Category Archives for Online Marketing

How to Write Articles That People Will Actually Read

When you first start running a blog, it can be a very painful experience putting lots of time and effort into your blog posts and articles and knowing that no-one is really reading them. You can slave away over an article but unless you already have a dedicated audience, there’s a good chance that only a couple of people will read it.

But if you want to make sure that people start reading as quickly as possible, then itís not enough to simply keep posting the same old stuff you need to think about the type of content that people actually want to read and the kind of content that will hold attention for long enough to make an impact.

Let’s take a look at how you do that

The Title

The first thing that will help you to get more readers is your title. Of course, if your title isn’t interesting, then people aren’t going to feel motivated to click on your link or to read past the first line.

This is something that sites like Buzzfeed know all-too well. And this is also what has given rise to click baits. It’s important not to create click bait yourself (which famously doesn’t provide any real value) but you can learn from the way that these posts structure their titles. Try to make your articles stand out by writing about something that people haven’t already read a thousand times, or at least providing a fresh spin. Find an emotional hook and try to introduce a little curiosity.

In short, the best way to make your articles naturally engaging is to write about something different that hasn’t already been covered a hundred times before by every other blog in your niche. Always ask yourself: would you read it?

Presentation

Presentation is so important when it comes to getting your content to be read. This is something that is often overlooked but if you use the right font, the right headings, and the right spacing then add in some nice high definition images you’ll see your visitor retention go up a large amount. People hate being greeted by a massive wall of text and this is one of the fastest ways to get them to turn around and go back.

Tell a Story

I read somewhere that storytelling is SEO for the human brain. This is true to a big extent. People love hearing stories. They like to hear how the techniques youíre recommending helped you. They like to hear about how you discovered the strange underground parkour movement in the early 2000s. Stories engage people because the human brain is wired to read stories. This allows you to create suspense, cliff-hangers and emotional engagement.

So if you’re looking at your content right now and it feels a little dull or a little dry, think about how you can perhaps make it into more of a story.

Do all this well and you’ll find that your content becomes much more engaging and that people stay on your site that much longer!

What do you have for tips to write an interesting blog post? I would love to hear from you so please leave a comment below 🙂

How to easily find high ranking keywords

If you create a blog or an online business one of the most important aspects is how much traffic you will get. Traffic is the blood of an online business and without flowing blood, your online business will not survive. The more traffic you get, the more money you can make.

The more traffic you get, the more potential customers you have and the more money you can make. However it is not only important to have a lot of traffic, it is also important to have targeted traffic.

Let’s say you have a blog about coffee and your site is visited by a lot of people who are interested in basketball. How much will read your articles and maybe buy a product? As you may think not really much.

But if you have a lot of traffic on your site interested in coffee your articles will be read much more and you can make much more money. In addition, you need less traffic to make money.

As you can see, the quality of your traffic is more important than the quantity. But how can you get targeted traffic?

Sources of targeted traffic

There are many different sources to get highly targeted traffic. You can start a PPC campaign with Google or Bing. You can leave comments and posts on forums. You can create a social media site on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

You can also try to rank high on search engines and get traffic from search engines like Google or Bing. The process of ranking high on search engines is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

The Google algorithm has currently over 200 different factors how a website should be ranked. One of them is for example how many backlinks your website has.

One of the most important factors is for what keywords you are ranking. If you try to rank for keywords with a lot of competition it will be hard to get on the first site on Google. So you need to try keywords

So you need to try keywords which have a lot of traffic and a low competition. But how can you find those keywords?

Find high-quality keywords

To find good keywords I use the tool Jaaxy (see here my review). I tried different tools but Jaaxy is by far the best tool I found. Not only you can find very easy a lot of good keywords, you can also monitor your site rankings.

Now I’ll show you how you can find high-quality keywords with Jaaxy. Let’s assume we have a site about coffee. And we want to write a review about different coffee machines.

So we open Jaaxy and type in “coffee machine” and we get the following results:

The first row shows us different keywords around the keyword coffee machine. Then you can see the average traffic and the number of competitors (QSR). You can very easily detect a very good keyword by looking at the keyword quality index (KQI).

Green stands for a very good keyword, yellow for OK and red for poorly. So as we can see, coffee machine stand, industrial coffee machine, tassimo coffee machine, breville coffee machine, and coffee machines reviews are very good keywords we can rank on.

So now you can, for example, write an article about a tassimo coffee machine. Usually, it is a very good idea to have the keyword in the headline. So your headline can be for example “Tassimo Coffee Machine Review”.

So your headline can be for example “Tassimo Coffee Machine Review”. Inside the article, you write an honest review about such a machine including a link to Amazon with a Tassimo Coffee Machine.

Now everyone who is interested in a Tassimo Coffee Machine will (hopefully) see your article in Google and visit your site. This customer is now highly interested in a new coffee machine and it will be very likely that they will click on your link and buy something.

Find new ideas

As you can see with Jaaxy we can also find a lot of new ideas for articles. We only searched for coffee machines and we found a lot of new ideas for new articles like industrial coffee machine or breville coffee machine.

Also, we can use the “Alphabet Soup” technique inside Jaaxy. Let’s again assume you want to write an article about coffee machines. To find new ideas you can go to Google and type in “coffee machines a” and have a look at the results.

Now you can do the same with “b”, “c” and so on. Or you can use Jaaxy to do that:

As you can see now we have instead 5 new ideas for articles only for the letter “a”. I don’t think that you can find keywords much faster.

As you can see it is not very hard to find high-quality keywords if you use the right tool. The best thing about organic traffic from Google is that it is free and usually high targeted.

Once you made it to the top of the search results you will get a lot of visitors and a lot of visitors can mean a lot of money.

Now I want to hear from you! How do you find high-quality keywords? Do you use different tools or what experience did you make with Jaaxy? I’d love to hear from you so please leave a comment below 🙂

Is MLM always a scam?

Today I want to discuss with you multi-level-marketing companies which are often also known as pyramid schemes. There are many different opinions about MLM and most of them are not very good. But in my opinion, MLM doesn’t have to be bad.

How does MLM work

In multi-level marketing, you earn money by referring products to customers. This works very similar to affiliate marketing. The difference to affiliate marketing is that you can also earn money by referring new affiliates to the company.

And for every product they are selling to customers you earn some commission. Also if they are referring a new affiliate you earn money for every sale this person makes.

I give you an example so it is easier to understand. You earn a 10% commission for every product you sell. For every product, you referred member is selling you get 8%. And for every member, they have been referring you get 6%. That’s why it called a pyramid scheme.

That’s why it called a pyramid scheme. Because for every product you sell, the member above you will earn money, too.

Advantages of MLM

If you refer new 5 members to the company and they sell a lot of products you earn passive money. In addition, if every one of your affiliates is referring 5 new members you have 25 additional people in your downline earning money for you.

As you can see this can be a very good opportunity to earn passive income. I read an article that says if you work hard around 5 years you can earn more than $10.000 per month. And since your downline is earning money for you, you don’t have to work much and earn money without working.

A MLM scheme can also be very helpful from the perspective of an entrepreneur. If you have a product you need to sell MLM is a very good way to save a lot of distribution costs. On this way, you and your seller will profit from your product.

Disadvantages of MLM

The reason why MLM has a bad reputation is, that there are many MLM scams out there. Especially if they promise to “Get rich quick” they are in most cases scams.

In many cases, you have to pay a fee to become a sale person followed by huge additional costs.

However, there are many MLM companies which are no scam and they sell legitimate products. One example for a legit MLM company is ViralUrl. In this network, you can earn money from every referral you make and every referral your referral is making.

How to detect scams

Sometimes it can be tough to detect a scam. I made the experience that if the company is more interested in referring new members than selling products it is in many cases a scam.

Also, have a look at their product. If they are selling a good product what offers value to the customers you are usually good to go!

You can also search the internet to get more information about the network before accessing one. Google is in most cases a good solution. I would recommend to read more than one review.

Conclusion

As you can see, not every MLM scheme has to be a scam. They can be a huge opportunity to leave your daily 9-5 job and to earn a lot of money. Also, you can earn most of the money passive.

Have you made any experience with MLM schemes? What has been your experience? I would love to hear from you so leave a comment below 🙂

Is Swagbucks worth the time?

Today I want to tell you my experience with Swagbucks. Swagbucks is an online reward program what lets you earn a virtual concurrency which can be converted into real awards.

How does it work

You can earn Swagbucks (SB) by visiting websites, completing surveys or playing games. After collecting these SB they can be traded for coupons for Amazon or iTunes.

For a 20 minute survey, you can get up to 80 SB. For watching a 6-minute video you can earn 2 SB. You can also get rewarded if you visit webshops and buy products. For example for every paid dollar, you get 1 SB.

For 500 SB you can get a $5 coupon at Amazon, iTunes or the Google Play Store. Since Amazon is delivering food you can earn your food by the Swagbucks program. For 1000 SB you get a $10 coupon and so on.

Costs

You can join Swagbucks totally free without any cost. There are also different training videos that show you how you can earn money with Swagbucks. These are included in the free membership.

There is also an affiliate program, where you can earn up to 500 SB if you refer a new member. In addition, the new member also gets a $5 coupon (join here)

Advantages

With Swagbucks, you can start right away earning money. The registration of a new account is very simple and earning money very easy. I don’t think there should be many problems.

You can complete you first surveys very fast and maybe get your first coupon the day you started. Of course, this depends on how much time you are willing to spend.

In addition, I think, it is very good that you can get coupons for all the big shops like Amazon.

Can you get rich with Swagbucks?

It sounds very easy, right? Complete a survey here or visit this web shop there and you will get paid. And as I already mentioned, since Amazon is delivering food you can now save your costs on your monthly food expenses.

The big problem with Swagbucks is that it costs a lot of time. As I mentioned, for a 20-minute survey you can get up to 80 SB. That means you get 400 SB every hour if you complete five surveys.

For 500 SB you can get a $5 coupon that means for 400 SB would be worth $4. That’s $4 per hour! In my opinion, this is very low.

Also, to complete a survey you have to give away your data. If you are comfortable with that you can go ahead but I’m not feeling very good giving away all my data. But this is only my opinion.

Conclusion

Swagbucks can be very fun at the beginning. After a while playing games or completing surveys can be very annoying and boring.

You can only get coupons for your work and not real money. Of course, you can save yourself money but it would be greater to get actual money.

Also, the earning potential is very limited. Only if you are willing to spend a lot of time you can earn some money.

Alternatives

If you are truly interested in earning money online have a look at my ebook.. There you will learn how to build your first online business and how to earn money with it. It is a simple step-by-step guide designed for newbies who want to build a successful online business.

Get more information:

And trust me the earning potential will be much higher than $4/hour 😀

What is your opinion about Swagbucks? Did you give it a try? Then I would love to hear your feedback so please leave a comment below! 🙂

SEO – DoFollow and NoFollow Backlinks

Today I want you to show you the difference between doFollow and noFollow backlinks. Before that, I want to talk about some basics of SEO.

SEO means Search Engine Optimization and the goal of SEO is to optimize the ranking in search engines (Google, Bing, etc.). The ranking algorithm of Google contains more of 200 different factors how a website is ranked. In this article, I will only talk about one of these factors, the backlink factor.

SEO backlink strategy

There are many sources which say that if you have a lot of quality backlinks to your site it will be ranked much higher. Backlinks can be comments or links you left on other websites. Not only the number of backlinks is important, also the quality of the backlinks is. One backlink on a high ranked website can be much more helpful than 10 backlinks on very low ranked websites.

In addition, it is very important that your backlink is a doFollow backlink.

What is a “doFollow-link”

Back in 2005, Google added a new element to a link, the “rel” attribute. The goal of this attribute was to reduce the number of backlink spammers. If a link has the attribute “rel: noFollow” this backlink will not be used to calculate the page rank. On the other side, if a link has the Attribute “rel=doFollow” the Google Crawler will follow that link.

Back in 2005, the strategy of many online entrepreneurs has been the following:

• Add a lot of backlinks = high ranking
• High ranking = many visitors
• Many visitors = a lot of money

Now this strategy has changed into the following:

• Add a lot of backlinks with the “doFollow” Attribute = high rankings
• High ranking = many visitors
• Many visitors = a lot of money

How does a “doFollow” link look like?

If a link doesn’t contain the “noFollow” attribute it is a doFollow link and looks like this:

<a href=”http://website.com”>Click</a>

As you can see, there is no attribute like “doFollow” or anything like that.

On the other side, a noFollow link looks like this:

<a href=”http://website.com” rel=”nofollow”>Click</a>

As you can see here, there has been added the attribute “relation” with the value “nofollow”. Now the Google Crawler will not follow this link.

WordPress likes Google

As I already mentioned, Google added this attribute to reduce the spamming of the comment section. WordPress followed Google and released the new version where every comment is signed as “nofollow”.

If you don’t like that you can use the free available WordPress plugin Dofollow. Do you need to be afraid to get spammed?

Not of you are using an anti-spam plugin like Antispam Bee which will remove all the spam comments. Also, you can take care on your own by only approving helpful comments. This is usually a very good idea.

How can I detect doFollow links?

As you know, it makes a lot of sense to add good “doFollow” backlinks so you will get ranked higher on Google etc. But how can you detect whether a link has a “doFollow” or “noFollow” attribute?

To do that we need a developer view of the website. The next step depends on your browser. I’m using Chrome as my favorite browser so now I’ll Show you how you can detect “doFollow” links with a Chrome browser.

At first, you have to find a link. Then click right on the element and select “inspect”. Now there should open new developer windows. In one of them, it says “elements” and there is some HTML code. In addition, there is one element marked. This should be the link you clicked on “inspect”. If the link is a “doFollow” link you should see something like this:

As you can see, there is only the relation “next” and no “nofollow”. And no “noFollow” means doFollow 😀 it is not as complicated as it sounds. If the link is a “noFollow” link you should see something like this:

Here we have the attribute “nofollow” and this link will not be followed by the Google Crawlers.

In addition, you can download a plugin for your browser like “noFollow” which will color all the nofollow links. This can be helpful, but also it can be very annoying with these different colors.

I hope this article was helpful and you now have a better knowledge when it comes to SEO. Did you understand everything? What do you think about banklinks, are they helpful?

16 effective ways to build your subscriber list

Today I’ll show you 15 different ways to build your subscriber list. The bigger your email list is, the more money you can earn. It is said, that in average for every lead you have you can earn about $1 per month. That means if you have a list of 5,000 subscribers you can earn around $5,000 per month!

In addition, no one can take away your email list. If your only traffic source is google and they change their algorithm it can happen that your traffic will be halved. However, if you have an email list you are independent to other companies or traffic sources.

For email marketing I use GetResponse and I can totally recommend it! They have a 30 days test trial and they offer everything you need like Autoresponder, web forms or landing pages.

But now let’s have a look at tips I collected to build your email marketing list:

1. Offer quality content. Nobody likes to give up their email address for free. If you want to build a valuable relationship and engage your audience, you need to provide quality content that is worthwhile and interesting.
2. Put sign-up forms on every web page. Your sign-up form should be everywhere your potential subscribers are. Make sure it’s visible and easy to fill out. Good places for a sign-up form are on the right side of a website or on the bottom.
3. Use social media to collect email addresses. Integrate your sign-up forms with social media platforms, like Facebook or Google+. Driving traffic from multiple sources allows you to build a strong email marketing list much faster and you will be less dependent on a single source.
4. Design your sign-up form carefully. Ask only for information you plan to use. A good rule of thumb is that less is more — the shorter the sign-up form, the higher the conversion rate. In most cases the name and the email address is sufficient.
5. Show your privacy policy. Inform your readers that you will not share their personal information with third parties. A clear privacy policy helps you build trust and convince visitors that it’s safe to subscribe.
6. Show samples of your content. Let your subscribers know what they are signing up for. Use your older content samples to “sell” the email sign-up.
7. Include a call to action. Put a call to action in your submit button, e.g. Sign me up! This makes the sign-up process more engaging and improves the conversion ratio. In most cases, it is a good idea to color the button in an eye-catching color like red or green.
8. Give away freebies. Think of a relevant incentive for your audience (e-book, infographic, whitepaper, email-course) and provide it for free. Groupon built a 6 digit email list by giving away coupons.
9. Ask subscribers to share. Take the time to prepare valuable, shareable content. Remember that putting the social share buttons is not enough; you still need to ask your subscribers to use them. The more the people will share your content the faster you can build your email list!
10. Build a content distribution strategy. Producing great content is only half the battle. Make sure it’s visible to the right audience. Define who your ideal audience is and find out where they like to congregate online. This can be for example forums or Facebook Groups. But don’t spam them! Try to engage in their communication and help them.
11. Publish landing pages. Create a squeeze page where visitors can download premium content in exchange for their email address. A dedicated web page helps users focus on the call to action and increases conversions. With GetResponse it is very simple to create landing pages!
12. Include testimonials on your landing page. Social proof helps build trust toward a brand and its products. Use testimonials from satisfied customers to help visitors make a decision.
13. Blog regularly. Great content brings more traffic. Develop a realistic content publishing schedule and stick to it. I would advise you to build new content at least once a week. The more content you produce the faster you will build your email list.
14. Guest post on popular blogs. Publishing your content on other blogs is a great way to build relationships with other bloggers in your industry and introduce yourself to new people. Include a backlink to your blog, and your blog’s search rankings will go up.
15. Collect email addresses at offline events. Be ready to collect email addresses at trade shows and conferences. Ask for business cards or use the Forms on the Go app to instantly add people to your list.
16. Use viral email marketing. With viral mailer like viralurl, you can send up to 3000 emails every 3 days. The open rate can be very low but it can be very helpful building an email list.

As you can see there are many different ways to build a huge email list. Have you found other effective ways to build an email list? I would love to hear from you so please leave a comment below 🙂

Best regards,

Fabian

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Affilorama Review – Scam or ledgit?

Today I want to have a look at Affilorama. Affilorama is a learning platform for online marketing and offers various different products.

How does it work?

Affilorama is very similar to the Wealthy Affiliate University. Affilorama was found by the affiliate millionaire Mark Ling in 2011. He offers various products on his website and I will tell you something about all of them.

Free Membership

You can join Affilorama for free and you get access to over 100 videos. They contain information about how to pick a niche, how to build a money building blog and how to generate traffic with SEO. The videos are very easy to understand and contain a lot of information.

I think it contains more than enough information to start your first online business and to earn good money.

This is great for every beginner marketer who wants to learn something about affiliate marketing or advanced user, who want lessons about SEO or PPC.

Try out for free here.

Premium Membership

With $1 you can test out the premium membership. The premium membership gives you access to more videos and lectures. In addition, you get free domain hosting and access to the Affilorama tools like SEO or PPC tools.

I tried these tools and the make a very solid impression.  I would recommend the premium membership to everyone who wants advanced topics in online marketing or tools.

AffiloBlueprint

You can also buy the AffiloBlueprint, which contains step-by-step instructions to build a profitable online business. Also, there are over 85 videos, which will help you to build an online business, drive traffic to it, and monetize it.

This is a great product for everyone who needs a foolproof step-by-step program. It can also be interesting for advanced users because it contains also advanced information like outsourcing.

AffiloJetpack

Then there is also the AffiloJetpack 2.0. The AffiloJetpack 2.0 already contains the content for five different niches and an autoresponder.  So you can start making money right away without wasting time writing the content or building up an autoresponder.

AffiloJetpack can be for everyone. This can be a product for the online marketing novice or the advanced user. It can get you immediate results on autopilot and I think it is a great product.

Costs

The free membership is of course for free. For $1 you can upgrade to the premium membership for one month. The premium membership comes at a cost of $61 per month.

To acquire the AffiloBlueprint a single payment of $197 is needed. But with this payment, you get a live time access to all the videos and the training.

The most expensive product is the AffiloJetpack 2.0. It comes with the cost of $747. This sounds like a lot but there are five different already finished niche websites included. To work out 5 different websites you need a lot of time or money and you can save a lot of money by buying the Jetpack.

Does it work?

I tried out every product of Affilorama and I have to say it is really good. With the free or premium membership or the AffiloBlueprint you don’t get a get-rich-quick scheme. These are products, where you have to put in the work and the results will come later.

I know that niche marketing is working very good because I already build some. In the free or premium membership, you get so many information so you only need to use them. If you have problems or you need a step-by-step plan I would recommend you to buy the AffiloBlueprint.

I also gave it a try and I can say that it is working very good and it really helps you building your first website.

$747 is a lot of money in my eyes but still, I wanted to give it a try. I have to say that I have never been working with a product like AffiloJetpack 2.0. All you need to do is to use the stuff, which is already build for you. It was never easier for me to build a profitable niche website.

The investment of $747 have been really paying out for me and I would do it again. If you have the money I would recommend you to buy this product because it has never been easier to build a profitable website.

The downside

As the biggest disadvantage, I have to name the price. $747 for the AffiloJetpack or $147 for the AffiloBlueprint is a lot of money. This may not be an option for everyone.

Also what I didn’t like at the premium membership that there isn’t a step-by-step program. Of course you can buy the AffiloBlueprint but for example, Wealthy Affiliate has already included a step-by-step program in their premium membership.

Conclusion

As you can think now, Affilorama is no scam. It is an absolutely legit program for everyone who wants to learn more about online marketing. It may be very costly at the beginning if you are buying the Affilorama Jetpack, but this can be a very good investment.

I gained a lot of information about online marketing with Affilorama and I would recommend everyone to give it a try. If you want to get a free ebook from Affilorama then sign in below and download it.

Have you tried Affilorama and what have been your experience? I would love to hear from you so please leave a comment below 🙂

What do you need to start a blog?

Maybe you were thinking about starting a blog. And maybe you stopped because there are so many technical details you don’t know about like WordPress, Content-Management-System or Website Hosting. As a beginner, you can be confused very fast and your motivation can suffer.

But the technical details shouldn’t hinder you to build your first online business. So I want to help you so you can focus your energy on working on the content on your blog and not searching for all the technical details.

Here are all things you need to know to start your first blog.

Content Management System (CMS)

A complicated word for a really simple thing. A CMS takes care of your content so you can easily add, remove or edit posts or pages. The most used and most popular CMS is WordPress. Maybe you have already heard from it.

I saw a statistic that over 30% of all websites are based on WordPress. And this has a reason. WordPress has a really intuitive interface and it is very easy to use. In addition, there are endless plugins you can use, many of them are free. And the best part is that WordPress is free.

So my recommendation is that you use WordPress as a Content Management System.

Hosting

Now that we have a content management system we need a web hoster. A web hoster will install your website on a server so everyone will have access to it. There are many different web hosters and I can recommend the following two:

SiteRubix

SiteRubix is one of the easiest web hoster you can get. You can install a WordPress website in less than 30 seconds. (See here how) SiteRubix comes also with a number of great features like spam protection or site security. Also what I think is really great is, that you can get started for free.

So you can try it out and if you don’t like it you didn’t pay anything. The only downside of the free package is that you can’t use your own domain. You can only use a domain with a “.siterubix.com” suffix. This is great for trying but later on, you should use your own domain.

To use your own domain you have to upgrade to premium which costs about $49 per month or $350 per year. That sounds like a lot but you can manage up to 25 different websites and you get access to all the classrooms of Wealthy Affiliate. (See here my review)

Bluehost

The other web hoster I can recommend is Bluehost. Bluehost is cheaper than SiteRubix but can be a little bit more complicated installing a website. The big advantage of Bluehost is the price.

Bluehost comes with a price as low as $2.95 per month. In addition, there is one domain included. What a domain is and how you can buy one I will explain to you later but it usually costs around $10-15. So this can be a great offer for everybody who doesn’t want to pay that much and has a little technical knowledge.

Domain

Now that we have a content management system and a web hoster the next thing we need is a domain. The domain is the address of your website. If you type in your browser “google.com” you will be addressed to one of Googles server.

There are different domain seller and I can recommend Namecheap.com. As I already mentioned, in Bluehost you have one domain included so you don’t need to buy one. If you want your own domain at SiteRubix you can buy one at SiteRubix or Namecheap.

I don’t know if there are price differences but sometimes SiteRubix doesn’t have the wished domain and Namecheap has so maybe you need to check both of them.

A domain costs around $10-15 per year, what is really cheap in my opinion. Don’t think too much about your domain name. Think about 2-3 words which describe your topic or your name and mix them until you found a free domain you can buy.

In my opinion, these are the most important technical issues you need to know about. Once you have set up your website and it is running you don’t need to worry about the technical details. And from there it is really easy. The next step is to create pages and content.

As you can see it is really easy once you know what you need to take care of. Sometimes all you need it the right help at the right moment. I hope I was able to help you and there are no questions left! If there are questions left please leave me a comment below 🙂

How to earn money with Amazon

Amazon is the biggest online job in the world. In my opinion, it is hard to find someone who hasn’t ordered something from Amazon. But what if I told you that you can profit from the success of Amazon?

Today I show you how you can earn money on Amazon and why this can be very profitable for you. At the end there is a small bonus for you so keep reading till the end 🙂

Ways to earn money on Amazon

There are many different ways to earn money on Amazon. Every way has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Sell old stuff

You can start selling your own stuff on Amazon. This can be clothes you don’t wear anymore or old technical devices. This works the same as on Ebay. However, you need some old products which are still worth to earn good money but if you have some old stuff you don’t need this can be a great way to earn fast money.

Sell products

If you have a product you want to sell you can use Amazon as a distribution channel. There is the possibility to send Amazon your products and they will take care of the distribution. This can be a great opportunity because you don’t have to take care of a web shop, the payment, and the delivery. Amazon will take care of this. Of course, they will get a part of your sales but you have less to take care.

Sell Ebooks

Delivering books made Amazon as big as they are now. I don’t know if you know this but Amazon started by delivering books. Then they added CDs and DVDs. Since this was running very will they added more and more products. And today they deliver almost everything.

They also have own products like the Kindle. I’m sure you know about the Kindle. And you can use this technology they have invented. You can write your own ebook and sell it to every customer with a Kindle. An ebook can be a great way to earn good money. You need to take care of the marketing but once the sales of your ebook are enough you earn money without doing something.

If you have already made good sales with your Ebook you can also sell your own book on Amazon. They have created the opportunity to sell your book. All you need to do is to visit the “Amazon Author Central” and there you can create your first book.

As you already have the text, the cover, and the title of your book the effort is very small. This makes it possible to access even more people.

Affiliate Program

Last but no least there is the Amazon Affiliate program. This can be a good option for everyone with a website. Let’s say you have a blog about fishing. So you can, for example, write a review about a fishing pole and add a link to Amazon where they can buy this product.

If they click the link and they buy something you get a commission. That’s great but that’s not all. The great thing is that if somebody follows your link and buys something completely different you also get a commission. If you have a link for a book and somebody buys a refrigerator you get the commission of a refrigerator. (And that’s a lot)

But isn’t the commission of the Amazon Affiliate program comparably small?

In the Amazon Affiliate Program, the commissions are smaller compared to other affiliate programs. But why can Amazon still be the better choice? Because usually, Amazon is converting much better than unknown webshops. The reason for that is that Amazon has built a huge foundation of trust in the last years. Everyone knows that Amazon is no scam so they are much more willing to buy something.

As you can see, despite the lower conversions, the Amazon Affiliate Program can be the better choice.

As you can see there are different ways to make money with Amazon. Depending on your current situation one way can be better than the other.

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Have you used Amazon to make money? What have been your experience? Let me know by leaving a comment below! 🙂

How to earn money blogging

Today I’m gonna show you how to make money blogging. I believe, that there are many people who dream about the lifestyle of a blogger. But also most of these people don’t know how to start a blog or how to earn money with a blog.

So in this article, I show you the different ways how to earn money with a blog.

Why earn money blogging

There are several different reasons to start a blog. You can use the additional income to pay off your debt or to finance a higher lifestyle. Or maybe you take the money and invest it so you will be financial independent more quickly.

You can quit your current job and escape the usual 9-5 life. You will have the possibility to life wherever you want to and you can work from literally everywhere. You will have the possibility to earn money while sleeping and going on vacation.

Of course, you have to take care of your blog but if you want to you can outsource it. I believe there are several other reasons to start blogging and I’m sure you will find much more.

Ways to earn money

There are several different ways to monetize your blog. I’m sure there are plenty more but in my experience, these are the most effective.

Affiliate marketing

In affiliate marketing, you sell products from a merchant. This can be another blogger or any company which has an affiliate program. If you go onto google and search for affiliate programs you will find a lot of information. There are affiliate programs from Nike, NBA, Microsoft or Amazon.

As an affiliate, you get paid when a customer buys something coming from your website. This usually works with an affiliate link. If the user buys something you get a commission. The commission depends on the price of the product and the affiliate program.

Of course, you can’t advertise new Nike shoes on a garden blog nobody would buy these. The products have to fit your visitors. So for example, if you have a garden blog you can show them which shovel they should buy or which semen you recommend.

Search for affiliate programs which fit your niche and you’ll be earning money soon.

Advertising

If you have a lot of traffic you can also earn money displaying ads. The biggest program is Google Adsense. Every time a user views the ad you get paid. Of course, you need a lot of users to earn good money but it is a good side income.

You should try not to exaggerate placing your ads. Too much advertisement will annoy your visitors and they will leave soon and never come back.

So one or two banners on the side should be totally enough. But of course, you can experiment a little bit here.

Ebooks

Instead of selling someone else’s product you can also sell your own product. My suggestion would be to sell an ebook. You can create an ebook by yourself and you don’t need to buy something in advance. The only investment you have is your time. If you don’t have a lot of time you can also pay someone who writes your content.

If you don’t have a lot of time you can also pay someone who writes your content. After you finished your ebook you can sell it over Amazon or your website. There are quite a few who earn thousands by selling their ebook every month.

Once you have published your ebook it will produce you money. And the best part is that you don’t have to do anything later. All you have to do is to look on your bank account every month. Of course, maybe you have to do some advertising in the beginning but later on, you get money without doing anything.

How long does it take to make money?

There is no good answer to that. It usually takes some time until you get the first income. That can vary from months to a year. It really depends on how much time you can invest and how fast you will learn.

I know guys who earned thousands after 4 months and other earned thousands after 1 year. So as you can see there is no answer to that. The most important thing is to start and keep working and you will see results some day.

As you can see there are different ways to earn money with a blog. Have you already started a blog? If not you can learn how to create a blog in this free email course:

If you have any questions or feedback leave me a comment below 🙂