Boost Profits With PHP

July 19, 2007 · Filed Under Affiliate Marketing, Business Basics, Covert Tactics · 21 Comments 

Here’s a quick tip that will boost your profits - especially if you’re using verified optin.

After someone subscribes to your list, you have two options:

1. Send them to a thank you page that explains how to verify their subscription to download the free gift. You can add a link to the product you’re promoting. But there’s no guarantee they will click on it. You can also tag them with a cookie, but there’s no guarantee they’ll ever get to the sales page.

2. You can send them straight through your affiliate link to the sales page. This may increase your sales. But they subscriber may feel cheated because they didn’t get a confirmation page. They want their freebie! So that may not put them in the best mood to buy.

Here’s a solution…

Use a simple PHP redirect to show them a confirmation page and then redirect them to the sales page.

Click here for a live example.

Here’s the code below. Just place it at the top of your confirmation page between PHP tags (Wordpress won’t all me to post them here). Then save as a PHP file (i.e. redirect.php) and upload to your server.

header(”Refresh: 5; URL=affiliatecashsecrets.com”);
Replace “affiliatecashsecrets.com” with your affiliate link.

Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below…

Regards,

Derrick VanDyke

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How to Get Started in Affiliate Marketing

July 3, 2007 · Filed Under Affiliate Marketing, Business Basics · 4 Comments 

Here’s a question from David in Australia…

“Derrick, I am very interested in this opportunity. But I doubt I have the knowledge to make it work. I have no list, I have no idea about autoresponders, or how to set up email blasts…I am a complete novice. Do you think I can manage this or best to walk away? You can only do so much to help.”

Here’s my reply…

My advice is to learn how to advertise first. If you try to learn everything at once, you’ll get frustrated and quit. You need to make some money to prove to yourself that affiliate marketing works.The first step is to find an affiliate program that pays well and has a high conversion rate. Look for a program with a hot-selling information product and a good followup system. Then all you have to do is generate traffic.

My system pays 75% commission on three different product. If you drive traffic to my site, you will make money. Maybe not enough to quit your day job. But enough to know that it works.

Once you prove to yourself that affiliate marketing works, then you can start learning how to set up your own system. Working a few hours a day, you could *realistically* make your first $1000 in the next 30 days and have a $10k a month business within one year - that is IF you stick with a plan and don’t waste time jumping from one thing to the next.

Hope that helps…

Derrick VanDyke
AffiliateCashSecrets.com

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