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Hidden Treasures Identifying data sources that provide insights into customer behaviour. Jo Rees Manager Market Research. CQUniversity Australia. What do you want to know ? -data sources are everywhere. Data Perspectives Performance Profile Behaviour. Today’s Presentation.
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Hidden Treasures Identifying data sources that provide insights into customer behaviour Jo Rees Manager Market Research
What do you want to know ? -data sources are everywhere • Data Perspectives • Performance • Profile • Behaviour
Today’s Presentation “The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight” (and insight into action)Carly Fiorina, Former CEO of HP
Pre Student Journey is where we started - Need to understand why people choose us? Attention Choice Information search Transition
Data Sources Used to Provide Pre Student Information CSS = Commencing Student SurveySES=School Engagement Survey
Holistic view of pre student journey Data Source -Commencing Student Survey Recruitment Journey Onboarding experience
Commencing Student Survey - Methodology
Commencing Student Survey - Influence on strategy
The Undergraduate Guide contains a career directory and program summary because we know that in the information search people will be considering multiple programs and careers. Publications and web information search pathways have a strong program focus as we know that over half our students lead with program choice before university choice.
Studying close to home was one of the main reasons for choosing to study with CQUni. We reinforce this message in our advertising to footprint areas. Offering distance education was another popular reasons for choosing to study with CQUni. We embrace this message into our current campaigns Survey findings indicated that engineering was chosen by people who wanted to understand how things worked. We put that in our messages The response we got for health programs was that people choosing to study in this area wanted to help others.
Length of the decision journey Evolution of the self directed buyer • 92% visited web in their information search • 52% of those also phoned student contact centre 46% rang the Student Contact Centre 80% of term1 domestic commencing students made a decision within three months of commencing the information search.
Attention phase of pre student journey Data Source -School Engagement Survey • Contact with CQU • Experience with CQU • Perception of CQU -Being located close to home was seen as the main reason why students were choosing to study with CQUniversity . -A wide range of programs was another high ranking perceptions for why school leavers chose to study with CQUniversity. -Education, Engineering & Health were perceived as the most recognisable CQUniversity programs
Information Search phase Data Source- CRM (Customer Relationship Management System)
Domicile CRM Lessons Learnt Form CRM Register Your Interest Form- Need to preload CRM field with source of data
Data entry Retrieve data Report Options Missing Data Fields CRM Lessons Learnt
Google Analytics- Monitoring information search pathway traffic Information Search phase Date Source- Google Analytics
Google Analytics- Web visits can be measured 32 621 visits
Choice and Transition phase Date Source- Tertiary Admissions Centre and CQUniversity Analytics Elements • Market Size • Market Growth • Market Share • Geographical Demand • Applicant Type Demand • Demographic Demand • Competitor Scans • Positioning • Timing The data source influences the sophistication of analysis.
Analytics Tool –Metadata List X Data √
Analytics Challenges-Data Visualisation “The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures”Ben Shneiderman (1999)
Key Takeaways “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”Albert Einstein, Physicist
Thankyou j.rees@cqu.edu.au