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Tracking Referring Websites & Keywords With Your Autosresponder...

by Tom Lazenby
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Hi Guys,

I caught a thread on Facebook the other day (which I've now lost) that mentioned that it's possible to track the referring keyword/website by having a hidden field on your optin form, combined with some .php jiggery pokery. The end result would be every subscriber having their keyword and referring site logged within the autoresponder.

Does anybody know how to do this?
#autosresponder #keywords #referring #tracking #websites
  • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
    To be able to store the data in your autoresponder
    account, you'll need to create a custom field for each
    piece of data you want to record, e.g. referring url,
    keyword, etc.

    Then you need to set-up your landing page in php
    to be able to dynamically autocomplete the data
    into the hidden fields within the opt-in form.

    There are a number of ways to do this, depending
    upon your set-up.

    For example, you can append the data to the url as
    part of a query string and then use some php code
    in the opt-in form to dynamically autofill the hidden
    custom field.

    Or, if you use a script that is able to drop a cookie
    on the user's computer, and then use some php code
    to pull the data from the cookie and auto-insert it
    into the relevant hidden fields.

    Dedicated to mutual success,

    Shaun
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Lazenby
    Thanks Shaun!

    I primarily use Optimize Press. Does that mean I'd have to construct new landers written solely in php?
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    • Profile picture of the author Shaun OReilly
      You could edit the template files from OptimizePress so
      that the php code could be executed inside the optin
      form within WordPress.

      Or, you could create standalone php landing pages.

      Dedicated to mutual success,

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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Lazenby
    Thanks Shaun. Time to find a php expert :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
      Originally Posted by Tom Lazenby View Post

      Thanks Shaun. Time to find a php expert :-)
      Awesome reply from Shaun as usual.

      There's a plugin that already does this.

      CookieMonster-plus « Mercs LLC

      Paul Myers created an Email product not too long ago that explains how to setup all of this. You're basically passing URL parameters to hidden fields in your autoresponder.

      The Email Affiliate System
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      • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
        Originally Posted by Jesus Perez View Post

        Now that looks interesting! I'm gonna have to look into that a big more, especially if it's created by Paul!
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  • Profile picture of the author Greedy
    Google "PHP variable passing" that is what you need to do.

    I've do it before, it can work fine. You are on the right track
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