Amazon is one of the most popular e-commerce sites today. Most people that prefer online shopping will see something and immediately wonder, and assume, that they can get it off of Amazon. It’s just easier that way. You could start the same business, too. But if you’ve just started, you should try out being Amazon’s affiliate. Get an idea of how the business works by participating in the business without all of the risk involved. You can advertise products that you want without worrying about storing or shipping them. But while you’re learning, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to maximize your profits, right?
What You Need
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WordPress hosted site
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Plugin builder
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Amazon associate account
Setup Steps
Setup
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After installing the plugin, click on Profit Builder from WordPress dashboard to see the WP Profit Builder menu.
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Click Templates Management to see and choose a template. The Amazon-style Affiliate Review template incorporates the Amazon color scheme, but you can use it for anything other than promoting Amazon products as much as you can use any other template for your Amazon affiliate store.
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Click Install under the template thumbnail of your choice.
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On WordPress main menu, click Pages > Add New.
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Enter a page title, Sve as draft > Click on the Profit Builder tab.
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Once a page is live, options to save your page, save it as a new template or to preview it will be on the top of the screen.
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Icons to allow you to add modules will be on the left of the screen. Just drag an icon to a page to add a module.
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To install a template, click Load Page on the top of the screen > Load Template. Any part of the template can be edited, copied or deleted.
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Hit Save to save your page or to save it as a new template.
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Purchase and install the plugin. A good example is Profit Builder, which you can find within WordPress.
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Find a plugin that will build your store and meet your needs. Most will be available on WordPress itself but you can also do a quick Google search.
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Figure out what you want your store to be and what you need in order for that to come true.
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Get yourself a domain that tells people what you’re store is all about.
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Find a WordPress hosted site that will also register your domain.
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Write down the categories and products that you liked.
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Sign up for an Amazon associate account.
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Do a thorough tour of Amazon.
Marketing Setup
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SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – the use of keywords and content to get your website to show up in the results of search engine searches.
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Social Media – the utilization of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media sites to promote your website and to connect/interact with your potential market.
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YouTube – the use or creation of videos uploaded to YouTube, or the buying of ads on videos or video channels to promote.
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Blog Marketing – creation and sharing of content on your website and in other similar niche websites to attract your target audience and generate traffic to your website.
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Email Marketing – sending emails to a collected list of potential customers to promote your website and products.
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Facebook Ads – audience targeting through buying of Facebook Ads.
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Pay Per Click (PPC) Ads – the use of Google Adsense to generate clicks directing to your website.
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Forums – the interaction and communication with people with the potential interest in buying from your website or with the ability to promote your site through public forums.
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Public Relations – involving the press and media to promote and communicate about your website.
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Retargeting – the storage of cookies in your visitors’ web browsers to help generate revisits to your site.
Timeframe
Time to do: 1 day
Time to see results: 3 months
Additional Tips
Use a website design that could effect a high conversion rate.
Insert clickable affiliate links within your content and on images.
Create redirects to Amazon.com as many times as possible in your content.
Highlight your promotions especially during the holidays.
Add more products to sell and consider selling big quantities of inexpensive products.
Create more tracking IDs in addition to that provided by Amazon.
Insert call-to-action elements in your articles.
Blog about product reviews to promote your products.
Publish and send emails about your monthly bestsellers.
Potential Results
You could generate $300 – $500 in monthly earnings at the start. Keep working and make your passive monthly income a solid $1,000 a month.
