Affiliate Links And Cookies – part 1

If you have read one of my emails, then you will know that almost all of the time when I make a product recommendation instead of putting the full link, I put something like:

http://www.clarifywithben.com/recommends/someword

This is called link redirecting, and I do it for several reasons:

1. People hate to click on long senseless links, so this makes it much more friendly.

2. If you are partaking in a large launch then some spam blockers don’t like it if you put the same domain name as hundreds of other people are also using.

3. I am able to easily track how many people have clicked through my link.

4. It is easy to frame pages meaning that affiliate details are not easily shown and a whole host of other reasons which I will go over in a future post. A few people have asked me recently how I do it.

I use a piece of software called Redirect Magic, available from http://www.redirectmagic.com . It’s free and it’s also pretty powerful.

I actually bought the whole site a few months ago and so made it free as I wanted others to be able to use it without having to pay for it.

So, if you want a free link cloaker, then go to:

http://www.redirectmagic.com

Finding Killer Niches

One of the most important things in any business is finding the correct thing to sell. Online, we refer to this as finding your niche.
A mistake I made earlier on in my career for example was chasing niches which I was able to dominate but yet were not profitable or extremely difficult to market to. For example, at one point I was very large into the children’s story niche. The problem was that although there was a massive audience, it was extremely difficult if not impossible to monetize effectively.
Nowadays, I try to stay in the more competitive niches which are profitable and although not always as fun, it does mean that I make a lot more money.

Click Here to read a new report on how find killer niches.

Sorry…Was I Rude

It ocurred to me, that I started my blog the other day, but yet didn’t really tell you about me, Ben Shaffer. Not a subject for one post I think, but let me show you my proudest parts first and then we’ll work down from there…

Meshi and Roi Shaffer
Meshi and Ro'i Shaffer

Those are my darlings.

My daughter on the right is nearly two and a half. Her name is : Oriyah Meshi Tzvia (Trying saying that fast). No-one knows where she gets her curly hair from as mine was always dead straight as is evidenced from photos of younger days. Her hobbies are waking up at night and giving a running commentary of her life (Meshi sits on the chair. Meshi eats chicken etc.)

My Son on the left is Ro’i Moshe Elchanan (blame my wife. I didn’t pick the names). He is about 4 months old in that photo. He is the first Shaffer in 7 generations to have blue eyes. He enjoys cooing like a bird and generally looking surprised.

They totally worship each other which is really cute 🙂

Ben and roi
Ben and ro'i

This is me with my son. I actually had wanted a daughter as Meshi is so great, but now I have a son I have to tell you that there is just no feeling in the world like having one. There is a massive bond between us even at this age and he makes me happy just by him cooing at me. In this photo he is pretending to help me with my work.

The whole family
The whole family

That’s my kids as well as my wife Gina. With every passing day, our life together gets greater. I just hope it’s the same for her 🙂 Great story how we met involving a taxi-cab and a mighty hangover, but we’ll save that for another day.

Paypal’s Biggest Secret

I never see anyone speaking about Paypal’s Masspay, although it really is a magnificent way to send and receive money because compared to the usual Paypal charges, the commissions are almost zero. In fact the maximum you will be charged ever on one transaction is a dollar!

Watch the following video to discover how you can start making payments using Paypal Masspay, or perhaps more importantly start receiving money by Paypal without paying commissions.