Creating an Income as an Amazon Affiliate

Written by Jane Snurtl Tuesday, 04 January 2011 13:51

Everyone knows the name Amazon.com. Amazon is a very trusted name and with that they have the trust of the buying public. Not only do people trust Amazon but they have selling down to an art. Have you ever just bought one item from Amazon? They have up selling and cross promotion down pat.

Everyone knows the name Amazon.com. Amazon is a very trusted name and with that they have the trust of the buying public. Not only do people trust Amazon but they have selling down to an art. Have you ever just bought one item from Amazon? They have up selling and cross promotion down pat.

Millions upon millions of people visit Amazon on a daily basis. So how can you get in on that kind of action? You can leverage Amazon's trust and brand recognition by recommending products to your visitors. With a little bit of effort you can take a piece of the pie of the biggest online retailer today. The Amazon Associate program let's you profit a percentage for everything someone buys that you refer. When you send your visitors to Amazon by recommending a product you make a commission.

The best thing about the Amazon Associate program is targeting specific products. Going after promotion of very targeted products is similar to standing in front of a buying crowd holding exactly what they are looking for. People search for product keywords every day, thousands and thousands of searches per day. All you have to do is get in front of that traffic and direct them to Amazon, Amazon does the rest of the work in closing the sale. As an added benefit, you get commission on not only the product you recommended if the customer buys that but also anything else they happen to buy that day.

It's really quite simple to make money with Amazon. First, research products to find a top seller. Amazon lists all the top selling items in each category so this is quite easily done. Write a review of the product and promote your content by getting back links. It really is as easy as that.

Specific product keywords have very little search engine competition and sometimes you can rank quite easily with a keyword optimized title and some keyword phrases in your content.

Knowing how to choose your keywords and product is key in making a good income with Amazon. Make sure there is enough traffic to target a keyword for a product.