GTM Server-Side Tagging is the Future of Privacy-Compliant Marketing

Server-side tagging empowers marketers to thrive in new digital future of privacy-compliance

Mar 28, 2024

Navigating Quebec’s Data Privacy Modernization Act – Law 25

Quebec's Law 25 ensuring it's time to add data privacy tool to digital analytics tech stack

Jan 25, 2024

New GA4 Property Surprise

GA4 properties have been automatically created by Google for Universal Analytics (UA) properties that did not opt-out of auto-migration.

Aug 31, 2023

Your GA4 E-Commerce Revenue Might Be Inaccurate

If your GA4 E-commerce Data seems to be lower than expected, reporting identity may be the culprit.

Aug 23, 2023

Unleashing the Potential of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Google Ads Integration

It is essential to evolve your Google Ads conversion tracking to GA4 before July 1, 2023 and strategically empower your business.

May 18, 2023

GA4: The New Dance Floor for Data-Driven Marketers

The music stops playing for Google’s Universal Analytics on July 1, 2023. Don’t be caught off beat, learn how to GA4 dance with us!

Apr 27, 2023

Why answer "No" to connecting your GA4 Property to an existing UA Property

Say "No" to connecting your GA4 Property to an existing Universal Analytics Property. Google suggests completing your own UA to GA4 migration. This will maximize control over your GA4 set up.

Feb 23, 2023

Why [UA to GA4] Automatic Property Creation is Risky for You

It's important to understand the risks companies may face when GA4 properties are automatically created from UA properties.

Feb 22, 2023

Why Opt-Out from [UA to GA4] Automatic Property Creation before February 28, 2023

All Universal Analytics properties not connected to a Google Analytics 4 property by the end of Feb 2023 will have a GA4 property automatically created... unless you opt-out.

Feb 15, 2023

Google Optimize sunsets Sept 30, 2023

After over 5 years of being an easy way to get started with A/B testing and personalization, Google Optimize will no longer be available after September 30, 2023.

Jan 20, 2023

What's Different about the New GA4 Ecommerce Item-Scoped and Event-Scoped Metrics and Dimensions

Google has introduced new item and event scoped dimensions and metrics to enable more granular analysis of ecommerce interactions

Jan 18, 2023

Why am I seeing blank rows or (not set) in my GA4 Landing Page Report?

Are you seeing (not set) in your GA4 Landing Page report? See why this may be real and NOT a Google Analytics 4 data problem.

Dec 16, 2022

What in GA4 replaces Universal Analytics' Views? Hint: It's NOT GA4 Data Streams

Data Streams and Views are often misunderstood in UA and GA4 account structures. We summarized the key changes between the two and discuss Subproperties which replaced views

Dec 15, 2022

When to Use GA4 Rollups & Subproperties

The official GA4 docs on Rollups and Subproperties are a bit cryptic, and make for a long read. We summarized their key features/ limitations into a cheat sheet to make it easier to learn about them.

Dec 14, 2022

How to Create & Modify Events in GA4

Would you like to customize GA4 events quickly & easily? The Create & Modify Event features of GA4 might be exactly what you need.

Dec 13, 2022

How Ecommerce Tracking in GA4 is Different from UA

It is a relatively clear-cut and less intimidating path to set up ecommerce tracking in Google Analytics 4 (GA4) using Google Tag Manager

Dec 12, 2022

How is Engagement Time Reported in GA4?

Engagement Time in GA4 vastly improves on what we had in UA, but the reporting has some quirks you’ll want to look out for.

Dec 09, 2022

Did you Looker Studio GA4 Numbers Increase After Applying Filtes?

Tips on how to avoid headaches when Looker Studio dashboards connected to GA4 break your User and Session based metrics if you apply filters

Dec 08, 2022

Why your GA4 Looker Studio Report is Broken

The Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Data API connector quotas are being enforced. These quotas lead to errors such as "Exhausted Concurrent Requests", "Looker Studio cannot connect to your dataset".

Dec 07, 2022

What is Engagement Time in GA4?

Once you understand Engagement Time in Google Analytics 4, you’ll find it to be quite powerful in terms of measuring user behavior.

Dec 06, 2022

Get Your Hands on Real GA4 Data Today with the Google Analytics 4 Demo Account

Google providing the public with access to a GA4 demo account is a great way to learn GA4. Start using it today to learn quickly and easily!

Dec 05, 2022

How to Set Up Cross-Domain Tracking in Google Analytics 4

Steps to set up GA4 cross-domain tracking, so traffic sources are correctly credited. Tracking across sub-domains for GA4 is automatically handled, so in most cases Google Tag Manager is not needed.

Dec 02, 2022

GA4 "Configure" is Moving to Admin

The GA4 Configure section is moving to Admin. "Configure" is where GA4 Custom Dimensions/Metrics are set up. GA4 Conversion events are configured here also, as are GA4 Audiences and GA4 DebugView.

Dec 01, 2022

Bounce Rate in Google Analytics 4

The Bounce Rate metric is now available in Google Analytics 4. But the Bounce Rate in GA4 will not be the same as Universal Analytics (UA).

Jul 22, 2022

Set Custom Optimization Experiences by Time Zone

Google Optimize has a scheduling feature.  This feature can be leveraged to run optimization experiences by time zones. 

Feb 23, 2022

Uncovering Regional Commanalities for Optimization & Personalization Success

McDonalds is a great example of how businesses can use regional commonalities to optimize & personalize experiences for customers

Feb 10, 2022

3 Keys for Optimization and Personalization Results in 2022

With optimizing to deliver personalized customer experience as the overarching theme of 2022, here's how to leverage analytics to succeed.

Jan 13, 2022

Why Google Analytics 4 (GA4) is Valuable to Marketers

Learn why GA4 is consistently utilized by marketers to better understand campaign performance and help with data driven decisions for marketing attribution/resource allocation.

Nov 12, 2021

Reporting and the Journey to Advanced Analytics

Regardless of where you find yourself within the journey to advanced analytics, a planned, methodical, and scalable approach needs to be defined to establish, and grow a successful reporting program.

Sep 21, 2021

Elevate Year End Reporting by Integrating Storytelling

Integrating storytelling into reporting improves the impact of reports. Read our blog post for key tips to help you navigate the journey to more meaningful and impactful reporting.

Sep 09, 2021

Data Retention in Google Analytics

In this post we focus on data retention, more specifically, what does that mean and what does it look like in the Google Analytics world.

Aug 24, 2021

3 Data Retention Best Practices for Digital Marketing

A marketing data retention policy should center on 3 basic ideas for successful marketing campaigns. A maintain, retain and sustain plan.

Aug 12, 2021

Key Facts About Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

Whether you are a fan of the new GA4 or not, it is important to be prepared for the transition away from UA and understand the impact GA4 will have.

Jul 21, 2021

Testing Mindset Can Help Elevate Your Business

Adopting a testing mindset is crucial to ensure continued analytics growth & uncovering hidden potential to elevate business strategy

Jul 08, 2021

The Tactical Approach to Conversion Rate Optimization

Conversion Rate Optimization, also known as CRO, is a key practice when looking to increase conversions on your website or app.

Jun 24, 2021

Importance of Digital Analytics for CEO’s and CTO’s in 2021

Innovatively incorporating digital analytics for CEO's and other C-Suite members can gain a competitive edge and result in strong culture

Jun 10, 2021

GA4 Audiences – 4 Facts You Need to Know

What are audiences, how are they valuable and explore four underrated aspects of creating audiences in GA4

May 26, 2021

Improve Conversions for Marketing Campaigns with GA4

The integral role Google Analytics 4 plays in enhancing and improving your marketing strategy

May 12, 2021

The Flexibility of GA4’s Data Model

The change in the GA4 data model switches the focus from sessions to users and events

Apr 28, 2021

How to Set Up a Google Analytics 4 Property

6 step walk you through of how to set up a GA4 property, create a web stream and set up a base GA4 tag in Google Tag Manager

Mar 31, 2021

4 Reasons Why You Should Upgrade to Google Analytics 4

GA4 represents the future of analytics, and the sooner you jump on board the better.

Oct 22, 2020

How to Setup Google Analytics 4 with GTM

If you already have Google Tag Manager (GTM) running on your website, you can get setup in a matter of minutes

Jun 12, 2020