by Christopher S Penn | May 9, 2019 | analytics, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Marketing, Marketing automation, Marketing Technology
Igor asks, “What if I want to track specific file downloads as goals in Google Analytics? How do you do that?” Igor’s question is a followup from the April 25, 2019 episode. It’s quite simple to track any individual file download as a goal in...
by Christopher S Penn | Feb 20, 2019 | analytics, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Marketing, Marketing Technology
Daniel asks, “How do I track PDF downloads and links in PDFs as goals in Google Analytics? PDFs don’t let you put Google Analytics tags in them.” This is a common question because many people want to be able to track downloads of things like sales...
by Christopher S Penn | Feb 19, 2019 | AI, analytics, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Marketing, Marketing Technology
David asks, “How do you know what pieces of a campaign’s creative were most impactful, such as images, tone, copy, offer, etc.?” The famous direct marketer Bob Stone said in 1968 that all direct marketing is based on list, offer, creative, and that...
by Christopher S Penn | Oct 2, 2018 | analytics, Google, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Marketing, Marketing Technology, Metrics
Parker asks, “Why is my direct traffic so large in Google Analytics? Are people really typing my website in that much?” In this video, I review the top 10 causes of direct traffic misattribution in Google Analytics™, including 4 causes that are under your...