What is the best way to track emails through Google Analytics?

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions G+ community.

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  Wakefly, Inc.: What is the best way to track emails through Google Analytics?
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  Mike Stetzer: If you've got links in the email, you can append UTM parameters on the URLs. This will only show you visitors that land on your page from emails, though.
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  Wakefly, Inc.: Thanks !
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  Shawn Cohen: You might have seen this, but here's the GA Analytics Academy video on tagging ;