While this has probably happened to many of you before, I just want to share a quick success story regarding redirects.
I’ve been promoting several products for a manufacturer — but I guess I wasn’t doing a very good job! At any rate, I got one of those messages we all dread when I went to log in to get some new affiliate links:
“Your account has been removed from our database due to a lack of activity.”
Ouch. All of those links leading to nowhere (well, I’ll assume that the manufacturer was smart enough to redirect them to the appropriate sales pages!).
So of course I signed up again and got new links. But what about all of those old ones?
Because I had made the commitment a long time ago to use redirects in any situation where I leave an affiliate link, all I had to do was edit the redirect script for those products and upload the edited page to my redirect server. Now all of those links are good again!
It’s quite possible that this simple task — which took me no longer than 30 minutes, including re-registering for the affiliate program — may put hundreds of dollars in my pocket over the next couple of years. Assuming, that is, that my brilliant marketing strategy kicks in…!
Thanks for listening,
Tom
P.S. — I know that there are a lot of systems out there for managing redirects. I own several of them myself. In the end, though, I settled on a home-made system that works well for me. It’s pretty well documented and could be quickly turned into a product; if you might be interested in something like this, could you leave a comment? I won’t approve it but will see it — and would appreciate your feedback.
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