Event Tracking
Guide to event tracking and user profiles on Gist
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Introduction to Gist Event Tracking
Gist's event tracking tool allows you to create profiles for your registered users. It's fully integrated with all the other Gist products - live chat, email marketing, and automation. The event tracking tool can be accessed in the 'People' tab,...
User data in Gist
User data is important to create user segments so you can send targeted messages and email campaigns to users based on their attributes and behavior.Gist gives you an exhaustive list of user attributes which you can use to group users together...
Identify logged in users and send custom properties
Gist gives you the ability to use the rich information about your users to build custom segments, and better target your users to send relevant and useful emails and messages.The primary way of enriching user data in Gist is the 'identify' method....
The Gist JavaScript API
The Gist JavaScript library provides a Gist JavaScript object that responds to a few methods that allow you to update users without a page refresh and interact with the message window. Here is a guide to using the JavaScript API.Identifying Leads...
Track Custom Events using Gist
Tracking Instructions: How to track eventsOnce you have the Gist JavaScript code installed on your site, you can track an event by calling gist.track with the event name and properties. Although Gist automatically tracks pageviews without the need...
Define critical events using the event visualizer
Unlike the traditional method of logging events manually within the code so they can be tracked by analytics software, Gist’s event visualizer lets you define events by simply performing the event yourself, by simply clicking around your...
Default User Segments on Gist
Using Gist, you can filter users based on their standard or custom properties, and then segment them into groups. You can use user segments to send specific targeted messages and email campaigns.A segment is a group of people filtered based on...
Create New User Segments
In addition to the default user segments, you can always create custom segments based on your requirements. These segments must be specific to your product, and its features. Here are a few examples:Free trial users – those who have signed up for...
Hide or Delete a User Segment
If you wish to remove users from a segment, you can do one of the following:Hide the respective user segment from the People pageDelete users from the user segmentNote that you can unhide a segment any time you want, but you cannot retrieve users...
Event Tracking FAQ
Here are answers to some of the most common questions about Gist's event tracking platform.What is Gist's Event Tracking tool?Gist's event tracking tool allows you to create profiles for your registered users. It's fully integrated with all the...
Understand Browser Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small piece of data that Gist sends from your website, stored in a web browser and downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit that website. The cookie is then sent back to Gist on each subsequent visit, which is...
Use Gist in your Shopify Store
It's easy to track events in your Shopify store, using the Gist JavaScript code snippet. Here are the steps you need to do:1. Copy the Gist JavaScript code from the Projects page.2. Log into your Shopify admin dashboard. In the sidebar menu on the...
Overview of Tags
Tags are the most common criteria you will use when creating user segments in Gist. They allow you to understand your customers based on their behavior on your site, and as a result, segregate them into user groups effectively.Tags help you attach...
