Conversion Tracking Playbook

Learn about 4 strategic planning frameworks for 2024: L4 forecasting, general strategic planning, preloaded year planning, and the new you strategy. Understand the importance of grounding in reality, creating specific goals, theming your days, and effective communication. Combine these frameworks to impact next year's planning.

Brad Redding, privacy and compliance expert, discusses recent updates in privacy and compliance. Topics include Google Consent Mode v2 implications for EU advertisers, Firefox auto-blocking cookie consent banners, and challenges with consent management on Shopify. They explore GDPR compliance, Google Consent Mode options, and the impact on conversions.

Guest Drew Marconi, Co-Founder & CEO of Intelligems, discusses price optimization and creative BFCM campaign testing. Topics include maximizing ROI through dynamic pricing strategies, using UTM parameters for targeting, increasing average order value, and the spectrum of testing and experimentation. They also explore the potential shift towards personalized websites and smoother checkouts with pricing optimization knowledge.

Brad and Jon catch up on a variety of topics including GA4 reporting quirks to be aware during holiday analysis, views on our analysis done on iOS17 traffic so far, what we think big platforms really care about customer data wise, the YouTube Ad Blocker legal fight going on in Europe, and data pipelines. -----We release new episodes every week that go deep into the world of tracking, analytics, and conversion optimization.-----Links Referenced:Purchase Event Grouping from ElevarYoutube AdBlocker EU PrivacyDaasityTydoSourceMedium-----And if you're new to Elevar, Elevar automates server-side conversion tracking for Shopify. Check us out!-----Previous episodes you might like:100K/spend day myths with Nigel ThomasSignal Loss -- what it is and how it impacts marketersDeep dive with Simo Ahava on intersection of technical marketersClient vs server-side cookies and server-side tracking 101How to double conversion rate in 100 days with Ben ZettlerHow to blend attribution + conversion tracking + data warehousing for insights with Austin Harrison from Northbeam

Today's episode features Brad Redding and Mohammed Hedadji talking about the crossroads of privacy and performance marketing. In this episode you'll learn about anonymized data modeling & accessibility, the direction of SmartBidding and campaign consolidation in Paid Platforms, how marketing organizations should weigh their options when it comes to building the data infrastructure to support at-scale paid marketing, and how a walled garden future may look for eCommerce and media brands.Connect with Mohammed and Brad on LinkedIn. Get in touch with Mohammed at Nodus.io-----We release new episodes every week that go deep into the world of tracking, analytics, and conversion optimization.-----Links Referenced:Nodus.io-----And if you're new to Elevar, Elevar automates server-side conversion tracking for Shopify. Check us out!-----Previous episodes you might like:100K/spend day myths with Nigel ThomasSignal Loss -- what it is and how it impacts marketersDeep dive with Simo Ahava on intersection of technical marketersClient vs server-side cookies and server-side tracking 101How to double conversion rate in 100 days with Ben ZettlerHow to blend attribution + conversion tracking + data warehousing for insights with Austin Harrison from Northbeam

Today's episode features Brad Redding and Ben Zettler retrospecting on last year Q4 and how to pull insights into 2023. You'll learn about enriching Klaviyo profiles for better flow segmentation, what brands crushed holiday last year and how, what types of promotions Ben sees fall flat, and some last minute tips that anyone could implement in a few minutes to maximize holiday.-----We release new episodes every week that go deep into the world of tracking, analytics, and conversion optimization.-----Links Referenced:Dylan Ander's talk from Elevar SummitBen Zettler websiteElevar + Klaviyo Tracking + Session Enrichment-----And if you're new to Elevar, Elevar automates server-side conversion tracking for Shopify. Check us out!-----Previous episodes you might like:100K/spend day myths with Nigel ThomasSignal Loss -- what it is and how it impacts marketersDeep dive with Simo Ahava on intersection of technical marketersClient vs server-side cookies and server-side tracking 101How to double conversion rate in 100 days with Ben ZettlerHow to blend attribution + conversion tracking + data warehousing for insights with Austin Harrison from Northbeam

We're back after a 2 week hiatus as we prepped for our Elevar Summit 2023! In this episode you'll hear 10 tips to ensure your conversion tracking is accurate throughout the Q4 holiday season + some quick suggestions to maximize site speed performance. -----We release new episodes every week that go deep into the world of tracking, analytics, and conversion optimization.-----Links Referenced:Elevar Summit Full ReplayPost Purchase Upsell TrackingCheckout Extensibility UpgradeKlaviyo Server-Side Tracking SetupGA4Realtime ReportTydo Free Analytics Audit-----And if you're new to Elevar, Elevar automates server-side conversion tracking for Shopify. Check us out!-----Previous episodes you might like:100K/spend day myths with Nigel ThomasSignal Loss -- what it is and how it impacts marketersDeep dive with Simo Ahava on intersection of technical marketersClient vs server-side cookies and server-side tracking 101How to double conversion rate in 100 days with Ben ZettlerHow to blend attribution + conversion tracking + data warehousing for insights with Austin Harrison from Northbeam

Learn about the tracking nuances of Shopify's new One Step Checkout, including native GA4 Channel, Web Pixel API, Webhooks, and post-purchase upsells. Explore the differences in payment methods and the impact of client-side tracking. Use server-side tracking for a seamless checkout process.

Brad Redding is joined by Alex Romac of Tydo to talk through a short list of last minute adjustments that Alex might make for BFCM strategy. The core of this is building what Alex calls Opportunity Segments from your historical customer data, marketing around these segments, and prioritization. Alex used to own and operate a 3PL so you'll also learn how Alex handles inventory management during peak holiday....what happens when your best seller is sold out? What if it's under-performing? How to shift messaging to other categories?-----We release new episodes every week that go deep into the world of tracking, analytics, and conversion optimization.-----Links Referenced:TydoConnect with Alex on LinkedIn-----And if you're new to Elevar, Elevar automates server-side conversion tracking for Shopify. Check us out!-----Previous episodes you might like:100K/spend day myths with Nigel ThomasSignal Loss -- what it is and how it impacts marketersDeep dive with Simo Ahava on intersection of technical marketersClient vs server-side cookies and server-side tracking 101How to double conversion rate in 100 days with Ben ZettlerHow to blend attribution + conversion tracking + data warehousing for insights with Austin Harrison from Northbeam

Stockton Fisher, Co-founder of Better Than Data and Mediauthentic, joins the hosts to conduct a training on building Looker Studio reports with real-time metrics from GA4 data. They discuss the limitations of GA4's UI reporting, the benefits of using BigQuery for real-time reporting, and provide a step-by-step guide on building reports in Looker Studio. They also cover topics like recreating conversion rate and data visualization, blending data sources, and creating real-time reports with BigQuery.