Most practices don't have a data problem. They have a definitions problem
Ask a practice owner how many new patients their website generated last month and you will often get three different answers depending on who you ask, the web platform's dashboard, the practice management system's new-patient count, and whatever the front desk remembers. None of them are necessarily wrong. They are usually just measuring different things, using different definitions of "conversion," pulled from systems that were never connected to agree with each other in the first place. That is a foundational measurement problem, and it is the thing that has to get fixed before any report is actually trustworthy.
A dashboard is only useful if checking it changes what happens next.
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What the work includes
Scope is written down before we start, so there is no argument later about what was covered.
- A tag audit that catches duplicate tracking, broken tags and inconsistent conversion counting
- Conversion definitions agreed in writing with the practice before any dashboard gets built
- One live dashboard covering search, paid, calls and forms, not five separate logins
- A monthly report that states what changed, why, and what we're changing in response
- A quarterly review against the goals actually set at kickoff
Why definitions have to come before dashboards
Building a dashboard before agreeing on what counts as a conversion just automates the disagreement, now you have a fast, professional-looking report showing a number nobody's confirmed the meaning of. Before any dashboard gets built, we agree conversion definitions in writing with the practice: does a call that goes to voicemail count as a lead? Does a form fill from an existing patient count the same as one from a new prospect?
The tag audit most practices have never had
Before agreeing definitions can even be applied consistently, we audit what's actually being tracked right now, Google Analytics, Google Ads conversion tags, call tracking, form submissions, and check for the failures that are extremely common and usually invisible until someone looks: duplicate tracking firing twice on the same conversion, a tag that stopped working after a website update eight months ago and nobody noticed.
One dashboard, not five logins
Search performance, paid campaign data, call outcomes and form submissions typically live in four or five separate platforms, each requiring a separate login and each speaking a slightly different measurement language. Consolidating them into a single dashboard, built once against the agreed definitions, means you are not mentally reconciling four different numbers every time you want a straight answer to "is this working." The dashboard stays live and accessible at all times, not just delivered as a static monthly snapshot.
A monthly report that ends with a decision, not a data dump
A report that lists what happened without stating what changes as a result is decoration, technically informative, functionally useless for actually running a practice. Every monthly report states plainly what changed since last month, why, and specifically what we are changing in response. If nothing material changed and nothing needs adjusting, the report says that too.
What counts as a headline number, and what's just context
Impressions, followers and reach numbers appear in reporting, but only as context, never as the headline metric a decision gets made against. The numbers that actually matter to a practice are calls, form submissions and booked appointments, because those are the metrics with a direct line to revenue.
Quarterly review, against the goals set at kickoff
Monthly reporting tracks near-term movement; quarterly review is where we step back and check progress against the actual goals set when the engagement started, not goals that quietly shifted over the months in between to make the numbers look better.
What Dent Aura brings to measurement specifically
The skill that matters most here is diagnostic, being able to look at an existing analytics setup and quickly find where it's actually broken, rather than assuming the numbers are trustworthy and building a dashboard on top of them. We also bring the discipline of writing conversion definitions down in agreement with the practice before any reporting gets built.
Analytics & Reporting does not work in isolation
We run this alongside the rest of the plan so the reporting stays honest. If analytics is the only thing you need from us, we will say so, and we will not sell you a bundle to reach a number.
Every engagement is reviewed monthly. If a service is not earning its fee, it is our job to raise it before you do.
Questions about analytics
If your question is more specific, send it over. A specialist answers, not a sales inbox.
Ask us something specificWe already have a dashboard nobody opens. Why would this be different?
Because a report without a decision attached is decoration regardless of how accurate the numbers are. Every monthly report we deliver ends with what we're changing and what we need from you, the dashboard is built to support a decision-making habit, not just to exist.
Can we see data between the scheduled reports?
Yes. The dashboard is live and accessible to you at all times, not just delivered as a static document once a month.
Do you report on vanity metrics like impressions or followers?
They appear as context only. The headline numbers driving any decision are calls, form submissions and booked appointments, the metrics with a direct line to actual revenue.
How do you handle the fact that different platforms count conversions differently?
That's exactly the problem this service is built to fix. Conversion definitions are agreed in writing with the practice up front, and every platform is configured to measure against that same shared definition, rather than each platform quietly using its own default.
What if our current tracking setup turns out to be broken?
That is common enough that we start every engagement with a tag audit specifically looking for it, duplicate tracking, tags that silently stopped firing, conversions counted inconsistently across platforms. Fixing that comes before any dashboard gets built on top of it.
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AI + AutomationSee where your current numbers disagree
A free audit of your existing tracking setup: what's actually being measured, where it's likely broken or inconsistent, and what a single trustworthy dashboard would look like for your practice.
What you get
- A written summary, not a sales deck
- Reviewed by the strategist who would run your account
- No obligation, and no drip campaign afterwards