Comments on: Analytical skills at the core of Web Analyst’s role http://hurolinan.com/index.php/2008/05/21/web_analyst_skills/ Web Analytics Consultant and Author Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Patrick http://hurolinan.com/index.php/2008/05/21/web_analyst_skills/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Patrick Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:36:41 +0000 http://hurolinan.com/?p=49#comment-67 umm now that Im reading this again I have to realize I wouldn't really understand this myself, if I hadn't typed it lol: What I was trying to say is this: Is having great analytical ability really more "important" than being great at marketing for this job? How would we measure "important"? When we're thinking about which one is more important, we're probably measuring it (in a subconscious way) by looking at how rare it is in people. I've really been wondering about this, because I've been thinking that you have to be great at analyzing..seeing patterns/nuances...analyzing the numbers and coming up with insights, but Ive always thought that it comes down mostly to "analytical ability", which most people don't seem to have. On the other hand a few very respected voices in this field have been talking about it as if it was a lot more about marketing than it is about analytics..which has confused me a bit :-) umm now that Im reading this again I have to realize I wouldn’t really understand this myself, if I hadn’t typed it lol:

What I was trying to say is this:

Is having great analytical ability really more “important” than being great at marketing for this job? How would we measure “important”? When we’re thinking about which one is more important, we’re probably measuring it (in a subconscious way) by looking at how rare it is in people.

I’ve really been wondering about this, because I’ve been thinking that you have to be great at analyzing..seeing patterns/nuances…analyzing the numbers and coming up with insights, but Ive always thought that it comes down mostly to “analytical ability”, which most people don’t seem to have.

On the other hand a few very respected voices in this field have been talking about it as if it was a lot more about marketing than it is about analytics..which has confused me a bit :-)

]]> By: Patrick http://hurolinan.com/index.php/2008/05/21/web_analyst_skills/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Patrick Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:49:21 +0000 http://hurolinan.com/?p=49#comment-66 I find this interesting, because if I read this post I would think "yeah, obviously, being good at analyzing is a top priority if you want to be a web analyst". However, it seems that lots of respected people in the field do not necessarily agree. I'm not sure who said this (I think Avinash?), but some people (who do know their stuff) seem to be of the opinion that being a marketer is more important than being good with numbers/good at analysis. I think it's probably hard to say and both those skills are simply very important, and you can't do without either one...and as we can't really measure such skills we take into account how rare they are. So is it really more important to be good at analyzing than it is to be good at marketing? I think one needs a combination of both skills, but perhaps people who have good analytical thinking ability might be more rare than those who are good at marketing? I find this interesting, because if I read this post I would think “yeah, obviously, being good at analyzing is a top priority if you want to be a web analyst”. However, it seems that lots of respected people in the field do not necessarily agree. I’m not sure who said this (I think Avinash?), but some people (who do know their stuff) seem to be of the opinion that being a marketer is more important than being good with numbers/good at analysis.

I think it’s probably hard to say and both those skills are simply very important, and you can’t do without either one…and as we can’t really measure such skills we take into account how rare they are. So is it really more important to be good at analyzing than it is to be good at marketing? I think one needs a combination of both skills, but perhaps people who have good analytical thinking ability might be more rare than those who are good at marketing?

]]> By: Jacob Kildebogaard http://hurolinan.com/index.php/2008/05/21/web_analyst_skills/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Jacob Kildebogaard Wed, 21 May 2008 12:27:34 +0000 http://hurolinan.com/?p=49#comment-34 Hi I cant agree more. I am master in science of business administration and management science and trained in mathematical analysis. I see many web educated people who don't know how to analyze data and optimize from it, but teammembers with mathematical and analytic skills are the top proffesionals in relation to web analytic. Regards, Jacob Hi

I cant agree more. I am master in science of business administration and management science and trained in mathematical analysis. I see many web educated people who don’t know how to analyze data and optimize from it, but teammembers with mathematical and analytic skills are the top proffesionals in relation to web analytic.

Regards,
Jacob

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