How To Share WA Content With A Tracking ID

byboomergp08

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3 months ago

A few days ago a question was asked in the community in regards to using a Tracking ID on our WA Affiliate Links so one could track where a potential referral came from. Though I had answered the question at the time, I want to now elaborate and give you a quick visual step-by-step procedure.

HOW TO SET YOUR TRACKING ID

As you probably already know, we can all share content created here by others on social media and on our websites, if relevant. What do I mean by relevant? If your website is about cosmetic essentials, you wouldn't be sharing a WA blog or training having to do with SEO or AI.

However, when sharing on social media or in an email, you don't have to be relevant to a specific niche. In these cases, and where the shared content is relevant, you want to make sure the WA content is from your affiliate link to that content. For example, let us say you want to share Kyle's Boot Camp lesson.

Just under the title and media window of the post you will see the share button. It's to the right of the Like, Comment and Save icons. See Image above. Click on Share so you can get your affiliate link. Why is this important? So that if someone joins WA through your shared post, you get the referral.

Now if you decide to share your affiliate link to this post in more than one location such as Facebook, X (Twitter), email, a relevant website, etc., if you should get a referral you probably would like to know which posting gave you the referral. In the image below I set my Tracking ID as BOOTCAMP-01.

Normally your affiliate link to this post would end with your affiliate ID. However, when you add a Tracking ID, it will appear AFTER your affiliate ID. As you can see in the above image I typed BOOTCAMP-01 in the field that says "Add Tracking ID (Optional)" and it appears after my affiliate ID as "&data1=BOOTCAMP-01"

Now I would just copy the entire affiliate link and share it on social media, email or a relevant website. You can also add a Tracking ID to your main WA Affiliate link in the same manner as the above example. Click on the WA Affiliate Program link in the left side navigation menu. Then click on the Links tab in the above menu.

The Tracking ID screen looks different here, see below image, but getting your affiliate link with tracking is the same. Once on your Affiliate Program Stats screen click the link tab (#1) and it will bring up the custom Link Builder. Then in the appropriate area (#2), type in your Tracking ID and click "Generate Link" button.

WHERE TO SEE WHICH TRACKING ID YOUR REFERRAL CAME FROM

While on the same WA Affiliate Program Stats Screen, scroll down until you see the section that says "Entrance Stats" to see where your referrals come from. The top two will more likely be the same as I have, which are the two main entrance points for most WA referrals, WA Website Homepage & Guest Join Form V2.

As you can see in the below image, you will see the affiliate link in the left column, then the Tracking ID in the second column (#1) arrow. Then moving right you will see Referrals & Sales for the day and the month. Then the All-Time stats for Referrals (#2) arrow and Sales (#3) arrow. Notice these do not have Tracking ID's.

Though you can add a Tracking ID to your WA Website Homepage, it will not appear near the top of this list. Scroll down this list and you may see a "Load More" button to continue down the list. If you have never gained a referral, you may not see this button. Continue scrolling down until you see a Tracking ID link.

As you can see in the image above, I have two links that have Tracking ID's attached to them, "sr-website4free" and "sr-videogames" (#1) arrow. Though I did not receive any Premium Sales from these links, I did receive 5 referrals from the first link and 4 referrals from the second link (#2) arrow.

Just to review, I showed you how to add a Tracking ID to both WA content posts and your personal WA Affiliate Links. Then I showed you where to see which Tracking ID links are doing well and where your referrals come from. If you still have any questions or comments, please leave them below.