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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Haven't had this problem with Double Click and Google Analytics, but have had it with other systems and Google Analytics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This may be too simple an answer, and something you've already looked into, but hopefully it might be useful!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We've often found the issue is that the sales tools tracking (ie the double click equivalent) is matching activity back to the original impression / click rather than when the next step actually happens. Whereas Google Analytics matches to when it actually happens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;EG someone clicks on the ad on Monday, and buys on Tuesday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sales tool tracking shows a sale on Monday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google Analytics shows a sale on Tuesday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chloe&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Haven't had this problem with Double Click and Google Analytics, but have had it with other systems and Google Analytics.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This may be too simple an answer, and something you've already looked into, but hopefully it might be useful!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We've often found the issue is that the sales tools tracking (ie the double click equivalent) is matching activity back to the original impression / click rather than when the next step actually happens. Whereas Google Analytics matches to when it actually happens.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;EG someone clicks on the ad on Monday, and buys on Tuesday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sales tool tracking shows a sale on Monday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Google Analytics shows a sale on Tuesday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope that helps&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chloe&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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