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Practical guides on GTM auditing, cross-platform ad management, GA4 analytics, and privacy compliance from the team building Alethia.

The Freelance Media Buyer's Tech Stack for 2026
Tools & Workflow

The Freelance Media Buyer's Tech Stack for 2026

The essential tools and platforms for freelance media buyers managing multiple clients in 2026. Covers campaign management, reporting, creative, automation, billing, and how to scale from 3 clients to 10 without hiring.

9 min read
freelancemedia buyingtools
How AI Agents Are Replacing Manual Campaign Management
AI & Automation

How AI Agents Are Replacing Manual Campaign Management

What AI agents actually do in advertising — not the hype, the reality. Covers specific tasks agents handle today, what stays manual, the human-in-the-loop model, and why the shift from tools to agents changes everything.

10 min read
AIautomationcampaign management
Consent Mode V2: The Complete Technical Implementation Guide
Privacy & Consent

Consent Mode V2: The Complete Technical Implementation Guide

Step-by-step technical guide to implementing Google Consent Mode V2 with GTM. Covers basic and advanced consent, CMP integration, testing, impact on conversion data, and common implementation mistakes.

12 min read
Consent ModeGoogle Tag Managerprivacy
Meta Ads vs Google Ads: Where South African Brands Should Spend in 2026
Strategy

Meta Ads vs Google Ads: Where South African Brands Should Spend in 2026

An opinionated breakdown of Meta Ads vs Google Ads for the South African market. Covers audience reach, costs, sector recommendations, and how to allocate budget across platforms in 2026.

10 min read
Meta AdsGoogle AdsSouth Africa
The Google Ads Audit Checklist Every Agency Needs
Google Ads

The Google Ads Audit Checklist Every Agency Needs

A systematic Google Ads audit checklist for agencies. Covers account structure, conversion tracking, bidding, budgets, quality score, negative keywords, and the common mistakes hiding in inherited accounts.

11 min read
Google AdsauditPPC
Cross-Platform Ad Reporting: One Dashboard Instead of Four
Cross-Platform Ads

Cross-Platform Ad Reporting: One Dashboard Instead of Four

How to build unified reporting across Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn. Covers metric normalisation, attribution conflicts, and why switching between four dashboards is costing your agency real money.

9 min read
cross-platformreportingGoogle Ads
GA4 to BigQuery: Building a Measurement Pipeline That Scales
GA4 & Analytics

GA4 to BigQuery: Building a Measurement Pipeline That Scales

How to build a scalable GA4-to-BigQuery measurement pipeline. Covers export setup, schema design, common pitfalls, multi-client management for agencies, and how AI tools can automate the hard parts.

10 min read
GA4BigQuerymeasurement
POPIA Compliance for Digital Advertisers: What South African Agencies Need to Know
Privacy & Consent

POPIA Compliance for Digital Advertisers: What South African Agencies Need to Know

A practical guide to POPIA compliance for South African agencies and advertisers. Covers consent mode, GTM compliance gaps, enhanced conversions, cookie banners, and how to audit your ad tech stack.

10 min read
POPIAprivacyconsent
The Complete GTM Audit Guide for 2026
GTM & Tag Auditing

The Complete GTM Audit Guide for 2026

A practitioner's guide to auditing Google Tag Manager containers. Covers common misconfigurations, a full audit checklist, consent mode gaps, and how AI-powered auditing cuts days of work to minutes.

9 min read
GTMtag managementaudit

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