Learning Google Tag Manager (2020)

Learning Google Tag Manager (2020)

1h 28mBeginner2020-12-10

Authors

Corey Koberg

Corey Koberg

Certified AdWords Trainer, Cofounder of Cardinal Path

Course details

Google Tag Manager is a hugely popular technology that allows marketers to easily manage all their website and app tags from one central tool. This, in turn, frees marketers from their dependency on IT or web development departments—when they want to add or alter a snippet of analytics or tracking code, they can do it themselves by adding it to the existing tag container. This course shows marketers how to effectively leverage Google Tag Manager. Discover how to best work with accounts and containers, leverage the Google Analytics built-in tags, work with control versions and user access, create custom variables and JavaScript, fire Google Analytics events using triggers, and more. Plus, discover crucial time-saving best practices that will help you avoid many common mistakes.

Topics include:
Working with accounts and containers
Installing a container on WordPress (CMS)
Leveraging the large library of built-in templates
Working with variables
Creating triggers
Control versioning
Debugging your tags
Using custom HTML tags

Skills covered

Google Tag ManagerSearch Engine Marketing (SEM)Search Engine Optimization (SEO)GoogleMarketingLearning

Concepts

Introduction

  • Use Google Tag Manager (GTM) for all your web code tags
  • Understanding Google Tag Manager
  • Understanding the GTM hierarchy
  • Server-side vs. client-side tags explained

Work with Accounts and Containers

  • How to configure permissions and security in Google Tag Manager
  • Create an account and container
  • Install your first container
  • Install Google Tag Manager in WordPress

Using Built-in Tags

  • Efficiency bonus - Google Analytics built-in tags
  • CrazyEgg and other built-in tags

Work with Variables

  • Understanding basic variables
  • Utilize built-in variables
  • Create custom variables
  • Dynamic variables
  • Incorporating custom JavaScript into GTM variables

Create Triggers

  • Understanding triggers
  • Fire Google Analytics events using triggers

Control Versioning

  • Create versions and view publishing history
  • Import and export configurations

Debug Your Tags

  • Using Preview and Debug modes
  • Using WASP to debug

Use Custom HTML Tags

  • Understanding and using custom HTML tags
  • Understanding and using custom Image tags
  • Best practices for custom HTML tags

Conclusion

  • Learning more about Google Tag Manager
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