GA4 launches July 1 G'ah. Every time I log into Google Analytics I have to deal with the enormous countdown reminding me there's less than 40 calendar days (28 working days) before Universal Analytics stops tracking data. Not helpful. Let me offer you some actionable...
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Data & Privacy Regulations: What marketers need to know to stay compliant
by Monique Sherrett | Apr 20, 2023 | Google Analytics
Data & Privacy Regulations: What marketers need to stay compliant Data collection and analysis is a core part of marketing. Marketers want to know everything from the basics like "how many people come to our website" to more advanced insights like "which are the...
Google Announcements
by Monique Sherrett | Feb 1, 2023 | Google Analytics
The Google Ads shift towards automation continues as "similar segments" will be removed from all ad groups and campaigns on August 1, 2023 The change is meant to help advertisers stay ahead of increasing restrictions around privacy by using automation strategies that...
2022 Year in Review
by Monique Sherrett | Jan 11, 2023 | Google Analytics, Monique's Pick, Online Marketing Tips
What can you do today that you could not do a year ago? My 2022 business resolution was to learn GA4. It's lucky that was my goal because last March Google announced they were sunsetting Universal Analytics. So the July 1 countdown begins. Here's my GA4 Implementation...
GA4: How to create an Outbound Links report in Explore
by Monique Sherrett | Nov 22, 2022 | Google Analytics
GA4 includes a powerful analysis tool called Explore. It’s a set of advanced features that lets users build custom reports, like an outbound clicks report.
Create Country-specific Views in GA4 Using Filters
by Monique Sherrett | Oct 13, 2022 | Google Analytics
In UA, Views were used to create country-specific reports. Views do not exist in GA4 but we can use Filters to recreate a similar report. In Universal Analytics (UA), we were able to create reports that contained only certain data. For example, sites with a .ca and...
Using GA4 Engagement Report – Pages and Screens
by Monique Sherrett | Aug 15, 2022 | Google Analytics
Missing the UA Behavior reports like Landing Page, Exits, and All Pages? Try this in GA4.
GA4 – Using the Traffic Acquisition Report
by Monique Sherrett | Jun 3, 2022 | Google Analytics
GA4’s Traffic Acquisition report is comparable to Universal Analytics All Channels report. But there are several differences of note.
Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Implementation Checklist
by Monique Sherrett | May 18, 2022 | Google Analytics
GA4 can be a tricky implementation. It’s worth getting started now.
How to implement GA4 with Google Tag Manager
by Monique Sherrett | Apr 19, 2022 | Google Analytics
Getting started with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is more complicated than most marketers would like, me included. Here is what I've learned about getting started with GA4 (so far). 1. Implement GA4 via GTM. GTM is definitely the way to go. If you are following GA4 setup...
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