Side Hustle Suitcase

How I Track Which Marketing Channel Is Actually Working (No GA4 Required)


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Are you sharing links that look like they were generated by a robot? Long, ugly URLs are killing your click-through rates β€” and most people don't even realize it. In this episode of the Side Hustle Suitcase, I'm breaking down exactly how I use a free WordPress plugin called Pretty Links to fix that problem AND track which of my marketing channels is actually sending me traffic.

In this episode you'll learn:

  • What Pretty Links is and how it works on your own domain
  • How to turn any long, messy URL into something short, clean, and memorable
  • How to use multiple Pretty Links for the same destination to track Facebook, your podcast, live video, and more β€” without touching GA4
  • The "poor man's UTM tracking" method that takes minutes to set up

This is the exact strategy I used on my site powwows.com β€” instead of sending people to a complicated landing page URL, I send them to powwows.com/powwows-near-me. Easy to say, easy to remember, easy to type.

πŸ”— Grab Pretty Links + all my recommended tools: πŸ‘‰ paulgowder.com/recommended-tools

πŸ“§ Want to know how I grew my email list to over 100,000 subscribers? πŸ‘‰ paulgowder.com/emailtools

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Side Hustle SuitcaseBy Paul Gowder