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Add a Tracking Code to a Url And Track Your AutoResponder (AWeber) Leads
Posted by: | CommentsEver wanted to know exactly what advertising source your leads come from while they all opt in into the same form?
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Would you like to know exactly which Ezine article generates most leads?
I’m not talking just traffic, but leads, visitors that converted into a lead?
Well, you can, all you have to do is ad a tracking code to your URL
and then pass that code to your auto-responder form, that’s it!
Sounds simple, and it is 
I’ll show you exactly how to do that in this video.
Here is a quick summary.
If you wanted to track several sources of traffic like:
- EZine article
- A specific YouTube Video
- A Solo Ad
- Specific email that’s gone out to your list
And use only one capture page to do that….
Let’s assume that your landing page is at: www.MyLandingPage.com
Here is what you need to do:
1) Create your unique destination urls to your landing page and publish them with your content, wherever you want to track your leads from.
- www.MyLandingPage.com?tid=10
- www.MyLandingPage.com?tid=202
- www.MyLandingPage.com?tid=solo-ad
- www.MyLandingPage.com?tid=my_promotion
- etc ….
use whatever value you want at the end of the url,
just make sure there are no spaces in that last word; i.e use “solo-ad” and not “solo ad”
2) Modify the HTML code of your opt in form to make sure it supports the tracking feature. In my case I’m using an AWeber form. So, I need to make sure that my form code has the following line:
<input type=”hidden” name=”meta_adtracking” id=”meta_adtracking” value=”">
It’s important that id=”meta_adtracking” is added to your form for this technique to work.
Also, make sure there is only one web form that has this specific ID inside of it.
3) Place the Java Script snippet at the end of your page,
anywhere after your opt in form and before the closing </body> tag.
Use your favorite HTML editor or just any text editor application
to change the code of your landing page.
Here is the Java snippet to use:
| <script type=”text/javascript”>
function update_tracking_id(field_id) if( results == null ) update_tracking_id(‘meta_adtracking’); </script> |
4) That’s it, if you’ve done everything correctly, your leads will be assigned a unique ID
from each of the URLs you’ve created, as long as you’ve create them correctly.
Please leave a comment. I’d like to know if you have any questions or if something is not very clear. Thanks.
How To Build a High Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself
Posted by: | CommentsHere are some great tips from Tim Ferriss on how to blog effectively.
How To Convert A Video To .flv Format With Great Quality And For Free
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve spent a great amount of time searching for a good way of converting my video files into the flash (.flv) format.
There are many converters and programs that do this, but some are expensive and some are too complicated to use, or simply spammy and not something I want to install on my computer. I actually found a script that does it, but its nowhere as simple to do as what I’m about to share with you below.
To make a long story short, a new friend of mine Joey Borden shared a great trick with me on how to convert video to .flv files for free and actually end up with great video quality as well. So, here is how you do it:
- Upload your video to your free blip.tv account (open one if you don’t have one)
- Let blip.tv save and convert your movie into flash (happens automatically right after the upload)
- Download your movie to your computer (use the download button inside “quick links” toolbar)
- You’re Done!
Thank you Joey (www.thedreamliving.com) for sharing this trick with me!
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How To Embed A Flash Video Onto Your Page
Posted by: | CommentsThere are times when you don’t want to host your video with a public service like YouTube and instead would want to have it on your own hosting server. In this case you need a way to play your video with a special player.
The best way to do that is to convert your video file into a flash format and then embed it into your post or page with the correct flash player. There is an easy way to convert video files into flash format, but let me address that in a different post.
Any way, one of the best players for that job is the JW FLV Media Player by Longtail Video. It takes a little bit of playing around to learn it, but once you know what you’re doing its fairly straight forward.
If you’re planing on using a WordPress blog to play your video, there is a great plugin that utilizes this media player. The name of the plugin is “Flash Video Player Plugin“, pretty self-explanatory
It’s a very flexible plugin that makes it very simple to play your videos on your blog. Watch my five minute video below on how to use this plugin. Let me know what you think please, your comments are greatly appreciated!
(The sound is a little low, sorry about that …)
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How To Open a New Hosting Account With HostGator
Posted by: | CommentsNo matter what program you use to build your website, you will need to host it somewhere and pay hosting fees. If you build your website with BlinkWeb, you have a choice of hosting it with BlinkWeb for $14.95 a month or have your own hosting account with an independent hosting company like HostGator for about $9.00 per month.
If you don’t have your own hosting account and would like to get one, I recommend HostGator.
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