There are three things I wanted to share on my “About” page: A bit about me, a bit about who got me going, and a bit about the blog’s inspiration.

On 14 May 2006 when I started this blog the info on this page was simple: “Director of Research & Analytics at Intuit, Web Analytics Practitioner, Nice guy.”

Things have evolved a smidgen since then. Here’s the latest….

About Me:

I am. . . .

  • The author of the recently published book Web Analytics 2.0 and the best selling book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day
    (100% of the proceeds from both books are donated to The Smile Train, Doctors Without Borders and Ekal Vidyalaya.)

  • The Analytics Evangelist for Google
    (Data driven decision making uncomplexified)

  • The Co-Founder and Chief Education Officer for Market Motive
    (Online marketing education, on demand, high quality, fresh, every day!)

I am on the Board of Advisers for. . . .

I love teaching and speaking and changing mindsets. . . .

  • Conferences: Monaco Media Forum, JMP Innovators’ Summit, Search Engine Strategies, Web 2.0, eMetrics, Ad-Tech, DMA events, BlogWorld, iCitizen etc (Current Speaking Engagements)

  • Universities: Stanford University, University of Utah, University of Virginia, Santa Clara University, VCU Brandcenter etc (I am also an Associate Instructor at the University of British Columbia!)

  • Companies: Dell, Unilever, AOL, Sephora, Time Warner, AutoDesk, Vanguard, Toyota, Google etc

I am on (if you are interested in my professional career). . . .

I was. . . .

  • On the board of directors of the Web Analytics Association
  • On the advisory board of iPerceptions

I am at. . . .

  • blog at kaushik dot net

 

About the Blog’s Start:

I met Andy Beal at the Frost & Sullivan event where I spoke in early 2006. At that conference he played a key role in convincing me of the value of blogging and even offered to help me with anything I needed.

Andy gets all the credit in the world for getting me into blogging, for that I will remain eternally grateful to him.

 

About the Blog’s Spirit:

Guy Kawasaki’s early blog posts were very influential for me in terms of what this blog became. Specifically two things outlined in his blogging “principles” post:

  1. “Eat like a bird, and poop like an elephant.” – Japanese Quote.

    This really connects with me. I have learned a lot from others and my hope with my blog is to share back with the world, to the extent that I can, in my core area of expertise.

  2. Think “book” not “diary.”

    I have come to believe that this is probably the best way to be successful in blogosphere.

[Interesting side note: While I followed this second principle from day one of this blog, never in my wildest dreams did I imagine it would ever actually become a book published by Wiley!]

I hope you find the blog to be of value, I welcome your feedback.

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