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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Vincent Gaemers

UTM Campaign Tracking Guidelines for 2025

UTM parameters (“Urchin Tracking Module”) are URL tags that attribute visits and conversions to specific sources, mediums, and campaigns. Use consistent, lowercase values (e.g., utm_source=google, utm_medium=cpc, utm_campaign=spring_sale_2025). Tag only external links, leverage utm_content for variants, and analyze results by funnel stage and attribution model.

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Send Stripe conversions to Google Ads

Most Google Ads campaigns optimize for form submissions, demo requests, or trial signups—proxy metrics that don't reflect actual business value. A campaign generating leads at $15 each might appear efficient, but if those leads rarely convert to paying customers, the true cost per acquisition could be significantly higher

Monday, August 11, 2025
Vincent Gaemers

Cohort-Aligned Revenue: The Attribution Model That Changes Everything

Your Q1 campaigns might be driving Q4 revenue, but you're giving all the credit to Q4 retargeting. Learn why cohort-aligned attribution is the framework that finally shows which marketing activities actually create pipeline - not just which ones happen to be there at the end.

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Vincent Gaemers

Upsell Smart: Turn HubSpot Lifecycle Events into Google Ads Conversions

Landing a new logo is great; expanding it is cheaper and faster. Yet many B2B teams use the same blanket nurturing for every customer tier. By syncing HubSpot customer data with Spectacle behaviour tracking, you can surface accounts that are quietly signalling “we want more.”

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Google Ads Integration: Revenue-Focused PPC

Connect Google Ads to actual revenue data. Optimize for customers, not just clicks with Spectacle's integration.