Hello
I like to test everything, gateways, banners, my own blog posts, backlinks, facebook posts, twitter posts, classified ads, traffic exchange sites, safelist emails, and the list goes on and on.
At the beginning I had no idea of how to track and what to track, but then I began seeing that I could and that I should track. It helps me understand many things and also focus on the things that are working better.
My strategy is to use three things, let me explain:
1. A spreadsheet
2. A tracker (you can start with the basic hit tracking that SFI provides and then go for a paid service or a free service like goo.gl)
3. The keycodes SFI offers that so many others have explained, to check the genealogy and update the spreadsheet
On the spreadsheet I have the following columns:
A. Original URL - this is the URL the tracker gives me
B. Gateway where it redirects - this is the end destination
C. Where the URL was posted - i.e Facebook, twitter, blog, etc
D. Time when the URL was posted/published (this may be different in the case of safelists and traffic exchanges)
E. How many impressions did it receive (views for banners)
F. How much did the post or number of impression cost (I give a 0 for free posts,
although my time costs)
G. How many clicks did it receive
H. How much was the cost per click (I give a 0 for free posts, although again my time costs)
I. How many PSAs/PRM did I enroll -or have enrolled to date from this link
J. How many PSAs/PRM are active after two weeks
K. How many PSAs/PRM are active after four weeks
Using the spreadsheet I have found very interesting places to post, interesting times to post and different types of things to say when I post. But you have to be very committed to not repeat hit tracker codes (that's why I use external tracker plus for georeference and IP numbers).
Maintain your spreadsheet up to date, check daily or at least every other day and you will see awesome results. You will learn a lot too!
I hope this helps!
Have a wonderful day!
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Hello
I like to test everything, gateways, banners, my own blog posts, backlinks, facebook posts, twitter posts, classified ads, traffic exchange sites, safelist emails, and the list goes on and on.
At the beginning I had no idea of how to track and what to track, but then I began seeing that I could and that I should track. It helps me understand many things and also focus on the things that are working better.
My strategy is to use three things, let me explain:
1.
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