If you suspect that beginning your own business is the answer to your problems; whether it’s money, kid care, illness or a need for more free time, then you MUST choose sensibly. My Clickbank Business might not always be an answer.

Too many individuals eagerly leave their paying jobs in order to pursue their own business only to come back to the unemployment arena attempting to find work and carrying a large debt from their ventures.  

How can you find the answer to your quest for self-employment without failing?  

Want

If you think that running your own business is merely a matter of using your brains then you’re sure to be disappointed. Successful entrepreneurs have a common thread no matter if they run the run a country gas station or a Fortune 5 hundred company – need. If you don’t have the drive and grit to work in a self-employed capacity – if you can not give up the safety of a regular pay check – you will have great difficulty working for yourself.

Restraint

Expect to fail. There are several opportunities available with My Clickbank Business. Some are good, some are frauds and many are completely perfect – for YOU. Each individual’s strengths and gifts will impact which model of the business will suit them best. If you are very shy or hate to talk to people than it would be wise to remain away from companies that need a large amount of face-to-face selling. If the product is not something that you would personally use it’s not something that you will wish to promote and that will show in your attempts.  

Take stock of your capabilities and interests and try several companies that are related. Not all will suit you, but trying things will eventually enhance your business abilities overall. If you do fall for what turns out to be a fraud, consider it education and move on – you won’t likely make the same mistake again.  

Consider speaking to entrepreneurs who do what you want to do or to folks who may use your service. Research the business and read the fine print!  

Discipline

You do not have a boss or a time clock, but if you’re expecting to earn a crust then you will have to discipline yourself. Have a schedule that you follow every day. Plan your time wisely. Although many procrastinators really do well working for themselves it is still important to know what must be done and to have the willpower to follow thru. Some bad jobs or unhappy shoppers can have lasting impact on your business.  

Many have found great contentment and success working for themselves. Enjoy the search and find your ultimate business!

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When I read the posts on most affiliate marketing forums, one thing that most people concerned are
how to prevent their affiliate commission is being stolen. Before I answer to those questions, let’s look at what most affiliate or referral links look like: http://www.xyz.com/?referid=proson. or http://xyz.com/refid=?123556 etc something like that. If I looked through my archives, I actually did talk about the subject and titled Affiliate commission hijacked?! but today I want to expand the subject a bit more on why you should

hide your affiliate links and how you can do it in technical side.

3 reasons you should hide affiliate links

1. Some people out there think if they purchase with affiliate links, it will cost them more due to the commissions paid to the affiliates. So what they do is chopped off whatever the last part of the link and type directly on the browser for whatever the domain is. In the example above, it will be http://www.xyz.com/ and nothing more. So if they do purchase you will earned nothing!
2. Some affiliate programs will let affiliate to purchase from their own links and get a discount. A typical example will be those products sold on Click Bank. So what your visitors do, they simply replace your affiliate ID with their IDs. Therefore you will make NOT any commission if they purchase
3. Some affiliate links look long and unprofessional. Your visitor will have a hard time to remember or type in your links. So to make your links more memorable, a method to hide your affiliate link is important.

There are a lots of methods to hide your link, but today I will discuss some methods that I will use for your references:

1. Use a professional link cloaker – There are several free professional online affiliate link cloakers available online. The one I am using is called ViralURL.com The beauty of it is free and you can track your links which you can measure your online advertising efforts. So if you are looking for a professional cloaker, I recommend you to give it a try.
2. The other method that I will use is using some more advanced techniques like HTML frameset. I know there is someone out there is recommending a PHP redirect solution but the problem is your affiliate link still will be exposed on your visitors browser. So I will use a frameset instead:

   
   <head>
   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
   charset=utf-8" />
   <title></title>
   </head>
   <frameset>
   <frame name="" id="" frameborder="no" marginwidth="0"
   marginheight="0" src="YOUR AFFILIATE LINK HERE>
   </frameset>
   </html>
   
   

You just replace the “You affiliate link here” in your HTML editor, save it as a HTML file, upload to your server and that’s it! The only problem with this method is you need an external tracker if you want to measure your online marketing campaign.

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Later I will talk about why link tracking and split testing is important for your online marketing success.
so stay tune!