Tracking the performance of your tags
Social media marketing is no longer just about posting, say, twice a day, five days a week. Top marketers plan their social media content in terms of campaigns, called “tags” in Buffer. These tags usually have a goal (e.g. to promote your Christmas sales) and stretch across multiple social media channels. (For more ideas on how to use tags in your workflow, check out our blog post). Once your tagged posts have published, you can pop over to your analytics dashboard to see how they performed.
This guide outlines how to track the performance of your tags within your analytics dashboard. For guidance on creating and managing tags within your publishing dashboard, please head over to this guide.
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This article contains the following sections:
Navigating to reports
Diving into your reports
Notes
- It's not possible to choose a date range for your tag report; the metrics shown are across the entire tag period.
- We currently show boosted metrics in the tag post breakdown area, but not in the tag pulse or tag post metrics areas.
- While it's possible to create posts within a tag for Facebook groups, LinkedIn profiles, Pinterest boards, YouTube, Mastodon, Start Page, and Google Business Profiles, it won't be possible to track the metrics for those within these reports. You'll be able to view tag analytics for posts shared to Facebook Pages, Instagram business accounts, X/Twitter profiles, and LinkedIn Pages. Instagram posts that are scheduled as reminders also won't appear in tag analytics. You can see more about our supported channels and analytics capabilities here.
Tag pulse
The tag pulse chart shows the effectiveness of the tag from a higher level. This includes the number of new followers you gained, post impressions, post engagements, and post comments from that tag. This gives you a quick assessment of your tag, without having to check individual social media posts across the various social media channels.
Tagged post metrics
- Click on the metrics at the top to see the respective graph.
- Hover over the graph to see a breakdown by channel.
- Click on the social icons at the top right of the chart to filter by channel.
You can also click on any of the circular icons along the post timeline below the graph to see the posts that were published that day. You’ll then see the individual metrics for that post. If multiple posts were published on the same day, you can use the arrows to scroll through each post.
Post insights by tag
Adding charts to a custom report
