{"id":14769,"date":"2026-04-15T22:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T02:33:47","slug":"conversion-rate-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/conversion-rate-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Sales Funnel Conversion Rate Tracking As Easy As 1-2-3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve got a story for you today\u2026 It\u2019s time we connect the dots between your demanding data analysis tasks and your existing skillsets. But don\u2019t worry, it won\u2019t require you to break a sweat, and you might just learn a thing or two about conversion rate tracking and SLO funnels along the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I want to talk about a novel way I\u2019ve discovered to unlock the power of Excel, SQL, NoSQL Python, and JavaScript, all right within your spreadsheet &#8211; it\u2019s going to make your life SO much easier!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day has come where you finally get the chance to say \ud83d\udc4b \u201csee ya\u201d to the daily data integration grind and\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, get your groove on with a game-changing, new analytical workflow that&#8217;s certain to save you heaps of precious time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m talking about a spreadsheet called Equals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week I had the chance to have a quick coffee chat with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bobbypinero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bobby Pinero<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Cofounder and CEO of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. What he was telling me about his spreadsheet product was nothing short of mind-boggling, so I had to go check it out for myself\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You won\u2019t believe what I discovered!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2728 Imagine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/#directly-connected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">connecting a spreadsheet directly with the data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that your company has sitting in RedShift, Snowflake, MySQL, NoSQL, Stripe, QuickBooks or just about any other business system (or API) you can think of &#8211; and then being able to analyze that data using handy-dandy Excel formulas, SQL statements, Python or JS, directly within the spreadsheet interface!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2728 Imagine being able to use your existing Excel skills to build and publish real-time updating reports for stakeholders\u2026 or being able to set-it and forget-it, by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/#intelligently-automated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">automating this publishing workflow<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so all your daily \/ weekly \/ monthly reporting requirements go on autopilot while you prop up your heels and sip your latte. \ud83e\udd64<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2728Imagine dramatically decreasing the time and hassle involved in communicating the finding of your analyses by using an easy-peasy 1-click publishing workflow to send them directly to Slack, Google Slides or email!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That ^^ is the power of Equals!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a spreadsheet that could do all the above, plus SO much more\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The truth is, though, my heart sunk when I saw how easy it is to integrate disparate data sources and generate real-time reporting inside Equals\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\ude31 Did I ever tell you about my conversion rate tracking debacle?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It got me thinking back to when I really needed a product like Equals and had to scrape by with manual reporting and guess-timation as my only option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, I launched my very first self-liquidating offer (SLO) funnel. SLO funnels focus on audience-building, driving numerous customers through the sale of low-cost, high-value products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term &#8220;self-liquidating&#8221; comes from the idea that when you run ads to the funnel and the offer aligns perfectly with the needs of visitors driven by your traffic source, while the funnel pages are finely tuned for conversions, the revenue and leads generated cover the full cost of customer acquisition. In fact, you can even make a small profit, hence the &#8220;self-liquidating&#8221; label.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, for a SLO funnel to succeed, you must achieve:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 10% conversion rate for warm traffic<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 2.5% conversion rate for cold traffic (from ads)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without reliable conversion rate tracking &amp; reporting, scaling your funnel becomes a challenge, as you can&#8217;t confidently determine if the costs justify the returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without reliable conversion rate tracking &amp; reporting, scaling your funnel becomes a challenge, as you can&#8217;t confidently determine if the costs justify the returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since I had built my funnel on WordPress using WooCommerce, I lacked proper conversion rate reporting for the funnel pages. Naturally, I turned to Google Analytics and Looker Studio in an attempt to obtain the necessary data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, the presence of complex UTM parameters in my referral links made it a real headache to get reliable reporting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>I shelled out nearly $500<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on a pre-built conversion-tracking dashboard, along with the setup services needed to get it running. <\/span><b>It ended up being a colossal waste of both time and money<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the connections quickly fell apart, and I couldn&#8217;t trust the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, I decided to dive into Google Analytics and attempt to build a manual tracking system myself. To be honest, it wasn&#8217;t much more helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14770 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-90x51.png 90w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/before-1154x649.png 1154w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/422;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conversion rate tracking aspect of this funnel posed one of the most significant challenges in bringing the entire product suite to market. It was a major downer. \ud83d\ude22<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If only I had known about Equals back then\u2026<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If only I had known about Equals back then, I could have effortlessly solved this conversion rate tracking problem, as easy as 1-2-3:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Connect my accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Google Analytics and Google Ads, Twitter Ads, or LinkedIn Ads (I&#8217;d track ad sources separately, of course).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Create a spreadsheet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that automatically updates with real-time data on:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique Page Views (#)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Orders (#)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conversion Rate, per page (%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average Order Value ($)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Once I nailed down my conversion rate, I could simply duplicate this page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and break down the calculations by advertising platforms (e.g., Google, Twitter, and LinkedIn &#8211; this way, I could verify the cost of customer acquisition independently, regardless of what the ads management platforms were telling me \ud83d\ude09.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alas, hindsight is 20-20. Equals even has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/templates\/top-of-funnel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a built-in template<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for this exact requirement!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I could have just plugged in and been on my way in a matter of minutes rather than struggling for weeks\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"wp-image-14771 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals.png\" alt=\"conversion rate tracking made easy with Equals\" width=\"750\" height=\"393\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals-90x47.png 90w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/conversion-rate-tracking-Equals-600x314.png 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 750px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 750\/393;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Equals is much more than just a conversion rate tracking and marketing analytics tool<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within Equals, <\/span><b>data professionals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can look forward to seamless data analysis using their favorite toolset, whether that be through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/sql-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Equals\u2019 modern SQL editor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or by scripting directly in Python, all within an environment that boasts effortless reporting and stakeholder management support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you\u2019re a <\/span><b>business analyst<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can look forward to saving up to one week of every month by getting direct access to live updating spreadsheets and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/#intelligently-automated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these automated reporting capabilities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I kid you not, look at what Barry O\u2019Mahony has to say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"wp-image-14772 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"228\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial.png 1526w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial-90x37.png 90w, https:\/\/www.data-mania.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/testimonial-600x249.png 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/228;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honestly, I\u2019m floored by what they\u2019ve built over at Equals, and I\u2019d love to tell you more about it but I\u2019d need more time\u2026 I promise to pick back up on this next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in the meantime, I definitely encourage you to go <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/equals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">take a free test drive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Equals &#8211; the only spreadsheet known to man that has built-in connections to any database, versioning, and collaboration support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2764\ufe0f Proudly produced in partnership with Equals! 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