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affiliate_marketing :: Internet Marketing :: Affiliate Marketing
Disguise Your ClickBank Affiliate Links Using Status-bar Faking
Success with Affiliate Marketing, or Internet Marketing in general, depends on a lot of factors; the product
you decide to promote, the type of advertising you use, the size of your advertising budget, etc. One product
in particular has been around since the dawn of the World Wide Web. It has in the past, and still is making
small fortunes for many Internet Marketers. The product I am refering to is information. Throughout this site
you will find an abundance of information on affiliate programs, marketing, website building, advertising and
so much more. Enjoy!
Many surfers are savvy enough to identify ClickBank affiliate
links, simply by glancing at their browser's status-bar before
clicking. The status-bar reveals the familiar ClickBank hoplink URL,
which frequently alerts the surfer that an affiliate referral is about to take place. A proportion of prospects lose interest as soon as they realize that an affiliate relationship exists. They reason (consciously or sub-consciously) that an affiliate with a vested interest is not making a genuine recommendation. So they simply don't click the link.
The result: no sale and hence no commission for you.
A simple modification to the HTML code in your referral links can
make them appear like conventional (non-commercial) hyperlinks, thus
restoring their perceived impartiality and increasing the likelihood
that you will get the desired click.
When your prospect's mouse cursor hovers over a standard HTML
hyperlink, the browser's status-bar displays the target URL. Status-bar
faking replaces the default status-bar message with a custom message
that hides the target URL. It is implemented using HTML code that
instructs the status-bar to display a specific text message in place of
the default message.
You can use the following HTML code template to construct a ClickBank hoplink with a fake status-bar message: Click Here
To use this template, you would typically make the following changes:
* replace affiliate with your ClickBank affiliate nickname
* replace MERCHANT with the ClickBank nickname of the merchant you are promoting
* replace PRODUCT-PAGE with the URL of the merchant's sales page
Once installed in the pages of your affiliate
website, this faking technique will refer prospects to the merchant in
the normal manner. But when the prospect's mouse cursor hovers over the
link, instead of displaying the ClickBank hoplink URL in the
status-bar, it will display the merchant's sales page URL (or whatever
custom text you choose).
This simple change means that it will no longer be
possible to tell, simply by looking at the status-bar, that your links
are ClickBank affiliate referral links.
It must be acknowledged that this technique is a little dishonest;
it deliberately misleads the prospect about the true nature of your affiliate referral. Some affiliates
prefer to mitigate their deception by using a status-bar message that
simply describes the product. They see this as an embellishment of the affiliate
process, rather than a deliberate falsification. The choice is yours.
But, whichever approach you adopt, it will likely give a much-needed
boost to your affiliate referral rate.
Status-bar faking is one of a number of methods used by ClickBank affiliates
to protect themselves against the pervasive threat of link theft (and
the various other forms of referral losses). Although not as robust as
the more widely-used technique of link cloaking, status-bar faking is
very simple to implement, bringing it within the reach of even the
novice affiliate.
About The Author
Copyright © Tim Coulter. All rights reserved.
Tim Coulter is a consultant and software developer who helps netpreneurs to harness marketing technologies.
He is also the author of "ClickBank - The Definitive Guide" The Ultimate ClickBank Tutorial & Reference Manual.
http://www.clickbankrevealed.com/
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