Because of the labor required, it’s not recommended, but if you must do your own Search Engine Optimization, read on for some helpful (and free-ish) tools.

Graphs are pretty, but the real story of your website’s success is the numbers. Google Search Console (GSC) search results tell you what Users are looking for and if you’re providing it.

Now that we have hit all the highlights of Google’s latest incarnation of Analytics, let’s boil it down to create a basic report template for small business use.

Engagement Overview was the last stop on our GA4 tour, but there is one additional report, not part of the basic profile, that we suggest you add: Google Search Console (GSC).

Marketing is all about how you engage with your prospective customers, and keep them engaged through purchasing and beyond. Here’s how GA4’s Engagement report measures that:

In our walk-through of the new GA4 reports, the most useful reports were saved for last. Today’s focus, the Acquisition report, is important to all kinds of businesses and deserves a closer look.

While there is a plethora of information available in the new GA4 reports, knowing how to read the Life Cycle reports is probably most important for you and your team. Here’s what you’ll find:

As we’ve said many times, the latest incarnation of Google Analytics is endlessly configurable, so it’s helpful to group the cards you prefer to see into Collections for easy viewing.

Knowing your way around the latest incarnation of Google Analytics will take practice because it’s so different from the last version. Today, let’s look further at Summary Cards.

The new Google Analytics, GA4, is split up into three main Reports, Explore, and Advertising. Not all may be important to your organization, so let’s take a closer look.