How to track conversions with Google Ads and Google Tag Manager + send dynamic values

[@maerosss]

This is a goldmine! I've been scouring google docs for like two hours and completely dumbfounded by alll the scattered information I needed to somehow connect. Thank you so much :-)

[@KeywordResearchSimplified]

*I've been struggling with conversion tracking for a while, but this video cleared up all my doubts. Thanks!*

[@JohannFritz78]

Finally somebody able to explain how to setup Google Ads conversion tracking! Thank you!

[@thebudgetphotographerSG]

Incredible information provided by a real practitioner, no BS. Love it, thank you so much!

[@SpitfireDance]

Yet another fantastic video, thank you! FWIW, yesterday I battled furiously because Google Ads did not have the option for GTM when I created a new Conversion, it only had html code to paste myself or to email, so I couldn't get the GTM ID. When remaking the Conversion, I noticed a line of text that said something like "Google Analytics is currently watching for data, click here to switch to Google Ads watching data" and when I switched it to "google ads" it finally gave me the GTM option and ID to use for the Conversion.

[@lesliemartinez3901]

That is EXACTLY the same issue I was running into. I clicked that button, and now it gives me the GTM option. I wonder what the explanation is!

[@ciscellas3963]

Man you provide true value to KZbin. Thank you so much.

[@davideylerYT]

As always, incredible video Julius. You always go above and beyond.

[@lexiriam]

THANK YOU, for giving your video a proper title. It's annoying when POV's mistitle their videos just got clicks. Unfortunately, i dont use GTM, but I'm so glad to see your video didn't waste my time and I'm happy to give you a thumbs up for it! Hope you make a video on this topic for those that don't use GTM. #ThankYou

[@VolkanTurkoglu]

This is the most detailed and understandable video I've ever watched. thanks.

[@marikagangemi1253]

Thank you, Julius! The pieces of information you share are gold!

[@jamiedowden6327]

Thank you for your excellent tuition, here. I am so impressed so I've just enrolled to your GTM Course.

[@gabrielebenedetti6107]

Hi Julius - now that you have set your mind on GAds it would be nice (and market is asking for) a video that shows what are the benefits for GADS when used in combo with GA4. What GA4 can give to GADS that Universal was not able to give? Curious of your thoughts =)

[@Webeminence]

Good question - I've wondered this too but not found any clear answer. I'm not sure there are many benefits right now over UA. I think GA4 just works differently than UA. GA4 uses event tracking while UA was based on page views. It seems like it was a necessary technology change and may have something to do with cookies, privacy, etc. The GA4 web tracking feels worse to me in many ways than UA but I'm hoping it improves over time.

[@gabrielebenedetti6107]

@@Webeminence Yes, let's hope Julius will make a video where he shows what are the benefits for GADS when used in combo with GA4 =)

[@agung_laksana]

for me, we have the website as the marketing tools (landing page) and as the web app. and we also have Android & iOS apps. as far as I know, using GA4 will make it possible to track data both from web and mobile apps. the data is recorded as the events in GA4, and then that data can be used in GADS. UA can't support mobile apps because it is web session based.

[@schmekis1]

second the request

[@decodid]

Brilliant guidance as usual Julius, thank you!

[@_johnakinola]

AMZAING tutorial Julius, keep it going

[@purr.fectt.]

this video helps me a lot! thanks for sharing this.

[@LeoBranco]

Amazing video!!! Thanks for that!!! You've got one more subscriber!!!

[@sazidmahmud4453]

#Very helpful video & want more video like this.

[@lidiavanwyk5792]

Great insights and so easy to follow. Much appreciated.

[@davidalejandrolondonotorre7744]

El mejor video de tag manager que he podido ver

[@honest_trading_28]

no words... amazing... THANK YOU!

[@strikerdom8076]

Thanks so much for the Video Julius! You're videos are such a great help for me in my new job.

[@auberge7]

Top right there:) keep pushing

[@mehdiaghayari6753]

Thanks julius. It was great and helpful as always.

[@SpencerWorks-w6u]

Could you update to a 2024 version? The UI has changed a bit and Google is now trying to switch to AW- version.

[@javiersantana6538]

Everyone read this out loud: "YOU ARE THE GOAT" You should have a donation link. Thank you for the help!

[@maximumloadfireworks]

This was awesome! Thank you for teaching me this!

[@jurmanjiojurmancki5929]

Your videos are really helpful to understand all concept of web analytics. Thumbs up! and thank you.

[@twantube]

Thank you Julius, this really helped me out!

[@SoundSystem]

This has helped me tremendously! Thank you very much!

[@victoriaanneberman3819]

Helpful video and very comprehensive. Thanks.

[@ohmthenizer8984]

Thanks for the helpful tip.

[@javiersantana6538]

Thank you for your time and effort.

[@workathomedaddy]

Why is it that on (6:32) in the video there are 3 options, but n our google ads account I can only see 2 options? The 3rd option which is install via GTM isn't available.

[@AnalyticsMania]

For some reason, Google is constantly changing this part of the interaface. Keep navigating and looking.

[@Kompulsator]

How to create conversion only for ANALYTICS 4? With dynamic value ?

[@BaclibreMa_DocJamal]

Great explanation bro!1

[@betabizmedia-testing6514]

I don't have google tag manager option in 6:30 what should I do from here?

[@jameshooper2390]

Me too. Thus am stuck...

[@radamesdigitalmarketinglab]

hey Julius my name is Radamés and I am from Brasil.... I love your channel.... the best channel to learn about Metrics in google. Friend please help me...... is it possible export all convertions from old google ads account to another google ads acount?

[@geniunejewellery331]

Çok güzel anlatmışsın. Teşekkürler

[@imranamir3852]

Which kind of method do you think easier, either we track by page view-thank you(conversion tracking) or using data layer variable?

[@papierentijger8206]

Thanks for this video Julius, helpful as always. As the manually created conversion gives GA more data to work with, I'd prefer this option over importing the conversion from GA4. However, my GA and GA4 are linked and I need to track the same conversion in GA4 as well, for organic conversions. Will this cause any problems (GA4 conversions counted double for example)?

[@mrafi127]

Hi, I watch this video twice. Its really amaizing and useful. I am a web developer. I am trying to do something opposite what u did. You pushed datalyer variables into conversion tag. whereas I want to push conversion ID into dataLayer. Can you help?

[@nicolaskeith8872]

If I then both want Google Ads and Ga4 to track both paid and organic conversions, would I need one for each?

[@reneklokkerholm1453]

Hey Should you have both set-up conversion and Google Ads converison in GTM?

[@namle1818]

Hi Julius, Thank you very much for creating this great video. I've created conversion tracking and it's working very efficiently. The only thing just bored me is that I have to trigger the conversion tracking. Because it will turn to inactive status if it does not receive any data for 7 days. Did you have any ideas on how to prevent the conversion change to inactive?

[@LorenzoMallaci]

Hi Julius, thank you for this video! In my setup I've configured the Google Ads conversion tag as a cleanup tag on a GA4 even tag, meaning that the conversion tag is triggered after the GA4 event has happened. I found this to be cleaner and easier in my GTM setup. Is this a good way to go about this or do you see any constraints in this method? Thanks already!

[@ryanp4827]

Can you add item_name in the conversion? Ie how can you see what items were purchased the most if youre just sending price (value)?

[@csabaegly529]

Hi Julius, Thanks for your videos, they are pure gold!! How does this setup change to include advanced consent mode? If I setup this way, can I still link Ads account with GA4 & how to avoid doubling data in that case in GA4? Many thanks, Csaba

[@AnalyticsMania]

This part of the setup does not change in CM v2. Just make sure the CM settings are loaded before your conversion tags and conversion linker. As for importing ga4 conversions to google ads, you can do that too. But then mark ga4 conversions as secondary conversions in google ada. That way, only conversions from google ads tag will be used for bidding and will be used as primary conversions.

[@NukiTetradze]

Thank you!

[@kolovrat_scarves]

Hey Julius, Thanks for your enthusiasm and details oriented videos-much appreciated! Despite following recommendations, in the Conversions section of my Google ads Acc I still see 'Inactive' in the 'Status' of each conversion action I selected. Could you please help me resolving the issue? BTW, I tested TagManager and it seams connected and working with my online store.

[@stevesmith0624]

great video

[@burbulai]

Hi, what if I'm not shown the conversion ID? In fact, when I'm at the "get instructions and finish" part, only conversion goal and name are visible.

[@bedlion]

Excelent Thank you

[@nasipsalmakhunov4375]

Thank you for the video! Would be really grateful if you could show how to send dynamic values(conversion values) from server side container to google ads. Thanks!

[@AnalyticsMania]

That is explained here www.analyticsmania.com/courses/intermediate-google-tag-manager-course/

[@isabilas]

Thanks a lot, I am wondering why I only have the option to "Create conversion actions manually using code"?

[@sandfordd]

Hey Julius do you have any information about setting this up using Acuity Schedular on Squarespace?

[@blakezacharymusic]

What would you put under "Conversion Label" since it has changed?

[@UhPaiCheg0]

Hi, first congratulations for your content. My question is if there is a way to capture other parameters in the app such as "onclick" or we can only search for "ID" and "class" with google tag manager (GTM). if you can, would you like to mention a link, video or example to learn. Thanks.

[@sl97]

Thanks for the great video. I looked at some successful shops with the GT Assistants Legacy extension and the use of both: the manual input code (gtag) and conversion tracking of Google Ads via GTM. Is there any specific reason for doing that? Wouldn't the same conversion be tracked twice?

[@janelegaspi14]

Hey Julius - do you always need a data layer for every Google Ads Conversion Tracking?

[@litoid]

Question: It doesn't matter if the buyer pays $17 (initial offer only) or $64 (with order bump)... It sends back to g ads as the same conversion, but different value? Isnt it better to have 2 different conversions? Like conversion A ($17) and conversion B ($64)... Cause i see you use only 1 manual conversion, but attach different values via dataLayer

[@zhoshuadouglas6526]

I would like to know from you what cross-minus is, is it necessary at all?

[@chrismulhallen3287]

hmm I dont have the google tag manager option as the third option. only 'set with google tag' or email instructions to webmaster. not sure where I am going wrong as I followed everything correctly

[@jens2935]

Hi, awsome content. I have two questions. I have Google analytics and I am tracking contact form 7 trough tag manager using your previous tutorial "Track Contact Form 7 with Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager ". And it is working fine in GA4. - Can I have both GA4 & Ads tracking trough the same Tag manager without any duplicates in conversions etc? - I already have the contact form 7 trigger, can I use the same trigger for my ads then? It will only fire when someone click trough my ads then? Hope you find time to answer, thanks :)

[@thiagors]

Hello, did you find out the answer?

[@Maxkuessner]

Nice!

[@ohmthenizer8984]

Thanks!

[@aijokker]

should i add conversion to analytics or it will get info from ads?

[@NishaThakkar-x3q]

Hey Julius, I need help with the conversion numbers of Google Ads and GA4. If I compare the conversion value and conversion numbers, GA4's conversions are almost twice that of Google Ads. I am talking about the purchase conversion Tag here. I have a Shopify Store, and a few months ago, I integrated the GA4 property with Shopify and got the Shopify-integrated Ecommerce Events. I checked almost everything, and the attribution model is the same for both Tags, which are Data-driven. Timezone is the same. Also, auto-tagging is enabled. Can you please help me solve this issue? Please find the example. This is data for July 6. Google Ads Tag: Conversion Action - Purchase Action Optimization - Primary Conversion Source - Website All conv. - 20.78 All Conv. value - 11784.2 Status - Active GA4 Tag: Conversion Action - GA4 (Web) purchase Action Optimization - Secondary Conversion Source - Website (Google Analytics (GA4)) All conv. - 47.64 All Conv. value - 14196.01 Status - Active I appreciate any help you can provide.

[@ifwecouldvote]

Could you do an update please? The interface and options has changed in Google Ads around 6:42 so that the "use google tag manager" option is not showing, and therefore I can't get the conversion ID and Label

[@OmarHussein-w9l]

can use this way of from submission for CF7 ? note : I have setup the Custom listner and also the cf7submission trigger

[@CNW21]

If I have GA4 set up via GTM, do I still want to use the conversion linker and gads conversion tracking tag? Or can I just use my GA4 conversion events. Or does it not matter?

[@Chu_San]

I set up conversion tracking using GTM, and I double-checked the conversion ID and label when using GTM's preview tool, and it matched. But when I checked in my Google Ads account over "Tools and setting" and clicked "Conversion,'" I still had 0 conversions. What could this issue be?

[@carlosethika9757]

Hey Julius, Been watching your videos for a while and they are super helpful. I have a question I have been tracking purchases and passing subtotal into the value parameter, and I recently noticed that E-commerce Revenue prebuilt dimension is supposed to track value revenue and include tax and shipping. I am passing in all three but Ecommerce Revenue is only displaying subtotal data I was wondering if you knew why this is happening? Should I be passing in purchase total (including tax & shipping) into value but then why are shipping and tax even an option at that point?

[@khaterehbarmaleki5504]

And if I use UTMs for all ads of mine and setup everything in GA4, is it still neccessary to get through all these?

[@handyhouseofficial]

do we have to install GG ads tags onto the head of our Javascript/CSS sir?

[@heather77]

Hi, I don't get the top part, when I add my website it only gives me the option to create conversions manually using code which I don't want to do. Do you know why I'm not getting the top bit

[@lars.berends]

Do i still need Google Ads Conversion Tracking (7:04) now that a Google tag is available?

[@赵倩慧]

I use GTM debug mode and do a test order,gtm shows:Google Tag (XXXX) not found,please help

[@motion_io]

Hey Julius - amazing tutorial, thank you for this. Quick question: If I am using dataLayer push to trigger the Google Ads conversion tag, will conversions of other sources be counted in Google Ads? Basically, I'm also running Facebook ads and don't want those counted as Google Ad conversions.

[@AnalyticsMania]

If a user clicked google ad first, then fb ad, and then converted, then both platforms will attribute that conversion to them.

[@AnalyticsMania]

If a user comes from FB ad and converts (no google ad click was before that), then Google ads will not attribute the conversion to itself

[@motion_io]

@@AnalyticsMania Awesome. Thank you so much for responding. That makes sense!

[@lucacisergiu8690]

Hi and thank you for the video. I have similar setup, but when linking Google Ads to GA4 I'm struggling with an issue where Revenue and Return on Ad Spend is zero in GA4, while it's showing correctly in Google Ads reports. Does anyone have any clue?

[@makeimpactministries]

How do I get conversion tracking to show for my 2 step opt in form?

[@alpenzirbe]

Hey Julius, in your GTM course for beginners do you show how to install the code (for the data layer), which is needed to send for example value and product_id to GAds, manually or via plugin? Thank you.

[@AnalyticsMania]

Websites are coded in different ways thus the code for various websites would be different. Thus there is no course that teaches you completely how to create the data layer code yourself (if you are not a developer). My course for beginners does not teach how to code.

[@pabloZQM]

For the conversion in GTM do we always need a custom event firing trigger or can we use a page view trigger? I mean in the case for a lead signup form that leads to a thank you page, I'd setup the conversion trigger when a page view of the thank you page happens

[@thibaultjeunet8041]

Yes your solution works too. However, if for some reason, someone land on the thank you page without having signing-up, then it would be fake data. Working with a custom-coded dataLayer helps you prevent these possible errors.

[@schmekis1]

​ @AnalyticsMania What are your thoughts on why google is not allowing all tracking through GTM, and whether there is any issue with this?

[@AnalyticsMania]

I still see that option in my UI. So saying "google does not allow" is not quite correct. For some users, for some reason, that option is not visible. But it is still possible to take the conversion label and id from the generated gtag and use it in GTM

[@schmekis1]

@@AnalyticsMania I'm referring to smart campaign conversion tracking for example.

[@user-ft4mp6dg6n]

👍👍👍 I wanted to know if I can track who clicked on my social media account from my website, and then also interacted with the account (follow, like, etc) and then only record those who interacted as conversions. Is that possible ?

[@AnalyticsMania]

You cannot track follows/likes because you cannot add custom codes to your social media profiles

[@aminkh6872]

thanks

[@OneHandedGR]

How to track a woocommerce purchase conversion in Google Ads that is only came from Google and not directed or other service?

[@myhomeaccount1129]

I hope to find paid lessons from you, Google Ads Tool will buy it🙂

[@anujshaan1006]

I am not not getting google tag manager option while creating new conversion at 6:43

[@rohmaddj948]

hey I was able to see the Tag Manager options by setup the event manually, maybe you can try that and see if that works for you!

[@FriendStudio009]

how to tracking text copy event in GA4, can you record a video sir

[@TheyCallMeTeknoTom]

I cannot find 'Conversion ID'. Did they recently remove it?

[@HarisonIce]

Hey all, someone please help me with this. I'm tracking outbound clicks and can anyone tell me which variable should i select for conversion value, transaction ID and currency code. Do i even have to select those variables for outbound click tracking

[@russcastella]

Did this change again? Mine is forcing me to add snippet code into google tag instead of giving me a conversion number. It's generating a ga4 event like conversion_event_submit_lead_form_1

[@SpitfireDance]

I had such trouble getting it to give me the GTM number, but when creating the Conversion I saw a line of text that said something like "Google analytics is currently watching for conversions. Click here to switch to Google Ads watching conversions" and when I clicked that, it finally gave me the correct interface to link Google Tag Manager.

[@dashlook8378]

Hi Julius can you make video on GA4 ecommerce Tracking by using only GTM and GA4

[@AnalyticsMania]

No plans for that (at least now). A very in-depth explanation is available in this course www.analyticsmania.com/courses/intermediate-google-tag-manager-course/

[@155hvar]

Hi there. I'm experiencing a problem with my Google Ads account conversion tracking for an e-commerce shop. Although the account normally counts purchase conversions with conversion values when I navigate to the 'Conversions' section, these conversions do not appear in my campaigns. I've confirmed that all tags are firing as expected in Google Tag Manager. Do you maybe know where should I look in order to solve this since I have not found similar problems online.

[@DavidVerisure]

Conversion linker tags ok?

[@jessesegal394]

If I have 5 contact forms but they all lead to one thank you page can I use your method and connect that one conversion that I made for all my campaigns? 🙏🏼

[@vedantdabhi5896]

I think never same Id of all forms so you can try API for track conversation for example if you use contact form 7 than use contact form 7 Success API to track conversation

[@jessesegal394]

Thank you, will try this 🙏🏼

[@lawbinson]

Do Google Ads Conversions surface in GA4? I know you can send conversions from GA4 into Google Ads. But, what about reporting on Google Ads Conversions from GA4?

[@Pablito2466]

hi, conversion can be tracked in 2 ways in googleads: importing goals from GA, or set goals directly in Google Ads (for better measurement). It is not possible to import Conversions from Google Ads into GA. Better to set up goals in both as the result might differ because different attribution models.

[@turiski9432]

Hi, how to make google tag manager appear as implementation for conversion?

[@AnalyticsMania]

www.analyticsmania.com/post/cannot-see-the-google-tag-manager-option-in-google-ads-conversion/

[@turiski9432]

@@AnalyticsMania Thank you so much

[@sonusaha9052]

How to keep track of Product details like- Item name, Item Category, Item ID, Item brand, Item variant etc by Google Tag manager

[@DigitalMedia-g9y]

Hi Julius, in your presentation you show at 6:48 a Google Tag Manager option kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnexiWmQZcyEptE, I am not getting this and try to work out what is missing in my setup. Help Please

[@rawbinmo]

Hey, No matter what I select in the conversion action setup, I don't have the option to use Tag Manager like you. Anyone knows why that might be?

[@rohmaddj948]

same issue here dude, anyone have a clue?

[@rohmaddj948]

hey I was able to see the Tag Manager options by setup the event manually, maybe you can try that and see if that works for you!

[@AnalyticsMania]

You need to select that you want to setup the event manually