Tools

Every tool in the journey, and what its data makes possible.

Traffic source

Google Search

Where most journeys start: people searching for what your client sells.

Ad platform

Google Ads

Search, Shopping, Performance Max and YouTube campaigns, bid by Google’s automation.

Traffic source and ad channel

YouTube

Video that builds demand, often long before anyone clicks.

Email traffic

Gmail

Where many of your clients’ newsletters are opened, and where Gmail ads appear.

Owned channel

Email and newsletters

Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Mailjet, HubSpot: the channel the client owns outright.

Ad platform

Meta Ads

Facebook and Instagram campaigns, increasingly run by Advantage+ automation.

Social channel

Instagram

Organic content and paid placements, where many brands meet their audience first.

Social channel

Facebook

Pages, groups and ads: still where many audiences spend time.

Ad platform

LinkedIn

The B2B channel, where the lead is only the start of a long cycle.

Ad platform and social channel

TikTok

Fast-moving creative that reaches audiences other channels miss.

Ad platform

Microsoft Ads (Bing)

Search ads on Bing and partners: often cheaper, often overlooked.

Shop

Shopify

The source of truth for e-commerce: every order, customer and refund.

Analytics

Google Analytics 4

The analytics tool almost every client has, and the one most clients misread.

Tag manager

Google Tag Manager

Where most websites keep their tracking tags, in the browser and on a server.

First-party collector

The collector

A first-party collector on the client’s own domain that sends events straight to the warehouse.

AI assistant

Claude

Anthropic’s AI assistant, which can read a client’s warehouse through MCP.

AI assistant

ChatGPT

OpenAI’s assistant, which can use the same warehouse connection.