AmaSuite is a large collection of training utilities and software that was designed for Amazon sellers and Amazon affiliates. The software is now in its fourth iteration. Developed by Amazon experts Chris Guthrie and Dave Guindon, AmaSuite gives you everything you need to start making money through Amazon. It teaches you exactly what you need … Read more
Amazon has been forgotten about by a lot of affiliates due to its (perceived) low commission rates of 4 to 8.5% and a cookie of only 24 hours. Despite it’s commission rates been lower than many other websites and services, it’s a very lucrative affiliate program. When people go to Amazon, they go to buy. … Read more
I signed up to my first affiliate program in 1999 (Commission Junction). I still recall my awe at the sheer volume of companies that would pay you to send them traffic. Although I don’t know the exact number, my guess is that I have signed up to thousands of affiliate programs and networks over the … Read more
To say that 2020 has been a crazy year for everyone would be an understatement. Few of us were prepared for Covid or a world where no one knew how to deal with it. Like everyone else, I’ve had many few ups and downs myself this year. I’ve sadly lost a family member, caught covid … Read more
Over the last few years I have moved away from affiliate marketing. I do still generate a few hundred dollars in affiliate commissions every month from previous reviews and through linking to shops such as Amazon from my YouTube channels; however, it is not something I devote a lot of time to anymore. Yes, I … Read more
I have been writing reviews for many years. I first started publishing online reviews in 2000 about shopping directories and later in 2001 on my affiliate review website. I would test affiliate networks and advertising services and gave my thoughts on them. A few years later I started reviewing poker related products on my poker … Read more
Whilst I sat on my couch on a Sunday night watching Switzerland play France in their final Euro 2016 group game, I started pondering the future direction of this blog and some ideas I have for future articles. I got inspired about writing a great blog post that showed how one blog post made me … Read more
Amazon has one of the most popular affiliate programs online. It would not surprise me if the number of registered affiliates on Amazon Associates was in the hundreds of thousands, or possibly even in the millions. I first started promoting Amazon around 2001 and found a little success with it in the beginning due to … Read more
In my experience, the most effective way of making conversions in affiliate marketing is by linking directly within the content area using text links. Banners do, of course, have their place, however there is no disputing the fact that internet users have become ad blind over the years. The rise in popularity of ad blockers … Read more
The development of my forthcoming book ‘The Art of Freelance Blogging’ has been stalled for close to a month now. I had been thinking of writing a book on freelancing blogging for a long time but I didn’t start working on it until late November 2012. After writing about 13,000 words for the book, I … Read more