Before You Begin

Did you know that the Internet consists of only two components?

Yep, that's really true - it consists of "you" and "it".

"You" make money when you interact with "it."

Think now for a second about your interactions like:

Your emails

Your forum postings

Your MySpace.com profile

Your blog postings

Your articles

Your resource sites

Your ezine promotions

Your error pages

Your thank you pages

Your auction promotions

Your portal sites

Your how-to sites

You can weave natural affiliate links in all of them.

Here are some tips from Dynamic Affiliate Profit Linking to show you how.

Tip 1 - Create your own signature

Did you know that every time you send out email, you can append your signature? And within that signature, you can include cloaked affiliate links too?

Here are some ways:

To create a signature in Yahoo! Mail:

Choose "Mail Options" from the Yahoo! Mail navigation bar.

Choose "Personalization | Signature".

Enter the desired signature in the text field.

Click Save.

To create a signature in Outlook Express:

Choose "Tools | Options..." from the menu in Outlook Express.

Click on the Signatures tab.

Click New.

Type the text of your signature under "Edit Signature".

Click OK.

To create a signature for emails in AOL:

Choose "Mail | Set Mail Signatures" from the menu in AOL.

Click Create.

Give the signature useful name (ie, "ipod sig" or "camera sig" etc.).

Type the desired signature in the text field.

Click OK.

Once you know how to create a signature, you can:

Tip 2 - Cloak an affiliate link

It's very easy to hijack some affiliate commissions like Clickbank. After all, if you have your own free CB id, all people have to do is substitute their affiliate ID for yours and boom, hijacked commission! Just look at this ID:

http://richhermit.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net

Now look at:

http://lingstar.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net

They both go to the same place...but if someone buys from the first link, 'richhermit' gets the commission... and if they buy from the second link, 'lingstar' gets the commission.

One way you can neatly sidestep this is to cloak your affiliate link via a redirect. The final link will look like:

http://www.richhermit.com/help/burnfat.html

Once you have a cloaked affiliate link, you can then:

Tip 3 - Monetize your outgoing emails

Remember tip 1, that talked about editing your email signature?

Let's say that you wanted to make money off of that Burn the Fat book. You can participate in weight-lifting email lists and include in your signature something like:

Barbara Ling
Want a great resource for losing weight?
Check out 
http://www.richhermit.com/help/burnfat.html

You're not limited to only Clickbank affiliate products, however! Look at:

Barbara Ling
Check out these great American Idol goodies!
Check out 
http://www.richhermit.com/help/idol.html

That last example used an eBay DAPL. The neat thing about DAPLs (dynamic affiliate profit links) is that you can monetize virtually anything you can imagine online....

Football, cricket, soapstone, coffee makers, clothing, food, iPods, HDTV, tickets, flowers, homes, yachts, NASCAR....anything

Neat, huh?

Above and beyond

Dynamic Affiliate Profit Linking is the book I wrote for anyone who wants to either get a gentle introduction to making money online...to monetizing their entire operation.

Written in a clear, concise fun-to-read guide, it will set you on the right path for helping you master making money online. Enjoy!

I hope you've found the above useful! Please feel free to share it with your friends.

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