Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon. Show all posts
Friday, January 4, 2013
What is an affiliate and how do I make money online?
What you say? An affiliate is you being a part of a company. A lot of companies on the web now are wanting you as an affiliate to help them get more business. It is a simple method of business and would work for you if you put some time into it. My goal is to create a web page with multiple pages where most anyone like myself can go to, to be able to find cool links to sites that have what I am looking for most. I will have categories of stuff that when you click on one it will take you to that page with links and text with reviews. It will give you some of my personal experience that I write about as time goes on. One would hope to gain followers that would use your site to click from and shop from. Your text links and banner ads would take users to company web pages where people would shop and you get a referral bonus if they buy something. Amazon starts out at a four percent commission. Now that I am thinking about this I want to have a page that will show each of the companies that I come across that have affiliate opportunities and their starting commission or bonus level. It will take me a while to do. So, why go through all the trouble? Because you and I sit and think and we think, and we think day after day, week after week and year after year on how to make money, right? You and I have not come up with any late breaking invention or idea yet that will get us rich and fast have we? Of course now. I have always read where the turtle may be slow but he is sure to get there in the end. I have adopted that principle since I was taught that when I was a little kid by my mother. I have always been a slow learner and I have accepted that. I do know that I can learn anything though if I put my mind to it and take the time too. So, I have been studying this affiliate marketing thing for a while now. I have set up an Amazon Astore and have gotten a few sales but that is it. I learned to go and read the discussion forum at Amazon Associates Central. There you will glean the experience of old hands who will sometimes give you information on just what you need to do to be successful like a few of them are. Some of them are making in the thousands a month. I would be happy to be making in the hundreds right now. So, if you have followed me this far, stay tuned as I will be writing more on this. If you have taken the next step in getting yourself a hosting account and a domain name set up with a web page, then, you are ahead of me and that is my next step. I use GoDaddy for my domain stuff but there are others out there too. I like GoDaddy as their support answers the phone promptly and the techs know their stuff and can usually have you off and running within five minutes on any problem. More later....
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Black Friday done and gone
Another record set. What did anyone expect? Online shopping is getting more popular. I was surprised at the one day delivery of an item I had ordered from Staples last week. Once I realize that I don't need an item right now I go online and shop. It's that easy. I would never wait in line for over an hour for anything. I don't care how great the price might be. I just don't need something that bad that I can't wait and yes, I'll pay a higher price but I don't care. My time is more valuable to me now.
So now what? Christmas shopping is in full force. Spend, spend, spend. Who saves today? Does anyone have money in the bank, more than a couple hundred dollars at any one time? I'd like to see the statistics just for curiousity.
Don't let me bore you. I'm trying to get people to buy online and help each other out in the process. If you were a good friend or even an aquaintance and you recommended to me your Amazon store link to shop from, why wouldn't I? I would expect the same in return of course. Does anyone else get what I'm saying here? I'm still trying to get this off the ground but it's hard to get people to focus on making money. To me, it's free money. Do you want to learn more? Just leave me a comment here, I'll reply.
Now the advertising. Do you like the Kindle products? It's got my attention but I'm not completely sold on the product. Maybe it's not a need of mine. I have an Android phone that does everything I want at the moment. I see a lot of people following the Apple iPhone trend though and it pains me that people can't think for themselves. Yes, Android has gone through some difficulties but what phone hasn't? Even Apple has had it's share of problems. Nobody will talk about the problems though. Oh well, whatever.
Copy and paste the link below into your browser and see what you like at my store:
http://astore.amazon.com/partypeople-20
So now what? Christmas shopping is in full force. Spend, spend, spend. Who saves today? Does anyone have money in the bank, more than a couple hundred dollars at any one time? I'd like to see the statistics just for curiousity.
Don't let me bore you. I'm trying to get people to buy online and help each other out in the process. If you were a good friend or even an aquaintance and you recommended to me your Amazon store link to shop from, why wouldn't I? I would expect the same in return of course. Does anyone else get what I'm saying here? I'm still trying to get this off the ground but it's hard to get people to focus on making money. To me, it's free money. Do you want to learn more? Just leave me a comment here, I'll reply.
Now the advertising. Do you like the Kindle products? It's got my attention but I'm not completely sold on the product. Maybe it's not a need of mine. I have an Android phone that does everything I want at the moment. I see a lot of people following the Apple iPhone trend though and it pains me that people can't think for themselves. Yes, Android has gone through some difficulties but what phone hasn't? Even Apple has had it's share of problems. Nobody will talk about the problems though. Oh well, whatever.
Copy and paste the link below into your browser and see what you like at my store:
http://astore.amazon.com/partypeople-20
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
News, News, News. Every day new news to read.
Do you keep up with the news these days? I'm not talking about just news you used to sit and watch on the tube either. These days we have smartphones that have apps which can gather news from all around the world. I've been enjoying my HTC Droid Incredible for a year now. It's the first thing I grab when I wake up to see what's new.
I have this earthquake app that signals me when there's an earthquake anywhere in the world. I have it set at anything above a 5.0 magnitude. I saw the Fukishima quake in Japan coming weeks before it happened. There was numerous little quakes several times a day, some one after the other and at various magnitudes. I knew something was going to happen rather large but just didn't know when. Then a few weeks later, whamo, it hit. That was exciting to say the least.
I have an app with my local t.v. news which I can pull up at any time and see late breaking news, or, should I say read about it.
Then there's Twitter. I had a Twitter account for a year and really didn't know what to make of it. I couldn't figure out what it was for much less how to use it. Then, I got this Android phone and there was an app for Twitter. I downloaded the free app and opened it and all of a sudden things started making sense. Don't ask me how but I follow a lot of different and interesting people now. I also follow a lot of news companies which give me late breaking news. I can say now that I never bother to watch t.v. news anymore and I don't miss it.
I've been working on my Amazon affiliate store also. I've figured out that if I can talk some people into opening their own store we could make some money between ourselves. This is how it works. I buy from Amazon off and on. If you had an affiliate store I would buy through it. You would get a commission of my purchases. Works the other way around also. Think about it. Amazon has been working on this affiliate store thing lately and it's now so easy to do. I think I should be offering classes on it just to get people going. We could form a large group and make money off each other. Just remember this one thing. You cannot buy through your own store. Get it now? Okay, what are you waiting for? Just go to Google and search for 'Amazon Affiliate'. Sign up and start adding categories to your store. Then get a blog here on Blogger and give people your store address. You can buy a domain name anywhere, ie. GoDaddy, and set it up to forward to your Amazon store when people type in the URL.
I'm doing it another way for now until I do the above though. I have links created here within my posts that will direct you to my store if you click on them to want to look at buying something. Then, there's a link back here also from my Amazon affiliate store.
All it takes is a little work each day or take several days. We all got time to spare once in awhile. When I think about it and am sitting around I go work on my blog or my store. What really got me excited was when I posted here about an AOL update that came out, a lot of people somehow found my blog and clicked on a lot of links. I made about $5.00 in that one day. It's not a lot but if you could get that every day that would add up quick. I'm still excited and I'm going to keep working on this until I can get to that point and beyond. The sky's the limit they say. So, get moving already. Let me know when you get started. I'll be here to help you if you need motivation or anything. We're all in this together now.
I have this earthquake app that signals me when there's an earthquake anywhere in the world. I have it set at anything above a 5.0 magnitude. I saw the Fukishima quake in Japan coming weeks before it happened. There was numerous little quakes several times a day, some one after the other and at various magnitudes. I knew something was going to happen rather large but just didn't know when. Then a few weeks later, whamo, it hit. That was exciting to say the least.
I have an app with my local t.v. news which I can pull up at any time and see late breaking news, or, should I say read about it.
Then there's Twitter. I had a Twitter account for a year and really didn't know what to make of it. I couldn't figure out what it was for much less how to use it. Then, I got this Android phone and there was an app for Twitter. I downloaded the free app and opened it and all of a sudden things started making sense. Don't ask me how but I follow a lot of different and interesting people now. I also follow a lot of news companies which give me late breaking news. I can say now that I never bother to watch t.v. news anymore and I don't miss it.
I've been working on my Amazon affiliate store also. I've figured out that if I can talk some people into opening their own store we could make some money between ourselves. This is how it works. I buy from Amazon off and on. If you had an affiliate store I would buy through it. You would get a commission of my purchases. Works the other way around also. Think about it. Amazon has been working on this affiliate store thing lately and it's now so easy to do. I think I should be offering classes on it just to get people going. We could form a large group and make money off each other. Just remember this one thing. You cannot buy through your own store. Get it now? Okay, what are you waiting for? Just go to Google and search for 'Amazon Affiliate'. Sign up and start adding categories to your store. Then get a blog here on Blogger and give people your store address. You can buy a domain name anywhere, ie. GoDaddy, and set it up to forward to your Amazon store when people type in the URL.
I'm doing it another way for now until I do the above though. I have links created here within my posts that will direct you to my store if you click on them to want to look at buying something. Then, there's a link back here also from my Amazon affiliate store.
All it takes is a little work each day or take several days. We all got time to spare once in awhile. When I think about it and am sitting around I go work on my blog or my store. What really got me excited was when I posted here about an AOL update that came out, a lot of people somehow found my blog and clicked on a lot of links. I made about $5.00 in that one day. It's not a lot but if you could get that every day that would add up quick. I'm still excited and I'm going to keep working on this until I can get to that point and beyond. The sky's the limit they say. So, get moving already. Let me know when you get started. I'll be here to help you if you need motivation or anything. We're all in this together now.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
It's all about making money isn't it?
How do you make money on the internet? This question is on a lot of people's minds these days. You've seen the get rich quick emails come through your inbox I'm sure. Well minded friends sending them to you too. They don't take the time to examine what they send you in hopes that you will, and then tell them how to do it, right? Hah. I've seen enough of them and I've done my own research. There really is no way to get rich quick on the internet unless you have some unique product that everyone wants or thinks they have to have right now.
eBay? Yeah, what are you going to sell? Junk and clutter that you no longer want? I don't think so. Okay, so how is it done. I'm doing it right now with this blog. You see the image and the link on the left don't you. You decide you like what you see and you go and click on it and take a closer look. You like it more once you investigate the product further. You add it to your shopping cart, then checkout and pay. Thank you very much, buyer. I've just made a percentage or commission on that sale. It isn't really a lot though but if you get enough of these in three months, it adds up.
Here's another way to get free money. In my previous post about the AOL update, somehow there was enough people that found that post and clicked through some link here that I made $4.98 in four days. Hmmm, that's a dollar a day. Now that motivates me. Fact is, I'm motivated right now to tell you about this so we can get rich together. Think about this for a moment. If you would click on a link or two on some webpages that you like each day you are helping someone make some money. It's called pay-per-click. Google adwords or Google Advertising. That's where I first learned alot about advertising and the pay-per-click thing on the net. I just started reading through Google's web pages. It's all right there.
This blog has made it easy for me to add any Amazon product links with images to my posts. There is a widget that you install on your blog that makes it easy to do. I found it by accident by looking around this blog a few weeks ago. This is what I've been waiting for. I didn't want to have to program or code a web page to put links in. I've been there and done that. It's not fun and it's not as easy as this method.
So, what I'm saying is, everybody should be in sales on the net. Get going and let's make some money. Oh, click on some links before you leave for me, will ya'? LOL
eBay? Yeah, what are you going to sell? Junk and clutter that you no longer want? I don't think so. Okay, so how is it done. I'm doing it right now with this blog. You see the image and the link on the left don't you. You decide you like what you see and you go and click on it and take a closer look. You like it more once you investigate the product further. You add it to your shopping cart, then checkout and pay. Thank you very much, buyer. I've just made a percentage or commission on that sale. It isn't really a lot though but if you get enough of these in three months, it adds up.
Here's another way to get free money. In my previous post about the AOL update, somehow there was enough people that found that post and clicked through some link here that I made $4.98 in four days. Hmmm, that's a dollar a day. Now that motivates me. Fact is, I'm motivated right now to tell you about this so we can get rich together. Think about this for a moment. If you would click on a link or two on some webpages that you like each day you are helping someone make some money. It's called pay-per-click. Google adwords or Google Advertising. That's where I first learned alot about advertising and the pay-per-click thing on the net. I just started reading through Google's web pages. It's all right there.
This blog has made it easy for me to add any Amazon product links with images to my posts. There is a widget that you install on your blog that makes it easy to do. I found it by accident by looking around this blog a few weeks ago. This is what I've been waiting for. I didn't want to have to program or code a web page to put links in. I've been there and done that. It's not fun and it's not as easy as this method.
So, what I'm saying is, everybody should be in sales on the net. Get going and let's make some money. Oh, click on some links before you leave for me, will ya'? LOL
Monday, September 6, 2010
Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest GenerationKindle Reader. I've been thinking about this more since this model came out. I haven't been doing much reading except on the internet of late. Probably like a lot of people. But, sometimes there may be times when we just want to sit or lie down or relax someplace and absorb ourselves into some interesting or entertaining reading. I'm wondering now where I might see and touch one of these before I buy. Maybe at my local Barnes & Noble store? Maybe Wal-Mart? Leave me a comment if you know where. Also, tell me your experience if you've been using the Kindle Reader. What features would you like to see in the future, your pros and cons and anything else you'd like to share with us here. Okay, time to read...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Damn, over a year since I posted anything here
I got this email from Amazon about monetizing my blog here so I'm going to take a little time to see what I can do with that. Like everything else in my life there just isn't enough time to do everything. This will probably be another one. Oh, I did get a new computer just after my last post, last year. It's a nice slimline HP that I love. It did come with Vista Premium and I can say I've not had a problem with it either. Well, there is a little printer problem now and then but nothing I can't fix.
On to monetizing this blog....
On to monetizing this blog....
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