Back to The Post-Launch Growth Playbook for Founders

Step 1: Setting up Analytics & Tracking (The Right Way)

Course Lessons

1. Step 1: Setting up Analytics & Tracking (The Right Way)
2. Step 2: Securing Your First 100 Users (Doing Things That Don't Scale)
3. Step 3: Launching on Product Hunt & Directories
4. Step 4: Creating a Content Engine (SEO Basics)
5. Step 5: Building a Community & Newsletter
Before you drive a single visitor to your site, you must be able to measure what they do.

### The Essentials:
1. **Google Analytics 4 (GA4)**: Install this immediately. Focus on tracking user journeys, not just pageviews.
2. **PostHog or Mixpanel**: For product-led growth, you need event-tracking to see where users drop off in your onboarding funnel.
3. **Clarity or Hotjar**: Session recording is vital in the early days. Watch how real users interact with your UI to spot confusing UX.

**Action Item:** Create a dashboard tracking your North Star Metric (e.g., 'Weekly Active Users' or 'Signups').