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What is a Google Analytics Client ID? A Google Analytics Client ID is a unique identifier that is assigned by Google Analytics to a user when they first visit your website or app. The Client ID is stored in a user’s browser via cookies so user sessions and interactions across multiple sessions are tracked and…

Offline data i.e. interactions that happen away from the website present invaluable information to marketers. Without this data, marketers are oblivious to which of their initiatives led to an offline sale. Was it a Google Ad, an email or perhaps a blog post? Google Analytics offline conversion tracking solves this problem. It marries both online and…

As digital marketers, we’re responsible for the ROI of every dollar we spend in our Google Ads campaigns. Google Ads reporting tells us which keywords bring in the most traffic, but it doesn’t tell us which deliver the highest ROI. To deploy your AdWords budget as effectively as possible, you should import your keywords into…

Google Analytics provides powerful insights that help marketers track the effectiveness of their online marketing initiatives. In turn, marketers can improve the performance of each marketing channel. As online marketing has evolved, a number of Google Analytics integrations have been developed to enhance data quality. The result? Marketers are able to track the Google Analytics…

The purpose of Salesforce and Google Analytics integration If you spend any significant amount of money on online marketing, you know this little-known fact: not all leads are the same. Even though they appear the same in Google Analytics reports, some of these leads may be ten times more valuable as the others. The problem…

With MS Dynamics CRM and Google Analytics integration, you’ll be able to: Know the source of each lead and sale. Calculate the revenue coming from each marketing campaign, keyword, blog post, ad creative etc. Measure the ROI and sales impact of each marketing activity. How it works You website visitor comes to your website and…

If you’re trying to make your business succeed online – you’re probably already aware of how important getting a solid handle on Google Analytics should be for you. There’s a huge amount of data that can be used to analyze, adapt and fine-tune how users behave on your site. This means you can better understand…

If you’re using Salesforce Web-to-Lead forms, you may encounter a problem with your Google Analytics reporting. When you look at your GA reports, you may notice that some goal conversions are attributed to the referral source of “webto.salesforce.com” (or similar). This is a problem, because it prevents you from seeing the source that actually drove…

In 2015, I was struggling to make sense of my marketing data in Google Analytics. I didn‘t know which of my marketing campaigns actually worked, and which ones were burning my hard-earned money. So I decided to learn all the nitty-gritty details of Google Analytics that I can. I studied the world‘s top Google Analytics…