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UTM CODE DECODED
Direct
Affiliate
Adwords
Social Media
Etc.
Traffic to Website
Benefits of UTM Tagging
Consolidates all campaign data in a set of
campaign report
#1
Benefits of UTM Tagging
Tracking parameters that let you analyze
where your users are coming from/
To know from where users are coming from
#2
Benefits of UTM Tagging
Proper channel for specific types of
campaigns
#3
Benefits of UTM Tagging
Understand which content & information get
the best response
#4
TYPES OF UTM
PARAMETERS
5 Types of UTM Parameters
utm_medium*
utm_source*
utm_campaign*
utm_content
utm_term
* UTM parameters that are required
Identify the source of your traffic
Example: search engine, newsletter, or other referral
UTM Source
utm_source=Facebook
Identify the type of channel a visitor comes from
Examples: Social, email, feed, banner, CPC, display,
affiliate
utm_medium=social
UTM Medium
UTM Campaign (Name)
The name of your campaign
It could be:
A Strategic Campaign (e.g. product launch, new feature, etc.)
Specific Promotion (e.g. a sale, a giveaway, etc.)
utm_campaign=Facebook_summersale
UTM Content
Provide additional details about your campaign
For paid search campaigns, you use it to differentiate ads.
Non-PPC:
• To run A/B and multivariate tests
• To differentiate different types of links in emails, e.g., text vs image
• To differentiate the different display ads etc. e.g. banner size
utm_content=adwords-200x400
utm_term=adword-littman-stethoscope
UTM Term
Used for paid search to identify the keywords you're
targeting
e.g. the keywords that trigger your ad to be displayed.
BUILDING UTM TAGGED
URL
UTM Tagged URLs
• UTM parameters are initialized by the question mark “?”
at the end of the base URL
• Every UTM parameter starts with it’s name (e.g.
utm_source, etc.)
• Followed by an equals sign “=” which is then followed by
the input/argument
• “&” is used to join the parameters
www.awesome-example.com/book-
launch?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=
social&utm_campaign=book-launch-2014-may
UTM Tagged URLS
Base URL Initialisation
UTM Parameters Input/ Argument
Joining of UTM
parameters
Google URL Builder
https://goo.gl/IuuQLN
URL Builder using Excel
Provided by Bizible.com
https://goo.gl/K41N47
USING UTM TAGGED URL
This link will be the UTM
tagged URL
E.g.
www.awesome-
example.com/product-
launch?utm_source=faceb
ook&utm_medium=social&
utm_campaign=product-
launch-2015
Photo credit:
https://thedigitaldiver.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/facebook-ad-call-to-action-button.jpg
Facebook
The link will be the UTM
tagged URL
E.g.
www.awesome-
example.com/product-
launch?utm_source=googl
ead&utm_medium=ppc&ut
m_campaign=openhouse-
2015
Google Display Ads
The link will be the UTM
tagged URL
E.g.
www.awesome-
example.com/product-
launch?utm_source=googl
ead&utm_medium=ppc&ut
m_campaign=openhouse-
2015
Google Adwords
REPORTING
Google Analytics
Under Acquisition  Campaigns
Google Analytics
Track and monitor
your campaigns
Now you are ready to connect click
data to sales & revenue to answer
important marketing questions
http://www.tangylab.com/
Rachel

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UTM Code Decoded

Editor's Notes

  1. Consolidates all campaign data in a set of campaign report Identify the sources of traffic, if not Google will lump together Tracking parameters that let you analyze where your users are coming from. To know from where users are coming from Proper channel for specific types of campaigns Which content & Information get best response Understand user behaviour Achieve goals
  2. Which content & Information get best response Understand user behaviour Achieve goals
  3. Used for paid search to identify the keywords you're targeting e.g. the keywords that trigger your ad to be displayed.
  4. Google provides UTM url builder