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This walkthrough takes you from a new account to a working tracking link with live analytics. Set aside about five minutes.

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1. Connect your YouTube account

After signing up, connect the channel you want to measure.
1

Start the connection

In your Settings, click Connect YouTube.
2

Sign in with Google

Choose the Google account that owns your channel and grant access to your YouTube analytics.
3

Grant access

Approve access to your YouTube analytics.
contentgrove only reads data from your channel. It never posts or changes your content, unless you explicitly ask it to update a video description when generating a link.

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2. Add the tracking script

To record clicks and conversions, add the tracking script to your landing and thank-you pages.
1

Open tracking settings

Go to Settings → Tracking.
2

Choose your platform

Select the platform your site is built on (WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Google Tag Manager, and more). contentgrove gives you a ready-made snippet for it, with your Tracking ID already filled in.
3

Add the snippet to your site

Copy the snippet contentgrove shows and paste it just before the closing </body> tag, on both your landing pages and your thank-you pages. The script tag looks like this:
Using Google Tag Manager or a website builder? See Install the tracking script for platform-specific guides.

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3. Create your first offer

An offer tells contentgrove which pages are landing pages and which represent a successful conversion.
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Open offers

Go to the Offers page and click Create offer.
2

Describe the offer

Give it a name (for example, “Filmmaking Course”), then set your landing page and thank-you page URLs and how each should match. See how clicks and conversions are counted.
3

Save it

Click Create.
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Open Create links

On the Links page, open the Create links tab.
2

Set the destination and video

Enter your destination URL and pick the YouTube video you’re promoting.
3

Generate and copy

Click Generate link and copy the result. Add it to your video description, pinned comment, or anywhere you send viewers.
For all the options, see Generate Tracking Links.

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5. View your analytics

Open the Analytics page to see clicks, conversions, conversion rate, and your top-performing videos. Data appears as clicks and conversions come in. For what each number means, see Metric definitions.

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Setup checklist

Once all four are done, you’re ready to make decisions based on what actually converts.
Last modified on July 11, 2026