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Analyze and Optimize Marketing Channel Performance

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Did you know that companies waste up to 26% of their marketing budgets due to inaccurate tracking or misattributed conversions? Without precise data, even strong campaigns fail to show their real impact. This Short Course was created to help digital marketing professionals configure comprehensive event tracking systems for key user interactions and systematically evaluate marketing channel performance to identify the highest-converting pathways for strategic budget allocation. By completing this course, you’ll be able to demonstrate mastery through hands-on configuration of GTM event tracking systems with real-time validation, analysis of actual GA4 acquisition data to rank channels by conversion performance, and creation of strategic channel performance presentations with budget allocation recommendations that mirror professional marketing analysis deliverables. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Configure event tracking for key user interactions and verify the setup in real-time. Evaluate marketing channel performance to identify top contributors to conversions. This course is unique because it bridges the technical implementation gap with strategic analysis, teaching both the hands-on configuration skills and the analytical thinking needed to optimize marketing investments. To be successful in this project, you should have: Basic Google Analytics familiarity. Understanding of digital marketing fundamentals. HTML/CSS awareness helpful.

Syllabus

  • Module 1: Configure Event Tracking for Key User Interactions
    • Learners will master the technical implementation of event tracking systems, focusing on GTM tag configuration for form submissions and external links, with systematic real-time validation processes to ensure data accuracy.
  • Module 2: Evaluate Marketing Channel Performance
    • Learners will master systematic channel performance analysis using GA4 acquisition reports, attribution modeling, and strategic ranking methodologies to identify highest-converting marketing channels for data-driven budget allocation decisions.

Taught by

John Whitworth

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