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Analytics & Attribution

Know exactly where your leads come from — and what happens to them.

Every decision about budget depends on measurement. Yet most service businesses run on tracking that double-counts some leads, misses calls entirely and can't connect a form fill to a closed job. We rebuild measurement so the numbers in your reports match the reality in your CRM.

Right for you if

  • Owners who don't trust their marketing reports
  • Businesses where most leads arrive by phone
  • Teams that need to connect ad spend to booked or closed revenue
06Part of the Optimize stage — efficiency and measurable growth

The problem

What usually goes wrong

01

Numbers that don't reconcile

Google Ads says 80 leads, the CRM shows 45, and nobody knows which to believe.

02

Invisible phone calls

Without call tracking, your highest-intent leads are attributed to nothing.

03

Attribution stops at the form

Platforms can't see which leads became customers unless that data is sent back.

What’s included

What Analytics & Attribution includes

Scope is tailored to your business. These are the components we typically build and manage.

  • Measurement plan

    Events, conversions, naming conventions and ownership documented before anything is tagged.

  • GA4 & Google Tag Manager

    Clean implementation with consent mode, key events and debugging.

  • Ad platform conversions

    Google Ads (incl. enhanced conversions), Meta Pixel + Conversions API, LinkedIn Insight Tag where relevant.

  • Call tracking

    Dynamic number insertion and call outcomes tied to source and campaign.

  • UTM governance & offline conversions

    Consistent campaign tagging and CRM outcomes imported back into ad platforms where feasible.

  • Dashboards

    Looker Studio or similar dashboards showing spend → leads → appointments → revenue.

The measurement loop

Data flows forward. Outcomes flow back.

  1. 01

    Ad platforms

    • Google Ads
    • Meta Ads
    • Microsoft / LinkedIn
  2. 02

    Website & tags

    • GTM + Consent Mode
    • GA4 events
    • Call tracking
  3. 03

    CRM

    • Lead + source
    • Pipeline stage
    • Booked / won
  4. 04

    Reporting

    • Spend → leads
    • Leads → appointments
    • Revenue by source

The loop most accounts miss: booked and qualified outcomes from the CRM go back to the ad platforms, so bidding learns from real customers.

Measurement architecture: ad platforms send traffic to the website, tags capture events and calls, leads are stored in the CRM with their source, reporting combines spend and outcomes, and CRM outcomes are sent back to ad platforms.

How it works

Our process

  1. 01

    Audit

    Test every existing tag, event and conversion action.

  2. 02

    Plan

    Write the measurement plan and data dictionary.

  3. 03

    Implement

    Build, QA and document the tracking stack.

  4. 04

    Report

    Launch dashboards and monitor data quality over time.

How we measure success

  • Tracking accuracy vs CRM
  • Share of leads with known source
  • Calls attributed to campaign
  • Cost per stage by channel
  • Revenue visibility

Platforms & tools

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Google Ads
  • Meta Pixel & CAPI
  • CallRail or similar
  • Looker Studio
  • BigQuery

Platform names are trademarks of their owners. Listing them describes tools we work with and does not imply partnership or endorsement.

Common questions

Is perfect attribution possible?

No. Privacy changes, offline conversations and multi-device journeys make perfect attribution impossible. The goal is decision-grade measurement: accurate enough, consistently enough, to allocate budget with confidence.

How do you handle privacy and consent?

We implement consent-aware tracking and recommend disclosures in your privacy policy. Your legal counsel should confirm your approach under the privacy laws that apply to you (for example PIPEDA, GDPR or US state privacy laws).

Can you work with our existing CRM?

Usually yes. We work with HubSpot, GoHighLevel, Pipedrive, Salesforce and many industry systems via native integrations or webhooks.

Let’s talk Analytics and Attribution.

Tell us about your business. We’ll show you what we’d build first.

We typically respond within 2–3 business days.

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