writing product reviews as a freelance writer

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I've wrote a lot of products reviews lately, and gone really good at writing them. I know how to create websites and all that. So it got me thinking, why don't I make my own websites instead of getting paid $20-25 per review. (as much as $200-300 a client).

But now I'm starting to think that time would be better spent making my own site, sure some will fail, but the ones that don't will outweigh it in the long run no?

thoughts.
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  • Profile picture of the author Steve B
    Everything depends upon you.

    Do you have a great product or affiliate offer?

    Do you know how to write compelling sales copy?

    Do you know how to drive traffic to your offer?

    Do you know how to capture emails and nurture a list?

    Do you know how to sell on the backend?

    Do it right and you stand a good chance of making some money. Do it wrong any you'll probably lose money. As is usually the case, it's all up to you and you'll really never know for sure until you try it.

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  • Profile picture of the author harvie316
    it would be using amazon affiliates, yeah I can do everything, as I run other successful sites. Guess I should roll the dice maybe.
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  • Profile picture of the author Letsmake100aday
    I sent you a pm with an idea!
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by harvie316 View Post

    So it got me thinking, why don't I make my own websites instead
    This was the exact thinking that originally took me from being an article-writer (service-provider) to being an affiliate marketer, back in 2008.

    I asked myself why all these people were coming back for more articles at the prices I was then charging (which were fairly high) and why what I was writing was clearly worth so much more to them than what I was charging for it. About the same as your own reasoning here, I think? So I investigated how they were using them (which was easy enough to discover, just through Google: they were getting syndicated all over the place!), managed to discuss it a bit with a few of them, and started affiliate marketing (using article marketing as the traffic-generation method). I've never looked back. It was the best decision I've ever made.

    Originally Posted by harvie316 View Post

    But now I'm starting to think that time would be better spent making my own site, sure some will fail, but the ones that don't will outweigh it in the long run no?
    I think so, yes. But choose good niches!

    (My only reservation about what you're suggesting is my own belief that in 2014 "review sites", per se, are far from the best way to do affiliate marketing.)

    Originally Posted by harvie316 View Post

    Guess I should roll the dice maybe.
    I think so. Good luck!
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