Affiliate since: 01/25/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Connie's 11 other Ask SC answers

Great question. I first studied the key code area under power tools.

After setting up my 5 SFI web sites and adding key codes, I copied and pasted them in my app called (notes) on my ipad.
I labeled each one, what it was called and what I was promoting.

Just add a period behind your sponsor code then add your key code.
Then to track specific social media postings, I copied and pasted my gateway sites to my notes.
I labeled one for Facebook; to promote triple clicks. ; http://www.tripleclicks.com/xxxxxxxx.F5454/pbwin
I placed an "F" in front of the 4 digit key code so I would know that the hit came from Facebook without having to refer to my code list.
Then I made a section for Twitter and placed a "T" in front of the key code for it and then I did the same for Linkedin.

To make it simple, after I set up the coded link in Notes, I copied it and pasted it again and changed the code to reflect Twitter or LinkedIn etc.. That way, I didn't have to re-type the link each time.

I also used several of my links on the gateway, copied and pasted them into my notes. Decided where to post them, added them under the appropriate category ... Facebook... Etc, then recoded them with the letters and whichever 4 digit code I wanted to use.

You can do this for all your advertising. This is just a simple method to help you get started.

Now when I get ready to post one of my links, let's say to facebook; I go to my Notes app and copy the link that I already have set it, them I go to facebook and paste it. Simple?

Of course as you advance, you can get more creative with your codes, you can select numbers to mean something such as this code for example; F1214. Of course F, stands for Facebook, 1, could stand for the first time you promoted it, 2, for the month, 14 for the date, you can get really creative.

Now to track your results, go to (power tools), hit tracking, and your results will show up there. The letter in the key code will be listed above the box with the key code in it. I tested this and it works, I hope this helps!!!

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Great question. I first studied the key code area under power tools.

After setting up my 5 SFI web sites and adding key codes, I copied and pasted them in my app called (notes) on my ipad.
I labeled each one, what it was called and what I was promoting.

Just add a period behind your sponsor code then add your key code.
Then to track specific social media postings, I copied and pasted my gateway sites to my notes.
I labeled one for Facebook; to promote triple
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Affiliate since: 09/08/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Antonija's 19 other Ask SC answers

I already done it.

Open new file on your computer and write down all codes you added on which links and where.

Be aware that your records of hit tracking are reset every sunday.

Use your hit tracking here: https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking and make notes about clicks. Now you have statistics, you can read from your tracking where to advertise on which day.

For example: add tracking code 789 to your ad on classifield ad in USA, and track clicks every day. You will see how much clicks you get every day all week. So what to do now?

Now you know which days are the best to place ad in USA. This is the best way to sort your ads:

1. Depends of type of ad
2. Country
3. The most hits of the day (For example: if Monday is 140 hits and it is best result, than post your ads on Monday)

Track all results for all of your countries and ads. After you do this for one month, your ads will be more effective next month! This will help you to grow, and save you a time.

All the best
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I already done it.

Open new file on your computer and write down all codes you added on which links and where.

Be aware that your records of hit tracking are reset every sunday.

Use your hit tracking here: https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking and make notes about clicks. Now you have statistics, you can read from your tracking where to advertise on which day.

For example: add tracking code 789 to your ad on classifield ad in USA, and track clicks
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Affiliate since: 11/09/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Kresimir's 6 other Ask SC answers

There are four main points included or influented into well orginization with tracking system, if you want to advertise and promote your business in SFI. We could found
them under POWER TOOLS menu.

Each SFI improved affiliate MUST employ to build a thriving, profitable business.
Because, they use the links below to learn about how to use each one, then put as many of them into action as you can...as soon as you can!


1.S-Builder Co-op
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SFI's international, multi-channel advertising co-op, S-Builder gives you the ability to accelerate your path to success by purchasing shares in S-Builder. With S-Builder, you can simply plug in to our global advertising co-op and within a 7 or 8 weeks begin receiving signups (both SFI affiliates and TC members). Available to all SFI Affiliates.


2.Key Code Tracking
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No serious marketer goes out into the marketplace without a method for identifying which of his or her advertisements are working and which are not. Our Key Code Tracking tool gives you ability to easily pinpoint where your results are coming from, so that you can maximize your sales and recruiting. Available to all SFI Affiliates.
Three key codes are not responsible to SFI affiliates:
1101 ... that is reserved to SFI S-Buildef Coop participitans in sign ups recruiting
1200 ... that is reserved
1300 ... that is reserved

Other codes, like from two to four digits you could define as you know to your kind and sources of advertising, but in further form, as one example:
http://www.sfi4.com/xxxxxxx.cccc/FREE
xxxxxxx is your SFI ID number
cccc is your defined key code


3.Hit Tracking
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Like Key Code tracking, if you're not monitoring the amount of traffic coming to your SFI Gateway Websites, you're "flying blind." Use our Hit Tracking tool to help you gauge which Gateways are working best for you. Available to all SFI Affiliates.


4.Co-op Manager
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Co-op advertising is an extremely powerful method of advertising in which two or more people share the cost of advertising and the resulting benefits. SFI's Co-op Manager tools allows you and your team members to pool your dollars together to advertise, and then equally share in the results. Plus, SFI's Co-op Manager does all the heavy lifting while providing you with a powerful platform to create and run easy, no-fuss co-ops that can explode your business. Available to Executive Affiliates and Team Leaders.

My opinion is that Hit Tracking and Key Code Tracking directly depends on your own marketing politics and sources, but SFI only help with builtin two tools that your own organized marketing and advertising system could be functional and effective.

Conclusion ==>
==> you must to organize, or to use on smart way, that two types of codes if you want to get good organization of your advertising

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There are four main points included or influented into well orginization with tracking system, if you want to advertise and promote your business in SFI. We could found
them under POWER TOOLS menu.

Each SFI improved affiliate MUST employ to build a thriving, profitable business.
Because, they use the links below to learn about how to use each one, then put as many of them into action as you can...as soon as you can!


1.S-Builder Co-op
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SFI's
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Affiliate since: 07/26/2007, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

To set up a system to organize and track your advertising you must set goals. Most affiliates fail to set the expectation early on and therefore they are unable to get the most out of their advertising. Another mistake commonly made is trying to advertising in too many places at one time without proving which is most effective.

Therefore, it is a must that you outline your goals. How many PSAs are you looking to recruit? How many ECAs are you looking to recruit? How many SFIPPAs are you looking to recruit? Which products do you plan to promote? How many PRMs are you looking to recruit? All of these questions demand an answer within a reasonable timeline.

Now that you know what results are acceptable for your promotion now you must learn how to create effective ads that get results. There is a lot of information available on writing effective ads. You can find some here: https://www.sfimg.com/Training/ I recommend that you choose about 3 to 5 sources of advertising to run your test ads. Your first ads are going to be test ads to see what kind of feedback your ads will get from the advertising sources.

Moreover, you will keycode each of your ads so that you will be able to ascertain which ad sources are generating web traffic in the form of hits. It shall come to pass that every PSAs, ECAs, or SFIPPA you recruit accordingly will be key coded in your genealogy. Be sure to devote about 1 1/2 hours to promoting and more if time permits.

In the course of time, you will have data that can be used to determine which sites yield the best traffic. Remember, all of your advertising should be results based. If you are not reaching your goals within a reasonable period of time of due diligence then move to another source. There are many places and platforms to advertise on. This is an on going process and ads will continue to be tracked and monitored for improvement. When your goals are met then raise the standard. Soon you will find that you will be recruiting PSAs, ECAs, PRMs, and SFIPPAs on a regular basis. Best of all, you will start to see sales and therefore increase your commissions.
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To set up a system to organize and track your advertising you must set goals. Most affiliates fail to set the expectation early on and therefore they are unable to get the most out of their advertising. Another mistake commonly made is trying to advertising in too many places at one time without proving which is most effective.

Therefore, it is a must that you outline your goals. How many PSAs are you looking to recruit? How many ECAs are you looking to recruit? How many SFIPPAs
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Very simply put - just open up a Microsoft Office Excel Sheet (or get a free one from Office Org) and number each row one step further from where you start. EG. if you start at 001 the next obvious one is 2, 3, 4 etc.

As you put in new advertising with a new site take the next number and use it for key coding the site.

Along with that in the columns, make different columns for
1) your keycode
2) no of hits...........after a while I find that there are too many hits in too many different places so I just clump all the hits for the site together and keep adding the total to the total I already have. It is enough to give me a good idea as to which site is working for me.
3) put a log in link of the site you are using this code for here, so that you can make out right away which site is getting the hits - and by putting in a log in link all you need to do is click on the link and it will take you to that site right away.
4) any specifications put out by the site ---eg. one free ad in 4 days, etc.
5) date last used for putting out an add, so it becomes easy to resend when the time is up.
Any other things that you want to keep a track off can also be put into different columns here. eg password, email used, etc.
All the best. Have fun with key-coding and hit tracking. :)
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Very simply put - just open up a Microsoft Office Excel Sheet (or get a free one from Office Org) and number each row one step further from where you start. EG. if you start at 001 the next obvious one is 2, 3, 4 etc.

As you put in new advertising with a new site take the next number and use it for key coding the site.

Along with that in the columns, make different columns for
1) your keycode
2) no of hits...........after a while I find that there are too many hits
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Affiliate since: 01/10/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Antony Rennish's 2 other Ask SC answers

A system to track the advertisement is available in "Power Tools " Tab ie, " Hit tracking" ,use an Excel or spreadsheet to organize it .

Points to remember

1.Use the key codes in your advertisement gateway for easy tracking

Example -http://www.sfimg4.com/xxxx.1515/FREE , ( The "xxxx" should be your affiliate id and the digits after that should be changed in each advertisement )

Three Key Codes are reserved for SFI corporate use.ie ,
1101 for affiliates from S-Builder.
1200 for affiliates who were not referred to SFI by anyone.
1300 for TripleClicks members via the TC Tell-A-Friend feature.


2.Due to system memory constraints, SFI resets Hit Tracking automatically each Sunday. Please note your Hit Tracking numbers before the weekly reset.

3.Note these data in an "excel" in each week and prepare the MIS for easy analysis , so you can track ,which website gives more "Hits" and result .

Hope this helps !

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A system to track the advertisement is available in "Power Tools " Tab ie, " Hit tracking" ,use an Excel or spreadsheet to organize it .

Points to remember

1.Use the key codes in your advertisement gateway for easy tracking

Example -http://www.sfimg4.com/xxxx.1515/FREE , ( The "xxxx" should be your affiliate id and the digits after that should be changed in each advertisement )

Three Key Codes are reserved for SFI corporate
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Affiliate since: 06/29/2000, Power Rank: 59 | Read Leon's 55 other Ask SC answers

You can use paper, a spreadsheet or even a database to perform steps 1 to 5. You do NOT need a complicated system, but as you grow it would make your system a LOT easier to track if you used a computer based tool like a spreadsheet.

IMPORTANT: All steps require you to track the advertising source of each lead. Use Key Code Tracking!

1) Track the "per lead" cost from your advertising. Ad cost divided by total number of leads generated.

2) Track the "per Affiliate" conversion cost from your advertising. Ad cost divided by total number of Affiliates converted from leads.

3) Track the "per EA2" conversion cost of the Affiliates from your advertising. Ad cost divided by total number of EA2s generated from Affiliates.

4) Advanced Metric: Track the EA2 "burn rate" from your advertising. This would be how long each lead stays active as an EA2 or above. This metric can be very important when you determine the demographics (countries and income levels) you want to target with your ads.

5) Determine which leads within your "lead system" overall convert the best to EA2, based on 1 to 4, and then "scale up" what you did to generate and convert those leads.

Hint: Use A/B split testing through every step of the advertising process! When using A/B split testing put 80% of your budget in your best ads and use the other 20% for testing purposes. A/B split testing = Always Be Testing! Google the term when you get a chance...

SFI provides the tools you need to get started with your very own "lead system". However, for advanced Affiliates you may want to graduate to building and owning your own list. The basic steps are still the same except you would capture all leads on your own website and then market SFI directly to each prospect in whatever manner you see fit.

Some of the SFI tools you should consider:

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/TLCoop

I'm aware that all of the above may sound complicated. However, I would encourage everyone that reads this response to copy this information for future reference. If you want to earn SERIOUS INCOME from your internet marketing business you're going to need a lead system. I can assure you that if you take things one step at a time you'll be a professional within a very reasonable period of time. See you at the top!
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You can use paper, a spreadsheet or even a database to perform steps 1 to 5. You do NOT need a complicated system, but as you grow it would make your system a LOT easier to track if you used a computer based tool like a spreadsheet.

IMPORTANT: All steps require you to track the advertising source of each lead. Use Key Code Tracking!

1) Track the "per lead" cost from your advertising. Ad cost divided by total number of leads generated.

2) Track the "per
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi Marlene

You are Intelligent indeed by asking this type of question.

By asking this question I would like to assume that you are already familiar with SFI's inbuilt tracking and Key-code system for organizing and tracking your advertising (i.e traffic source, conversions etc)
Personally, In order to keep track of what codes I used previously in my advertising I use Open Microsoft's Office's spread sheet. I find it a handy organizing tool in that regard.

Of course it is always VERY necessary to track your ads as an Internet marketer or Affiliate marketer especially when you are spending hard earned money as ad spend. If you decide to focus on a lesser complicated tracking system like the one provided by SFI then You can simply monitor all that through your Activity Notifications or genealogy
For reference notes and more on this kindly refer to: https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking
and https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking

Additionally there is a piece of software called sugarCRM. It is complete CRM solution that automates your core sales, customer service and marketing processes, with a focus on the individual. This would work great if you would like to effectively manage TripleClicks ECA's, purchases from your ECA store, etc. As an ECA using it you get powerful functionality, driving higher adoption and greater business insights.

If however you would like to venture out of SFI. There are so many great tracking systems and software that you can use to set up, organize and track ALL your advertising in one place. These systems have great inbuilt tools that can be used to keep track of and manage all of your advertising in one central location(your account) at a couple clicks.

Having said that one of the best and most popular one's I have seen being used by many marketers is hypertracker
For a small monthly fee this powerful ad and tracking manager can help you effectively manage all of your Ad work in one place. With this tool you could even split test your advertising to see which landing/opt-in or squeeze page is converting the best. Your own website with an autoresponder would help you leverage this tool better

If you have a Wordpress website you could try using the WP-plugin called WP-tracker to help you set up, organize and track your advertising in one place. I use it my self and have found it to be very effective. It's cost effective (one time fee). After purchase simply upload the file through the Wordpress admin area and then click on activate button and you are good to go. It tracks everything from geography, IP addresses, uniques, conversions etc

If you are a Facebook advertiser, a great Facebook tracking software called Fb ad software will give you a centralized tracking platform for all your social tracking needs. The other piece is called qwaya which is equally great.
Others are acqusio which can help you automatically encode all of your Facebook ads created. You can effectively track the performance all of your ads down to the specific audience segment and variables you have selected.

In conclusion, at the end of the day it's all going to boil back to tracking tools and which ones work the best, to set up, organize and track all your Advertising in one place for optimal results plus how much you are willing to spend as budget for these tools. So the choice is really up to you. If you are tight look for the one's with a one time fee for starters.

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Hi Marlene

You are Intelligent indeed by asking this type of question.

By asking this question I would like to assume that you are already familiar with SFI's inbuilt tracking and Key-code system for organizing and tracking your advertising (i.e traffic source, conversions etc)
Personally, In order to keep track of what codes I used previously in my advertising I use Open Microsoft's Office's spread sheet. I find it a handy organizing tool in that regard.

Of
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Affiliate since: 01/14/2013, Power Rank: 722 | Read Sule's 287 other Ask SC answers

Hi Marlene,

The best way to start is to add key codes to your personal SFI and TC Gateways or any other Gateways you may choose to promote. Gratefully, SFI provides you the tools to use on this link:

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking?referrer=search

The key codes will assist you to track the volume of traffic to your ads and the conversion rates. Armed with the information, you can easily decide which promotions are doing poorly and do require some improvements and which are doing very well. You may choose to use some unique key codes for each ads site to make comparisons easier.

It is also advisable (if you know how) to find ways to set up many data fields to compare different types of advertising whether Offline or Online and to make informed decisions based on the data you collect.

These are the only ways I can think of right now by which you can set up a system to organize and track your advertising. I hope this answers your question? Best wishes.

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Hi Marlene,

The best way to start is to add key codes to your personal SFI and TC Gateways or any other Gateways you may choose to promote. Gratefully, SFI provides you the tools to use on this link:

https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking?referrer=search

The key codes will assist you to track the volume of traffic to your ads and the conversion rates. Armed with the information, you can easily decide which promotions are doing poorly and do require some
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

"How do I set up a system to organize and track my advertising?"

Well i don't think you need anymore system to organize your advertisement since SFI has already provide everything we need to organize our advertisement for free,what you have to do is to use your HIT TRACKING and KEY CODE to track where your advertisement are coming from.
1.use Hit tracking to know how many hits your links(gateways) are receiving every week before its reset by the system .visit this link now to learn more about it https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/HitTracking

2.using Key code to know which of your advertisement is working and which one is not..This gives you immediate feedback on your advertising, so you can easily identify where your results are coming from, which sources are pulling, and which is not...learn more here https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking
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"How do I set up a system to organize and track my advertising?"

Well i don't think you need anymore system to organize your advertisement since SFI has already provide everything we need to organize our advertisement for free,what you have to do is to use your HIT TRACKING and KEY CODE to track where your advertisement are coming from.
1.use Hit tracking to know how many hits your links(gateways) are receiving every week before its reset by the system .visit this link
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