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.