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Woo Hoo! Finally broke the $1k Amazon Milestone!

by thedog
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I've been plugging away with Amazon for almost a year now and just checked my account, TOTAL EARNINGS *$1,061.83... and there's 11 days left in the month!

I almost made it past $1,000 in October, November was around $850... google dance to blame.

I'm so happy I've passed this milestone! MY earnings only started to take off around mid September.

I'm so grateful to this site and all your help... my plan was simple, to hit $1k in online earnings by September 2011... took until October (some other online earnings)

I'm sure there's lots of new frustrated warriors on here... don't give up, and don't loose focus.

One of my main problems, which hits us all I guess, is trying too many things at once... At one stage I was doing Amazon, Clickbank, Adsense and offline marketing... Around April, I decided to focus most of my attention on Amazon.

I guess, find what works for you, or what you're comfortable with... and stick with it.

Another tip... JUST DO IT... I spent a lot of time reading, learning etc... took me a while to get the finger out, and actually start building sites... 2 of my early Amazon atempts are still chugging along, bringing in the odd sale... I went about them all wrong, but, who cares!

Your first site may be rubbish, second... also rubbish... It's all a learning process... don't expect to become an expert over night.

I've still lots more to learn... but it's a fun process...

I took 2 weeks off earlier this month, checked my account afterward, and made $500... I love this job

Best of luck to you.
#$1k #amazon #broke #finally #hoo #milestone #woo
  • Profile picture of the author DavidTT
    congrats!! I want ot get involved with amazon late on but so far, it hasnt been that good with me lol. Selling digital stuff on the other hand has been better.
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by DavidTT View Post

      congrats!! I want ot get involved with amazon late on but so far, it hasnt been that good with me lol. Selling digital stuff on the other hand has been better.
      Stick with what works dude... I bought a clickbank wso the other day... only $5.. haven't had time to check it out, v busy.

      But, I will look into clickbank again, once I'm happy my current sites...
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  • Profile picture of the author danr62
    Awesome! Got any tips on how you did it?
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by danr62 View Post

      Awesome! Got any tips on how you did it?
      Sure

      Invested in an amazon course, Jan Roos's physical affiliate.

      I wasn't a beginner to affiliate marketing at that stage, but the course helped steer me in the right direction.

      Read a lot on here... this is an excellent thread, http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ing-money.html

      I did my own take on your typical review site... I noticed theres so many amazon review clone sites out there... Luckly I'm a web designer, so, I was able to create my own look easy enough.

      I stuck at it, until my main site was on page 1 for my main keywords...

      I spent around $300 on back linking services... I still don't like SEO, my least favourite part... but I'm slowly starting to understand it better.

      I learned that picking the right product and keyword is probably the most important factor... in the beginning, I was going after the wrong keywords... information keywords, not buying keywords.

      I included more video in my reviews, and not crappy animoto... this definitly helped.

      I concentrated most of my efforts on amazon... I'm still trying to make some cash with adsense, i've 2 sites out of 6, pulling in around $20 a month... i see adsence more of a challenge now

      If you pick the right product, target the right keywords, rank for them, and get decent traffic... my main earner gets around 10k visits a month... then you'll make money... providing your site is built right.
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  • Profile picture of the author SarahZT
    Excellent stuff!! Congrats to you ) This is sooo inspiring and motivates me to keep on working further. It's been a rough year but I know it will be better .
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    • Profile picture of the author williamrose
      Well done!

      I've just started getting somewhere with my Amazon review sites (largely due to the Christmas buyer traffic, no doubt!) and am determined to expand them in the coming year.

      Bigger "authority" review sites, as opposed to mini-sites, are working best for me.

      Keep at it.
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    Congrats. I broke the $1000/month milestone in October.

    It's that time of year, but I guess things will slow down a lot in January. There is already signs of that now.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobuddy
    It's always a nice feeling reaching the landmark, keep rocking!
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  • Profile picture of the author Lori Kelly
    Congratulations! I think one of the most common problems is trying to do too much at once. Your focusing on one business was a great plan.

    Wish you great success and happy holidays!
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  • Profile picture of the author zamzung
    Congrats to you! That sounds like a nice achievement... and also thanks for the tips, I'm sure they will be more than useful to many people, including me, although I'm not after Amazon and similar affiliate programs
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  • Profile picture of the author virtualprincipal
    Congratulations and I hope you continue to move upward. I think the key point to this post is put all of your focus on one type of marketing until you have achieved success....
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    • Profile picture of the author truered
      Well done stuff like this just inspires me to do well seeing as i am new to this
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  • Profile picture of the author Janice Sperry
    Congrats on your success. Your new focus combined with the strategies you mentioned are gold.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chris Cole
    Hi thedog,

    Great thread and super inspirational for all of the newbies...

    Many think that is it super hard to get great earnings like this with Amazon.com, but once you get going and focus on only this the magic begins to happen.
    Originally Posted by thedog View Post

    One of my main problems, which hits us all I guess, is trying too many things at once... At one stage I was doing Amazon, Clickbank, Adsense and offline marketing...
    This is the line I would most like to point out to all, this is where the money is at. Learn to FOCUS on one method no matter what!
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  • Profile picture of the author anwar001
    Congrats. You made the right decision by deciding to focus on one thing instead of too many things. You chose amazon, somebody else can do the same thing with clickbank or offline marketing or product creation etc.

    The trick is to focus on one system and plug at it till you make it work. Learn from mistakes, make amendments where necessary, improve where you can and keep working at it till you succeed at the system. Of course, you have to chose a proven system to begin with.
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  • Profile picture of the author MaryKathan
    Yay! Great job and congratulations!
    Never give up and focus..... good advice.
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  • Profile picture of the author tylerdrun
    thedog, Awesome work. I have an Amazon site that I've been working on for a while now and it's ranking. I got into the whole Amazon business by seeing how the gurus made it seem easy i.e Conversions are effortless and just simple SEO will do.

    Not the case in my opinion. CR is not greater than 10% and SEO is very hard in the physical niches because Google now favors retail and ecommerce sites because they have the order button in there. These sites are not bridge pages.

    I'm not being negative. But this is a true fact. Unless you pick really hot products that don't go out of market soon with keyword rich domains and optimize, you'll make very little with Amazon.

    Generic keywords are a no-no. When you see PPC prices for the ads, you'd think its making money. It's not because all the sites that are advertising are using brand awareness i.e Amazon, target, Ebay and many others.

    Earlier, there used to be affiliates who figured out ways. Now it's all crap.


    Cheers to your success!

    Harry

    I'll play the Amazon game for a while maybe. But not a long term strategy in my opinion. Best choice would be to build product specific sites, get them on top... Does it make money? If so, get a dropshipping program membership. Sell the product through drop shipping and be very informative about the product on the website so google figures you to be off enough authority to be number #1

    That'd be the best idea. Build different product name sites in the same niche and link them all to be a part of the same group.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryHaywood
    Congrats. It is an inspiration to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Ryan
      Nice Job! It is really about focusing in on one thing until you start having some success. Keep pushing forward.
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      • Profile picture of the author rodowdy09
        Congrats on your successes! One milestone passed of many to come I hope. Not sure if I am out of line for asking; but I know you said you have some web design skillz. You mind if I see what your first (rubbish) site looked like and what the 'new & improved' one looks like compared to it. Feel free to PM me if you don't want it all public, but I can't PM back just yet :rolleyes:
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        • Profile picture of the author thedog
          Originally Posted by rodowdy09 View Post

          Congrats on your successes! One milestone passed of many to come I hope. Not sure if I am out of line for asking; but I know you said you have some web design skillz. You mind if I see what your first (rubbish) site looked like and what the 'new & improved' one looks like compared to it. Feel free to PM me if you don't want it all public, but I can't PM back just yet :rolleyes:
          Sorry dude, I could show you, but then I'd have to kill you

          All I can say is, the early versions looked a lot like your typical "amazon review theme" sites, google is riddled with them.
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  • Profile picture of the author ProScribe
    Well Done. This is a really nice time of year if you have some Amazon sites up.

    Did you build multiple sites to get to that level? Or did you concentrate on building a large review site?
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by ProScribe View Post

      Well Done. This is a really nice time of year if you have some Amazon sites up.

      Did you build multiple sites to get to that level? Or did you concentrate on building a large review site?
      90% of my earnings are from 1 site. It's just reviewing one type of appliance, I'll admit it is seasonal, Oct-Jan.. then traffic will drop.

      I never set out to target seasonal traffic, as I hadn't a clue about this back when I started.

      I'm now targeting both seasonal and all year round traffic... I have 6 other sites, 3 of which I'll be focusing on big time.
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  • Profile picture of the author Drew Trainor
    That's awesome...I'm thinking about getting into selling Amazon products but the commissions are so low. But like people say they end up buying other things once they're in there.
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  • Profile picture of the author wfoutsourcing
    Congratulations! That is wonderful news! I wish you much more success in the year to come! Happy Holidays!
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayo
    Dog, Great Job and Congrats!
    Lets see your victory dance...lol

    Here's some music,


    Have a Great Day!
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  • Profile picture of the author Oswald Luis
    nice job,keep up the good work for me thats alot of money
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  • Profile picture of the author t0mmy
    congrats mate! now try to break the 1k a week mark
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  • Profile picture of the author Jacob Tudor Baruch
    Congrats!

    I'm still hesitating on the Amazon affiliate thing because some U.S. states have been banned due to tax issues.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gaz Cooper
      Originally Posted by Jacob Tudor Baruch View Post

      Congrats!

      I'm still hesitating on the Amazon affiliate thing because some U.S. states have been banned due to tax issues.
      Jacob

      Come on mate, listen to what you are saying you are not taking action JUST IN CASE a state is banned

      Just Do It you will never make any money by hesitating you have to take action.

      good luck

      kickin it on Amazon

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  • Profile picture of the author stevet563
    Good job man. I have heard many times and in my opinion you are right when you say that you have to do just one thing. Too many ways to make income online. If you do all of them at once, you're spreading yourself too thin and you won't get much done. So you proved that. Thanks for the post.
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by stevet563 View Post

      Good job man. I have heard many times and in my opinion you are right when you say that you have to do just one thing. Too many ways to make income online. If you do all of them at once, you're spreading yourself too thin and you won't get much done. So you proved that. Thanks for the post.
      Ye... don't get distracted by those telling you there's better, easier, quicker ways to make money... find what works for you, what you're comfortable with... and, when you've reached your goal... check out other opportunities.

      I imagine I will find better, easier and quicker ways to make money online, eventually, but I think it's important to walk before you run
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  • Profile picture of the author magiclouie
    Congratulations, you deserve it.

    More power and success.

    Cheers,
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  • Profile picture of the author Craig McPherson
    Great stuff Dog.
    I love hearing stories like these.

    (I can see another heavy hitter rising in the ranks)

    Craig
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    • Profile picture of the author Vienn
      Congrats to you! Very inspiring!
      I created an Amazon niche site a couple of months ago and without much SEO efforts, I managed to get it on Google page 2. It made $7 LOL. After that, never made any money again

      I'll try Amazon again this 2012, with your tips in mind.

      I wish you the best this coming year. Happy Holidays!
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      • Profile picture of the author MoneySavingLisa
        Congrats! I just started really monetizing my blog this month with Amazon. My blog is based around saving money, and Amazon tends to have a lot of deals this time of year. So far, I've managed to make $113 this month with Amazon alone and I originally wasn't going to be using them at all! I had only noticed that most of the other blogs around my niche promoted Amazon deals, so I started doing the same. Glad I did! My goal for 2012 is to try and reach up to 3k a month with Amazon and some other affiliate marketing I use.

        I just read Jan's ebook, and I think I'm going to start creating a website based on what I read. My blog is really my baby.. so I don't want to distract myself away from that too much. I'll just slowly add more review sites and go from there.
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        • Profile picture of the author thedog
          Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa View Post

          Congrats! I just started really monetizing my blog this month with Amazon. My blog is based around saving money, and Amazon tends to have a lot of deals this time of year. So far, I've managed to make $113 this month with Amazon alone and I originally wasn't going to be using them at all! I had only noticed that most of the other blogs around my niche promoted Amazon deals, so I started doing the same. Glad I did! My goal for 2012 is to try and reach up to 3k a month with Amazon and some other affiliate marketing I use.

          I just read Jan's ebook, and I think I'm going to start creating a website based on what I read. My blog is really my baby.. so I don't want to distract myself away from that too much. I'll just slowly add more review sites and go from there.
          Good stuff... product and keyword (buying) selection is key... if you're already making money with your blog, well, you're ahead of the game and should have no trouble bringing in a steady income from a nice amazon site.

          Best of luck for 2012
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          • Profile picture of the author Riki Oh
            By 'buying keywords', do you mean; pencil sharpeners or metal/electric/plastic pencil sharpeners or cheap/affordable/discount pencil sharpeners (as opposed to what)?

            Can you clarify this for us? What's working and what isn't?

            Thanks.
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            • Profile picture of the author thedog
              Originally Posted by Riki Oh View Post

              By 'buying keywords', do you mean; pencil sharpeners or metal/electric/plastic pencil sharpeners or cheap/affordable/discount pencil sharpeners (as opposed to what)?

              Can you clarify this for us? What's working and what isn't?

              Thanks.
              There's lots of info on here about buying keywords... basicly, keywords with, buy, review, rating, cheap etc... oh, and consumer reports is also a good one
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          • Profile picture of the author MoneySavingLisa
            Originally Posted by thedog View Post

            Good stuff... product and keyword (buying) selection is key... if you're already making money with your blog, well, you're ahead of the game and should have no trouble bringing in a steady income from a nice amazon site.

            Best of luck for 2012
            Thanks! I've been busy reading some other Amazon ebooks this morning. Lots of good information out there, and they all are not the same. I def have a ton of ideas to start out with, and I have some ideas on how to cross promote it with my current blog.
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            • Profile picture of the author thedog
              Originally Posted by MoneySavingLisa View Post

              Thanks! I've been busy reading some other Amazon ebooks this morning. Lots of good information out there, and they all are not the same. I def have a ton of ideas to start out with, and I have some ideas on how to cross promote it with my current blog.
              Agree, here's another tip, especially to newbies... use the search function, chances are, your question has been asked.

              There's tons of free info archived, just dig around a little.
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              • Profile picture of the author MoneySavingLisa
                Originally Posted by thedog View Post

                Agree, here's another tip, especially to newbies... use the search function, chances are, your question has been asked.

                There's tons of free info archived, just dig around a little.
                LOL! Funny you mention that. I just clicked back to read this post after I had read about 4 pages dealing with Amazon on this site. And yes, there's lots of useful info I read! Took a few hours to read through them.
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  • Profile picture of the author winsenken
    I am happy to hear your result! Keep it up!!! congratulation!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author davidtong
    Been seeing your posts around the past year everytime I read an Amazon-related post (as I'm a huge Amazon fan as well) and it's great to hear you break that mark... I'm still not 'there' yet right now with Amazon but it's slowly getting up there and basically I've come to the same conclusion as you, trying to do too much with too many techniques jumping back and forth... Since I started to allot time specifically for Amazon, the income has been steady and consistent.

    Congrats again and Happy holidays!

    Dave
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
      Bravo!

      Which methods do you use to research keywords?
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      • Profile picture of the author thedog
        Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

        Bravo!

        Which methods do you use to research keywords?
        I use Market Samurai and GKT (google keyword tool... for newbies)

        I'm a bit obsessed with EMD's... I need to look into this more, find out if they're really worth it or not.

        If I can't find a good EMD, I walk away... again, this could be bad practice... need to research this more.

        I target buying keywords, over 1k exact matches a month... usually 3k+

        I only worry about who's on the 1st page of google for my competition.

        Market Samurai is invaluable for SEO competition.

        I Also use the allinanchor prefix for google, lets you know if you competition from page one are activly targeting your specific, exact keyword.

        I also like to use googles instant feature... this give you a very quick idea of popular keywords, so, type in best automatic PRODUCT.... usually reviews pops up.

        If you disable google instant, in google settings, you can get 10 rather than 5 instant results.
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by davidtong View Post

      Been seeing your posts around the past year everytime I read an Amazon-related post (as I'm a huge Amazon fan as well) and it's great to hear you break that mark... I'm still not 'there' yet right now with Amazon but it's slowly getting up there and basically I've come to the same conclusion as you, trying to do too much with too many techniques jumping back and forth... Since I started to allot time specifically for Amazon, the income has been steady and consistent.

      Congrats again and Happy holidays!

      Dave
      Cheers Dave, ye, staying on track can be difficult and really does require serious focus.

      There was a great report I read a while back... can't think of the name right now, saved on an external hard disk... later here, so will try and find it tomorrow... pretty sure it's free, mind bender I think it was called.

      Anyway, stick with it... I know its shopping season, and my traffic will drop, but, a milestone is a milestone.... they're far and few between... but they give you that extra little pep to keep on going.

      This is a game of attrition!

      Best of luck to you Dave
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  • Profile picture of the author Marcus Rockey
    Well done for a great achievement my friend.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martin Gram
    Congrats $1000 is a good jump in the right direction. I hope you will be able to boost that up further.

    How many Amazon sites do you run? Do they all make money in some form?

    Thanks for a good inspiration
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    • Profile picture of the author thedog
      Originally Posted by Martin Gram View Post

      Congrats $1000 is a good jump in the right direction. I hope you will be able to boost that up further.

      How many Amazon sites do you run? Do they all make money in some form?

      Thanks for a good inspiration
      I have 1 site, brining in 90% of my revenue, I worked hard on this, and it paid off.

      2 early attempts, that bring in a trickle every now and then.

      2 more, finished, and working on ranking, which is my least favourite part... goes for a lot of us I guess.

      2 more in development.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Stephens
    Well done. That's awesome! An inspiration.
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