Once upon a time, the only way to track Clickbank sales as an affiliate in Adwords, Yahoo or MSN was to email your conversion code to your merchant.

To say it was an “unsatisfactory process” would be an understatement. The fact it; it just plain didn’t work. The merchant didn’t like having to submit your conversion code to ClickBank. And even when the merchant did submit the code, the results were often unreliable.

But ClickBank’s Conversion Tracking feature now makes it possible for you to add your conversion code right into your Clickbank account. When you log into your AdWords, Yahoo! or Microsoft adCenter accounts, you can see which keywords brought sales and which didn’t.

Here’s how: (You need your conversion code.)

1. Sign into Clickbank
2. Click on “Account Settings”
3. Scroll down to the box that says “Integrated Sales Reporting”
4. Click “Edit”
5. Click “Add Tracking Code” (green button)
6. Follow the diagram and just paste in your code.

*NOTE: If you already have your tracking code on sites and add this to your account, it’s likely to double report. To avoid that, you’ll need to do one of the following three things:

1. Add the code in and factor that into your old campaigns
2. Have all of your merchants remove your code
3. Get another Clickbank account.
Knowing precisely which keywords are producing sales and which are just costing you money is a vital part of making a profit in Affiliate Marketing. This ClickBank feature can make keyword conversion tracking much easier and help you get the information you need to more effectively run your business.

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