OK, you've seen all of the options apart from linking a picture, which isn't really pertinent to the discussion; a picture is a picture is a picture, so there's nothing to do to change it. It's nice to make sure that something sensible comes up when a reader accidentally runs his mouse over it so ensure the Alt Tags are filled in just as we spoke about on the previous page with titles.

Some of you know that I write web content (among other stuff) and over the years I've seem many, many websites, written in the main by the business owners. Dry, factual blocks of text. They read like Wikipedia entries.

Everything I've said about the way you link relates directly back to the way you write. If you write to engage the reader then the integrated links, particularly option 3, the last one, work every time. When you write pages for your website, ask your friends beforehand exactly what they want to find out. Interview them and record their answers with your phone voice recorder. Don't write anything down on paper.

The reason for this is simple: if a friend says "I'd love to know what sort of after-sales service you offer?" and you've written down "after sales" (and you will) then although you will have a reminder for your writing it may be useless for you FAQ section. FAQ's are very readable if it sounds like a real person is asking the question. So this particular question will read thus:

Q. "I'd love to know what sort of after-sales service you offer?"

A. Our after sales service is cr*p. (you may come up with a better answer). Better still would be,

A. Our after sales service is cr*p. (note the link to your after sales testimonials and policy).

I hope this helps

Paul



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coolcity Premium
Brilliant post Paul.

It hasn't received the recognition it deserves to be honest, in my opinion.

There is a lot of enormously useful information in there which could vastly improve clicks and conversions if used correctly. It is the finer points like this that can be the difference between making a little extra cash or running a hugely successful online presence.

But the most important thing to recognise is that just by making the improvements Paul discusses you are certain to improve your conversion rate, which after all is THE key to a successful IM future.
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bothewebguy Premium
You are probably going to want edit this training. while its very useful. I don't think it will stick with your affiliate links in there. My guess is that Kyle has not seen this yet. Anyone that comes here from one of links would be lost to you if they went thru this tutorial, which is why they don't allow the affiliate links i the training modules.
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Paul Dean Premium
I'll edit it, but I only used the links that get you to the free starter page, which I guess everyone who reads it has already gone through. I only had the link live because I'd just used it elsewhere and it was still on my clipboard. That's how lazy I am ;-)
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1dingphat Premium
Option 3 is the most appropriate and professional method of creating links...
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skyhorse Premium
And to think, you created this training after my discussion lol.

A great training! And I agree, I would never use number 1 at all. I never even considered that one an option to do.
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MikeyB Premium
huh, you plagiarist Paul LOL
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Paul Dean Premium
Mikey B hates me now.
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MikeyB Premium
NEVER LOL
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MikeyB Premium
Page 3 vitally important, did not know that
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Paul Dean Premium
My work here is done... ;-)
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MikeyB Premium
No it's not,, it's 1.30, 10 hours to go yet!!!! trudge on..
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