Make money online as an Amazon affiliate

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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 apply

You will be introduced into the site and shown a lot of products to advertise as well as create yoour own store

Advertise the products on your blog or website by writing content and reviews

You will earn a commision when your visitors buy the product

You can view your monthly earnings by logging into you account

You will be sent a cheque once your earnings reach your minimum payment threshold

You 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 traffic

Not ranked on first page of search engine results

Poor web content

Unpopular Amazon product - You could try promoting Kindle or Apple Ipad

Not Networking with other websites in your niche

How 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 products

Improve your page content by writing more about a product that you are already promoting

Explore other PPC advertising platforms

Build links with other websites in your niche

Write 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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