How to determine if content on media sites will benefit from backlinking?

[Chris-]

Hi all,

is there any way (apart from testing it!) to determine if creating backlinks to my content on various sites such as Zazzle, ProductionTrax, etc. will benefit from backlinking? ie. if I create a bunch of backlinks (articles, social-bookmarks etc.) to my own content on those sites, will that get me more sales? As for testing, any ideas on how best to do it?

Or can anyone suggest any alternative strategies for increasing sales of my content on such sites? I've tried a few Squidoo lenses on specific types of my content on Zazzle (and will sometimes add my choices of other people's content there), and it seems to help a bit, as I get paid a few cents here and there for referring to Zazzle, so I must be doing something right to some very small extent! Is there any better way to help myself sell on Zazzle, etc. (I know my products are good quality, but obviously more is needed!)?

I've heard that there are people making 5 figures per month on Zazzle. Anyone know how they do it? Do they put millions of products there to make that kind of money, or are they using some clever marketing tricks I could learn???

thanks in advance for any info on this

Chris-