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April 07, 2007
Using Redirect URL's When Promoting Affiliate Products
One of the topics that has come up in recent emails to
me is using redirect URL's when promoting affiliate
products... to make it less obvious that the link IS
an affiliate link. I've been doing this for about 7
years now!
If I am going to promote an affiliate product longterm,
I buy a domain name just for that affiliate product. Then
I log in at my registrar and redirect the domain to the
affiliate link. In rare cases, I'll actually set up a
homepage on the domain, and then use html redirects "in
the header tags."
I own over 200 such promotional domains. Just a few examples
are:
http://ButterflyMarketing.net
http://TrafficSecretsByJohnReese.com
http://TrafficSecretsOfJohnReese.com
http://P-L-Formula.com
I register all of my domains through my own domains
name registration service at:
http://williecrawford.com/domains/
In some instances, I not only redirect a domain but also
"mask" it, so that the url of the actual affiliate site
doesn't even show up in the browser bar.
In some cases, rather than registering the domain in my
name, I use proxy registration, so that the 'whois record"
doesn't show me as the owner.
Just a touch of insight into my VERY effective affiliate
marketing techniques. For some reason, some customers won't
click on a link if they know an affiliate is going to make
a commission... they'll just type in the base url. I use
masking and the techniques outlined about to keep from
losing the commissions that I've earned.
I reason that if I'M the person who made someone aware of
a product, then I'm certainly entitled to the commission.
All typing the base url directly into the browser bar does
is save the product owner the affiliate commission... it
doesn't reduce the cost to the customers. That's one of those
mysteries that I've never completely understood... people
who are in business themselves earning money via commissions
objecting to other getting them.
I'm doing a seminar with my friend Frank Garon in early
June. At that seminar we'll share with you step by step
some of the things that we do to very effectively grow our
businesses... while getting around the information overload.
We basically want to teach intermediate marketers how to
finally make the leap to full-time online income. It will
be a very intensive seminar that we're still finalizing.
We'll actually do a short ASK campaign first to confirm what
YOU need to know to make that transition to full-time online.
As I said, the seminar will be aimed at intermediate
marketers... those close enought to full-time to taste it,
but haven't quiet figured it all out yet.
Stay tuned.
Willie
Posted by Willie Crawford at April 7, 2007 08:53 AM
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