I had 3 great marketing questions posed to me last week and I thought I'd share my responses. Question 1: Is there a way to show the Full URL of pages being shown in GA4 Realtime reports? Unfortunately there is no way to modify the Realtime reports. What you see is...
Holiday campaign tracking provides insights into what's working or not working. But you need to set it up. It's 5 weeks and 3 days until Black Friday, and even if your business is not located in America, this retail event kicks off the holiday shopping season around...
GA4 has some great features, but it also has limitations that drive users to the Explore feature where they can use various dimensions, metrics, and segments not found in the standard reports. That is great, but if you're relying on GA4 Explorations for your...
Google and Yahoo have recently announced significant changes to their email authentication and unsubscribe standards, set to take effect from February 1, 2024. As marketers, understanding and adapting to these changes is paramount to maintaining a successful email...
July-August have been exciting times for changes in technology. Consider the following when planning your fall campaigns. Twitter Became X Do we still tweet? Or do we x and re-x now? This platform continues to be strong for driving website traffic and conversions....
Google is depreciating Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. Wow, Google has called the bluff and announced that Analytics users have 15 months to switch to something else or get their GA4 house in order. ​You can read the announcement...
GA4 is Google's totally new website tracking and reporting tool. It's a complete overhaul of Universal Analytics (the "google analytics" you're probably using today). Google wants you to cold-turkey switch over, but in my experience this is tricky because the same...
It is Autumn and change is in the air! Instagram has rolled out a bunch of updates. Learn what's new. 1. Option to post via desktop My favourite of the updates. Creating Instagram posts has been restricted to the app, which is a pain if you're managing IG for a...
This week's marketing question: "How do we exclude bulk orders from our Google Analytics?" Key Point: Bulk orders are going to skew your Google Analytics data. Use an advanced segment to exclude bulk orders. What are bulk orders? The purchase of much larger quantities...
Marketing attribution for ecommerce is the great promise that many organizations are still trying to achieve. We have the data. We know there are different attribution models and that last-click attribution sucks. But why is it so hard to get a complete view of your...