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Vol. 3, Issue 32.

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Smart Tips, Tricks and Tools for Web Masters and E-zine Publishers.

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=> Editors Note
=> Smart Promotion Tip
=> Article of the Month
=> Ebook Contest
=> Webmaster Corner
=> Useful Sites and Tools
=> Smart Software
=> Contact Information

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Editors Note.
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Dear Subscriber,

Welcome again to a new edition of your "SmartPromotion
Newsletter".

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you, by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta.

(Shery is the author of "How to Create and Profit from
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Workshops (or e-courses) are cheap, and easy to set
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Shery has agreed to give away 3 lessons from her new
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email workshop to create big profits online.

You see, an email course is one of the best ways to get
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And if you constantly offer your ecourse readers quality
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Shery will tell you how to set up your first email workshop,
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Best of success!

Dirk Dupon
mailto:editor@smart-web-promotion.com

==> If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to
ask me. I'll be glad to answer you!

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Smart Promotion Tip
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Here's a pretty comprehensive suite of do-it-yourself
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Article of the Month
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"How To Create Redirect Pages for your Affiliate Links"

As an affiliate I use affiliate links at various places
throughout my web site, in emails and in other online
promotions. These affiliate links are usually long and
have a number or word to define who the affiliate is.

As well as using these ‘direct’ affiliate links I have also
used redirect pages (or what I might call ‘indirect’ affiliate
links) on my web site as well.

These are blank web pages whose sole purpose is
to redirect the visitor to the affiliate page.

I recently did a comparison between direct affiliate
links and redirect pages and the results were astounding!

The redirect pages outperformed direct affiliate links
about 2 to 1 when placed in the same position on my
web site.

This meant twice as many people were clicking the
indirect affiliate link as were clicking the direct affiliate
link. Why?

I have no idea about the logic behind this but it appears
that visitors are less inclined to click a link when they
know it is an affiliate link. They would rather have the
thought in their mind “I want to buy direct”.

I must admit I do not think like this because I have
bought many times through affiliate links but I guess
I’m an affiliate so perhaps I think differently to people
who are not affiliates.

So if redirect pages work so well, how do you
create one?

It’s really simpler than you might think.

First, create a new web page on your site.

Just leave it as a blank page. Then just put the following
piece of code between the header tags:

meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0;
url=http://www.myaffiliatelink.com”

You will need to replace the URL “myaffiliatelink.com”
with your own affiliate program link.

If you are in 5 different affiliate programs you will need
to set up 5 separate pages for each affiliate link.

Now you can use each redirect page link in your
promotions instead of the affiliate link.

When someone clicks on your redirect page link the
following 2 things happen:

1. They get taken to your redirect page which is a blank
page. This lasts a few seconds.

2. The command in your header tag then forwards the
visitor directly to the affiliate site.

The best thing about redirect pages is they do not
look like affiliate links. They just look like normal pages.
For those people that DO have a problem buying
through affiliate links, they are unaware that the
redirect page is actually an affiliate link.

Try using redirect pages for your affiliate links. I think
you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the results.

You can find out more clever tips in “Making Money
With Affiliate Programs”:
http://www.ebooks-made-easy.com/makemoney

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Ebook Contest
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The winner of last months Ebook contest is Keith
Newsom.

Congratulations, Keith, you'll receive a copy of the
"Get Web Profits Fast" Ebook soon.

If you didn't win this time, you can still get a copy of
the Ebook at our Special Discount Price at:
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OUR NEW CONTEST!

This month you can win a copy of David McKenzie's
"Making Money With Affiliate Programs" Ebook.

Click the link below to go to the web site, and let me
know the price of the Ebook :
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Please submit your correct answer via this link only:
mailto:contest@ebooks-made-easy.com?subject=SP_book_contest

Good luck!

Note: The winner will be announced here next month,
so don't leave yet :-)

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Webmaster Corner
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Meta Tag Analyzer

Analyze and improve your meta tags. This tool will
analyze keyword density of your site.
http://www.yook.de/webmaster/meta_gen

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State of Entropy

This web site contains tutorials for Paint Shop Pro
4, 5, 6, and 7.
http://www.state-of-entropy.com

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AdDesigner

I like this banner creation service, and have used it
many times. Make all the banners you like for free.
You'll have to register first to get a password.
http://www.Addesigner.com

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6. Useful Sites and Tools
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Netmakin

Check out this great tutorial on how to use Server
Side Includes to make an easier task out of updating
your website. I use SSI and love them...Update in one
place and it takes care of it across the site.
http://www.netmaking.com/articles/index.php/2/8.

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Domain Fellow

Need to register a domain? Try this fun service that
allows you to type in what you're looking for then it
comes back with a list of what's taken and a list of
good alternatives.
http://www.domainfellow.com

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7. Smart Software
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ZipRecovery (673 KB) Demoware

ZipRecovery is a data recovery program for corrupted
Zip archives (.zip). No special skills are required to
use ZipRecovery. Simple user interface and full
install/uninstall support make the program available
to everyone.
http://www.officerecovery.com/zip?submit

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Contact Information
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Publisher: Dirk Dupon

Email: mailto:webmaster@smart-web-promotion.com
WWW: http://www.smart-web-promotion.com
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