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How (and why) our marketing team uses PostHog

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Andy Vandervell
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2,326
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Summary

PostHog's marketing team has discovered that only 20% of users track both their marketing website and product using PostHog, attributing this to their focus on engineering rather than marketing. They demonstrate that PostHog's tools are equally beneficial for marketing by detailing their own use of comprehensive dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) like new organization signups, SEO traffic, and G2 reviews. Their marketing dashboard includes circuit breaker metrics to monitor quick website design changes, and they emphasize the importance of annotations for understanding trends. PostHog also uses SEO performance tracking and content marketing effectiveness dashboards to gain insights into traffic and engagement, with a focus on outcomes rather than traditional metrics like bounce rate. The team achieved notable success in Q3, surpassing their signup target and nearing their SEO traffic goal, while planning to refine their marketing strategies and explore attribution improvements. They highlight the advantages of using PostHog over traditional marketing tools, such as comprehensive functionality, outcome-focused insights, and the ability to eliminate guesswork through detailed user session analysis.

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