When you join a high quality affiliate program the affiliate program operator will provide you with many different
promotional tools.
As well as traditional banners, these might add
writing
links, ezine ads, interactive banners, buttons, sig files and others. Sometimes they will even give you their own articles.
The best thing about using THEIR articles is that you can have an affiliate link in the resource box at the finish
of the article.
A smart way to use the affiliate backlink
in the resource box is to hide your affiliate link code.
How do you do this?
There are 2 ways to do this, the 2nd way being more advanced.
(Note: The example uses the current data
from the
http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com affiliate code
)
These 2 examples assume that the affiliate code
operator has not put your affiliate code in place.
1. Partially hidden affiliate hyperlink
http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com
For this affiliate code
you would replace xxxxx with your own affiliate hyperlink code.
What this hyperlink will now show is
http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com on your web page AND the affiliate backlink
behind it. You cannot see the affiliate hyperlink directly but place your mouse over it and it will show up.
This is a partially hidden affiliate backlink
.
2. Fully hidden affiliate hyperlink
Here, I will put in some additional code which prevents the visitor from viewing the code when the mouse is placed over the affiliate hyperlink. Your code will now look like this:
http://www.1sthomebasedbusiness.com
Now when you place the mouse over the affiliate backlink
you cannot see the code.
Why is this so important?
Well, when your visitor is reading the article (including the resource box), it just looks neater and more professional. There is nothing worse than looking at an affiliate hyperlink! But its still there, its just underneath.
Using other peoples articles to sell products and services through affiliate programs means you are using one of the most powerful selling
tools available to affiliates. I understand
. I do it and it works!!
David McKenzie is the author of a new e-book titled The Facts You Should Know About Affiliate Programs
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