CategoryAffiliate Programs

Almost a year ago I started experimenting with a new technique (new for me at least) of creating ‘Best Seller Lists’ as a technique to drive more sales at Amazon’s Affiliate Program. The concept was simple: Analyze the things that customers have bought previously from your affiliate links to Amazon ...more

The Amazon Associates program have announced a new widget in the last day or two – it’s called the Carousel Widget. You can see one in action below with six blogging books. Amazon.com Widgets The unit above is a ‘carousel’ format (horizontal) but they also have a ‘ferris wheel’ format ...more

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had 109 emails through the contact form on my two main blogs that all start with exactly the same words: “I represent a company that specializes in a new form of Internet advertising that guarantees that you will get a 100% conversion rate ...more

Recently at a family dinner I heard ‘V’ (my wife) raving about how much she loves her pillow (I don’t know how that came up). Since she bought us new pillows (Denton pillows) she says she’s not had a bad night’s sleep. I chuckled to myself as I heard her ...more

Today this question about affiliate programs landed in my inbox: “Darren, could you answer a question for me? I notice that a couple of weeks ago you promoted Leo’s Zen to Done ebook with an affiliate link. I was surprised that you did this because the commission from it is ...more

Roman from Phone Area emailed me after seeing my recent post on adding Amazon ‘buy now’ buttons to posts with a similar suggestion that extends the principle: “I’ve used this method for a couple months and took it a step further to get more impressions and revenue: I don’t link ...more

Self Made Minds had a short but brilliant post last week that I think is Gold for those using Amazon’s affiliate program to make money from their blog (in fact it can be adapted to any affiliate program). Al writes that he hacked together a little ‘Buy Now’ in the ...more

I write quite a lot about what works in the ad networks that I use to make money from my blogs – but sometimes there are some little niggling problems with ad networks and affiliate programs that can be quite annoying. Today I thought I’d compile a short ‘ProBlogger Wishlist’ ...more

The Amazon Associates Program have entered the 21st Century by announcing Amazon Widgets. They’ve gone fully into it with 16 widgets for your blog covering a range of functions (listed below). Some of the widgets are open to everyone – others are exclusively for Amazon Associates (those enrolled in the ...more