[Blog] Alerts Use Cases #10147
[Blog] Alerts Use Cases #10147
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Worth thinking about how we are going to promote this piece, likely needs some solid backlinks to help people find their way there.
Could we plan a social post/thread for it?
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Good call. I think we could probably pick out the most compelling example(s) and share those on social.
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+1. Should link from the Alerts docs for a start. Could probably add to some product analytics pages.
We can also turn the individual ideas into social posts.
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| So you can set up an alert that coincides with the launch of a redesigned page and verify that the number of CTA clicks should hopefully be increasing, not decreasing. | ||
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| ### 5. Alert on changes in conversion rates |
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
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| To keep life interesting, it's important to live in a state of perpetual ignorance. When things are going well, there's no need to find out why. When things go downhill, let anxiety run its course. |
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This is great, btw. Love a bit of humor as a starter!
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| These kinds of alerts can also be useful when traffic spikes are unexpected. We often see this at PostHog when our content gets featured in a popular email newsletter or shared on Hacker News. When we notice an influx of new signups, it can be fun to dig in and try to figure out where they came from. | ||
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| For example, we can set up an alert when the number of pageviews for our [pricing page](/pricing) rises above 8,000 views for the week. First, we [create a new trend insight](/docs/product-analytics/trends/overview#1-creating-a-new-trend) to track pageviews where "Path Name" equals "/pricing". Then, filter by the year-to-date and group by week. |
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+1 Ian's point.
Additional suggestion: could you add a screenshot of a fully-configured alert for each example? I think this will help people grok what it looks like and how to make their own.
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+1. Should link from the Alerts docs for a start. Could probably add to some product analytics pages.
We can also turn the individual ideas into social posts.
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| Alerts are currently available for trends insights. But we're currently working on adding alerts for [funnels](/docs/product-analytics/funnels), which will make it easier to track conversions across various stages. For example, we can create a funnel to see how many users are following through and signing up after visiting our pricing page. | ||
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| Thanks to [Anirudh](/community/profiles/30974) for making this much-requested feature a reality. The idea for threshold-based alerts started as a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/14331), so if you have other interesting use cases and suggestions for how to improve the features, be sure to let us know! |
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I really like this point
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I don't love this headline. We should workshop some ideas before we go live
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| We can set the frequency to check this daily. And for critical alerts like this, you can add more than one email to the notification list and ensure the entire billing team receives the alert. | ||
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| ### 4. Alert on changes in conversion rates |
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Instead of having two separate lines could we use formula mode here? Might be more realistic.
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I think you could also add a backlink here: https://posthog.com/docs/product-analytics/tutorials
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| To keep life interesting, it's important to live in a state of perpetual ignorance. When things are going well, there's no need to find out why. When things go downhill, let anxiety run its course. After all, who needs data and insights when you have hope? | ||
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Does putting this in a <ProductScreenshot> center it?
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I tried this out as a ProductScreenshot but it doesn't center the image and looked a little weird with the extra border. I ended up reverting the change since I think most of our meme images use Markdown images.
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Ian Vanagas <[email protected]>
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Blog post about our new Alerts features with some practical examples.
https://posthog-git-blog-alerts-examples-post-hog.vercel.app/blog/alerts-examples
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