Tip: Start Writing and Embedding Christmas Content NOW
My biggest months by far for Amazon and other affiliate revenue are November and December. I probably do about half of the my years Amazon revenue in just those two months. This year I expect to break the 5,000 mark in December. ( At least i did, I am not sire what will happen to retail this Christmas) I am also bit behind on everything because of car accident and my vision loss. I am learning to use voice to text software and that should help.
The secret to making money off of Amazon is not to stick an Amazon affiliate ad in your sidebar or do up a couple of pages on your blog of your favourite books or movies but to embed links to product through your whole blog.
I am conscious of this throughout the whole year and use season as a guide. I generally write about 2-3 months ahead so I can build up backlinks to the post, be ahead of the curve and cross link heavily.
If you do not have any Christmas post or ideas for Christmas, start thinking NOW. Don’t be heavy handed, Go though you blog and find references to Christmas post and see if you can work in an affiliate product link somehow. Star writing some post about about products and weave in Christmas keywords. write about how the current economy will change your buying habits this year. What would you have bought What will you buy now?
Places that sell text links like Text Links Ads will have advertisers who want to advertise on pages that relate to Christmas so keep this in mind when you right up update your blogs content. More advertising dollars are spent now than at anytime of year and advertiser want to find places to spend their money- make your one of them.
scan affiliates at Cj.com for Christmas related product and services items that you can use and pop into posts. A decent commission for affiliate ads is 10% or more when dealing with Commission Junction. Keep this in mind when choosing an affiliate link Also balance with credibility. Look at the site. I would rather link to a site offering 7% commission that is reputable , easy to use and has good copy than one that has 10% commission and a crappy site that scares visitors away.
This is a great idea to beat the hordes to the punch. Not to mention, communicating the christmas spirit never hurts…
David J. Parnell
Communication Expert
Nice tip Lisa,
It is a good time to start with Xmas related content. I think that maybe we will see some action on it earlier this year with economic problems and uncertainty.
I know we will be shopping earlier to ensure our kids will have their gifts no matter what
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