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You don't actually know which marketing is working.
Google Analytics says one thing. Meta and Google Ads say another. Your sales team has a third number. You're making budget decisions on data that doesn't reconcile. We rebuild your measurement from the ground up — so the numbers agree, and so you can defend them when the CFO asks.
Let's ConnectYou'll recognize this if…
- ✓Three platforms report three different conversion numbers for the same campaign
- ✓Your team spends Monday mornings reconciling reports instead of analyzing them
- ✓Attribution feels arbitrary — last-click, first-click, linear, and you've stopped trusting any of them
- ✓GA4 was set up but you're not sure if it was set up correctly
- ✓Server-side tracking, conversions API, enhanced conversions — you've heard of them but don't know what's actually implemented
- ✓The CFO doesn't trust marketing's numbers
Why this happens
Most tracking problems at mid-size companies trace back to a rushed migration or a deferred cleanup. GA4 became mandatory in 2023, and most companies migrated under deadline pressure. Tags were copied over. Events were remapped. But nobody did a full validation to confirm that what was firing in GA4 matched what was being measured in Universal Analytics — or whether it matched reality. The migration got marked as complete because the dashboard wasn't blank. That's not the same as correct.
Google Tag Manager containers grow over time without governance. Every campaign adds tags. Nobody removes old ones. By year three, a typical container has tags from three agencies, two internal marketers, and a developer who “just added this one thing.” The result is redundant tracking, conflicting attribution, and a container that nobody wants to touch because changing one thing might break five others. The tracking becomes load-bearing legacy infrastructure — too fragile to fix, too broken to trust.
The structural problem is ownership. Measurement sits at the intersection of marketing, analytics, and engineering — and gets claimed by none of them fully. Marketing owns the questions but not the implementation. Engineering can implement but doesn't know what needs to be measured. Analytics can report but can't fix the tracking. We work across all three because the fix requires all three.
What fixing it actually looks like
A typical engagement runs four to six weeks.
Week 1 — Audit
We review your GA4 configuration, GTM container, ad platform conversion tracking, and any other measurement tools. We document what's firing, what's broken, what's redundant, and what's missing.
Week 2 — Measurement plan
We define what actually needs to be measured — tied to real business decisions, not just data availability. We identify the one or two sources of truth for each key reporting question.
Week 3–4 — Rebuild
We clean the GTM container, fix broken event configurations, implement server-side tracking where warranted, and validate that what's reported matches what's actually happening.
Week 5–6 — Reconcile and hand off
We reconcile your reporting across platforms — one validated source of truth per decision. We deliver documentation a future hire can actually use.
What you get
- →Tracking audit — what's firing, what's broken, what's redundant
- →Measurement plan tied to the business questions you actually need to answer
- →Rebuilt GTM container with documentation
- →Reconciled reporting — one source of truth, validated against other platforms
- →Documentation a future hire can actually use
Common questions
We just migrated to GA4 — do we need to redo it?
Not necessarily. We audit what's there first. Sometimes GA4 migrations are more complete than clients expect; sometimes there are specific gaps we can patch without a full rebuild. We tell you what we find before recommending what to fix.
How do you handle attribution when platforms disagree?
We don't try to make every platform agree — they use different attribution models by design. What we do is establish one source of truth for each key decision (budget allocation, channel performance, conversion volume) and reconcile the platforms around that question.
Do you implement server-side tracking?
Yes, when it's warranted. Server-side tracking has become necessary for accurate conversion measurement since iOS 14 and the deprecation of third-party cookies. We assess whether your current first-party setup is sufficient or whether server-side is the right fix.
Will this require engineering resources?
Some implementations require engineering — server-side tracking, for example, needs server changes. We scope this upfront and work with your engineering team if needed. Many improvements can be made in Tag Manager without engineering involvement.
Can you work with our existing dashboards or do we need new ones?
We start with what you have. Often the problem isn't the dashboard — it's the data feeding it. Once the data is reliable, existing dashboards usually work. We'll tell you if a rebuild is necessary, but that's rarely the first recommendation.
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