Tag Manager V2
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Hi all! Do you have any great resources on Google Tag Manager Version 2? I'm looking for some help and I keep seeing info on V1, which looks pretty different. I'm having quite a bit of trouble implementing it correctly.
Thanks!
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Thanks, Kane! Sorry I didn't respond earlier. I've taken a screenshot of a basic tutorial I've been reading. My question is where does the "Click ID" come from? I'm trying to track clicks to social media profiles, for example, or for when someone submits their email address (the contact form is javascript--doesn't redirect to a thank you page).
There is no "id" for the social media profile links, but there is a "class." My question is where does "smshrt" come from in the screen shot below? The author of this post gives no more information about his Click ID.
http://screencast.com/t/DjUZIwga
And the original URL: http://www.optimizesmart.com/beginners-guide-google-tag-manager-v2/
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So that statement appears to be referring to a GTM event tracking tag. The filter means that when someone is on a specific page and clicks on a specific link, it will send an event to GA. I believe "Click ID" is referring to the HTML id tag for the element being clicked.
Send me the exact URL you're seeing that on and I can clarify further.
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Thank you! I have a pretty basic question about this statement, which is one thing I've been struggling with with all these guides.
You also need to set up filters to specify when your link click trigger should fire. For example, I want to fire a tag on the page whose URL contains ‘/shop/men/shirts/’ and when the ‘Click ID’ is ‘smshrt’.
The 'Click ID' -- is it set up only in Google Analytics? Is there also somewhere in GTM to set that up as well? Or do I need to include it in the link's HTML on the site as well? I know GTM is designed so that marketers don't have to rely on getting into the code too much (and for some of my clients it's nearly impossible to get anything done in there).
Thanks for your help, everyone.
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Here's a few of the better resources I've seen:
- http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2014/10/15/google-tag-manager-refresh/
- http://www.optimizesmart.com/beginners-guide-google-tag-manager-v2/
- http://www.simoahava.com/analytics/auto-event-tracking-gtm-2-0/
- http://www.simoahava.com/gtm-tips/migrate-containers-to-new-ui/
You can also scan the changelog for GTM - the October 15th entry has "Learn More" links related to 2.0: https://support.google.com/tagmanager/answer/4620708?hl=en
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Hi,
Have a look at this article by Distilled: https://www.distilled.net/blog/getting-started-with-google-tag-manager/
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