Google Analytics for WordPress.com Business sites

Fellow bloggers, especially those with Premium plan, do you have any suggestions for alternative analytics options for those of us who can’t understand why wordpress.com doesn’t “support” Google Analytics within the Premium package. My traffic is low, my numbers are low, but I learn so much from this sort of information; and, it’s disappointing that the built in WP statistics are so superficial AND the free statcounter option is often misaligned or at variance with WP statistics. Any suggestions?

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The Stats on WordPress.com are a special favorite of many site owners — it’s our second-most visited screen. At a glance, you can see when you get the most traffic, which posts are making the biggest impact, who your most frequent commenters are, and more. It’s a great way to gain insights into your visitors and your site.

To complement our built-in stats and to give you even more information about your traffic, you can now use Google Analytics with WordPress.com, as part of the WordPress.com Business plan.

Add the Business plan to your site and get everything you need to build a great website, including support for Google Analytics. If you already added the Business plan to your site, start using Google Analytics today, from the SettingsAnalytics screen. Read on for more information about Google Analytics and using it with your site.

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Richard’s 63 Chevy

There it was. Right in the Save Mart parking lot in broad daylight.
Richard's 63 Chevy

Procreate, iPad Pro, cheap stylus, still waiting for my Apple Pencil

Lesson Pre-Plan

These drawing apps are complicated; sometimes in their potential simplicity, sometimes in their actual complexity. I’m working on a lesson for my next class focusing on ONLY two of the many Sketches tools, the mechanical pencil and the airbrush. This is currently the only app we’re working with.
Tools
We’ll do some warm-ups and then practice settings in size and opacity for each, then play around with some simple figures, e.g., cube, sphere, cone, etc. along with some strokes, movements, and feels. Then we’ll attempt the eye again using only these two tools.
annyth's beautiful eye

Sketches, Sty-HD stylus

Expecting a call

I really like Sketch Club in terms of a few brushes, sketchy and procedural stipple. Stipple’s like painting in the air with sparklers.

expecting a call

Don’t hold your breath

Don't hold your breath

Sketch Club, Procreate, iColorama, Sty-HD stylus (Apple Pencil on back order), iPad Pro, Octo Spider Monkey on belly.

God bless Ben!

I mean it. This guy just keeps on getting up and playing even harder!
God bless Ben!

Free hand using this reference photo in Sketches, Procreate, Phonto, with Sty-HD stylus on an iPad Pro.

Heavens to Murgatroyd 

Sketch Club, Procreate, iColorama, Sty-HD stylus, iPad Pro
(Apple Pencil on back order)

Cell with a View

Ms. Davis Goes To Washington, Again

Ms Davis

So I get my express replacement iPad Pro from Apple this evening via Fedex. Hooray! And what’s the first thing I practice on? A caricature of sorts of a famous, but somewhat rebellious public servant who, as it turned out, attended the State of the Union Address.

Procreate, Sty-HD stylus, (Apple Pencil is on its way.)
Reference photo 1
Reference photo 2

Old Man Face 2.0

Why that title? Why the 2.0? Yesterday I was in the mood to practice facial features, particularly wrinkles. I needed some inspiration. I needed even more practice. So I looked up “old face” and “wrinkles” and bumped into an interesting photo, which happened to be tied to a 12/25/11 post at this cool blog, Source of Inspiration. I got my inspiration and practice.
Technical: Since my iPad Pro is being swapped out with a new one because of a small display issue, I used my old iPad, Procreate, and a sty-HD stylus. Incidentally, I ordered an Apple Pencil that’s due to arrive in early February. Give me time. Here’s yesterday’s practice image followed by an accelerated progress video:
Old Man Face 2.0