Happy Fourth of July, Americans!

Affiliate links can be long, annoying and just plain nasty. Not only do they let folks know that you are sending them to an affiliate page, they just annoy me. For a long time I used tinyurl to create cute little redirect links, but awhile back I found this great little code that lets me use my very own URL to create a redirect page to my affiliate pages. This video is a short step-by-step that will give you the details:

The final video came out a bit fuzzy (anyone know how to optimize screenshot videos or should I just spend some quality time with Google) so you might not be able to read the redirect code very well. So here it is:

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  • Actually scratch that, I just reviewed my video in Viddler and the quality is terrible. Perhaps Amazon S3?

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  • I have found that uploading to Viddler tends to produce better quality vids. Like check out the vid in my advertise page:

    http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/advertise/

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  • Law, see post above for link to the iFrame redirect software I wrote to build a "hidden" affiliate link that prevents people being able to hijack your link.

    With these two concepts in place, you can use your Wordpress blog and iFrame Redirect software to completely mask and hide those ugly URL's.

    Cenay'

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  • Iti s the big help to shorten those long affiliate links. Thanks for sharing the tutorial. I am annoyed with those tiny urls because nobody now clicks on them.

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  • Yah Great Video. One thing though, when the page redirects it is still going to show your aff link right?

    Christien
  • JB
    Awesome video -- very helpful! I know I'm a bit late but I hope you had a great 4th as well!

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  • Wow, Definitely a Great video to help affiliate marketers bypass the visual road blocks caused by standardized variable links.

    I book marked this one! :)
  • Sensational idea, I would never have thought of that. Sometimes the simplest things work best. And it's fast too, and it saves you buying software to do it for you (which I did, sadly)
  • Thank’s for the information.
    Great video clear and easy to understand.
  • Hey Sara, great post. I never thought to use Wordpress like that. I (stupidly) created some software that lets me type in a Title, Description, Keywords and use an iFrame redirect (using PHP). The only thing I have to do (after I create the file) is use an FTP program to create a new directory and upload the index.php file created.

    I created a video showing how to download, install and use the iFrame Redirect Generator and even offer the software to any that want it (no sign up required).

    I also invite you to take a look at the video. If it is of a *quality* you find acceptable, I would be happy to discuss my learning curve with Camtasia Studio. Perhaps save you a little time on lessons already learned?

    Loving your blog (BTW) and plan to be a regular reader.

    Cenay' Nailor

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  • great site
  • You can insert it with windows movie maker :)

    If you need any help, let me know :) I'll be glad to help.
  • That is really good!. Thank's for the information that really so helpful.
  • That's a great idea, but I'm not sure I can do that. I'm using Camtasia (the free version for Internet Marketers) and Windows Movie Maker. I'll have to do a bit of research and see what I can do. I have seen that done before and I'm probably missing a good advertising option by not doing it. thanks for the tip!

    Sara

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  • Well, what I meant was a water mark, on the lower right hand side of the video, during most of the segments.
  • Essex,

    Do you mean some sort of watermark or just an address at the end?

    Thanks,
    Sara

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  • Great tutorial, thanks for your help.
    Why not slip a small website address on it for you ?
  • Sara, good job, I probably downloaded Camtasia about the same time you did and have never used it, but you sure have me thinking now, I need to give this a go

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  • Great video tutorial, very well narrated, clear and easy to understand!

    I would say though, put a link to your website on the right hand corner of the video :)
  • This is a great tutorial, Sara, and I was actually looking into this and you saved me tons of time, thanks a lot!!

    JR

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