Best way to track if people are clicking my product links from paid ads on Craigslist, anyone?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by marque1, Jul 18, 2013.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    So I have my product sales page and I am thinking about posting ads on Craigslist and I have been advised to track these adds - how do I go about doing this please?

    Thanks ind advance!
     
    marque1, Jul 18, 2013 IP
  2. qwikad.com

    qwikad.com Illustrious Member Affiliate Manager

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  3. NameNetwork

    NameNetwork Active Member

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    bit.ly or goo.gl work great and are widely recognized, and as Qwik points out there are 1000's of different services offering it ...
     
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  4. marque1

    marque1 Greenhorn

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    qwikad: thanks for this and my i use my payapl link throughout the sales copy so maybe i could have this shortened and whether CL allow this, I will have to search. thanks soo much

    nameetwork: thanks too for the exmaples/resources which I will have a look a too! :)
     
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    wzn888 Member

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    you can use shorten url service to like,bitly,they will track your url and tell where the traffic come from
     
    wzn888, Jul 21, 2013 IP
  6. ChrisBa

    ChrisBa Well-Known Member

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    Why not try prosper202?
     
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    Branko Zecevic Active Member

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    I used bit.ly (free URL tracker), but not on Craigslist!
    You can always try it! There is nothing to lose because
    it's a free service! Just check if CL allows it!
     
    Branko Zecevic, Jul 22, 2013 IP
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    mian.owais211 Active Member

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    Hi, you can mask your link with bitly or google shortner. You can track all the clicks with location etc.
     
    mian.owais211, Jul 23, 2013 IP
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    Do NOT use bit.ly. Do a Google search for url shorteners and use one from the second or third page of the results. Craigslist is not as familiar with the lesser known shorteners.
     
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    robscross123 Peon

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    Hi ChirsBa:
    I'm trying to learn how to use prosper202. Do you know someone I can pay to teach me how to use it over skype?
    Rob
     
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    @robscross123,

    Personal training would always cost you more, you can go on the warriorforum and search for the products available for p202! I saw couple of ebooks selling on warriorforum which were delivering advanced knowledge!

    ChrisBa is also well reputed at warriorforum :)
     
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    robscross123 Peon

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    Thanks
     
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  13. Helge Sverre

    Helge Sverre Prominent Member Affiliate Manager

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    I use goo.gl for tracing click on external sites and Analytics event code to track onpage clicks(although it seem to be a bit buggy sometimes).
     
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    You should also be tracking conversions for any paid ads to identify your ROI.

    Otherwise, you have no idea if the placement is working or not.

    Good luck.
     
    Clickthroo, Aug 14, 2013 IP