Google Analytics Real-time Reports Not Working? Here’s How To Fix It

Updated: Nov 16th, 2018. Here’s a situation. You have just set up Google Analytics tracking, open a GA Real-time reports and nothing. You don’t see anything. No page views, no events, nothing. Sounds familiar? Relax, you’re not alone. In fact, this issue is getting more and more popular these days as people have been contacting me through various […]
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Undefined Variable in Google Tag Manager

In the middle of October 2018, Google Tag Manager silently introduced a new feature that caused some questions in the GTM community (including me), an Undefined variable. In this quick guide, I’ll shed some light on what an Undefined variable in Google Tag Manager is and where you can use it.
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How to Track WIX Pageviews with Google Tag Manager

Earlier this year (February 2018, to be precise) WIX added a built-in support of Google Tag Manager. Finally, their users can without a hassle implement custom tracking techniques that are available in the GTM toolkit. By completing all the necessary steps, your GTM container can be added to all pages of your WIX store. However, there […]
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Alternatives to Google Tag Manager G+ Community

Google Plus is dead (well, soon to be). In case you missed it, apparently, there was a security breach in Google Plus, therefore, Google has decided to shut down their social network for good. If you’re wondering why do I even care about it (fair question), it’s because the largest Google Tag Manager community was on […]
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Google Tag Manager Click Tracking: All You Need to Know

As a feature, click tracking in Google Tag Manager is a perfect bait for a beginner. It’s fairly easy to get started: read one or two blog posts, maybe watch a video and done! You can track buttons, outbound link clicks, etc. However, what I’ve noticed among GTM beginners is that they do not fully realize the […]
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How to convince someone to start using Google Tag Manager?

Here’s a situation: you’ve read several articles introducing Google Tag Manager and how can it help you improve marketing and analytics processes by bringing control back to the hands of marketers/analysts. So you decide to introduce it to your company/client. However, you face resistance. For example, a lead developer of your company says that Google […]
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