
Explore the updated preview mode in Google Tag Manager, which debugs tags, variables, and data layers in a new tab with the tag assistant Chrome extension.
Explore advanced fundamentals of Google Tag Manager to align on the course basis; review key lessons to prepare for deeper content.
Custom HTML Tag is one of the most common tags you will end up using. So let's make sure you understand how it works.
Learn how to read cookie values in Google Tag Manager by creating a first party cookie variable and pulling the value to pass to tags and triggers.
Learn to read and write data to local storage and session storage using Google Tag Manager, including custom HTML tags and setItem, getItem, removeItem, and clear.
To ensure maximum flexibility, portability, and ease of implementation, Google Tag Manager functions best when deployed alongside a data layer. Rather than referencing variables, transaction information, page categories, and other important signals scattered throughout your page, Google Tag Manager can easily pull information that is available in the data layer.
In this lecture, you will learn what a data layer is and how you can use it in Google Tag Manager.
Pull values from nested data layers in Google Tag Manager, including e-commerce currency code, detail objects, and product arrays, using dot notation and array indices.
Explore the tag priority feature in Google Tag Manager and how positive, negative, and zero values control asynchronous firing order for base and ad blocker tags.
Explore custom tag firing schedules in Google Tag Manager to run promotions only within chosen dates and times, using start/end dates, optional start/end times, and time zone.
We add more lectures to Discourse based on your feedback, and the course evolves with new content. Stay tuned for updates.
So you have learned how to use Google Tag Manager. Now you are ready to learn some advanced use cases beyond basic Google Analytics and Tracking. In this course, I will cover the following advanced topics.
Understanding & using Data Layers. This is one of the most important aspect in analytics tracking.
Understanding and using Custom HTML tags in Google Tag Manager
Using data layers to push dynamic values and trigger Google Tag Manager
Track Vimeo Video interactions.
Use Custom JavaScript variables in GTM to detect Ad Blockers
Trigger message to users using Ad Blockers - really useful for ad supported sites.
Pass values to Google Analytics Custom Dimensions using Google Tag Manager
Track Ad Blockers in Google Analytics
Write and read first party cookie using Google Tag Manager
Getting Query Parameters from URL to use them in Tags or Triggers
Many more will be added.
If a topic is not listed below, then it is not currently in the course. I will add more examples based on student feedback.
Why should you learn from me:
Why you should learn from me?
I have been in Digital Marketing and Analytics for over 20 years. I have trained people from diverse backgrounds and have converted them into high performing Digital Marketers and Analysts. I understand both the technology and marketing side of business. I have dealt with many analytics technologies way before Google Tag Manager existed and I know the inner workings of Digital Analytics.
In addition, I have developed various course and taught students from all over the world. I am online instructor for the University of British Columbia (Canada), University of Washington (USA), Bellevue College (USA), and the Digital Analytics Association.
I have an engineering degree and an MBA.