Cookies contain information about your visitors' clicks and pathways. The 5 Pillar Program's system uses cookies to track clicks on your Referral Redirect URL (RR URL) to make sure that you get credit for a sale even if that sale occurs much later.

Here is a quick overview of the process...

When a visitor clicks your RR URL, a cookie with your unique affiliate code is written to his or her browser. If the visitor comes back to our site later and orders a product, the order form reads the cookie and identifies you as the affiliate who referred that customer.

A cookie can either have...

1) Temporary Status

The cookie stays on that browser indefinitely or until another affiliate's RR URL link overwrites it. This is the standard type of cookie that is written to a visitor's browser when he or she clicks your RR URL.

Please note: If the case studies owners (case-studies.sitesell.com) are promoting SBI! on their sites, their RR URLs will not overwrite yours. They do not have an unfair advantage due to their case study exposure.

2) Permanent Status

Certain actions result in a permanent cookie, which means that a person's cookie is permanently tied to a particular affiliate and cannot be overwritten by another affiliate.

Now for some additional details...

About Temporary Cookies

A temporary cookie has unlimited "return days" as some other affiliate programs refer to it. That means as long as the prospect does not click on another affiliate's link, it will track to the original affiliate whenever s/he returns to our site. If the prospect decides to buy a SiteSell product even years later, the original referring affiliate will get credit for the sale.

About Permanent Cookies

A temporary cookie becomes permanent, for example, when the prospect buys a SiteSell product or joins the 5 Pillar Program. That customer/affiliate is then tied to the original referring affiliate for life. That is why that customer is called a "lifetime" customer. Any future purchases by that customer are then credited to that affiliate.

Visitors who pass through your RR URL and do the following actions create permanent cookies...

o Purchasing SBI! or another product
o Signing up as an affiliate
o Signing up for Value Exchange (value-exchange.sitesell.com)
o Downloading Make Your Content PREsell! (mycps.sitesell.com)
o Visiting blogit.sitesell.com

In addition to cookies, a lifetime customer can be tracked backed to their "lifetime affiliate" by credit card and personal information like address, phone number, etc. in our database. So even if a customer or affiliate clears all cookies and creates a new account, our matching algorithm will identify that person as being your referral. Or, as Ken likes to say, you need to join the witness protection program to fool our system.

In order to change your RR URL (the special personal tracking URL that ensures your referrals are credited to you), you will need to go to the Account Modifications Page of the 5 Pillar Club.

Step 1) Go to...

Enter your username and password and click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Step 2) Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu in the top left of the screen, scroll down to the ADMIN/ACCOUNTING/STATS section, and select Account Modifications. The Account Modifications Page will open.

Step 3) On the Account Modifications Page, you can enter your new RR URL beside the "Name Your Unique RR URL" field. Do not enter .html at the end. Our system will add that automatically.

Step 4) Scroll down to the bottom of the page. For security reasons, you must enter your password once more in the field just above the Complete Modifications button. Then click the Complete Modifications button to complete your modifications.

Step 5) A confirmation screen will be displayed with your modifications. Please verify that the modifications are correct.

Please note:

1) If you select an RR URL that is already taken, a number will be appended to the RR URL.

2) Changing your RR URL will have no effect on cookies already written to your visitor's browser. Cookies are based on a unique account identifier that never changes. In other words, if a visitor clicked your old RR URL, you will still get credit for future visits even after you change your RR URL.

Do make sure, however, to adjust any links to your old RR URL that you may have. After you change your RR URL, those links will no longer function.

Are you planning or are you ready to promote SBI! through some Google AdWords campaigns? Use Track It!, a conversion tracking tool, to help you measure the success of each campaign.

For full details about Track It! and how to use it, please see this Back Issue #219 of the 5 Pillar Report...

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The 5 Pillar Orientation Guide and the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide provide great marketing advice and numerous PREselling strategies. Start with the strategies that best fit your situation (time-wise and business-wise). And then use the free marketing tools at the Club to help you implement your chosen strategies effectively.

You can download 5 Pillar Orientation Guide and access the online 5 Pillar Marketing Guide at the following URL...

http://quickstart.sitesell.com/

Valuable marketing information is also shared in The Five Pillar Affiliate Report. The Report's archives are available at the Club so you can always review past issues. (You can access 5 Pillar Report Back Issues via the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu.)

Now for the technical side of marketing...

If you are using SiteBuilder, the fastest way to get the marketing ball rolling is by using its SiteSell Text Link and SiteSell Graphic Link block options. These two blocks allow you to insert SiteSell.com links directly on your site's pages, wherever you want them. Please read the online help at Site Central for specific how-to instructions.

A helpful article in the Tips 'n Techniques HQ also shows you how to build an effective SBI! PREselling page...

http://sbitips.sitesell.com/promote-SBI.html

Please note... whether you use SiteBuilder or you create and upload your own pages using the HTML Editor Compatibility module, I highly recommend that you check out The SiteSell Reference Center in the 5 Pillar Club...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu to access this page. Just copy and paste the HTML code provided and create your own Reference Center Page for your site. Get this powerful PREseller working for you!



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And here's another profitable bonus... the free books are so good that folks pass it along to their friends. So your RR URL spreads virally, generating yet more visits and sales. (Please review the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide at...

http://5pmarketing.sitesell.com/

...for an overview of Free Book Build It! strategies.)

To access this free tool, please log into the 5 Pillar Club...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu to select Free Book Build It! (which is located further down the menu in the Marketing section).

All the customizable free books are listed on this page. Click on the link of your choice and simply follow the how-to instructions that are provided. It really is customization at the click of a button! And to make things even easier, we provide promotional copy that you can use for your PREselling efforts.



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http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button. Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu and scroll down to Remote Subscribe Build It!. Click on that link for access. Please follow the process as outlined. It's simple to do!

You can also refer your visitors to this site...

http://articles.sitesell.com

One issue from each of SiteSell's three informative e-zines is highlighted on this site. It's an excellent way to show your visitors the value and quality of SiteSell publications.

Please don't forget to send them through your RR URL so that they are tagged with your temporary cookie...

http://articles.sitesell.com/YOUR_RR_WORD.html

Or through your subdomain RR URL...

http://YOUR_RR_WORD.sitesell.com/articles



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This is a partnership where you send your potential customers to us. In return, we pay you a lifetime and Team commission.

Please be sure to review the 5 Pillar Orientation Guide, and the online 5 Pillar Marketing Guide. The Orientation Guide is a must read. Look at the Marketing Guide as time allows. Both are available for free at the following URL...

http://quickstart.sitesell.com/

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For complete details about the offline buzz promotion, and other PREselling strategies/tools, see the Remote Order Entry Program section of the 5 Pillar Club...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu and scroll down to Remote Order Entry Program. Click on that link for access. If you're an SBIer then you won't want to miss the extra angles offered in the Tips 'n Techniques section of your Site Central. Scroll down to "Tips 'n Techniques HQ" in the "Site Build It! InfoCenter" and click. Make your way over to the "PRESELLING SBI!" section to learn how other SBIers are buzzing!



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After you earn your first CAD$100 commission check from the 5 Pillar Program, you are eligible for a 25% rebate on your purchase price of Site Build It!. That's great news, especially when you consider how relatively easy it is to reach that $100 total -- 2 SBI! sales (each with a 25% commission rate) will put you over the required benchmark!

Now let's take this good news one step further. Combine your 5 Pillar Affiliate $100 commission with the 25% special rebate, and your investment in SBI! is almost cut in half. What an affordable way to begin building a successful online business!

Please note... you are also eligible for this special offer if you owned SBI! before you signed up as a 5 Pillar Affiliate.



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1) It would clog up the SEs' databases with thousands of no- content URLs. They are not true content pages -- just useful redirects to administer the program.

2) They are redirect pages, so the engines will ignore them. Or, even worse, they might penalize the program.

3) There are no words (i.e., content) or META tags or anything. So the engines would never score them.

The RR URL is just meant to provide a nicer user interface for your audience, while still performing the cookie-writing and redirect functions that we need in order to make sure that you get paid properly.



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Please login using your username and password combination...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Then use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu and scroll down to 5 Pillar Affiliate Report Back Issues. Click on the link for access. Then choose the issue you would like to review.

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The key is to enter your RR URL correctly. Let's say that you want to send your visitor to the Site Build It! main sales site...

http://buildit.sitesell.com/

Your RR URL would be...

http://buildit.sitesell.com/YOUR_RR_WORD.html.

Next, log into the 5P Club...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu and scroll down to Accounting Home Page. Click on that link for access. Check out your Traffic Stats and make note of them.

Now get a few friends to test your RR URL. After they do, check again at the Club to make sure that your Traffic Stats increase correctly.



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http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button.

Use the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu and scroll down to Downloading Home Page. Click on that link. That's where you will find links to all the free books, including the ones that you can customize with your own RR URL through Free Book Build It!.

Don't forget to promote SiteSell's free downloads to your visitors. The freetrial.sitesell.com site is an excellent PREseller...

http://freetrial.sitesell.com/

Let the free books do your work for you! Your visitors get a first-hand look at how SiteSell OVERdelivers quality and provides affordable solutions that meet the needs of small business owners.

Always remember to refer your visitors through your RR URL...

http://freetrial.sitesell.com/YOUR_RR_WORD.html

Or if you have a subdomain RR URL...

http://YOUR_RR_WORD.sitesell.com/freetrial/



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You can quickly get up to speed about AdSense by reading Ken's excellent overview at...

http://adsense.sitesell.com/

For ideas on how to promote the perfect fit between SBI! and AdSense, please review 5 Pillar Report Issue #122. It's available in your 5 Pillar Club's archives.

Log into the Club as usual...

http://login.sitesell.com

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button. Then take the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu to the 5 Pillar Back Issues page and scroll down to Issue #122.



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Best news? Effective PREselling is something you can learn! It doesn't require genetic talent or lots of money. Anyone can acquire this important communication skill.

The most important source of PREselling strategies/tips is the online 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, available for free from...

http://5pmarketing.sitesell.com/

Another excellent free resource is Make Your Content PREsell!. It shows you how to effectively write to communicate and PREsell.

For more details on this unique book, please visit...

http://mycps.sitesell.com/

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It's not a fluke that top affiliates own most or all SiteSell products. It's so important to go beyond theory and pretend. The 5 Pillar Discount Directory supports this by offering all 5 Pillar Affiliates discounts...

http://www.sitesell.com/discount-dir-affiliates.html

And...

If you do not yet own a Site Build It! site... it's not only the best way to build a flourishing business, it's a great way to promote Site Build It!, too.

http://buildit.sitesell.com/

http://affiliatemarketing.sitesell.com/

http://infopublishing.sitesell.com/



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http://www.sitesell.com/sitemap.html

This little page will give you the big picture :-) If you're a 5 Pillar Club affiliate then use the site map in conjunction with your personal SITESELL PROMOTION CENTER to build your promotional campaigns. The Center conveniently presents all your key RR URLS in one place for one-stop assistance.

The SITESELL PROMOTION CENTER is located in the 5 Pillar Club. Login with your username and password...

http://login.sitesell.com/

Click on the LOGIN 5 Pillar Club button. Please take the QUICK JUMP drop-down menu to SITESELL PROMOTION CENTER. Click on the link to access the CENTER. All your RR URLS at your fingertips!

Please keep in mind that the CENTER will always be your most up-to-date RR URL source of information.



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Others use it at seminars, conventions, etc. Some even hold their own local Chamber of Commerce or Village Business Association seminars. There are tons of ways to reach small business people offline.

The local gym has turned out to be another excellent venue (ex., to reach the stay-at-home spouse who could be starting a successful business from home).

No doubt about it! The Remote Order Entry Program is invaluable for offline sales...

https://secure.sitesell.com/prot-bin/affiliatescripts/affiliateClubMoreInfo.pl?sitesell_promo_ce nter#REMOTE

A reminder...

There are two ways you can place orders for offline friends, colleagues, conventioneers (etc.), and receive commissions...

1) YOU place the order through YOUR Remote Order Entry Page for the person that you reached through the offline methods that are outlined in the Remote Order Entry Program.

2) Your friend places the order through his/her OWN computer by first passing through your RR URL and then ordering.

The first is far more elegant, of course. But either way, do not mix up the above two. By that, I mean...

YOU should NEVER use your computer to "simulate" that you are your customer, pass through your RR URL, and then place the order through the usual Web site Order Page. The database will think (rightly) that YOU are ordering and will credit the commission to your Team Leader. Therefore...

Use your Remote Order Entry Page...

Just log into the 5 Pillar Club...

http://login.sitesell.com/

And QUICK JUMP to your Remote Order Entry Page. Then take the order.

This is terrific for taking "one-off" orders from friends at home, colleagues at work, or from groups at a presentation anywhere. You get credit for the sales since we know it's you by your login. It's great to have you as a partner in sales!



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