Why tag every link you share
If you can't see which channel drove a signup, you can't decide where the next hour or dollar goes. UTM tags are the cheapest attribution you'll ever set up: a few query parameters that let your analytics tool tell LinkedIn from the newsletter from the paid ad — without any extra software.
The discipline that matters is consistency. Decide once that utm_medium is always “social,” “email,” or “cpc,” keep everything lowercase, and use dashes not spaces. Sloppy, inconsistent tags produce reports that look precise and mean nothing.
A naming convention that scales
- source = the platform: linkedin, google, newsletter.
- medium = the channel type: social, email, cpc, referral.
- campaign = the initiative + period: launch-2026, q3-webinar.