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Amazon Affiliate Program – Pros, Cons, And FAQ

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The Amazon Affiliate Program (also known as Amazon Associates) is something that every affiliate marketer should have in their arsenal – but it is not without its fault.

Amazon is the world’s largest online retailer, and offers just about any physical good that you’d want to promote. While it’s not the ideal choice in every situation, you would be foolish to ignore the power it can hold for you.

In fact, there are people who build entire companies – pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars per year – solely around promoting products on Amazon.

In this article, I’d like to talk more about the pros and cons of Amazon’s affiliate program in detail, as well as answer some of the most common questions regarding the program.

This way, you can better idea on how you could benefit from signing up, and how to make more from Amazon’s affiliate program once you choose to do so.

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How To Build A Successful Amazon Affiliate Site – The Ultimate Guide

Earlier this year, I launched my first my first Amazon affiliate site. I had heard from some internet “gurus” that it was no longer possible to make money through Amazon affiliate sites, and I wanted to see if this were actually true.

6 months later, the site is making a decent amount of money (nothing extraordinary, but a good amount for the effort I’ve put into it) so I wanted to share the knowledge with you. Here’s exactly what I did to build a successful Amazon affiliate site! [Read more…]

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Are You Preparing Your Blog For The Christmas Season?

In December, every day is Christmas for affiliate marketers.

Money is being spent left and right. Employees are getting their Christmas bonuses and are using all of that extra money to buy presents for this year’s holiday season. Many are also spending extra money on themselves. In either case, money is being thrown around like it’s nothing.

Best of all, this type of spending is going to continue on throughout January as people take back their Christmas presents and purchase different ones.

It’s the happiest time of the year. Especially for bloggers like you and me – if you can capitalize on it.  [Read more…]

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Do Amazon Product Review Sites Still Work?

Amazon affiliate sites used to be extremely popular. After all, how nice would it be to set up a product review website, write up some articles, and then sit back and collect nearly passive income from search engine traffic? It was great, and many people capitalized on this opportunity to do exactly that. Recently however, many of these sites started disappearing, and fewer and fewer have been starting up. What happened? Can you actually still make money off of Amazon product review sites? Do product review sites still work?  [Read more…]

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How To Convert Traffic Into Sales – The Ultimate Guide

Let me ask you something – how many affiliate sales are you actually making? Sure, you may have a ton of clicks, but does that really mean anything if they’re not converting into sales? As webmasters, we affiliate market to make money – but converting traffic into sales isn’t exactly an easy process. By following these tips below, you’re guaranteed to make more affiliate sales – regardless of how many making now.  [Read more…]

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Affiliate Marketing – What It Is, And How To Get Started

Despite the fact that it’s a lot of blogger’s top earners (including myself!), a lot of people don’t actually know what Affiliate marketing is, or how to get started with affiliate marketing on their blog. This comes as a great surprise to me, as it’s one of the most effective ways to make money off of a blog today, especially since we have plugins now like Adblock that prevent CPC ads such as Adsense being shown. Anyhow, for those you who are completely new to affiliate marketing, here is your place to start.  [Read more…]

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