Why Your MSP Desperately Needs Call Tracking
I’m continually impressed by the number of phone issues that can be uncovered by in an MSP business, when their core business revolves primarily around customers calling in for help with support issues. My suspicion is that those issues are never going away for their customers so if they for some reason can’t reach the…
Establishing Web Analytics And Conversion Tracking Foundations Using The Google Marketing Platform
Building a quality website is the absolute cornerstone of everything that comes next in a digital marketing context. The coronavirus pandemic has significantly accelerated a shift to digital that has been a long-time trend. Yet, there are still so many companies that don’t understand the value of digital and the impact that their website is…
How To Measure Your Social Media Performance With Google Analytics
Measuring social media performance can be tricky. Most of the interactions happen on a 3rd party platform, which means you are at the mercy of the reporting provided and integrations available from the platforms in question, in this case social media websites. Getting a complete picture of what’s happening in terms of lead generation and…
Why You Shouldn’t Use Thank You Pages For Conversion Tracking
Tracking conversions is one of the most important things to do as you strive to achieve your marketing goals. In recent years, a growing number of companies are turning to their thank you pages to determine their conversions. While this tracking method is easy to execute, it’s actually one of the worst ways to gauge…
Beginner’s Guide To Measuring Search Engine Performance Metrics
If you’re new to the world of working with an agency on your digital marketing, you may have questions on evaluating whether or not your investment is making any difference. A website is a cornerstone of digital marketing infrastructure, and a well built website will naturally attract some traffic from search engines; known as organic…
High Bounce Rate? Digital Marketing is a Game of Inches
One of the first metrics people are going to look at when they start toeing the waters of web analytics is their bounce rate. If you’re just getting started on your journey to building an inbound pipeline chances are you’re suffering from high bounce rate and your trying to bring it down. In this article…
AMP URL, Combine With Parent URL In Google Analytics
I recently implemented Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) on my site using a WordPress plugin to take advantage of the rich snippets for SEO purposes. This resulted in a small issue with the AMP URL in Google Analytics reports. This didn’t bother me too much until I started looking at my Google Analytics reporting and seeing multiple URL flavors. I like to keep a view in my analytics account that has all the filters I want applied so my reporting is showing the highest quality traffic estimates for a given piece of content. So, I decided to combine the AMP URL with it’s parent page using a filter and I will be sharing that information with you.
