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Analytics & Measurement
Most businesses fly blind — spending on marketing with no idea what earns its keep. By the end of this course you'll have GA4 and Search Console set up correctly, every campaign tagged, conversions tracked, and a one-page monthly report that tells you exactly where to invest next.
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You're spending money on marketing and guessing what's working. That ends now. In seven modules you'll wire up GA4 and Search Console correctly, tag every campaign, track real conversions — calls, forms, sales — and build a one-page monthly report that tells you exactly where the next dollar goes.
What you'll learn
- Pick the handful of numbers that actually drive decisions — and learn to ignore everything else.
- Install and configure GA4 correctly so it answers the one question that matters: what are visitors doing on my site.
- Tag every campaign link with UTMs so you know exactly which email, post, or ad produced each visitor.
- Build a one-page monthly report in a spreadsheet — and learn to read it without fooling yourself.
Is this for me?
Who is this course for?
Anyone spending money or time on marketing — business owners, freelancers, and marketers who are tired of flying blind.
What do I need before starting?
A website you control, at least one marketing channel running, and a free Google account.
How long does it take?
Seven modules at 30–45 minutes each. Two weeks at a relaxed pace.
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Module 0: How this course works
Five minutes of orientation before you begin — what you'll learn, how to use the course, and what you'll have at the end.
Module 1
Module 1: Decide what to measure
Analytics fails when you measure everything and understand nothing. This module narrows your world to the handful of numbers that drive decisions.
Module 2
Module 2: Google Analytics 4 — setup and basics
GA4 is free and, once configured, answers "what are visitors doing on my site." This module gets it installed correctly and teaches the three reports you'll actually use.
Module 3
Module 3: Google Search Console
Search Console shows you exactly how Google sees your site and which searches bring you clicks. It's free, it's authoritative, and most businesses never open it.
Module 4
Module 4: UTM tracking for every campaign
UTMs are the free, universal way to label your links so analytics tells you exactly which email, post, or ad produced each visitor. Ten minutes to learn, useful forever.
Module 5
Module 5: Tracking calls, forms, and real conversions
Traffic without conversion tracking is just curiosity. This module wires up the events from your Module 1 list so GA4 reports revenue actions, not just visits.
Module 6
Module 6: The one-page monthly report
All this instrumentation pays off in a single page you (or your team) actually read. This module builds it in a spreadsheet in under an hour.
Module 7
Module 7: Reading numbers and acting on them
The final skill: interpreting what the data says and avoiding the traps that mislead beginners. This is where measurement becomes judgment.
Starter track
New to this? Do these modules first — they'll get you 80% of the value in the least time.
Do: Module 1, Module 2, Module 3
Then decide: enough for now, or continue to the advanced track.
Advanced track
Want the full system? Work through everything, including the teardown below and the final exam.
Do: Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Module 5, Module 6, Module 7, then the final exam.
Course extras: Glossary · Final exam
Your build brief
Everything you write in the build brief prompts across this course's modules collects here. Download it as a designed PDF — and we keep a copy too, so when you're ready for us to build it for you, we already know exactly what you want.
Your answers save automatically as you type — on this device and to your signup email.
Teardown: the plumber spending $2,000 a month blind
A local plumbing company runs Google Ads at about $2,000 a month. The owner checks the Ads dashboard weekly, feels good when clicks go up, and has kept the campaign running for two years. On the surface, this looks like a business doing marketing right — consistent spend, attention to the dashboard, longevity.
What's working: They're actually spending and paying attention, which puts them ahead of most local businesses. They have a website with a phone number on it. They haven't quit after month one, so the data history exists.
What's broken: Almost everything that matters. There is no call tracking — the primary conversion (a phone call) is invisible, so the owner is optimizing for clicks, not customers. No UTMs on the ads, so they can't tell which keywords or ad groups produce calls versus tire-kickers. The "conversions" column in Google Ads counts page views, which means the algorithm is optimizing for the wrong thing entirely. And the monthly "report" is a screenshot of clicks and impressions — weather, not decisions.
The fix, in course order: Module 1 first — define the conversion (a phone call lasting over 60 seconds, plus quote form submissions). Module 5 — install call tracking so every call is logged with its source keyword. Module 4 — UTM-tag every ad so the source survives the click. Then Module 6's one-page report: spend, calls, cost per call, by campaign. Within a month, this owner would likely discover that half the budget produces no calls — and reallocate it to what does. That's the difference between spending $2,000 and investing it.
Want this done for you?
Rather do it with us? Our Analytics Setup ($997) — GA4 configured plus a dashboard and monthly report.
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