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This is a step by step tutorial on “how to encrypt your affiliate links”
links” I wrote this
tutorial due to feedback that I had received on my blog. You are allowed to
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How to Encrypt your affiliate Links using Profit Protector………………Page .3
How to work out your direct url …………………………...………………Page 12
Clickbank Toolkit Software Download……………………………………Page 13
Using Clickbank to Find an Affiliate Product ……………………………Page 14
How to Encrypt your affiliate Links using Clickbank Toolkit……………Page 19
Inserting your link into a Blog Post……………………………………….Page 34
How to Cloak your affiliate Links………………………………………….Page 36
More Free eBooks written by Me...……………………………………….Page 40
Videos of the Steps using Profit Protector .………………………..coming Soon
Videos of the Steps using Clickbank Toolkit ..…………………………..Page 40
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Profit Protector software will protect your affiliate links by encrypting them
using Javascript Follow the exact steps below to secure your affiliate links ☺
Go to Google and type in Profit Protector – this software is completely FREE!
Click on the top result or go straight to the download page here
www.measuring-up.com
Once you click on the download link above you will be taken to this page,
download and install the software, just follow the onscreen steps.
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Once the software is installed double left mouse click on the desktop icon
This is what you will see once the software opens; it asks you to enter your
Affiliate link and to Enter a Title. You can enter a Keyword or Name of the
product as the Title.
Title NB: the reason it asks you for a title is that the title you
choose will show up in the tab of the browser once your link is loaded.
Enter your affiliate link and Page Title:- in this case I have entered my affiliate
link http://taradp.gfaknow.hop.clickbank.net
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In Enter page title: I have entered the exact Page Title of the Affiliate Product I
am promoting “Get Fit After Kids”.
Kids” Then click Generate HTML pages.
A new window will appear asking you to name the file and to locate where you
want to store it. Choose a different location using the drop down menu at the
top next to Save in:
To keep organised you should set up one main folder called “affiliatelinks”
inside there you will make a new folder for each HTML generated page ☺
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I already have 2 affiliate HTML pages set up for other affiliate links.
For this product I will set up another folder.
Select File: then New: then Folder, a new folder will appear, name it the name
of the product you are promoting or a shortened version.
For this example I have called the main folder GFAK to remind me that this
html page is for the affiliate link “Get Fit After Kids”
Kids”
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Now you need to open the GFAK folder by double left mouse clicking on it
Once you have opened the main GFAK folder we need to enter the file name:
CALL IT index.html for this to work follow the steps exactly. NB:NB:-Each
separate affiliate folder will have a file in it called “index.html”
index.html” Then Click
Save.
Once you click the save button the software will close, navigate to your
affiliate folder open the affiliate folder you just created.
You will see one file in there called index.html, we will check to see what the
code looks like, right click on the index.html file, select open with, select
Notepad.
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When you first open the index.html page you will see only one sting of code
unless you have word-wrap selected, to show you a clear picture of what the
code looks like I selected word-wrap in this example ☺ ok now you can close
the notepad document, we are now ready to upload the folder to your server.
Right Lets Get this Uploaded……You Excited???
Open filezilla or the ftp software that you use
Navigate to your “affiliatelinks” folder then click on it, it will display the
contents in the lower section.
We need to upload the whole folder GFAK.
affiliatelinks
This side of your ftp program is your computer hard drive.
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Connect to your server; the files already on your server will appear on the
right hand side.
Navigate to your public_html folder and double left mouse click on it, to open
the folder. The contents will be displayed in the lower right hand side of your
ftp program.
Right mouse click anywhere inside your public_html folder, then Select “create
a directory”.
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Name this new directory/folder what ever you like, if its for affiliate
programs…here are some suggestions:Recommends
Likes
Suggests
Ok I chose recommends now click save.
You will see your folder on the right side “recommends”. Now double left
mouse click on the recommends folder.
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Now go and right click on your GFAK folder (or what ever you named it) on
the left side of the screen then select upload from the dropdown menu.
Ok cool its now uploaded to your server lets go check it out….
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1. Your domain is the first part
eg mine is http://taradipalma.com my
blog is on my main domain.
1a. If your blog is set up as http://domainname.com/blog this would be
the first part of the direct url.
2. The file name you set up on your server, in this example I used
recommends so below is what we have so far
http://taradipalma.com/recommends
3. The next part is the name of the folder that you uploaded, for this
example I used GFAK.
So the complete link for my affiliate link is
http://taradipalma.com/recommends/GFAK
Ok now enter the above url into the browser, if you have followed the steps
exactly then this is what you would see. (Your Url)
You will also notice that what ever Title You chose when you first started the
software will appear on the tab in the browser.
I hope everything ran smoothly ☺ remember any problems gimme a shout,
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Clickbank Toolkit is a program that I received for free as a bonus with a
package that I purchased a couple of years ago, It says I have the right to
give it away, so I have uploaded it to my server, this program encrypts your
links and creates html pages which need to be uploaded to your server.
Grab your free copy of the software Clickbank
Clickbank Toolkit.
Toolkit
Ok once it is installed open it.
Below is the welcome screen.
If you already have an affiliate link to a product that you wish to promote you
can use that, or if you have found a product that you wish to promote, scroll
down to the bottom of their sales page, there should be a link there for
“affiliates”, usually any program running affiliates will provide you with the
instructions of setting up your affiliate url along with tools like blog posts, email
posts and banners of some kind.
Some also offer you a free product to give away with the graphics, sales
pages and autoresponder messages ☺
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I won’t be talking you through how to search for a niche market in this tutorial
but I can give you a free tool by Brad Callen PPC Web Spy that will give you
an extra advantage.
If you haven’t got an affiliate product to promote then you need to go to
http://www.clickbank.com
http://www.clickbank.com click on Marketplace,
Marketplace this is where we will look for
an affiliate product to promote.
If you don’t have a Clickbank account you can create an account by clicking
the link above.
I will walk you through an example, Remember… when you are doing your
niche research there is a lot more to consider, I am just showing you how to
encrypt your affiliate links ☺
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I have my own product so I will use this for demo purposes, enter the product
name into the keywords section “Get Fit After Kids”, or visit the website and
click on “affiliates”
You can choose categories etc and select how you would like the results to be
displayed.
Go through the results to find the product that you would like to promote.
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Click on “view pitch page” to see what the sales page looks like, it will open in
a new window.
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Ok now we will create a hop link (affiliate link), to do this you must have a
Clickbank account if you haven’t already got one you can sign up for one here
http://www.clickbank.com
K let’s keep going…. now click on “create hoplink”, a pop up window will open
like shown below.
In the box “Clickbank Nickname” enter your Clickbank id, this is the username
you chose when you signed up with Clickbank.
Tracking Id is optional; once you have filled in the details click create.
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Here you have both a hyperlink for your webpage and your basic affiliate link;
we only need the top affiliate link.
The affiliate link is http://taradp
taradp.gfaknow.hop.clickbank.net
taradp
You need to copy the affiliate url, to do this you would left mouse click at the
end of the link, hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor over to
the left, make sure you cover the whole link, then right mouse click and select
copy, (or you could hold down the Ctrl key and then press “c” on the
keyboard.)
Paste your affiliate link into a text document…..like notepad…..Do NOT use a
Word document.
(word uses extra formatting so the html code would be altered) text
documents keep the “html” code clean ☺
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Open up the total affiliate protection software, I will now walk you through the
steps to encrypt your affiliate link ☺
Click on Use Tool Now>>>>
Click on Affiliate Link Encrypter
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Copy your affiliate url from the notepad, left click into box number (1) please
NOTE:- you have to hold down the “Ctrl” key and press the letter “v” on the
keyboard,
keyboard for it to paste in your url.
Leave the default settings for number 2 as is. It should say “Maintain your
domain in browser location bar.”
Once you have entered your affiliate URL you need to click on create page
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You will see the html code is already highlighted
Right mouse click inside the box and select copy.
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Open a new text document
Right mouse click on the text document and select paste
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Wow look at that there is your html encrypted code ☺
Ok now lets save it we are nearly there………..stay with me!
Select File on the notepad document and a drop down menu will appear.
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Select “Save As”
A second window will open, navigate to the folder where you store your
affiliate links, if you have not created a folder you can create a folder in your
documents called “affiliate links” so you can keep all your encrypted links in
there. For each “affiliate link” that we encrypt there will be a separate folder.
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Let’s go ahead and set up the first affiliate link folder…….
Click on Create New Folder along the top toolbar (it looks like a folder with a
red star on it) (Or you can right click inside the screen and select make new
folder) which ever you prefer.
Name this folder something that will make this particular affiliate link Familiar
to you, ok I will call this one GFAK for the “Get Fit After Kids” affiliate Link.
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Then Click Open
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We need to change the file name
Highlight the *txt then press delete on your keyboard.
Enter index.html in the file name then click save, leave the default settings as
is, once you “click save” the window will close. (MAKE SURE IT IS THE
BASIC txt* NOT rtf*) my default on my computer is Text Documents {*txt}
double check this before saving ☺
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Navigate back to the affiliate links folder you should see a file in there called
GFAK.
Double click on the GFAK file…………WoW there it is your index.html page
If you want to check the index.html file for your code you can:Right click on the “index.html” file
Select open with
Select Notepad
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You will see code similar to this.
Now close it
Ok nearly there….Don’t leave me, you will be a genius next time round ☺
Now let’s upload the file
Open filezilla or the ftp software that you use
Navigate to your “affiliateslinks” folder then click on it, it will display the
contents in the lower section.
We need to upload the whole folder GFAK.
affiliatelinks
This side of your ftp program is your computer hard drive.
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Connect to your server; the files already on your server will appear on the
right hand side.
Navigate to your public_html folder and double left mouse click on it, to open
the folder. The contents will be displayed in the lower right hand side of your
ftp program.
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Right mouse click anywhere inside your public_html folder, Select create a
directory.
Name this new directory/folder what ever you like, if its for affiliate
programs…here are some suggestions:Recommends
Likes
Suggests
Ok I chose recommends now click save.
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You will see your folder on the right side “recommends”. Now double left
mouse click on the recommends folder.
Now go and right click on your GFAK folder (or what ever you named it) on
the left side of the screen then select upload from the dropdown menu.
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Ok cool its all uploaded you can now make a post on our blog about your
affiliate product.
Working out the direct url to your affiliate link is shown below.
below.
1. Your domain is the first part
eg mine is http://taradipalma.com my
blog is on my main domain.
1a. if your blog is set up as http://domainname.com/blog this would be
the first part of the direct url.
2. The file name you set up on your server, in this example I used
recommends so below is what we have so far
http://taradipalma.com/recommends
3. The next part is the name of the folder that you uploaded, for this
example I used GFAK.
So the complete link for my affiliate link is
http://taradipalma.com/recommends/GFAK
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Ok now its time to make a post, you might feel that this book is long, once you
learn the steps, it really only takes at the most 10 mins max ☺
Hyperlink
This is just a dummy post to show you how to add your encrypted link your
blog post...... Write an article about your affiliate product and we will now
make a link. We will use the keyword Get Fit After Kids to hyperlink (this will
be known as Anchor Text)
Text
Ok first you need to highlight the text “GET FIT AFTER KIDS” and then click
on the hyperlink button (or left click and select hyperlink). A pop up window
will appear as shown below.
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Enter your direct link in the link url mine would look like
http://taradipalma.com/recommends/GFAK
http://taradipalma.com/recommends/GFAK
Click the drop down menu next to the target box and select “Open link in a
new window”, once someone clicks on your affiliate product the link will open
in a new tab, this prevents you from losing people to your affiliate products ☺
Then click insert.
Once you have finished your post click update so that your post is visible to
the world, then go to your blog and click on your affiliate link ☺
Wow Fantastic LOOK at the URL displayed in the browser…..give yourself a
pat on the back . The only problem is that if you look at the tab this page is
loaded in you will see http://taradipalma.com/recommends/GFAK, with this
method we lose the page title on the tab.
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Steps to show you how to use the affiliate link cloaker section, really the
cloaker is pretty simple but here are a couple of steps for you…. just incase
you are a real newbie ☺
At the main screen of the complete affiliate protection software, click on
Affiliate Link Cloaker and you will come to this screen.
Remember to use the shortcut hold down the Ctrl Key and then click the letter
v on the keyboard to past into this program!
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Enter your affiliate link in number 1
Enter your keyword as the Anchor Text in number 2
Click Cloack Link
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You will see that the code is already highlighted
Click into the box where the code is then right mouse click then select copy.
Then paste the code into your webpage or blog when it is in html View
The code will look like this below.
<a href="http://taradp.gfaknow.hop.clickbank.net" onmouseover="window.status='Get Fit After
Kids';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Get Fit After Kids</a>
Once you go to view/design mode you will see this Get Fit After Kids
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Cloaking is very easy but once people click your links they will see the affiliate
url in the browser.
There you have it ☺
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Clickbank Toolkit
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I hope this tutorial helped you ☺ again if you have any problems or comments
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To Your Success!
Tara Dipalma
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