I just had something happen tonight that could turn out to be a very expensive lesson for me. Hopefully, if you’re an affiliate marketer, reading this will keep you from repeating my mistake.
Well, I sent out a link to an excellent training course being offered by one of my mentors, Howie Schwartz. This link was supposed to be my affiliate link to Howie’s newest release of Howie’s Apprentice . Since I use what I’ve learned from Howie every day in my marketing. I always enjoy it when he re-releases this product because I know it is offering people rock solid information.
Well, like always, I did a php redirect to give my link a more “User Friendly” look. Plus, I tested it to make sure it ended up on the Howie’s Apprentice website.
The mistake I made was that I did NOT double check that it was “tracking” through to my affiliate stats page. And, this may well end up being a very expensive lesson for me because my “masked” link was NOT tracking correctly. (This means if anyone decides to sign up for the course through the masked link I sent out… I will more than likely not be getting credit for it!).
I have contacted support to see if there is anything they can do about it, but that is not the point of this post.
The point that I’m hoping to make clear to you is to ALWAYS check and make sure that your links are tracking correctly. Don’t just make sure they go to the correct page (like I did). Take the extra step to make sure they are also appear on your affiliate stats page.
Your bottom line as an affiliate could be severely affected if you repeat my mistake.
~Mari Ann
P.S. btw… here is the correct place to go If you’re interested learning about the 20 available spots on the next Howie’s Apprentice.
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I found your article very interesting. I do not know much in regards to affiliate marketing. Could you tell me what a php redirect is? I have heard from someone else that Howie Schwartz is a good trainer. Have you have extensive training from him and would you say that if ones applies what is taught by Howie, that individual will do well in Online marketing?
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