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Protecting Your Affiliate Commissions

By Andrew Kelly

There are numerous software products on the market that range from 15 - 50 dollars for special types of software that'll assist you in protecting your affiliate marketing commissions. The effectiveness and ease of use for the programs range greatly, so before you buy one, you should always learn as much as you possibly can.

Banner servers
Banner servers not only serve banners, as many of the more recent servers will also display text links as well. The link coding that's associated with served ads is normally long, so that the visitor won't be able to see on the status bar where the redirect is heading.

Click tracking software
Click counting software will not show the target URL as the links point inwards to the software, which is normally installed on your own website.

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How To Analyze Traffic to Your Website
Analyzing Traffic to Your Website
by Diego Norte

Figuring out traffic statistics is a necessary part of your marketing responsibilities if you want to succeed online. It's an obvious course of action but one that many webmasters fail to act upon. Taking advantage of other people's neglect will help you dominate the competition.

There really isn't any excuse not to be proactive in evaluating the amount of traffic your are receiving, what target audience is visiting and what areas of concern you need to improve to ensure you are bringing in the right people. This also helps you work on getting more quality traffic.

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Twitter: How To Link Ezine Articles To Post On Twitter
This is a quick video I put together based on Alex Mandossian's post about how to link your Ezine Articles approved articles to your Twitter profile. This will bring your articles more exposure, which should bring more exposure to whatever product or service you're offering.

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Once someone has clicked on the link, the click tracking application will then redirect the visitor to the URL that you have specified within the script. The click tracking software will also provide a great way to monitor the usefulness of your ads and not just relying on the reports that merchants will provide.

Protecting your commissions is extremely important, as you want to get paid for what you do. Even though fraud is possible with affiliate marketing, you can protect yourself. Fraudsters have certain techniques and tactics they use, which you can protect yourself from.

If you own your own business, the last thing you want to experience is either credit card fraud or affiliate fraud. They do happen on a regular basis, simply because those who have it happen haven't taken the necessary steps they should have to protect themselves.


Author Details:
Andrew Kelly, copywriter for various websites including, Affiliate Marketing Info a subsection of Tartan Gems a growing information portal, The A to Z of, an ambitious project to cover various subjects plus a great many other sites.

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