In today’s fast paced marketing landscape, data driven decision making is the key to staying competitive. But with dozens of tools generating fragmented data, it’s hard to get the full picture of what’s actually driving revenue. Enter two powerful platforms: Looker Studio API (formerly Google Data Studio) and SegMetrics.
When used together, Looker Studio and SegMetrics allow marketers to create a full funnel analytics system that visualizes performance and attributes revenue with pinpoint accuracy.
In this article, you’ll learn:
- What Looker Studio API and SegMetrics are.
- How they work together for smarter marketing analytics.
- The Top 5 ways to bring marketing data into SegMetrics using Looker Studio API.
- How to use this stack to maximize ROI and prove value across your funnel.
- Why SegMetrics’ first party Looker Studio API connector changes everything.
Whether you’re a growth marketer, digital agency, or SaaS company, this guide will show you how to level up your marketing analytics using these two tools together.
What Is Looker Studio API?
Looker Studio is a free, cloud based data visualization tool offered by Google. Designed for both technical and non technical users, it allows you to build real time dashboards and reports by connecting to a wide variety of data sources including Google Ads, YouTube, BigQuery, Facebook Ads, and many more via third party connectors.
Looker Studio API empowers marketers with visual tools to track and analyze performance metrics across campaigns. Unlike static spreadsheets or traditional reports, Looker Studio offers dynamic visuals, filters and controls that allow users to interact with data on demand.
Key benefits of Looker Studio API:
- Free and accessible for everyone, from solopreneurs to enterprises.
- Connects to 800+ sources either natively or via partners.
- Real time, shareable dashboards that can be scheduled for automated email delivery.
- Custom visualizations tailored to your KPIs, team needs, or executive reporting style.
Check this article out where we talk about how Looker Studio API + SegMetrics = one of the top 5 marketing KPI Dashboards out there.
What Is SegMetrics?
SegMetrics is an advanced marketing attribution and customer journey analytics platform. While Looker Studio API focuses on visualization, SegMetrics excels at attribution. SegMetrics maps every click, lead, and purchase back to its original source. This means you can understand exactly how and where your marketing efforts are driving revenue.
Unlike generic analytics tools that rely on cookies or last click attribution, SegMetrics uses first party data to give marketers a holistic view of the funnel. It ties each interaction back to an actual contact in your CRM, delivering granular insights into lifecycle marketing.
What SegMetrics offers:
- Person level attribution across ads, emails, checkout flows, and more.
- Revenue focused reports that show true Return on Ad Spend (RoAS) and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- Integrations with 120+ platforms including CRMs, payment processors, ad networks, and email tools.
- Server side tracking to bypass ad blockers and improve data accuracy.
Curious how SegMetrics compares to similar tools? Read: SegMetrics vs Hyros.
Why Use Looker Studio API + SegMetrics Together?
The combination of Looker Studio API and SegMetrics provides a complete marketing analytics solution:
SegMetrics tells you what’s working. Looker Studio API helps you show it.
Using SegMetrics alone gives you incredibly accurate attribution data, but presenting that data to stakeholders often requires a more visual, client friendly interface. That’s where Looker Studio comes in.
Main benefits of using both platforms:
- Combine SegMetrics’ revenue attribution with Looker Studio API’s visualization power.
- Build custom dashboards that blend CRM data, ad spend, revenue, and conversions.
- Use live data to track LTV, CAC, RoAS, and funnel drop offs over time.
- Create interactive reports for team members, executives, and clients.
By integrating both platforms, marketers can make faster, smarter decisions while also delivering clean, branded, and professional reporting. Ready to integrate? Check our Looker Studio API + SegMetrics Integration
Top 5 Ways to Bring Marketing Data into SegMetrics Using Looker Studio API
1. Export SegMetrics Reports into Google Sheets
This is the simplest way to start if you’re not using a data warehouse. Export your SegMetrics reports as CSV files and import them into Google Sheets. From there, connect the sheet to Looker Studio API.
To automate this process, use Zapier or Make.com to refresh your data at regular intervals.
Pro Tip: Use multiple tabs within your Sheet to store different SegMetrics reports – e.g., lead source revenue, LTV by tag, campaign ROI – and aggregate them in Looker Studio.
2. Use the SegMetrics API with BigQuery
For more advanced reporting, the SegMetrics API allows you to programmatically pull attribution data. This is especially powerful when used with Google BigQuery, which Looker Studio API connects to natively.
With this approach, you can:
- Schedule daily data pulls from SegMetrics.
- Store data in BigQuery tables for high performance querying.
- Blend SegMetrics insights with external datasets like product analytics or customer support logs.
- Create time comparisons, cohort analyses, and predictive metrics inside Looker Studio.
3. Blend Supermetrics with SegMetrics for Unified Reporting
Use Supermetrics to bring ad spend from Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn into Google Sheets. Then combine that data with SegMetrics revenue attribution to calculate true Return on Ad Spend (RoAS).
Workflow:
- Supermetrics pulls spend data.
- SegMetrics supplies attributed revenue.
- Looker Studio API blends both to visualize campaign efficiency.
This technique is ideal for agencies who want to give clients weekly or monthly performance snapshots.
See also: Tracking True RoAS With SegMetrics
4. Visualize Funnel Performance in Looker Studio API
SegMetrics tracks every step of your customer journey: opt-ins, webinars, email clicks, purchases, upsells, and churn. Exporting this funnel data to Looker Studio lets you build visual representations of where customers drop off and where you’re winning.
Use funnel charts, heatmaps, and comparison bars to:
- Show drop off rates between funnel stages.
- Compare funnels by source, product, or segment.
- Identify optimization opportunities visually.
More: Mapping the Marketing Funnel With SegMetrics
5. Build Weekly Executive Dashboards
Looker Studio API is perfect for generating executive level dashboards with KPIs like:
- Revenue by channel or campaign
- Lead to customer conversion rates
- LTV by cohort
- Weekly trends and comparisons
Using SegMetrics data, you can build real time reports that auto refresh and are sent to stakeholders on a schedule. This helps leadership teams align marketing, sales, and finance using a shared, accurate data source.
Helpful: Building Executive Dashboards Using SegMetrics
The SegMetrics Connector forLooker Studio API
SegMetrics recently released a first partyLooker Studio API connector, allowing users to integrate data without manual exports or scripting. This is a game changer for advanced reporting workflows.
Key advantages:
- Direct integration from SegMetrics into Looker Studio API
- Live data refresh and scheduling
- Access to full reports: revenue by source, funnel conversions, LTV, RoAS, etc.
- Apply filters by campaign, tag, date, or product in real time
- Combining the precision of SegMetrics with the visual intelligence of Looker Studio is like deploying a team of futuristic data bots…streamlined, synchronized, and engineered for marketing brilliance.
Real World Use Cases
SaaS Companies
Track everything from trial signups to recurring revenue. Visualize upgrade paths, churn points, and customer LTV in Looker Studio API, powered by SegMetrics attribution.
More: How SegMetrics Helps SaaS Teams Track Revenue
Agencies
Create dashboards for each client, combining ad spend, CRM data, and revenue attribution. Schedule reports and impress clients with automated weekly summaries.
Learn more: Agency Reporting With SegMetrics
Course Creators
Tie freebie downloads and email campaigns to high ticket course sales. See what offers convert best and optimize your funnel based on real data.
Explore: SegMetrics for Digital Product Creators
Final Thoughts
Looker Studio API gives you visual clarity. SegMetrics gives you attribution accuracy. Together, they unlock your ability to:
- Understand every step of your funnel
- Attribute revenue to the correct source
- Present clean, professional reports to any stakeholder
If you’re serious about making smarter marketing decisions, using Looker Studio API + SegMetrics together is the next logical step in your analytics evolution.
Ready to get started?
- Sign up for a SegMetrics free trial
- Connect to Looker Studio API
- Build your first unified marketing dashboard today
And if you need help? Schedule a demo with our team.
