Dashboard and Analytics
The dashboard answers ‘what needs me today’. Analytics answers ‘is this working’. They are different questions and it is worth not confusing them.
What you will learn
- What each dashboard card counts
- Which numbers are leading indicators and which are lagging
- Why the dashboard can disagree with your Bookings list
- What to actually do about a low rating or a thin pipeline
The dashboard#
Four cards across the top, then the two lists you act on: booking requests waiting for a decision, and sessions coming up.
| Card | What it counts | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Total sessions | Sessions you have marked complete | Volume - and whether you are closing sessions out |
| Available balance | Withdrawable earnings | What you can actually take out today |
| Rating | Average of mentee reviews | Quality, once you have enough reviews to mean anything |
| Active mentees | People currently working with you | Depth rather than churn |
If the dashboard disagrees with your Bookings list
The dashboard counts completed sessions. Sessions that happened but were never marked complete are missing from every card here - and from your earnings. That is almost always the explanation.
Analytics#
Analytics is the longer view: how sessions, ratings and earnings move over time rather than what they are right now.
- Session volume over time - is demand growing or was one good month an outlier
- Completion and no-show rates - a rising no-show rate usually means bookings are too easy or too far out
- Ratings over time - a single bad review matters less than a direction of travel
- Earnings by period - the number that actually decides whether this is worth your evenings
Reading it honestly#
A thin pipeline
Usually supply, not demand. Check availability first, then whether your session types are active, then whether your headline says anything specific. Mentors conclude ‘there is no demand’ long before they have made themselves properly bookable.
A high no-show rate
Often a symptom of booking too far ahead or pricing an intro call at zero. Both make it costless to forget.
A falling rating
Look at which session type the low ratings attach to. A 30-minute intro judged as though it were a deep dive is a positioning problem, not a quality one.
You have no reviews yet. Ratings only appear once mentees have left them, and a handful of early reviews will swing it violently - do not over-read the first few.
It counts completed sessions only. Confirmed, pending and unclosed sessions are not in it.
Yes. Every session counts regardless of who booked it or who paid.
