You will also notice URL look like this, "ht..." (If you see "ht..." please read HTML version of this issue at http://www.thatswise.com/free/lessons/0803.html ) These are numeric ampersand entities. Another way to display characters in Web browsers. For example, "a" (If you see "a" please read HTML version of this issue) is displayed as "a." To convert your URL, replace each character of your affiliate link with corresponding entity. (I post list of entities at http://www.thatswise.com/free/sources/entities.txt) To check if you have converted URL correctly, open "test.html" with Notepad and replace "URL_Here" with your numeric ampersanded URL and save. Then, open file with your Web browser. You will see URL in normal characters. Past that converted URL in "example.html," instead of normal URL.

That's it. You've just hidden your affiliate link as secure as Affiliate Link Cloaker does.

--Bonus--

You can download e-book, "How to Hide Your Affiliate Links" for free. You will find more detailed instructions and a few more extra tricks. Please go to http://www.thatswise.com/free/e-books/hide_links.html

You can get book for yourself, or you can give it to your affiliates.

It's also one of most under used tactics.

Like I said earlier, you must be prepared to invest a large amonunt of your time into your business if you follow this route.

Hey, it's your business, you are putting in hours to help change and shape your future so don't fall into trap of thinking you should be spending all your time on search engines. If you learn how to do this next step effectively you will generate a good rate of traffic to your site and over time it will create you a viral advertising effect!

Writing articles ___________ One of tried and tested free ways to get visitors to your web site is to write and submit articles to ezine and newsletter publishers on a topic that relates to your web site. I personally think this is way to go if you're low on advertising funds.

Only write articles that relate to web site you want to promote.

If a person clicks on a link in your article about fishing and they are sent to a web site selling sewing machines, you can bet they won't ever read another article with your name on it again and your credibility will be lost for good with reader. If your article happened to get picked up by a publisher with a 30,000 subscriber base you just lost a big chunk of potential customers.

So you need to focus your efforts on subject of your website.

Also at bottom of every article you write you *must* add a resource box giving a little bit of information about your web site or autoresponder course and what reader can expect by visiting your site or submitting their email address to your autoresponder. Also you need to include a link to web site or autoresponder. (see bottom of article)

The bottom line:

Credibility is what will give you a long and successul online business and also get visitors and customers to put their trust in you. Treat visitors to your site and those who give you their contact details in a way you would like to be treated and you will earn their trust.

Once you have their trust it's only a matter of time before they become your customers.