Google Tag Manager Training Programs

Google Tag Manager controls how your marketing and analytics data is collected. This in-house program builds working mastery of your tracking environment, from tag audits to implementation and governance, delivered in person or live online by the practitioners who run GTM for global brands every week.

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What you'll learn

Working mastery of GTM, built on your container and aimed at the tracking your business runs on.

Interface & Structure

Move through GTM knowing how containers, workspaces, and versions fit together. Your team works to a best-practice setup and can explain why each tag exists.

The Data Layer

Understand why a data layer is needed and what best practice looks like. Your team builds on a foundation that keeps every downstream tag consistent and maintainable.

Tags, Triggers & Variables

Learn how tags are built, fired, and controlled. Your team implements pixels, conversion tracking, and analytics tags that behave predictably on every release.

Ecommerce Tracking

Meet the requirements for GA4, Google Ads, and Facebook ecommerce measurement. Your team implements the tags, triggers, and variables each platform depends on.

Consent & Compliance

Understand how consent signals pass between a Consent Management Platform and GTM. Your team applies Consent Mode and keeps those signals accurate as regulations and platforms change.

Testing & QA

Learn how to test an implementation before it ships. Your team validates every change and catches data quality issues before they reach a report.

How the program runs

A program designed to embed capability.

01
Assess the baseline

A skill assessment benchmarks each person's level and goals. Where mixed teams train at different levels, it places each cohort and shapes the curriculum before anyone enters a room.

02
Tailor to your stack

Content built on your GTM container, your data layer, and your use cases, directly applicable to each person's day-to-day role.

03
Deliver live, hands-on

Live, interactive sessions with working exercises, real-time Q&A, and application tasks between sessions.

04
Embed the capability

A post-training assessment demonstrates measured uplift, with results you can put in front of leadership. Session recordings, take-home SOPs and templates, and 30 days of follow-up support keep the new practice compounding.

Programs by level: placed by the assessment

The baseline assessment places each cohort. Every module trains on your container, against your own tracking requirements. The sequence flexes with the results.

01
An Introduction to Google Tag Manager

An initial GTM training that helps technical users become familiar with the GTM interface, structure, and best-practice setup. Covers:

How Google Tag Manager works
Why a data layer is needed and what best practice looks like
Intro to tags, triggers, variables and templates
How tags are built
How to test an implementation

Outcome: your team is fluent in the GTM interface and builds on a best-practice foundation.

02
Ecommerce Tracking with GTM

A deep dive into how to set up Google Analytics and marketing platform ecommerce tags. Covers:

How ecommerce tracking works
Ecommerce measurement including purchases, revenue, and product performance
The requirements for GA4, Google Ads, and Facebook ecommerce measurement
Implementing the required tags, triggers, and variables for the main platforms
Testing and validating transaction and revenue data

Outcome: your team implements ecommerce measurement the main platforms can rely on.

03
Managing Consent with GTM

A deep dive into how to set up Consent Mode and implement your consent requirements correctly. Covers:

How consent signals work between a Consent Management Platform and GTM
Applying Consent Mode across your tags
Configuring default and updated consent states
Testing your implementation
Maintaining compliance as regulations and platforms change

Outcome: your developers own privacy-respecting tracking end to end, implemented to your organization's consent requirements.

Who it's for

Developers & Engineers

The people implementing collection, tagging, and consent. They leave owning container quality: tags, triggers, variables, and the QA that keeps every downstream report trustworthy.

Analytics & BI Teams

Practitioners responsible for data setup and governance. They leave owning the data layer and the implementation standards every GA4 report depends on.

Marketing Teams

Campaign owners who depend on pixels and conversion tracking. They leave understanding the layer beneath the platforms they optimize in, and how to brief changes correctly.

Ecommerce Teams

Teams measured on transactions and revenue. They leave with ecommerce tracking implemented to the requirements of GA4, Google Ads, and Meta.

Product & UX Teams

Teams shipping features and user flows. They leave knowing how to specify the data layer events their measurement plans require.

Legal & Compliance Teams

The people accountable for regulatory posture. They leave with a shared vocabulary with the teams doing the implementing.

Meet your trainers

Google Certified trainers who are also practicing consultants, teaching from the work they deliver for global brands.

Kayla Smith
Kayla Smith
Solutions Architect
Jan van Rooyen
Jan van Rooyen
Program Manager
Rafeeqah Mollagee
Rafeeqah Mollagee
Solutions Architect
Oleksii Solodukha
Oleksii Solodukha
Engineer & Cybersecurity
Ismaeel Tickley
Ismaeel Tickley
Data Architect
Orlin Krastev
Orlin Krastev
Media & Martech Consultant
Camila Ramos Mori
Camila Ramos Mori
Solutions Architect
Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma
Data Engineer
Mahewash Abdi
Mahewash Abdi
Data Scientist
Esti Wright
Esti Wright
Media Consultant
Candice Raie Erasmus
Candice Raie Erasmus
Program Manager
Aylen Monserrat
Aylen Monserrat
Solutions Architect
Sandeep Kumar
Sandeep Kumar
Technical Consultant
Faranaaz Vraagom
Faranaaz Vraagom
Media Consultant
Brian Maher
Brian Maher
Founder & CEO
Chandrakant Banda
Chandrakant Banda
Data Engineer
Charu Mishra
Charu Mishra
Data Engineer
Nikita Roodt
Nikita Roodt
Program Manager
Snigdha Tanwar
Snigdha Tanwar
Solutions Architect
Hoosain Dalvie
Hoosain Dalvie
Media Consultant
Shreya Midha
Shreya Midha
HR Specialist
Anna Clarke
Anna Clarke
Finance & Operations

Platforms we support

Google Reviews

Working with Adaptive has been a great experience. Not only have they provided in depth training on GA4, but they have also provided ongoing support for our implementation. Their depth of knowledge on GA4 has been instrumental to our set up and kicking off use of data with our team.

Monica Figa
Monica Figa
Associate Director, Data & Insights

Adaptive helped us to architect, implement, train, and support a complicated project servicing a Fortune 100 company. They have been fantastic with their communication, organization and eye for detail in implementation. I would highly recommend working with this team.

George Andersen
George Andersen
Senior Manager, Digital Insights & Analytics

Adaptive did an amazing job helping us to migrate in time to GA4 and also solving a massive regex house of cards issue. Their data layer and hashed id solution has made a massive difference in helping us gain insights and collect game changing data for our business.

Micah Nyatsambo
Micah Nyatsambo
Sr. Director, Digital Engagement Marketing

The team are fantastic to work with. We had an urgent need for additional tracking support and the team was able to get up and running within a matter of a couple of days.

Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams
Director of Strategy

Adaptive did a great job of helping us implement Google Analytics on our site and also of moving us from Universal Analytics to GA4 when the time came. Their process was thorough and easy.

Hampton Stephens
Hampton Stephens
VP of Product

Adaptive is great! They're extremely knowledgeable, flexible, and easy to work with. Their willingness to modify their own process to meet our somewhat non-standard needs is refreshing.

Cole McKussic
Cole McKussic
Director of Data Science

Working with Brian at Adaptive to implement GA4 was a fantastic experience. Quick, professional, and effective, their help has transformed how our company uses data for decision-making.

Ryan Henderson
Ryan Henderson
Marketing Director

Adaptive & Co worked with us at The Shade Store and helped us successfully integrate and upgrade to GA4, and also assisted in our strategic move to Google Tag Manager (GTM).

Justin Hoffman
Justin Hoffman
Senior Vice President Development

We've had an overall fantastic experience with the Adaptive team. Along every step of the way, the team collaborated with us, came up with great ideas. Friendly, enthusiastic, ambitious, and committed.

Jordan Norris
Jordan Norris
Marketing Director

We have been using the Google Analytics consultancy services of Adaptive for a year and a half now and couldn't be happier. Brian & his team are fantastic.

Tim Robertson
Tim Robertson
Chief Digital Officer

A top-notch analytics consultancy, excellent at every service they provide. Look forward to working with them consistently as we harness our data and navigate the changing environment.

Steve Mucciolo
Steve Mucciolo
Global Insights Manager

Adaptive has been great to work with; they are very responsive and always give great advice. I strongly recommend Adaptive to any business looking for a company to help with data analytics consulting.

John Colianne
John Colianne
Digital Marketing Manager

Adaptive has been a huge help to our company, helping us to get set up with GA4, migrating all of our GTM tags over, providing the necessary training, and data visualization.

Joe Lambert
Joe Lambert
Digital Properties Manager

As an individual with a very in-depth understanding of data intelligence and technology, I am comfortable recommending Adaptive to anyone needing assistance setting up complex data engineering and analysis.

Ryan Goldberg
Ryan Goldberg
Director of Insights

Highly recommend! Adaptive set up our organization's Google Analytics/Google Tag Manager and guided us through maintaining our SEO rankings during a major website launch.

Marie von Hafften
Marie von Hafften
Director of Technology

Adaptive are definitely pros with data and have a great depth of understanding and the ability to work with people on a human level. Highly recommend!

Mary O'Rourke
Mary O'Rourke
Vice President of Operations

Since Adaptive implemented our digital marketing program, data has driven every marketing decision. We've seen an immediate impact on performance.

Eoin Whelan
Eoin Whelan
Marketing Manager

We started working with adaptive on GA4, but due their professionalism and expertise, we have continued to work with them on forecasting models and further analytics capabilities.

Matthew Payne
Matthew Payne
Transformation Director

Have worked with this company for several years now, they are very knowledgeable and professional and work quickly. Would highly recommend using them for your Google Analytics consulting.

Eric Nordyke
Eric Nordyke
Co-Founder & Board Member

The team have been a huge help to our company, helping us to get set up with GA4, migrating all of our GTM tags over, providing the necessary training and answering all our questions.

Liam O'Marah
Liam O'Marah
Director of Digital Marketing & Web Strategy

From custom analytics solutions with GA4 and Google Tag Manager to running Google Ads and PPC initiatives, Adaptive is the most competent agency I've worked with -- and that is saying a lot after running high performance marketing agency teams for the better part of a decade. I could not recommend them enough.

JJ Koch
JJ Koch
Director of AI

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Build a Wider Program

Each pathway is a defined program, with one assessment baseline, sequenced modules, and one measured outcome.

Measurement Foundations

GA4 + Google Tag Manager: the platform and the tracking layer that feeds it, in one program. Most teams need this pairing first, because GA4 reporting is only as reliable as the tracking that feeds it.

Consent-Durable Measurement

GA4 + Google Tag Manager + Cookie Consent Management: what you may collect, how it is collected, and the consent signals governing both. For teams whose reporting has already been affected by consent gaps or a platform change.

Self-Serve Reporting

GA4 + Data Studio: measurement through to dashboards your teams read, filter, and extend themselves. For organizations where every reporting request queues behind one or two people.

Full-Stack Analyst

GA4 + BigQuery + Data Studio: from interface to raw data access to automated reporting. For teams whose questions have outgrown the interface, and whose reporting still runs on manual exports.

Marketing Activation

GA4 + Google Ads: measurement through to campaign structure, attribution, and audience activation. For teams judged on revenue, where the measurement and the media decisions have to hold together.

Organization-Wide Rollout

Sequenced cohorts across marketing, analytics, and product teams, and across markets and time zones. An executive briefing aligns leadership, then practitioner programs run by role and level, to one shared measurement standard.

Ready to build your team’s Tag Manager capability?

Tell us about your team, and we'll shape the right program and format. Start with Discovery & Consultation, a 30-minute session to learn your team's tracking setup, goals, and skill gaps.

Customized to your GTM container
In-house or remote delivery
Baseline and post-program assessment
30 days of follow-up support

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