diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index dbb6ed4..d64f082 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@
         🧮 Try the Profit Calculator
       </button>
       <a href="https://clickbaitpays.me/login.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="hero-btn hero-btn-secondary">🔐 Log into ClickBaitPays</a>
+      <button class="hero-btn hero-btn-secondary" id="heroGuideBtn">📖 Sponsor Guide</button>
     </div>
 
     <!-- Mobile-only QR for on-the-spot recruiting -->
@@ -2246,6 +2247,18 @@ function scrollToHero() {
 // Hero CTA button
 document.getElementById('heroCalcBtn').addEventListener('click', scrollToCalculator);
 
+// Sponsor Guide straight from the hero (it was buried as the 5th tab —
+// Marty 2026-07-30). Also deep-linkable via ?guide=1 for the Telegram pin.
+function openGuide() {
+  openCalculator();
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    const btn = document.querySelector('.tab-btn[data-tab="guide"]');
+    if (btn) btn.click();
+    document.querySelector('.tabs').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'start' });
+  }, 120);
+}
+document.getElementById('heroGuideBtn').addEventListener('click', openGuide);
+
 // Hero signup button — same logic as calculator signup
 function updateHeroSignupBtn() {
   // #heroSignupBtn was removed in a redesign; unguarded .href crashed init()
@@ -2262,6 +2275,9 @@ function updateHeroSignupBtn() {
   if (params.get('calc') === '1') {
     openCalculator();
   }
+  if (params.get('guide') === '1') {
+    openGuide();
+  }
   updateHeroSignupBtn();
   updateSharedLinkBox();
 })();