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Surveys suggest that at least 50% of your
affiliate commissions are being stolen. That's 50% minimum, of YOUR money
straight down the tubes.
So here's my question to you:
If you saw this link in an email, would
you know that it was an affiliate link? ...http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?YOURNICKNAME/venture Anyone who has been on the Internet for more than five minutes recognizes
this as a link to a product that pays an affiliate commission.
And if you have been on the Internet for
more than ten minutes you would know that there are plenty of link-hijackers
that will change that link to:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?THEIRNICKNAME/venture
before they use it!
Sad but true.
Then there are the link-by-passers! Let's try this for your link:
www.marketing.com/YOURid
changed to
www.marketingbook.com/THEIRid
or even this change where nobody gets any credit at all:
www.marketingbook.com.
Is it any
wonder you are not making the affiliate sales your marketing efforts tell
you should be the case? Are you one of the 50% whose commissions are being
stolen? If your visitors never make it to your web page, you'll never get
your affiliate commission.
Human nature being
what it is, we are not just referring to the professional thief... we're talking
about the average Internet surfer who thinks, "Why should
I give my money to this affiliate when I can simply plug in my own ID
instead."
Even stores
with excellent security like video cameras and magnetic tags still lose
money each year to professional shoplifters - they know this.
And nobody can
stop all of the hijackers and by-passers, but there are ways to foil
70% to 80%, and in reality these morons will choose an easier mark when they
see an encrypted Affiliate Link.
If you are not
'cloaking' your Links, you darn well should be. Get those affiliate checks
pouring into YOUR mailbox - you earned them.
Stay inspired
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© 2004, by
Esther Smith
About
the Author: Smith has published numerous articles and writes a blog for
all artists:
http://the-self-taught-artist.com/blog.html
She also coaches new students on how to leave the time-for-money trap and set up
Leveraged Income for life.
http://thepermanentventure.com/dcc.htm If you can’t sing or ride a
bull, you better learn how to make your money work for more money.
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