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title: "How do I track which post a comment-to-DM lead came from?"
description: "Use a different keyword on every post and never reuse one, so the comment tells you the post. Then remember Instagram only allows one private reply within seven days of a comment, so leads from older posts, or people who DM the keyword instead of commenting, need to be linked by hand."
author: "Kaitlyn Bricker"
author_url: "https://www.inexra.com/about"
date: "2026-10-14"
updated: "2026-10-14"
canonical: "https://www.inexra.com/answers/track-comment-to-dm-leads-per-post"
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# How do I track which post a comment-to-DM lead came from?

Use a different keyword on every post and never reuse one, so the comment tells you the post. Then remember Instagram only allows one private reply within seven days of a comment, so leads from older posts, or people who DM the keyword instead of commenting, need to be linked by hand.

Comment-to-DM ("comment GUIDE and we'll send it to you") is one of the cleanest ways to attribute Instagram leads, because the comment sits on a specific post. It breaks down in three predictable ways:

- **Reused keywords.** If three posts all say "comment LINK", you can't tell which one drove the comment.
- **People skip the comment.** Some will DM the keyword directly, and that DM has no post attached.
- **The seven-day window.** Meta's private reply rules allow one message within seven days of the comment, and follow-ups only after the person replies. After a week, the automation can't respond.

Keep a simple keyword register per client (keyword, post, date) and treat anything outside those rules as a lead to link by hand.

The full method is in [How to Tell Which Instagram Post a DM Came From (What Meta Tells You, and What It Doesn’t)](https://www.inexra.com/resources/which-post-did-this-dm-come-from).