It has been a wild few weeks. We publicly released our beta about 2 weeks ago and have gotten some fantastic feedback – some simple and some more challenging. I’ve personally thanked everyone who has given feedback so far, but want to extend a thanks to those who are still actively using the tool. We’ve … Read more
Adobe unleashed a brand new utility affectionately known as “CSS Selector” that will help you tag your site. It’s still in beta, but I wanted to share my thoughts on this new innovation. So what is CSS Selector? It’s a utility that’s baked into DTM rules that will help you construct selectors. In other words, it will help … Read more
You get that play on words? TAGtics? Like… tagging tactics? So we’ve had DTM for a while and I think it’s time we have a heart-to-heart. I think it’s time you tag your site differently. DTM was created with the intent that you would create your tags based on user behavior. Why would you want to do that? … Read more
So if you read my blog you’ve certainly seen that I’ve been busy working on this project called Tagtician. This is pretty closely related to that extension thing I mentioned a while back. Well, I’m proud to say it’s actually a thing. It’s SUCH a thing that I’ve partnered with my friends over at 33 Sticks … Read more
Tag management is still relatively new. What was the first TMS? TagMan? It was probably another one… my memory is a bit fuzzy. Though still young, the industry has evolved through several iterations. The early tag management systems relied on templates. The language everyone spoke was in the context of these templates. “We have a template … Read more
Wow, that title is a mouthful. Let me get to the point. Cross-domain tracking for Universal Analytics with Dynamic Tag Manager is broken. I think. For those of you using Google Analytics with DTM and your cross-domain just isn’t working out: this post is for you. I spent several hours debugging some cross-domain tracking. What … Read more
I’ve been getting quite a few questions lately regarding some of the more complex issues that folks run into with Dynamic Tag Manager. There appears to be sufficient documentation to get started, but maybe not enough to handle some of the more advanced-level techniques. While I don’t always solve problems in the most efficient ways, there are some … Read more
I’ve had a cheat sheet laying around for a while that includes a lot of helpful tips/tricks for Adobe’s Dynamic Tag Manager – formerly known as Satellite. If you would like to download a PDF of the old cheat sheet, click the link below (it’s almost 2 years old now). I won’t even make you … Read more
2 years ago I asked for a way to export all of my tags into a nice, neat .csv where I can browse my tag library without having to individually go from rule-to-rule. Well, I finally got fed up with waiting and now I’m building one. So far I’m able to spit out a list of … Read more