utm_medium
required - can be e.g.referral
,social
,email
utm_source
is required - e.g.facebook.com
utm_campaign
is optional e.g.june-giveaway
Use these utm_*
parameters in these scenarios:
?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=liv-june-sale
?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&campaign=profile
?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=york-launch
?utm_medium=email&utm_source=showcase&utm_campaign=bristol-the-waterside-wander
?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-signature
?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=visityork
?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=sometravelblog.com
Note that for Visit* partners:
- we tend to make a redirect e.g.
treasurehuntyork.com/visityork
=>treasurehuntyork.com/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=visityork
- we drop the TLD e.g.
visityork
NOTvisityork.com