How To Insert Text Links In Emails...

eddiehazel · 03-01-2010, 06:44 AM

For anyone who may have responded to my first post...I apologize! I have no idea what happened to my first post! I'm new, so mabye I hit the wrong button or something...

I have a window cleaning business and I send out a lot fo emails to clients. However, I have no offers or links on the bottom of my emails that will help me generate extra revenue. I belong to Commission Junction and I want to add text links and/or banners at the end of my emails but I don't know how. I've spent hours trying to figure it out and have been unsuccessful! How do you add a text link or a banner to a email and send the same email out to multiple clients? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

JustVisiting · 03-01-2010, 09:02 AM

Send email as html and not plain text. You can then insert your links as you would with a web page. <a href="your_link_code.com">Link Text</a>

Alexa Smith · 03-01-2010, 09:14 AM

Also, just in case you didn't know this, Eddie - don't forget, if you're sending the same email out to multiple clients from your own email account, do it in the form of sending the email to yourself with the intended recipients as "bcc" ("blind carbon copy") so that you're not disclosing their email addresses to each other (which possibly one or two of them might not like!).

JohnD2000 · 03-01-2010, 11:37 AM

Also, as a safeguard always include a statement to the effect of: "If you prefer, please copy the link above and paste it into your web browser."

You'd be amazed by the number of web users who still copy & paste links. Your web stats will prove this out after sending emails with links in them. When the source of your traffic shows up as a direct link rather than coming from Yahoo, Gmail or Aweber then 9 times out of 10 you can assume that they copied your link.

Go figure.

John

03-01-2010, 06:44 AM	#1
eddiehazel Warrior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How To Insert Text Links In Emails... For anyone who may have responded to my first post...I apologize! I have no idea what happened to my first post! I'm new, so mabye I hit the wrong button or something... I have a window cleaning business and I send out a lot fo emails to clients. However, I have no offers or links on the bottom of my emails that will help me generate extra revenue. I belong to Commission Junction and I want to add text links and/or banners at the end of my emails but I don't know how. I've spent hours trying to figure it out and have been unsuccessful! How do you add a text link or a banner to a email and send the same email out to multiple clients? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

03-01-2010, 09:02 AM	#2
JustVisiting aka: Paul Delves War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Malta Posts: 528 Thanks: 186 Thanked 102 Times in 55 Posts	Re: How To Insert Text Links In Emails... Send email as html and not plain text. You can then insert your links as you would with a web page. <a href="your_link_code.com">Link Text</a>

03-01-2010, 09:14 AM	#3
Alexa Smith Wordsmith (& Skepchick) War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 13,640 Thanks: 7,505 Thanked 9,540 Times in 4,944 Posts	Re: How To Insert Text Links In Emails... Also, just in case you didn't know this, Eddie - don't forget, if you're sending the same email out to multiple clients from your own email account, do it in the form of sending the email to yourself with the intended recipients as "bcc" ("blind carbon copy") so that you're not disclosing their email addresses to each other (which possibly one or two of them might not like!).
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03-01-2010, 11:37 AM	#4
JohnD2000 Google Man War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A Land far Away Posts: 36 Thanks: 18 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts	Re: How To Insert Text Links In Emails... Also, as a safeguard always include a statement to the effect of: "If you prefer, please copy the link above and paste it into your web browser." You'd be amazed by the number of web users who still copy & paste links. Your web stats will prove this out after sending emails with links in them. When the source of your traffic shows up as a direct link rather than coming from Yahoo, Gmail or Aweber then 9 times out of 10 you can assume that they copied your link. Go figure. John
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