Affiliate link tracking is another popular conversion element that you can track using MonsterInsights.
Tracking affiliate links is challenging because it can take a long time for your advertising partner to confirm clicks and earnings from your links. Therefore, it is essential to find a quick way to do it yourself.
To get started, install a URL shortener plugin like Pretty Links to disguise your affiliate URLs with your brand name or something professional.
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Once the plugin is installed and activated, go to Pretty Links » Add New to enter your affiliate link.
On this page, you’ll first name your Pretty Link. Next, you’ll insert your affiliate link in the space next to “Destination URL.”
The great thing about Pretty Links is that it allows you to customize your link and path however you want by editing the link slug . To do this, type in the Pretty Link text bar how you want the link to appear to your users.
Once you have added your affiliate link and Pretty Links slug, select “Update” to add your new shortened link.
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With this set, Pretty Links will replace your long or ugly link with a custom, shorter, or branded URL.
Something like: mysite.com/affiliate/test-tool.
Remember to set a uniform path for all your affiliate links.
In this case, we have used /affiliate/ as the route. Once the route is added, add the product name. For this tutorial, we have used the product name as /test-tool. And
This simplified URL offers better structure, which translates into more clicks and better conversion.
Step 2: Set up affiliate links
In MonsterInsights, go to Insights » Settings and go to the “Editor” tab.
Next, on the Affiliate Links page , enter the URL path (for our tutorial, we used /affiliate/) and a “Tag” (in this case, we used “test-tool”) to track in Google Analytics.
It's also important to create a tag that you'll remember, as this is what will appear in Google Analytics.
Then, Save Changes , and MonsterInsights will now automatically track your affiliate links for you.
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To view your affiliate tracking report in WordPress, go to Insights » Reports » Publishers and select “Overview”.
monsterinsights affiliate metrics
Here you can see tracking elements like Top Landing Pages, Top Outbound Links, Top Affiliate Links, and Top Download Links.
This data can be further segmented by age, gender and interests. In addition, you can also see the average scroll depth on this page.
Setting up Google Ads tracking
Tracking Google Ads (formally Google AdWords) through Google Analytics is often complicated because it requires coding. But with MonsterInsights, you can quickly add it in just a few clicks.
Step 1: Connect Google Analytics to Google Ads
To set up Google Ads conversion tracking, you’ll first need to go to your Google Analytics account and select “Admin.” Then, under the Product Links tab, select “Google Ads Links.”
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On the new page, click “Link” to start the connection between Google Ads and Google Analytics.
Google Ads Link
Next, on the link settings page, select “Choose Google ad accounts.”
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On the next page, you'll see a list of Google Ads accounts connected to the email address you signed up for Google Analytics with.
Please note that you can select up to 20 Google Ads accounts to connect to your Google Analytics account.