In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I discuss the reason I chose Amazon out of the many options available, and how I have made the most of that relationship. I also give 20 practical tips for making affiliate selling a profitable income stream.
I cover:
- the reasoning behind my choice
- why you should have a go at affiliate sales even when you don’t have a lot of traffic
- what your focus should be if you choose affiliate sales as an income stream (it might not be what you think!)
- what I’ve found converts the best
- buying cycles and how to read the mindset of your audience
- the strategy behind relevancy
- how to use social proof marketing for higher conversions
- how to write great product reviews
- the usefulness of relevant links even to non-reviewed products
- what type of promotion is the most successful
- capitalising on trends for higher sales
- how many contextual links are best in one post
- the value of linking the images in your post to the product
- how to find products to recommend
- how to track campaigns
- the reasons you should bother promoting less-expensive items
- transparency and disclosure
- how to watch for opportunities.
Listen to this podcast in the player below or head over to the shownotes where it’s also embedded with some further reading, diagrams and other show notes.
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