What are UTMs and how can I use them in my experience? – Fastory

1. What are UTMs for?

UTMs are variables transmitted in the URL that allow to precisely track traffic and users origin.

These UTMs are optional but they allow a better analysis precision of traffic sources.

Generally, it’s possible to find the results of these UTMs in GoogleAnalytics or in a third-party platform capable of processing them.

2. The different types of UTMs

There are several types of UTMs that will allow you to be more precise in identifying traffic sources. Here are the more frequent ones:

UTM_source

This UTM qualifies the channel traffic source.

Example: Newsletter, Google, facebook, twitter, linkedin…

https://story.tl/noel?utm_source=facebook

UTM_medium

This one completes the UTM_source as it specifies the origin of the traffic.

Example: Email, social, cpc…

https://story.tl/noel?utm_medium=social

UTM_content

This UTM allow to identify on which component the link as been set or from which ad it comes from.

Example: CTA, image, story_ads…

https://story.tl/noel?utm_content=CTA

UTM_campaign

This UTM allows you to associate a link to a marketing campaign.

Example: christmas_campaign_2022

https://story.tl/noel?utm_campaign=christmas_campaign_2022

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It’s up to you to decide what you want to write in the UTMs, examples above are only good practices to apply. These UTMs are optional so you can add only one, 3 or even 4 of them. This will depend on the level of precision you require.

3. Concrete example of UTMs

You create a newsletter in which several elements redirect towards your website url (a CTA button and a logo).

Here are the UTMs that you should add at the end of the url:

CTA button: www.fastory.io?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=cta&utm_campaign=article_christmas

Logo: www.fastory.io?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=logo&utm_campaign=christmas

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The tool campaign url builder is an excellent one to help you build your url without making mistakes.

4. UTMs in Fastory

You’re launching a game and want to precisely track the traffic?

Go to the editor of your game

Click on publish (Discover how to publish an experience)

We generated UTM_sources by default per each channel used.

Copy-paste the link you’re interested in and share it as it is in your marketing channel. You can also add other UTMs if needed.

5. Analysis of the results

Go to the analytics page

Then in users

You’ll find 4 graphs displaying the results per type of UTM:

Go to Audience

Display the columns and export the csv

You can now identify where does each user come from