WebMaster Solutions
Affiliate
Marketing
Re-Directing
Your Affiliate Links
by Kenneth Catto
Affiliate
marketing can make you a decent amount of income
on the side without having your own product and
sales copy.
The trick is to be
different and not appear like everyone else. One
main way to look different is to re-direct or
cloak your affiliate link.
However, this
article is going to tell you three other ways
that re-directing your affiliate links can
benefit you.
The first is Spam.
When you use the same link coming from the same
domain as everyone else, the spam filters start
to pick up on that domain as being a sales
letter email and blocking it as spam. i.e.
www.affiliateprogram.com/?id=111
So when ever the
filters see www.affiliateprogram.com in the
email it will get blocked as spam and get
blacklisted, especially if it is a large
promotion.
By re-directing
the link - it will have your domain as the link
and help to make it thru the spam filters.
The second reason
is search engine optimization. If you write
articles and submit them with a signature file
that has the affiliate link, the affiliate site
gets the back links. Plus it makes it easy for
people to get rid of your affiliate id.
By using your
domain as a redirect to the affiliate program
you get the back links to your site and better
SEO rankings.
The third reason
is that it will make you look more professional
as a marketer and not just someone who is out
promoting all kinds of affiliate programs. When
potential customers see
http://affiliateprogram.com/?id=111 they know it
is an affiliate program and will be less likely
to click on it.
However when they
see
http://yourdoamin.com/affilliatename or
http://yourdomain.com/recommends/program
They will view it
more as your personal offer or recom- mendation.
There are many
programs that offer to change your links. Many
are simple software solutions and can have you
changing all your links easily. The programs for
changing links do not have to be pricey at all,
and many are available as freeware or shareware
through popular sites that offer these kinds of
products.
Whatever program
or software you choose, the key is to make your
domain as the primary one. This will make your
site seem more like the authority and have
potential customers clicking away on your links
in no time.
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