Tracking can take a lot of effort- especially if you’re working with hundreds offers and affiliate networks. When dealing with hundreds offer links, it’s easy to get caught up in adding each individual one into TrackingDesk.

But let’s face it- we know that time is a valuable commodity and if we can save it, then we have room to focus on scaling up on other campaigns.

I mentioned in my last post that to be like a tracking pro, you have to be resourceful with what you have. When you’re able to take advantage of everything that TrackingDesk is worth , it’s easy to see how you can be efficient time wise.

Think about it, why spend hours adding each offer link one by one into the platform when you can do it all within a few clicks?

Sure, it’s exciting when you first getting started on the platform to get a grasp on the basics. But when you want to set the bar higher and run multiple campaigns, saving time is always a good thing.

With bulk import, our top affiliates import hundreds of offer links in seconds leaving time to focus on launching and optimizing other campaigns.

It’s easy to overlook it but when it comes down to performing at a top level, using what you have to your advantage is what will set you apart from others.

How to do Bulk Import

Putting hundreds of offer links can be tedious work without bulk import. It might take some time to get the hang of it (like anything else in life), but you’ll be glad you learned after.

All it takes is a few steps:

1. Choose the affiliate network you want to either import offer links or offer links with offers.
   
   

2. After selecting what type of import you want to do, a window will appear from which you can download an Excel / CSV file carrying the relevant import format. Download the template.

3. When you open the template there will be 7 columns:

Columns

• “creative_reserved” – Leave this column empty
• “creative_name”. ex.: iPhone contest
• “creative_url”. ex.: https://www.trackinglinkexample.com/?affid=abcdef&banid=123456
• “creative_status”. Set “1” for active and “0′ for inactive.
• “creative_countries”. ex.: FR, CH, BE. If a offer link can be used in multiple countries separate the country codes with a the sign “|” and space before and after – See image above. Click here to see the list of ISO country codes.
• “creative categories”. ex.: Dating, Gambling, Hosting, Software, Health. (multiple categories should be added as previously done for the country).
• “creative_callToAction”. Set it to “1” if its a call to action or “0” if it’s not.

5. Once you’ve finished entering in all the fields, save it as CSV and then upload it.

Import Like a Pro

Doing a bulk import doesn’t take all but a few steps so there’s little room for excuses to not try it out. Even if it takes you a few minutes to put data in the excel file the first time, you’ll become more efficient the second time around.

Here’s 2 quick and powerful pro tips to do bulk import even faster:

• If you’re nice to your affiliate manager, many users (including myself) have been able to get them to put all the offers in a spreadsheet. Asking the manager politely while working with hundreds of offers usually will do the trick. After that all it takes is one click in the platform and it does its magic.
• If you’re working with HasOffers, don’t forget that we have an API integration which means all your offers are automatically uploaded.

So if you want to be like one of our top 10% of users, being able to import offer links frees up time to creating campaigns quicker. In the third part in this four part series, I’m going to show you how you might be losing traffic with organic traffic and how to set up an SEO campaign.

Have you tried using bulk import? How much time did you save from using it?

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