Ok I have seen many posts here about tracking CPA leads generated by keyword.
I think that it is a great idea but being the newbie I am I had no idea how this could be done.
Then one night it hit me on how I could do this. I have not seen any instructions for newbies to set this up so I thought I would share.
I am by no means an expert at this and I will prob miss a step here or there but it will be a start.
First off each CPA network has the ability to track sub id's. If the network is running direct track then to add a sub id
you simply add it to the end of your tracking link. For example:
http://network_url.com/z/2436/CDyouraffiliatenumber/subid
There are other networks that have different methods of tracking sub id's. They are all basically the same method. Simply ask your affiliate manager about it.
Ok now here comes the trick part.
This deals with Google adwords only. Other PPC networks will be similar.
You are going to send each keywords traffic to a unique url that has a keyword variable attached to it.
So, open up your keyword list and you should see your keyword list like this:
flowers
daisys
vase
flower delivery
Here is how to set your keyword list up to go to the unique url you want
flowers ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=1
roses ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=2
daisys ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=3
vase ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=4
flower delivery ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=5
simply change the keyword number for each different keyword you have all the way down the list
Notice you can also specify a different max CPC for each keyword.
Now you have attached the keyword variable to the url. You could just use the exact keyword but I do not reccomend it as you will be passing this information through the CPA network.
By using a number and keeping track of your keyword list in an excel sheet with the number referenced to each keyword you will be safer.
Now for the last step you have to know a little PHP to extract the vairable and place it in the tracking link.
Simply add this to the top of your code within the <body> tag of your landing page:
<?php
$subid = $_GET['keyword'];
?>
Then add the following bit of PHP code to your affiliate link.
http://network_url.com/z/2436/CDyouraffiliatenumber/<?php print ($subid);
?>
That is it you should now be tracking your leads by keyword. When you check your stats your subid will show a list of numbers
you can then reference the number to the keyword in excel.
I hope this helps some. As I stated before I am by no means an expert at this. If you have any other tips pleas post them.
I am still working on a way to track leads generated by the content network as this method will only work for searches.
Hope this helps,
Joe
I think that it is a great idea but being the newbie I am I had no idea how this could be done.
Then one night it hit me on how I could do this. I have not seen any instructions for newbies to set this up so I thought I would share.
I am by no means an expert at this and I will prob miss a step here or there but it will be a start.
First off each CPA network has the ability to track sub id's. If the network is running direct track then to add a sub id
you simply add it to the end of your tracking link. For example:
http://network_url.com/z/2436/CDyouraffiliatenumber/subid
There are other networks that have different methods of tracking sub id's. They are all basically the same method. Simply ask your affiliate manager about it.
Ok now here comes the trick part.
This deals with Google adwords only. Other PPC networks will be similar.
You are going to send each keywords traffic to a unique url that has a keyword variable attached to it.
So, open up your keyword list and you should see your keyword list like this:
flowers
daisys
vase
flower delivery
Here is how to set your keyword list up to go to the unique url you want
flowers ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=1
roses ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=2
daisys ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=3
vase ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=4
flower delivery ** 1.00 ** http://www.flowerexample11111.com/index.php?keyword=5
simply change the keyword number for each different keyword you have all the way down the list
Notice you can also specify a different max CPC for each keyword.
Now you have attached the keyword variable to the url. You could just use the exact keyword but I do not reccomend it as you will be passing this information through the CPA network.
By using a number and keeping track of your keyword list in an excel sheet with the number referenced to each keyword you will be safer.
Now for the last step you have to know a little PHP to extract the vairable and place it in the tracking link.
Simply add this to the top of your code within the <body> tag of your landing page:
<?php
$subid = $_GET['keyword'];
?>
Then add the following bit of PHP code to your affiliate link.
http://network_url.com/z/2436/CDyouraffiliatenumber/<?php print ($subid);
?>
That is it you should now be tracking your leads by keyword. When you check your stats your subid will show a list of numbers
you can then reference the number to the keyword in excel.
I hope this helps some. As I stated before I am by no means an expert at this. If you have any other tips pleas post them.
I am still working on a way to track leads generated by the content network as this method will only work for searches.
Hope this helps,
Joe
