ebb as the afternoon wore on.
(Note on graphics: CES officially runs Tuesday through Friday, so Monday is referred to as “Day 0,” Tuesday is referred to as “Day 1,” Wednesday is referred to as “Day 2″ and Thursday is referred to as “Day 3.”)
Thursday’s Biggest Brands
Motorola dominated the #CES-tagged conversation on Thursday, and peaked quite early in the day. The company has been very successful in creating buzz this year, largely on the heels of its announcement that it has agreed on a multi-year deal to create a series of Intel-based phones and tablets. No one came close to matching Motorola on Thursday, although Samsung did see a modest jump around late morning.
The Hottest Trends
Audio technology enjoyed a big Thursday, becoming the most mentioned tech trend for its first time this week. OLED display technology has remained steady all week, although Thursday represented its least noteworthy day so far. Meanwhile, slim ultrabook laptops have faded in relation to tablet devices over the course of CES 2012. Could this portend ultrabooks’ ability to compete against tablets?
Thursday’s Most Popular Domains
People shared more video than ever on Thursday, with YouTube becoming the top-tweeted domain name for the first time this week. As usual, the list of most-tweeted domains was heavily dominated by tech news and social sharing sites. Twitter has remained strong all week and hovered near the top of the chart again on Thursday, while Facebook had another slow day following a solid start to the week.
Who Are the Overall Brand Leaders?
Microsoft and Motorola are now tied for the largest share of #CES-tagged tweets, but are traveling on opposite trajectories. Microsoft grabbed a whopping 12% of the conversation on Monday, when CEO Steve Ballmer gave a highly anticipated keynote address, but has trended downward since. Motorola started slow but has increased in percentage each day.
But Microsoft has gotten more value per tweet, as people who mention the Seattle company have an average of 6,605 followers. That doesn’t measure up to Google, though; its mentioners average more than 13,000 followers each.
But enough from us. What does this data tell you? Let us know in the comments
Siapakah Ras Manusia Sebelum Adam?
“Siapakah ras bangsa manusia sebelum Adam?” pertanyaan ini dulunya sangat mengganjal di benak saya. namun setelah membaca artikel dari penulis buku favorit saya mas Dhamar Sasangka, sedikit banyak saya menjadi paham. Jika orang bilang kitab suci orang Islam (Alquran) itu paling lengkap saya tidak setuju. Cobalah baca dan pahami kitab-kitab Hindu Kuno lebih dahulu. Islam itu orang bilang agama paling sempurna, tapi Hindu agama paling universal. Check this out:
USIA RAS MANUSIA DIBUMI MENURUT PURANA
Oleh : Damar Shashangka.
Aum Avighnamastu Namah Siddham.
Naasadaasiinn sadasiittadaanim,
naasiid raajo no vyomaa paro yat,
kim avariivah kuha kasya sarma,
nnambhah kimasiid gahanam gabhiiram.
Na mrtyuraasiid amrtam na tarhi,
na ritlya ahnagsit praketap,
anid avaatam svadhayaa tadekam,
tasmaaddhaanyaana parah kimca.
(Rig Veda : 10 : 129 : 1-2)
“Pada saat itu tidak ada yang nyata, (hanya) ketidaknyataan. Tidak ada udara, tidak ada langit. Apakah yang melingkupi dan dimanakan itu? Adakah perlindungan disana? Adalah air yang sangat dalam dan tidak terbatas (yang ada disana).”
“Kematian belum ada disana, demikian pula kehidupan. Tiada tanda-tanda adanya siang dan malam. KEBERADAAN TUNGGAL hidup tanpa nafas. DIA menjadikan diri-Nya sendiri. Sebagian dari diri-Nya tidaklah diketahui apa sebenarnya.”
(Rig Veda : 10 : 129 : 1-2)
Ko addha vedo ka iha pra vocat,
kuta ajata kuta iyam visrstihi,
arvag deva asya visarjannatha,
ko veda yatha abhuva.
(Rig Veda: 10 : 129 : 6)
“Siapakah yang benar-benar tahu? Siapakah yang dapat menjelaskan, darimanakah dirinya dan seluruh ciptaan ini berasal? Sesungguhnya, Para Deva-pun tercipta belakangan setelah alam semesta ini. Siapakah yang mengetahui asal dari seluruh ciptaan ini?”.
(Rig Veda: 10 : 129 : 6)
Terdapat empat pembagian jaman ( Yuga ) dalam Kitab-kitab Purana ( Kitab suci sesudah Veda ), yaitu :
1.Krita Yuga ( Era Emas )
2.Treta Yuga ( Era Perak )
3.Dvapara Yuga ( Era Perunggu )
4.Kali Yuga ( Era Besi )
Dinyatakan, total waktu berjalannya keempat jaman ini adalah 12.000 (Dua belas ribu tahun) Para Deva. Dan satu hari satu malam dari Para Deva dinyatakan sama dengan satu tahun manusia ( enam bulan waktu matahari diutara / Uttarayana, dinyatakan sebagai siang hari bagi Para Deva dan enam bulan waku matahari diselatan/ Daksinayana, dinyatakan sebagai malam hari bagi Para Deva)
Bila diperkirakan, maka 12.000 tahun para Deva sama dengan 4.320.000 ( Empat Juta Tigaratus Duapuluh ribu ) tahun manusia memakai perhitungan Solar system.
Maka, masing-masing jaman lama waktunya bisa diperkirakan sebagai berikut:
1.Krita Yuga, berlangsung selama 1.440.000 tahun Matahari
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan selama 144.000 tahun Matahari
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 108.000 tahun Matahari
2.Treta Yuga, berlangsung selama 1.080.000 tahun Matahari.
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 108.000 tahun Matahari
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 72.000 tahun Matahari.
3.Dvapara Yuga berlangsung selama 720.000 tahun Matahari.
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 72.000 tahun Matahari
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 36.000 tahun Matahari
4.Kali Yuga berlangsung selama 360.000 tahun Matahari.
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 36.000 tahun Matahari
Sangdhyamsa ( masa peralihan ) selama 144.000 tahun Matahari
( Kembali ke Krita Yuga).
Setiap berjalan empat Yuga ini dan kembali ke Yuga awal ( Dari Kali Yoga ke Krita Yuga), adalah satu perputaran sebuah siklus, dinamakan MAHAYUGA.
Total waktu yang dibutuhkan dalam 1 (Satu) MAHAYUGA adalah : 4.320.000 tahun Matahari.
Siklus perputaran MAHAYUGA sampai 71 (Tujuhpuluh satu) kali, dinamakan MANVATARA.
Total waktu yang dibutuhkan dalam 1 (Satu) MANVATARA adalah : ( 4.320.000 x 71 ) 306.720.000 tahun Matahari.
Dalam setiap MANVATARA akan tejadi ‘Peleburan Kecil’ atau Kiamat kecil. Dan akan turun kemudian seorang MANU ( Nenek Moyang Ras Manusia ) yang akan melahirkan bentuk ras manusia baru yang lebih sempurna, yang lebih sesuai untuk ‘wadah’ bagi Atma (Ruh) yang telah maju tingkat evolusinya.
Kita, manusia modern adalah keturunan MANU ke Tujuh. Sudah turun enam MANU sebelum MANU ke Tujuh nenek moyang kita. Selanjutnya, akan turun tujuh MANU lagi, sebelum kemudian terjadi PRALAYA (KIAMAT SEMESTA).
Total jumlah MANU yang turun adalah 14 ( Empat Belas ) orang. Setiap MANU melahirkan bentuk ras manusia yang berbeda-beda. Melalui proses evolusi, pelan namun pasti, bentuk fisik manusia akan semakin sempurna, mengikuti proses evolusi Atma ( Ruh) mereka. ( Charless Darwin telah menemukan kebenaran ini, yang banyak disangkal oleh para penganut Kitab dari Timur Tengah yang tidak mengerti teori evolusi, naif kan? : Damar Shashangka )
MANU (Bandingkan dengan kosa kata Inggris MAN ), dalam bahasa sanskerta berarti Makhluk yang terselimuti oleh MANAH (Pikiran liar/Mind). Keturunan MANU disebut Manusha. Perpaduan dua suku kata MANAH dan ISHA. MANAH adalah belenggu yang dihasilkan oleh Prakrti dan ISHA adalah DIA YANG TAK TERBAYANGKAN. Apabila ISHA terselimuti MANAH, lahirlah MANUSHA. Apabila ISHA bebas dari MANAH, maka…………????
Ada 14 MANVATARA, dan disetiap awal MANVATARA, turunlah seorang MANU. Satu MANVATARA memakan waktu 306.720.000 tahun Matahari. Total waktu yang dibutuhkan turunnya 14 MANU adalah ( 306.720.000 x 14 ) 4.294.080.000 ( Empat milyar Duaratus Sembilan puluh Empat juta Delapan puluh ribu ) tahun Matahari. ( Wah….!)
Mulai PRABHAVA ( Penciptaan Semesta ) hingga PRALAYA (Kiamat Semesta), satu siklus ini dinamakan KALPA. Dinyatakan, ada Tujuh belas KALPA sebelum KALPA kita sekarang ini ( maka total sudah ada 18 KALPA ). KALPA ke Tujuh belas dinamakan PADMA KALPA. Dan KALPA kita sekarang disebut VARAHA KALPA.
Nama-Nama MANU yang tercantum didalam Kitab-Kitab Purana pada KALPA sekarang (VARAHA KALPA) adalah :
1.Svayambhuva Manu ( Manu I )
2.Svarocisa Manu ( Manu II )
3.Uttama Manu ( Manu III )
4.Tamasa Manu ( Manu IV )
5.Raivata Manu ( Manu V )
6.Caksusha Manu ( Manu VI )
7.VAIVASVATA MANU ( Manu VII - Nenek Moyang kita).
8.Savarnni Manu ( Manu VIII – Belum turun )
9.Dakshasavarnni Manu ( Manu IX - Belum turun )
10.Brahmasavarnni Manu ( Manu ke X - Belum turun )
11.Dharmasavarnni Manu ( Manu ke XI - Belum turun )
12.Savarnna Manu ( Manu ke XII - Belum turun )
13.Rouchaya Manu ( Manu ke XIII - Belum turun )
14.Bhoutya Manu ( Manu ke XIV - Belum turun )
(Perlu diketahui Svayambhuva Manu sesungguhnya sama dengan ADAM. Sedangkan Vaivasvata Manu sesungguhnya sama dengan NUH. : Damar Shashangka)
Setelah turun MANU ke Empat belas, akan terjadi PRALAYA (Kiamat Semesta). Seluruh evolusi untuk sementara terhenti sejenak. Semua dalam kondisi vacum total. Jangka waktu ke-vacum-an ini sama dengan waktu yang dibutuhkan saat semesta mewujud. ( 4.294.080.000 tahun Matahari).
Selanjutnya, semesta akan tercipta lagi. KALPA baru akan terbentuk. Evolusi seluruh Atma yang sempat ‘beristirahat’ panjang, akan dimulai lagi. Entah, bagaimana wujud dan bentuk dunia yang baru itu kelak…..
Manusia modern adalah keturunan Vaivasvata Manu ( Manu VII ). Semenjak beliau turun, telah lewat 28 perputaran MAHAYUGA ( Total MAHAYUGA adalah 71 kali ).
Dan semenjak Shrii Krishna wafat ( 3102 Sebelum Masehi), jaman Dvapara Yuga ke dua puluh delapan telah berakhir. Sejak saat itu, jaman telah memasuki peralihan ke Kali Yuga. Angka tahun ini, adalah angka tahun dimana Prabhu Parikhsit dinobatkan menjadi Raja menggantikan Prabhu Yudhisthira ( Sulung dari Para Pandhava) yang enggan meneruskan tampuk pemerintahan setelah mendengar Shrii Krishna wafat. Para Pandhava kemudian memutuskan menuju ke Himalaya untuk memulai kehidupan sebagai seorang pertapa.
Prabhu Parikshit dinobatkan sebagai Raja tepat pada 18 Pebruari 3102 Sebelum Masehi. Data ini didapat dari sebuah prasasti yang dikeluarkan oleh Raja Puleskin yang kala itu ikut menghadiri penobatan.
Semenjak penobatan Prabhu Parikshit inilah, habis masa Dvapara Yuga. Dan jaman telah bergulir memasuki masa peralihan ke Kali Yuga.
Dari angka tahun 3102 SM ini, bisa dijadikan patokan untuk menghitung mundur atau maju usia munculnya ras manusia di bumi.
Sudah disebutkan diatas, manusia modern hidup diera peralihan Dvapara Yuga ke 28 menuju Kali Yuga ke 28. Bila kita hitung mundur, untuk memperoleh angka pasti kapan Vaivasvata Manu (Manu VII ) turun ke bumi, maka dimulai dengan menghitung 1 MAHAYUGA (4.320.000 tahun Matahari) dikalikan 27 ( Jumlah MAHAYUGA yang telah berlalu), maka akan diperoleh angka 116.640.000 ( Seratus Enam belas juta Enam ratus Empat puluh ribu ) tahun Matahari. Lantas di jumlahkan dengan Krita Yuga ( + Sangdhymsha ke 28 ), 116.640.000 + 1.440.000 + 144.000 + 108.000, maka akan diperoleh angka 118.332.000. Dijumlahkan lagi dengan Treta Yuga (+Sangdhyamsa ke 28), 118.332.000 + 1.080.000 + 108.000 + 72.000, maka akan diperoleh angka 119.592.000. Lantas ditambahkan Dvapara Yuga ke 28 ( tanpa Sangdhyamsha ), 119.592.000 + 720.000, akan diperoleh angka 120.312.000.
Dari angka terakhir, diperoleh usia Vaivasvata Manu ( Manu ke VII ) turun hingga penobatan Prabhu Parikshit menjadi Raja ( 3102 SM).
Apabila ditarik maju, catatan ini saya buat pada tahun 2009 Masehi, maka 120.312.000 + 3102 + 2009, akan diperoleh angka 120.317.111 ( Seratus Dua puluh juta Tiga ratus Tujuh belas ribu Seratus Sebelas) tahun Matahari. Jadi Vaivasvata Manu turun ke bumi 120.317.111 tahun yang lalu. ( Wow..).
Coba kita tarik mundur lagi.
Sebelum Vaivasvata Manu, telah turun Enam MANU yang lain. Setiap MANU, memakan total waktu 306.720.000 tahun Matahari. Dikalikan enam, maka akan diperoleh angka 1.840.320.000 ( Satu Milyar Delapan puluh Empat juta Tiga ratus Dua puluh ribu ) tahun Matahari. Dijumlahkan dengan 120.317.111 maka akan diperoleh angka :
1.960.637.111 ( Satu Milyar Sembilan ratus Enam puluh juta Enam ratus Tiga puluh Tujuh ribu Seratus sebelas) tahun Matahari.
Jadi, Svayambhuva Manu ( Manu I ) turun menghuni bumi, sudah 1.960.637.111 tahun yang lalu.
Menurut data sains modern, bumi telah berusia 4,5 Milyar tahun, dan Matahari sekitar 500 juta tahun lebih tua tercipta daripada bumi.
Menurut data kitab-kitab Purana, bumi telah dihuni ras manusia super purba kurang lebih 2 Milyar tahun yang lalu. Dari sini ada sedikit kesesuaian antara Purana dengan sains modern. Dan teori yang mengatakan bahwa Nabi Adam turun ke bumi baru 5000 tahun yang lalu, terpatahkan sudah !
(24 Oktober 2009)
Sumber :
- Rig Veda
- Bhagavata Purana
- Garuddha Purana
- Vishnu Purana
- Brahmaa Purana
- Kuurma Purana
- Agni Purana
Five New Management Metrics Rules
Are you web manager, business portal player, or social media specialist? I think you should read my article based on James Slavet from Greylock Partners above.
Based on my experience on the web, i always see my business progress by the metrics. Because based on @nukman tweet last day, web has two face: internal and external. Internal means UI, UX, and external means user behaviour that captured by metrics.
Nowdays, there’s a lot of firm that provide web metrics such as Urchin, Alexa, Google Analytics , etc. So what we gonna do with that metrics to maximize our business goal?
James Slavet is a guy from venture firm Greylock Partners, which invested in Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, Pandora, Redfin and One Kings Lane. Slavet’s investments include Groupon, Redfin and One Kings Lane.
After years of leading teams and then, at Greylock, watching some of the best startup CEOs in the world, He learned that the most important metrics are often ones you never read about on the income statement or in the financial press.
“If you can measure it, you can manage it” is a business saying that goes way back. Maybe it was Henry Ford who said that, or Peter Drucker? Regardless, most managers only measure outputs, not inputs, which is like telling a Little League team to score more runs, rather than actually explaining how to swing a bat and make contact with the ball. Similarly, most companies measure traffic, revenue or earnings, without considering how to improve the company at an atomic level: how to make a meeting better, or an engineer more productive.
Based on his article that publish on Forbes (13/12/2011), here are five metrics that great teams should measure:
Metric 1: Flow State Percentage
Jobs that require a lot of brainpower—software programming for instance—also demand deep concentration. You know that feeling when you’re “in the zone,” cranking on something. That is flow. Unfortunately, most of us are constantly interrupted during the day with meetings, emails, texts, or colleagues who want to talk about stuff. These interruptions that move us out of “flow state” increase R&D cycle times and costs dramatically. Studies have shown that each time flow state is disrupted it takes fifteen minutes to get back into flow, if you can get back at all. And programmers who work in the top quartile of proper (ie uninterrupted) work environments are several times more productive than those who don’t.
Ideally programmers and other knowledge workers can spend 30% – 50% of their day in uninterrupted concentration. Most office environments don’t even come close. To get started, ask your engineers to track for a few days their personal flow state percentages: how many hours each day are they in flow, divided by the number of total hours they’re at the office. And then brainstorm ways that the team can move this number up. For example, perhaps there’s a little paper sign at each person’s desk that says “Go Away, I’m Cranking.” Or maybe you have a day where no meetings are allowed. Tom Demarco has written insightfully on the topic of flow.
Metric 2: The Anxiety-Boredom Continuum
Years ago, back when I was younger and cooler, I took a salsa class with my wife-to-be where the instructor said something that really stuck with me. He said that his goal was to keep all of his students in the pocket between boredom and anxiety – but closer to anxiety. In other words, we shouldn’t be so overwhelmed that we break down and give up, but we also shouldn’t be coasting either. He kept the rhythm fast enough so that we were challenged, but not so difficult that we lost the steps completely. And he kept tuning the difficulty level of the class to stretch but not break us.
This same anxiety-to-boredom continuum also applies to managing people. Star performers can get bored easily, and often function best when they’re expected to rise to great challenges. You want expectations to be high, but not completely overwhelming. With this in mind, check in with your employees periodically about where they are on this continuum, while also keeping an eye out for signs of where they stand. If they have low energy, or are showing up late and leaving early, they may be bored. If they’re responding to small setbacks with anger or frustration, or getting sick a lot, they may be pushing too hard.
Metric 3: Meeting Promoter Score
Most meetings suck. And they’re expensive: a one-hour meeting of six software engineers costs $1,000 at least. People who don’t have the authority to buy paperclips are allowed to call meetings every day that cost far more than that. Nobody tracks whether meetings are useful, or how they could get better. And all you have to do is ask.
In the last minute of a meeting, ask the participants to each rate from 1 to 10 how effective the meeting was, with one suggestion for making the meeting better. It can be on a scrap of paper, or a simple web form. Verne Harnish has some good ideas about running better meetings.
Metric 4: Compound Weekly Learning Rate
My three year old son just asked me what the word “expert” means. When I answered, he nodded and asked “so am I an expert about superheroes yet?” The best leaders hold on to this relentless curiosity. Joi Ito wrote recently about “neotony”, the retention of childlike attributes in adulthood. This ability to learn is like the compounding interest on an investment: after two or three years, a relentless learner stands head and shoulders above his peers. Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, referred me to Joi’s posting. Jeff is one of the most relentless learners I know, and this quality is an essential element of his success and the success of his teams. So try asking your team this question: how did you get 1% better this week? Did you learn something valuable from our customers, or make a change to our product that drove better results? As your team gets into a learning rhythm, you can review this as a group. 1% per week adds up.
Metric 5: Positive Feedback Ratio
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Seven Signs of a Customer-Focused CEO Bruce Upbin Bruce Upbin Forbes Staff
You can learn as much from John Gottman as you can from John F. Kennedy about being a great communicator. Gottman, a psychologist, is the author of “Why Marriages Succeed or Fail”.
In his research, he found that marriages that succeed tend to have five times as many positive interactions as negative ones. And when a couple falls below that ratio, their relationship falls down too.
The same is true at the office, where you’re often connected for years in relationships with people who can either become wary of your criticisms or eager to give you their best effort. Catch people doing good things. Never miss a chance to say something nice, even if you feel a little silly. Then when you have feedback on areas to improve, they‘ll really listen. It may be hard to manage to the 5:1 ratio at the office, but you should be mindful of the balance.
So, there you have it, 5 metrics that will never show up in the best companies’ financial statements or a Wall Street Journal article, but are the kinds of reasons those companies succeed. Tracking these five metrics isn’t glamorous. But it’s something everyone can do. And it really works.
So, whatever your metrics (cheap or expensive) that used to measure your audience, make it sure it works efficiently. Premium metrics not always have good measurement, neither the cheap ones.
