How to Stop Your Affiliate Links from Getting Hijacked

On December 13, 2009, In Affiliate Marketing, Cool Biz, Recommendations, By 5¢

Just the other day I was looking through the stats from one of my affiliate marketing campaigns and noticed that I was suddenly converting at under 5%. Considering I was using a sales funnel that had been tested again and again to convert over 40% – I was extremely confused. Of course I double checked all of the statistics and assumed it would pick up in a day or two. Well a week passed.

It STAYED at under 5% conversion.

I just couldn’t figure out why it was converting so low. I decided to ask one of my online friends who was an established internet marketer and he just laughed and said, ‘you aren’t using anything to cloak your links, are you?’

Unfortunately I wasn’t, I actually had no idea how to cloak my links or why I should. After asking him a little more about it I figured out why you should always cloak your affiliate links – people and programs will change your affiliate link to their own and steal your commissions! There is a type of spyware that does just that, whenever a user visits a ClickBank product (as well as other affiliate programs), it replaces the referrer ID with the spyware creator’s.

That means I was basically handing over all of my commissions to this thief. The worst part is that I had lost a few days of sells already, I wish I had known about cloaking links before that points. There are a bunch of ways to cloak links, but some break the cookies while others screw up the redirect.

If you aren’t positive of your sales being genuine and correct, it may be that someone is stealing your commissions. This is especially true if you’ve recently noticed a drop in sales, or if your campaigns are performing well under your expectations. It isn’t extremely hard to find a guide about link cloaking, but most don’t take affiliate marketing into account and might screw up the cookies so you STILL don’t get commissions.

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Other than link cloaking there isn’t a definitive way to stop others from hijacking your affiliate links. Luckily you can implement a cloak on your links within minutes, you just need to find a good cloak. The problem definitely isn’t a lack of available programs – it’s a lack of programs that actually work and get you the sale.

You can split test your campaign a thousand times and set up brilliant sales funnels, but it won’t make a difference if you aren’t using a good link cloaking program or service.

Discover more about link cloaking in the free Cloak and Dagger Affiliate Secrets report. Feel free to distribute this article in any form as long as you include this resource box. You can also include your affiliate link if you sign up at Clickbank Pirate.

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Want To Learn How To Start Blogging?

On December 13, 2009, In Affiliate Marketing, Cool Biz, Publishing, Recommendations, By 5¢

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Blogging is truly a world-changing innovation, with many worldwide bloggers creating companies, revolutionising industries, and using their blogs to promote their work, and with massive success. While the blogosphere can be large, daunting, and occasionally insular, it’s possible to break into the world of blogging and dominate the territory with just a small amount of research and effort. While there are hundreds of ‘experts’ out there that are ready to push you into endless hours of reading and research, the real value in blogging lies in finding the 20% of actions that result for 80% of your blogging outcomes, and focus on them above all else.

With so many different blogging platforms out there, ranging from Wordpress to Typepad to Movable Type, it can be incredibly confusing and daunting for beginners who are looking to simply start their blog with the minimum amount of research and micro-testing. The good news is that it’s very possible to dive into a blog on any platform. With the massive amounts of free templates, themes, and blogging plug-ins out there today, the ability to code HTML and CSS isn’t even slightly required in order to become a highly successful blogger. All that you need is the right knowledge, mindset, and strategic plan.

So, how should you get started as a blogger? It’s no surprise that many beginner bloggers end up leaving their blog after just a couple of weeks, as the amount of work associated with many forms of blogging can often result in headaches, stress, and difficulty completing even the most simple blogging task. Fortunately, this free report offers you the ability to bypass all of the frustrating blogging minutiae and skip straight forward into the most valuable and important blogging experience. Let yourself focus on the big picture while this innovative free report explains the small and time consuming tasks for you.

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I know, it can be daunting starting out a new blog. With many people scared to ever put their writing out there, you’re taking a courageous and brave step by showing your writing to the entire world. Don’t go out at half-power. Use the information in this free report to create the best blog you possibly can, and take the blogosphere by storm with your innovative and exciting content. Whether you’re blogging to create an income, to promote your business, or just to get your word out there into the world, this free report can help you get down the right path with your blogging strategy, and save you the trouble of having to master the technicalities of blogging by yourself.

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Why Outsource SEO?

On December 4, 2009, In Cool Biz, Publishing, Recommendations, By 5¢

Search Engine Optimization, known primarily as SEO, or Search Marketing is one of the most influential, important, and cost effective forms of internet marketing available. With so many internet entrepreneurs, affiliate marketers, and online businesses looking to gain their number one ranking in Google, it’s important to look at SEO objectively, and free of any of the spin that SEO firms love to put on it. At it’s core, SEO is something that can be one anywhere, and by any means, however there are certain styles and strategies that always seem to win out. Whether you’re a big-budget internet marketer or a young upstart looking to shoot your websites up the Google rankings, SEO doesn’t need to be something that you pay someone else to do. By utilising the best strategies and software packages for SEO, you can make the most of one of the most cost effective and important forms of internet marketing, all without the burden of expensive marketing firms.

The most effective method for SEO, in terms of both time and money inputs, is automated and highly customised. By making use of highly flexible software packages and programs, you can cut your SEO needs quite dramatically. The real currency that SEO lives on is it’s low cost relative to results, which is why it’s such a popular and important form of marketing for online entrepreneurs. By making the most of SEO software, you can cut these costs even further, for the ultimate marketing margins.

But how does the software compare to natural SEO? This is a question that comes up increasingly often as our jobs become more and more automated. While machines will never match human ability in terms of creativity and non-logical capacity, when programmed effectively for purely logical work, they can work much more effectively and efficiently than any human. The real value of software comes down to what you put into it, not what you expect out.

With highly customised and refined inputs, your SEO software can be as efficient and effective as a room full of employees. However, this still requires some work on your part inputting the variables and information. It also requires some human interaction when performing many of the tasks, with the software performing primarily as a guide rather than an all-purpose automation tool. These tools help you pick your SEO terms and optimise your campaign; they’re not something that can do your entire job for you.

If you want to cut your SEO costs significantly, both in terms of time costs and financial costs, then SEO tools and software are certainly an important and worthwhile investment. While they don’t cut your time input down to zero, they can effectively sweep away a large portion of your SEO work, and also optimise the work that you end up doing. Instead of spending day after day maximising your SEO campaign, make the most of these innovative tools and allow yourself to cut your time inputs and maximise your results.

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On December 3, 2009, In Cool Biz, Publishing, Recommendations, By 5¢

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5 Simple Ways To Monetise Your Blog

On December 3, 2009, In Cool Biz, Publishing, Recommendations, By 5¢

Whether you’re an amateur blogger or a hardened and experienced professional, you’ve surely heard the stories about million dollar bloggers, massive media exposure, and the huge marketing opportunities associated with online blogging. With many bloggers earning lucrative five, six, or even seven-figure incomes, blogging has changed from a publishing form once thought of as an online journal, to a serious force in the online entrepreneurship world. Regardless of what topic your blog deals with and who your readers are, it’s easily possible to monetise your blog and create an online income for yourself. While these methods may take up some time to pick up steam, they’ll invariably spawn a manageable online income for you once they gain enough traction and influence.

#1 – Use Google AdSense to build PPC blog earnings.
Google AdSense was once the knight in shining armour of blog advertising, and though it’s glory days are feared to be over, it’s still one of the most simple and lucrative online advertising networks around. Requiring minimal maintenance, Google AdSense is the perfect pick for any blogger that wants the minimum possible maintenance for their online income.

#2 – Embed Amazon affiliate links in your blog copy.
Regardless of what you’re blogging about, Amazon will sell something that’s related to it. As the world’s biggest online store, it’s impossible to have trouble locating something that your readers will be interested in using Amazon’s highly specific search tool and massive online inventory. Although commission rates aren’t fantastic and tracking cookies only last for a short period of time, Amazon sales can still provide a reasonable income for any blogger.

#3 – Offer your services through an additional page on your blog.
You’ve been blogging for a few months and have amassed a decent audience? What to do now? Simply offer your services through an extra page on your blog homepage. Your readers are already interested in what you have to say, so attracting customers and clients should be a piece of cake. Everyone’s an expert at something, and using your skills to work online is a great way to earn an online income.

#4 – Use your blog to advertise and promote local or genre-specific products and services.
This one is a great strategy for anyone looking to work alongside businesses that interest them. When you’ve got a sizable audience, you can offer businesses the services to advertise in your posts and sidebar to attract customers. This strategy can be risky, as too many promotional posts will dilute the effect of your other content and make your blog less popular.

#5 – Accept donations.
This one might come off as a little desperate, but it’s always an option for bloggers that desperately need money to keep their blog going. If you’re going down this route, be sure to effectively market the proposal, and avoid coming off as desperate and needy. There’s nothing readers like less than a desperate author, so present yourself effectively and this strategy can be highly worthwhile.

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4 Simple SEO Tips and Tricks Anyone Can Apply

On December 3, 2009, In Cool Biz, Recommendations, By 5¢

SEO is one of those topics that gets an endless amount of attention, and is constantly a topic of discussion amongst internet marketers both young and old. If you’re online, you need to be making the most of SEO, or your business will surely suffer. However, with the massive amount of information out there on SEO, only very small portions only actively deal with the basics, fundamentals, and most important parts of SEO. If you want to cut right to the chase, and require only the most fundamental and important information on SEO, then these four tips and tricks should be right up your alley. Get ready to optimise, and absorb these four simple tips and tricks:

#1 – SEO isn’t always a numbers game
This is one idea that gets passed over far too easily in the SEO community. With numbers dominating most online worlds, it’s easy to think that SEO is purely mathematical. It’s not. While big numbers and many links will bring you to the top of the search rankings, it’s not the only way there. When you’re committed and passionate about what you do, you’ll quickly see your rankings rise as others give you exposure without your involvement.

#2 – SEO is dynamic, and always changing.
This means that the SEO strategies you tried three months ago might not be as cutting edge today as they once were. SEO is always changing, to the point where many websites provide daily updates on the latest changes and fixes. While it’s not the best idea to devote massive amounts of time each day to following the micro-changes, checking things out once per week is a wise idea for staying current.

#3 – SEO isn’t something that you should just outsource.
This one requires a little clarification. While SEO firms can easily take care of your SEO needs and link building requirements, they don’t always know your project specifications as well as you do. This comes back to SEO transcending mathematics. It’s not just something you can hand someone a report on and expect them to understand. If you’re outsourcing your SEO, make sure you give details that reflect not just the requirements of the SEO campaign, but the nature of the project itself.

#4 – When well managed, SEO is more valuable than almost any other form of marketing.
Don’t believe me? Check out the biggest firms in any specific area, and then watch their search engine ranks. The biggest, most successful firms don’t get there by hustling customers onto their websites, they get themselves there by specifically targeting customers through their SEO campaigns and search engine traffic. With search engine trafic being one of the most highly valuable forms of traffic out there, it’s important to treat your SEO campaign as one of your most important and valuable online campaigns.

These four tips and principles should get you on the path towards the best SEO possible. Whether you’re an internet marketer or online entrepreneur, these principles will form the basics of any SEO campaign.

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