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How to get the most out of Google Analytics 2017
Thank you to everyone who attended my Denver Startup Week presentation on How to get the most out of Google Analytics! Here is a PDF of the presentation: DSW-GA-2017 Drop

Google Tag Manager Event Tracking Cheat Sheet
I’m presenting at the Denver Google Analytics Meetup tonight, and put together this cheat sheet on setting up Google Analytics event tracking in Google Tag Manager. Here’s a PDF version, and the

Google Tag Manager and Duplicate Google Analytics Tags
If you work with Google Analytics (GA), Google Tag Manager (GTM), and have lots of clients, you have probably run into this problem: you manage tags with GTM, but the

Google Analytics Events Cheat Sheet
I’m presenting at the Denver Google Analytics Meetup tonight, and put together this cheat sheet on Google Analytics Events. Here’s a PDF version. Hat tip to Lunametrics for helpful scripts and being

What You Need To Know About SERPs and Interaction
Search engine results pages (SERPs) have changed significantly over the years, and there are lots of new features. Now you have knowledge graphs and carousels. You have answer boxes and

5 Tools to Run a People-Centric Agency
As a veteran of several software startups, I’ve been involved in my share of attempts to write mission statements and extol the companies’ differentiators in marketing collateral. I wistfully read

Marketing Automation – a Journey with Google Sheets and Supermetrics – Part III
Part III – Automation Everywhere Two Octobers has become a hotbed of automation. Around the office, people are creating tools to monitor shopping campaigns, forward emails based on client names, and

Improve UX by Quantifying Your Intuition
As an SEO consultant, I often find myself discussing user experience (UX) with my clients. This is in part because UX factors influence search engine ranking, but mostly because we

SERP Optimization: Myth of the 10 Blue Links
Use SERP Features To Rank in Google 97% of Google SERPs (search engine results pages) include rich results like local pack, shopping, in-app-search, knowledge panel, answer box, etc. Businesses need

Marketing Automation – a Journey with Google Sheets and Supermetrics – Part II
Part II – My First Project The problem: automated budget tracking and management My first project with Google Sheets and Google Apps Script (GAS) was to rebuild the campaign

During Election Years, Where Do People Want to Move?
At Two Octobers, we are always striving to better understand consumer behavior as it relates to our client’s business goals. The more we understand about how consumers research and make

Advanced Reporting & Automation for Google Shopping
Using the Google Merchant Center API, Supermetrics & More By Nico Brooks & Maggie Castle It doesn’t take much to upend a Google Merchant Center (GMC) account. A single recalled
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