- Analytics
About the client
Academia del Futuro (which translates to academy of the future) is a digital learning app for children in Mexico. Focusing on primary-level education, Academia del Futuro prides itself on providing the best educational quality, presented by some of the best and brightest minds in the region.
Their offering is based on apps that can be downloaded for Apple or Android devices and involves a login and paid account. The team had limited visibility on users’ actions on their website and apps. With limited analytics, the team had difficulty understanding their performance and how marketing impacted their bottom line until we were engaged and were able to implement proper measurement across their different platforms to help their marketing team get a better grasp on the customer lifecycle.
Challenge
Creating a deep understanding of user behaviour across multiple platforms
Getting Google Analytics 4 ready
Traditionally, it’s been difficult to track users when they access your digital assets across multiple platforms. The team at Academia del Futuro were all too aware of this, so were keen to explore Google Analytics 4 – the new offering that brings platform data together so that users can really start to create a deep understanding of their users over time.
They engaged our team at In Marketing We Trust to help implement and configure their Google Analytics 4 property as they knew they needed an analytics specialist to ensure set-up went smoothly and that data started flowing from day one. Three data streams were implemented: iOS, Android and Web.
Looking for fast implementation, so that they could double down on their data quickly!
Academia del Futuro were keen to get set up quickly, and In Marketing We Trust’s Benoit Weber was pleased to be able to lead the implementation as he believes the set-up was as much as four times faster than it would have been prior to Google Analytics 4 becoming available.
Ultimately, they really resonated with one of the key reasons Google suggests using GA4: Improve the speed and quality of decision making while simultaneously improving team efficiency. And we were happy to deliver.
We also implemented Appsflyer via Google Tag Manager. Now, if the team wants to track conversions for their marketing campaigns, they don’t need to undertake additional implementation work nor publish a new version of their app. They can simply configure Appsflyer (via the UI) for partners that are supported. We also implemented Google Tag Manager in their apps which means they can now deploy Google Marketing Platform tags for future campaigns.
The all-important knowledge transfer
It wasn’t enough to just come in and create a solution, for it to be something the Academia del Futuro team could get the most benefit from, they needed information about how to take the reins with this new tool.
At In Marketing We Trust, we ensure that we provide in-depth documentation and training for our clients, which we create to suit their individual needs. For Academia del Futuro we provided:
- An implementation plan, and full support throughout
- Full solution design, and milestone meetings
- Training sessions with the marketing team, phased throughout the process
- 3 training sessions with the technical teams
Solution
Fast set-up and more integrated analytics means more meaningful customer data for the marketing team
Providing predictive insights and more in-depth data controls for users accessing multiple devices
Implementing the Google Analytics 4 property allowed us to help Academia del Futuro access more information on their customers and how they move across different platforms and channels. We worked with the marketing team to redefine all the relevant events during the design phase and implemented them as we moved through the project.
Implementation involved setting up Google Tag Manager across the website and both apps to implement and manage tags on-site without the need for source code modification or app resubmission, as well as collecting data for advertising and analytics tools. A data layer was also implemented to track important information such as registration, form submissions, eCommerce, and other interactions of interest.
Once set-up was complete, we were able to show the team where to access the data and how to manipulate it to make it meaningful and to help drive decision-making.
Preparing for a cookie-less future
The phasing out of third-party tools will begin soon, so we wanted to ensure that Academia del Futuro had a plan that future-proofed their analytics and understanding of their customers. It also assisted them in complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to improve their data governance.
As third-party cookies become less common, event-based data and AI will need to work together to provide meaningful data to marketers, so we created a solution that integrated Google Tag Manager to manage data collection, a data layer to ensure registration was tracked and ensured the Google Analytics 4 configuration was set to assist when the time comes.
Providing great training for the team
To ensure the Academia del Futuro team got the most out of the new Google Analytics 4 integration and configuration, we provided them with training and documentation that covered best practice guidelines along with ways to reduce risk and improve accuracy of reporting.
“Reports for this new property use a single set of consistent metrics and dimensions, making it possible to see integrated reporting across app and web like never before.” says Benoit.
A cookie-less future is coming and getting started with tools like Google Analytics 4 now can help future-proof your business’s understanding of its customers and their behaviour.
Results
Unified data management allows for faster, higher quality data for decision making
True understanding of customer behaviour
The most significant change that was brought about by the implementation of Google Analytics 4 was the depth of data that was collected and used to guide business decisions.
The new GA4 implementation has increased Academia del Futuro’s integrity and accuracy of data by 353% based on our internal Integrity & Accuracy report. The report covers 10 areas of digital analytics. Companies’ analytics implementations are scored based on their configuration, interactions, eCommerce, custom events, advertising tags and more.
increase in integrity and accuracy of data
cross-platform data unification: iOS, Android and web
providing full visibility on the most important interactions including eCommerce
Full visibility on the most important interactions including eCommerce
20 events providing full visibility on the most important interactions including eCommerce are now available, with tracking across two mobile apps (iOS & Android) and one website. Being able to identify users across devices provides a new level of understanding.
We ensured that Academia del Futuro could track valuable information across the following areas:
User intelligence
- Which class was purchased by the parents of the student
- The class the student started, and if they completed it
- Exams that were taken, and the student’s score
- If the student looked at any other courses
- If the student had seen any of the notifications
eCommerce statistics
- Which courses were purchased, and by whom
- Which course was the most popular
- How much revenue was generated
- How often courses were added to cart, but then removed or abandoned
Marketing insights
- Which courses had the highest completion rates
- Which courses students moved onto next
- If notifications helped reactivate users
- Which retargeting campaigns worked best to bring back lapsed users
- Combining the above to build out personalisation for users
Ultimately, we helped Academia del Futuro to truly understand their users, optimise their app, and improve repeat purchases from existing users.
Testimonials
Ilana Bielak
Managing Director, Marketing
Working with In Marketing We Trust will give Academia del Futuro the business visibility needed to make data-driven decisions by taking full advantage of our cross-channel and in-app marketing strategies. Being able to measure and understand how our campaigns make an impact, as w...
