Affiliate since: 11/19/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Zeljko's 12 other Ask SC answers

Nice question.

I put numbers inside my notepad let's say from 1 to 10 and name it. Let's say for example number 1 is craigslist, number 2 is olx etc. and when I see on my Hit tracking page Key Code I look in my notepad and know where it is and am I doing something wrong or not. Of course you can use generalization so you can put same number for all classified ads and next number for traffic exchange and etc.

Affiliate since: 12/29/2013, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello! Try different approaches also, you can decide what tracking method you want to try after that, as there are many approaches that one can use to effectively do so.

For additional information on setting up a tracking system to suite your needs, please see: https://www.sfimg.com/PowerTools/KeyCodeTracking
The best way is to define some of your own numbers such as 1201 for facebook ad, 1202 for sms promotion of your SFI gateway.
Have a nice day!

Affiliate since: 05/05/2004, Power Rank: 916 | Read Robertson's 212 other Ask SC answers

Valuable resources like time and money is spent on advertising and it is therefore necessary to determine the effectiveness of those resources used for advertising. Campaigns can then be adjusted or modified to enhance the effectiveness of advertising.

As far as SFI is concerned provision is made to incorporate Key Codes on the various links and this helps us to track the effectiveness of advertising at various sources like free classifieds, paid classifieds, websites, blogs, social media etc. A different code is used to represent each source.

The number of signups for each designated code for a source can be determined and compared with the other sources. Action can be take as to how best the sources which are not doing well can be improved.

A table can be drawn up highlighting the sources, codes and the number of sign-ups from each source. Comparisons are made and action taken to boost sign-ups.

A more advanced method of tracking is Google Analytics. This is a service offered by Google that generates detailed statistics about a website’s traffic and traffic sources and measures conversions and sales. Google analytics can track visitors from all referrers, including search engines and social networks.

These basic systems will suffice to organize and track advertisements for your SFI business.

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Valuable resources like time and money is spent on advertising and it is therefore necessary to determine the effectiveness of those resources used for advertising. Campaigns can then be adjusted or modified to enhance the effectiveness of advertising.

As far as SFI is concerned provision is made to incorporate Key Codes on the various links and this helps us to track the effectiveness of advertising at various sources like free classifieds, paid classifieds, websites, blogs, social media
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Affiliate since: 08/07/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bethany's 12 other Ask SC answers

Using key codes is by far the most effective and simplest way to track your ads. I organize mine in a spreadsheet and have dozens of key codes.

You need to track how much traffic you are receiving and, more importantly, the amount of sign ups you get from each source as well. Getting lots of traffic is good, but it means little when no one is signing up.

Test different methods for which ones are effective. Free and paid advertising are both good choices. You can submit to PTC sites, classifieds, become a sponsor of a newsletter or webpage, just to list a few examples.
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Using key codes is by far the most effective and simplest way to track your ads. I organize mine in a spreadsheet and have dozens of key codes.

You need to track how much traffic you are receiving and, more importantly, the amount of sign ups you get from each source as well. Getting lots of traffic is good, but it means little when no one is signing up.

Test different methods for which ones are effective. Free and paid advertising are both good choices. You can submit to
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Affiliate since: 11/08/2012, Power Rank: 73 | Read Johnny's 264 other Ask SC answers

For me this is how I set my own system to track my advertising campaigns and have since created. Several own unique domain or websites as well as prestige domain gateways and then link the various sfi gateway links with key codes so that it will not be rejected by the various social media platforms and online classifieds and all and at the same time can see which come out more effective
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