{"id":7017,"date":"2016-01-05T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T16:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2017-04-05T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:56:26","slug":"get-ready-for-2016-rival-iq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/get-ready-for-2016-rival-iq\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for 2016: Google Analytics, Pinterest, and beyond!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<div style=\"background-color: rgba(74, 154, 211, 0.08); padding: 30px; margin-bottom: 60px;\">\n<h2>A Note From Our CEO, John Clark<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-7024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/johnc-bw-c-150x150.png\" alt=\"johnc-bw-c\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/johnc-bw-c-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/johnc-bw-c-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/johnc-bw-c.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Happy New Year \u2014 I hope all of you had a great holiday season!<\/p>\n<p>As we enter 2016, I can\u2019t help but reflect on the accomplishments our team made during the last year. Building a company is a humbling yet rewarding experience, and your positivity and passion is a big part of our reward.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from product growth, we expanded the Rival IQ family with some talented individuals in sales, engineering, and marketing. With this stronger work family, we have big goals for Rival IQ in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, I want to thank you for making 2015 such a success. You helped us evolve our vision and product, and we look forward to being part of your success in this new year! The possibilities are limitless &#8211; with such amazing customers, we\u2019re sure 2016 will be an exciting year for us all.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to a great 2016!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>In 2015, We Unlocked Your Data<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop-768x689.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop-1024x919.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop-100x90.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/riq_timeline_2x_crop-500x449.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We thought we had a pretty solid product in 2014, but we knew we could make it better. We took your feedback and dedicated 2015 to adding more company data, speeding up the back\u00a0end, and so much more. Here\u2019s a detailed look at some of our biggest accomplishments of last year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, we launched:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/rival-iq-new-user-interface\/\">A completely redesign of our app navigation and styling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/marketing-analytics-dashboard-launch\/\">The Rival IQ Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/marketing-analytics-dashboard-launch\/\">Cross-channel Social Analysis, including Top Content<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/facebook-insights-launch\/\">Facebook Insights integration and analytics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/linkedin-insights-launch\/\">LinkedIn Insights and Hidden Channels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/blog\/scheduled-exports\/\">Scheduled Exports (amazing, btw)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2016 is\u00a0About Taking Analytics Further<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, you better believe that we\u2019re going to keep up the momentum. While we can\u2019t give away too much, here\u2019s a sneak peek at a few of the features we\u2019ll be releasing in early 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Multi-user Accounts<\/strong>. That\u2019s right, no more sharing passwords!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinterest Analytics<\/strong>. Detailed metrics for you and the competition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Analytics integration<\/strong>. Clear, beautiful site reporting inside of Rival IQ.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Posts.<\/strong>\u00a0Searchable social content with hashtag analysis and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Public API<\/strong>. Get your Rival IQ automation game going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How else can we make Rival IQ even better in 2016 and beyond? Simply leave a comment or <a href=\"mailto:support@rivaliq.com\">shoot us an email<\/a> if you have any ideas for improvements or features that you\u2019d love to see in\u00a0Rival IQ.<\/p>\n<h3>Thanks for a great year!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6966\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Holidays\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.rivaliq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_5024-1170x1170.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we enter 2016, I can\u2019t help but reflect on the accomplishments our team made during the last year. 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