Step 10 Use Classified Ads
Classified Ads provide fantastic exposure. Once I find a very successful program with big commissions (like the satellite system program with $50 commissions). I place my ads in classifieds. I buy classified ads for $1 a piece in 250 different newspapers across the US. These newspapers, combined, have a circulation of about 1 million readers. For only $250 my ads can reach 1million readers. I place my Classifieds with the company, Nationwide Newspapers.
The ad writing techniques described in Step #5, p. 59 can be used to write classifieds. At the end of my classified ad, I have a URL that the customer types in to their browser.
For example: Free Satellite TV System
Free Installation in up to 4 rooms. Bonus $50 credit. Order Now! visit: www.GoogleCash.com/sat
In my classified ad I give a URL - for example: www.googlecash.com/sat
This is my domain and the page is a redirect to the merchant site with which I am affiliated. Click on the link below to see how it works.
When people type this URL into a browser, it takes them to the merchant site and passes on my affiliate ID.
This method also allows me to place a nice URL in the ad, for example: www.googlecash.com/sat, in lieu of the long affiliate link URL which would be more difficult to type in. A short and sweet URL ensures ease and accuracy.
Here is how to set this up:
First, you need a website on which you can post a page. Don't worry if you do not have a website. There are plenty of free website services available to you.
Click Here to sign up for a free website with DotEasy. They offer free website hosting without banners. Most free web hosting companies put advertising banners on your website. I prefer DotEasy because they do not.
Once you have signed up for a free website and have received your URL, the next step is to create the redirect page.
Basically, all that you have to do is create a new webpage with the following code in it:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://affiliate-
program.com/your-ID">
Copy and paste, or type this code into notepad. Save this code as a webpage, "index.htm" (without the quotes of course).
On your DotEasy server (or other server) create a directory with any name. For example, "sat" (short for satellite). Then upload the index.htm page to your DotEasy server. Put it in your sat directory. That's it!
You advertise (http://www.-enteryourdomainhere-.com/sat) in your Classified Ad. When people enter it in their browser, they're automatically redirected to the destination website (http://affiliate-program.com/your-ID). And you get the commission when they buy.
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