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Posted by
Felix Okoli on April 24, 2010 at 02:45:50:
If you have not heard that it was quite possible to make money online getting leads and making sales for
Amazon.com(probably the largest online retailer) then you should get it from here. Of course several blogs and internet forums have talked about how you can make money online as an internet marketer but in the internet world, there are just a lot of products to sell. You don't own the products, but as a marketer, you do all that's within your power to sell that product and earn a commission form your sale.
If you are thinking how to start making money online as a sales affiliate, then you should have Amazon.com as part of your brand.
Here is how it really works:
Go to https://affiliate-program.amazon.com and applyYou will be introduced into the site and shown a lot of products to advertise as well as create yoour own storeAdvertise the products on your blog or website by writing content and reviewsYou will earn a commision when your visitors buy the product You can view your monthly earnings by logging into you accountYou will be sent a cheque once your earnings reach your minimum payment thresholdYou can cash the cheque into you domiciliary account if you are in Nigeria*The bottomline lies in driving targeted traffic to your website and optimizing it such that people actually buy from Amazon.
Why most people don't make any money as an Amazon affiliate:
If you have been in this program before and have found it hard to make any sales from amazon adverts or leads displayed on your website, perhaps you should rethink your strategy and cover the loopholes. Here are a bit of reasons why affiliates hardly make any commission from the Amazon affiliate program:
Not targeting the right buying trafficNot ranked on first page of search engine resultsPoor web contentUnpopular Amazon product - You could try promoting Kindle or Apple IpadNot Networking with other websites in your nicheHow to improve your Amazon affiliate earnings:
While there a lot of people who hardly make some money from this program, it is also quite possible that you may have been making some money off it but it's so little that you would consider quitting it altogether or you are trying to improve your earnings as an affiliate.
Here are a few tips that can help you increase your monthly earnings:
Be diverse - Promote more and other popular productsImprove your page content by writing more about a product that you are already promotingExplore other PPC advertising platformsBuild links with other websites in your nicheWrite new and more interesting reviews* If you are still wondering if the Amazon affiliate program is good enough for you, then there's not better way to find out that to try it out today and improve on your past promotion methods. You could add a video review on Youtube.
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