System side
Data & Analytics
Numbers you can act on, from tracking you can trust and dashboards your team actually uses.
Data & Analytics at TechSum is for founders and leadership teams who want to know what is working. We set up tracking that respects visitor consent, clean the data behind it and build plain dashboards your team trusts enough to decide with.
- System side
- 7 kinds of work
- 4 ways to work
- New discipline
Who it is for
Is this you?
Analytics, the CRM and finance each give you a different number
Nobody can say which channel brings paying customers
A site change broke the tracking, and nobody knows since when
The CRM is full of the same leads under different spellings
What we do
Seven ways we make it happen
- Full page
Analytics setup: GA4, consent-aware tracking, server-side tagging
Numbers you can rely on. Tracking that records what matters, waits for visitor consent and is checked against the source.
Read more - Full page
Business dashboards and reporting
No more building the weekly report by hand. One screen with the numbers leadership reviews, updated automatically.
Read more KPI frameworks for founders and leadership
Everyone measuring the same thing. A short list of key numbers, each tied to a decision, with an owner and a plain definition.
Data pipelines and warehousing
Reports that agree with each other. One central place that collects data from your tools, so every report draws on the same numbers.
CRM and sales data cleanup
A sales list you can work from. Duplicates removed, fields fixed and every status meaning the same thing to everyone.
Product analytics
Know where users get stuck. Event tracking that shows how people move through a product and where they leave.
Operations and asset intelligence
Nothing lost or forgotten. Reports on your equipment, contracts and day-to-day operations.
What you get
What you get, whatever the size
- A documented brief
- A technical plan, screen layouts and a scope you can hold us to
- A working demo at every sprint
- Every source file, login and a recorded walkthrough
- A portal where every request and approval is on record
The Path
How we run it
- Starts day one
Listen
A documented brief
- Before any build
Shape
A technical plan, screen layouts and a scope you can hold us to
- Built in sprints you can see
Build
A working demo at every sprint
- When you are ready
Launch
Every source file, login and a recorded walkthrough
- Ongoing
Evolve
A portal where every request and approval is on record
Evolve leads back to Listen, so the work keeps improving for as long as you want it to.
Stack
Tools we use for data work
Google Analytics
Google Cloud
PostgreSQL
- Google Tag Manager
- Consent Mode v2
- Server-side tagging
- Google Search Console
- Looker Studio
- Metabase
- Google Sheets
- BigQuery
Insights
Questions we have answered
Data & Analytics
How do you build a business dashboard people actually use?
Most dashboards stop being opened the first time someone doubts a number. Start from the decisions, pick a few figures, clean the data underneath, and build one people trust.
30 October 2026 5 min readData & Analytics
GA4 events every service business should track
Page views tell you who visited. Events tell you who got in touch. The short list of GA4 events that shows whether your website brings in enquiries, and how to set them up.
30 October 2026 5 min readData & Analytics
Do you need cookie consent for Google Analytics in India and the Gulf?
If Google Analytics runs on your site and your visitors are in India or the Gulf, the law may expect consent. What each market asks, and how to keep useful data when people say no.
30 October 2026 5 min read
Ways to work
Ways to work on this
Fixed-Scope Project
One agreed outcome at one fixed price, delivered through The Path.
Best for Businesses that want to know the cost before anything starts.
Fixed price, half in advance and half at launch.
Care Retainer
Ongoing care, updates and improvements once you are live.
Best for Anything live that your business depends on.
Monthly, in three levels: The Keeper, The Partner and The Confidant.
Managed Services
We run your hosting and servers, security or compliance for you, month after month.
Best for Businesses that want it handled, not hired.
Monthly.
Fractional Leadership
A part-time CTO (chief technology officer) or AI Officer who works inside your business.
Best for Teams that need technology leadership before a full-time hire.
Monthly.
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In detail
Data & Analytics at TechSum is for founders and leadership teams who want to see what is working in the business. We set up tracking you can trust, tidy the data behind it and build dashboards that show the few numbers you actually decide with.
What is Data & Analytics?
Collecting the right data, keeping it clean, and showing it in a way people can act on. In practice that means tracking set up correctly on your website and product, sales data that agrees across tools, and a small set of reports that arrive without someone building them by hand.
Most businesses already have numbers. The trouble is that they come from several places and do not agree. We start by finding the gaps, then fix them one by one.
Who is it for?
Founders who cannot say which channel brings paying customers. Leadership teams that sit through meetings with three versions of the same figure. Sales teams working from a CRM full of duplicates. Product teams who want to see where users drop off.
A quick way to begin is the free online health check for the basics, or the fuller Digital Health Check for a written report on tracking, speed, search basics and email setup.
What does TechSum do in data and analytics?
- Analytics setup with GA4, consent-aware tracking and server-side tagging. Server-side tagging sends data through your own server before it reaches analytics tools, so you control what is shared. See analytics setup.
- Business dashboards and reporting. See business dashboards.
- KPI frameworks for founders and leadership: a short list of measures, each with a clear definition and an owner.
- Data pipelines and warehousing: moving information from several systems into one central store.
- CRM and sales data cleanup.
- Product analytics: tracking the steps people take inside a product, such as signing up or placing an order.
- Operations and asset intelligence: reporting on equipment, contracts and day-to-day operations.
Data rarely stands alone. Search reports feed Search & Answer Visibility. Personal data rules connect to Trust, Security & Compliance. Clean data is also what any AI system stands on. The same team handles all of it.
How does a data project run?
We use The Path. In Listen we list the decisions you make and the questions you cannot answer today. In Shape we agree what each term means: what counts as a lead, a customer, a repeat order. Build puts the tracking, pipelines and dashboards in short sprints, so you see real numbers early. Launch checks that the figures match the source systems. Evolve keeps them honest as the business changes.
Every important number is checked against its source before a dashboard goes live. If two sources disagree, we explain why and agree with you which one wins.
The TechSum Standard applies to every data project:
- Secure by default: tracking waits for consent where it is required, personal data is kept to what you need, and access to reports follows roles.
- Built to scale: definitions, pipelines and dashboards built so a new tool or channel slots in without rebuilding the reports.
- Tested before it ships: every important number checked against its source before anyone decides with it.
- Looked after after launch: tracking is watched, so a site change that breaks a tag is caught early.
- Small changes handled, not invoiced: a new filter, a renamed field or one more chart for the weekly meeting gets done. It does not become a quote.
- Honest advice, even when it means less work for us: if you have too little data for dashboards to help yet, we say so and set up the basics instead.
How do you know your data is in good shape?
You can answer a few plain questions without calling a meeting. Which channel brings the best customers? How long does a lead take to convert? Which feature do people use? The numbers match what finance sees. The dashboard loads quickly and nobody refreshes it by hand.
Visitors are respected too. Tracking runs only after consent where it is required, and you can say what you collect and why.
When are we not the right team?
If you have very little traffic or data, heavy dashboards will not help yet. A simple setup and one clear question will, and we will say so. We also cannot promise a business result from the numbers. We make sure they are correct. What you do with them is your call.
To begin, tell us what you need.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
What is GA4 and do I need it?
GA4 is Google Analytics 4, Google's current tool for measuring visits and actions on a website or app. Most businesses need some way to measure this. How it is set up matters more than the tool, because poor tracking gives confident but wrong numbers.
What does consent-aware tracking mean?
The tracking waits for the visitor's permission where the law or your policy requires it, and records that choice. It protects you and keeps your data usable. Where personal data is involved, we set it up together with our Trust, Security & Compliance discipline.
Can you clean up the data we already have?
Yes. CRM and sales data cleanup is a common starting point: removing duplicates, fixing fields and agreeing what each status means. Reports are only as honest as the data under them.
How many dashboards do we need?
Usually fewer than people expect. We start from the decisions you make each week and build only the views that serve them. A dashboard nobody opens is not worth building.
Do you work with our existing tools?
Yes. We connect to what you already use, such as Google Analytics, your CRM, accounting software and spreadsheets, before suggesting anything new.
Or start smaller
Digital Health Check
Find out where your website really stands. Speed, security, search and AI answers, email setup and data protection basics, reviewed by a person and explained in one written report.
- Speed and Core Web Vitals findings for your key pages
- A review of your security headers (settings that tell browsers how to treat your site) and basic protection
- SEO basics: titles, descriptions, indexing, sitemap and structured data
- AEO basics, which means whether AI assistants can find and quote you
- Ends in a short written report you keep
Let's Talk
Tell us what should change.
- A reply from a person on the team
- Or book a short call
- We say so if another team suits you better
Write to us in plain words
Or book a short call
Pick a time that suits you. You will speak with the people who would do the work.


