On
the Fast Track with Your…
Target URL
In the previous two
Fast-Track Tutorials we discussed two types of "redirect"
URL's...
1) Your
AdMinder Tracking URL first takes prospects to the AdMinder
site, to track total clicks.
It then redirects
prospects to your ClickBank hoplink.
2) Your
ClickBank hoplink first takes prospects to the ClickBank site,
to track sales.
It then redirects prospects to the
sales site for the "Secrets of the Big Dogs" ebook.
We now need a third
and final redirect URL to take prospects from your ad to your
AdMinder Tracking URL.
This
third URL is called your Target
URL and is the actual URL that you place in your ads.
To set up your
Target URL, just go to...
http://TinyURL.com
Step 1:
When you get to the main page, simply copy and paste your AdMinder
tracking URL into the blank block entitled, "Enter a Long
URL to Make Tiny" in the center of the page.
Step 2:
Click on the rectangular gray "Make TinyURL!"
hotlink button to the immediate right.
Step 3:
You will immediately be redirected to the page which states, "TinyURL
was Created!" Below that title it will state...
"The
following URL:"
http://www.adminder.com/c.cgi?xxxxx&xxxxx
"has a
length of XX characters and resulted in the following TinyURL
which has as length of XX characters:"
http://tinyurl.com/XXXXX
This
new, shortened URL is your TARGET
URL.
This is the URL that you will be placing into all of your email
advertising.
Naturally the XXXXX
will be replaced with a five number and (lower case) letter ID that
is unique to you.
Step 4:
Of course you should print this page out for your records, and enter
your new Target URL onto your Master Information Sheet.
(Your
Target URL will remain the same for as long as you promote Big
Dogs. It will be the same for ALL of your ads.)
That's all there is
to it! And now you have a nice, neat, simple URL to
place in your ads. A simple URL that...
-
...is less than
HALF as long as either your ClickBank hoplink or your AdMinder
tracking URL!
-
...is easy -
even for a newbie - to type into their browser!
-
..."cloaks"
your real URL so prospects aren't confused and assume
you're promoting something else!
Remember!
This
third URL is called your Target
URL and is the actual URL that you place in your ads.
OK, then.
Let's put it all together and review what happens with all this
"redirect URL business" When your prospect opens your email advertisement
and clicks on your Target URL, this three-step process takes place...
Step 1) Your
short, simple Target URL is what you
actually place in your email ads. It is the only URL that your
prospect ever sees. This Target URL automatically and
invisibly redirects your prospect to the AdMinder site...
Step 2)
...which automatically and invisibly tracks clicks and then
redirects your prospect to the
ClickBank site...
Step 3)
...which automatically and invisibly tracks sales and then
redirects your prospect to the
Big Dogs sales site.
All of this takes
place in a nanosecond and your prospect is never aware of all that
is happening "behind the scenes."
Hold on!
We're not quite done yet!
Before we continue
on to the next Tutorial we want to double check that you have set up
all three of these redirect URL's so that your prospect will get
from your ad to the Big Dogs sales site.
VERIFYING
YOUR TARGET URL
Step 1:
We want to start out with a "clean" browser so delete all
temporary Internet files, "cookies," and the history files
from your browser, and reboot your computer.
Step 2:
Copy and paste your Target URL into your browser window, and click
the "go" button (or simply hit your "enter" key).
Step 3:
You should now be on the sales page for the "Secrets of the Big
Dogs" ebook. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click
on the "Click HERE to Purchase YOUR Copy of 'Secrets of the Big
Dogs'" hotlink.
Step 4:
You should now be on the "ClickBank Secure Order Form" page.
Scroll to the very bottom of the page
and in tiny type in the middle of the page you should see...
[affiliate
= "your ClickBank nickname"]
If it is YOUR
ClickBank nickname that appears after the "=" sign, then
you have set up everything properly. You WILL have your total
clicks tracked by AdMinder and you WILL have your total sales
tracked by ClickBank.
ONE
TINY PROBLEM YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER...
What is the problem
if, when you click on your Target URL, you don't end up on the ebook
sales page, but rather you end up on the AdMinder site!?
Well, that's a
simple problem and there is a simple solution.
If your Target URL
doesn't take you to the ebook sales page, but gets "hung
up" at the AdMinder site, that means just one thing: You have not entered
your ClickBank hoplink properly when you set up your AdMinder
Tracking URL. In other words, if you don't have a proper URL
entered at the AdMinder site, then AdMinder will simply "freeze
up" and not go any further.
Here's what to do
if this is occurring to you...
Just go back
to Step 6 in setting up your AdMinder Tracking URL, and re-enter
your ClickBank hoplink in Field # 4. Make SURE
it looks like...
http://XXXXXX.bigdogs.hop.clickbank.net
...where the XXXXXX
is your ClickBank nickname. Finally, make sure you click the "Create
New Ad Code" button at the bottom of the page to "lock
in" the revised URL, and close the AdMinder site.
Your Target URL
will now work properly!
NOW
LET'S GO THROUGH IT
ONE LAST TIME!
(I know, I
know... this is gettin' kinda boring, but it's important you
understand it!)
1. The
URL that you actually place in your email ads is what we call your
"Target URL" It is always in the following
form:
http://tinyurl.com/XXXXX
2.
When your prospect clicks on your Target URL (i.e. your "TinyURL")
he will be automatically redirected to your AdMinder Tracking URL so
your total clicks can be counted. Your AdMinder Tracking URL
is always in the following form:
http://www.adminder.com/c.cgi?XXXXXX&bigdogs
3.
Your prospect will then be automatically redirected to your
ClickBank hoplink so your total sales can be counted. Your
ClickBank hoplink is always in the following form:
http://XXXXXX.bigdogs.hop.clickbank.net
The final result of
all this "redirecting stuff" is that when your prospect
clicks on your Target URL, he will automatically and instantaneously
end up on the sales page for the "Secrets of the Big Dogs"
ebook - your sales page!
You are now
done with your Day 1 Schedule! Congratulations!
It's time to go
shoot some pool and get the heck off the computer...
...until tomorrow!
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