How to Sell with Amazon

In our last blog article we explained the basics Affiliate Marketing. In today's blog we're going to take it a step further. We're going to teach you how to add links to your site in a step by step process. Today's lesson is based on using the Amazon Associates program to monetize your site.

Step One: Go to the Amazon Associates website to create an account.

Step Two: Fill out the information to create your account. This includes name, address, email, payment information, etc.

Step Three: Learn How to Find Products: There are many elements to this step. As technology improves Amazon has created many platforms for adding products to your blog or website. You can add specific products, products within a defined group or category, products based on certain "keywords", products recommended by Amazon, etc., etc. For example, let's say you want to offer books on the Best Selling Movie "The Secret". You can link specifically to the Movie itself or you can link to products which are generally related to the movie and/or the concepts of the Laws of Attraction made so popular through this inspirational movie.

When you're logged into your Associates Account you will find a link in the left margin named "Build Links". Clicking on this link opens several options for adding links to your site. You can add banners, text links within your blog, coupons, products related to the content of your site, product 'clouds'...basically you can add links in just about any way conceivable.

Step Four: Learn How to Copy and Paste Code on Your Site. Once you've found your product or "widget" you would like to add to your site you'll need to generate and copy the code provided by Amazon which you can add to your site. When you find this code you need to copy this code. The easiest way is to click on the code and type [Ctrl+A]. This highlights all of the code. Next, right click the highlighted code and choose "copy" from the dropdown of options. Next you'll need to go to your blog or site admin. panel. You'll need to convert your content into an HTML format. With blogspot your click the "Edit HTML" tab on the top of the toolbar for your post. With other sites using SQL you'll need to access the area you would like to transfer this add code. In HTML format click on the area you want your Amazon links or banners to appear. Next, right click and choose "paste". The HTML code will be added to your site at this point. Next you'll want to check to see if your code was inputted correctly. Go to your site or blog to see if your ads appear. If so, congratulations...you have taken a big step towards being able to monetize your site.

Here's a list of some categories of products you'll be able to offer through Amazon's Affiliate Marketing Program. This just scratches the surface of ways to promote their products.

Electronics

Magazine Subscriptions

Books

Cameras & Photo

Fragrances

Jewelry & Watches

Sports and Outdoors

Musical Instruments

Toys & Games

MP3 Downloads



Step Five: Track your sales and clicks from your Site.


Congratulations and good luck. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. With so many people using Affiliate marketing I'm sure many of you know "tricks of the trade" which could benefit all of us in our efforts to Make Money Online.