I made my first sale today!

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Yes, today is a good day. Finally i made my first sale and that's just the beginning

I sold my first product through my amazon review site. And it's not that hard at all. I picked a niche with low competition, did seo, wrote some articles and put affiliate links on my site. That's all. I don't know why there are so many WSO's. I did nothing special. No backlinkboosters, no profile backlinks, nothing. I did on page SEO and bought 300 Backlinks for 8 $, that's all. I have three websites: nr. 1, nr. 3 and nr. 4 position now. They gain higher rankings every week and i wrote the last articles 2 or 3 months ago...i don't know why some people say, you have to write an article every day to get better rankings...

The only hard thing in IM is to get the right infos. For me picking a niche and SEO are very simple things now. It's not that special like some people say.

Ok my tip for beginners:

Learn skill after skill!
1. Learn how to pick a good niche/market research/what a buying keyword is...

if you are good in that, learn

2. how to do SEO

if you can gain top rankings, learn

3. how to increase your click-through and conversion rates <-- there i am now

That's it.

I think it's a good way to start with selling physical products as an affiliate.
You don't have to write a saleslatter, you don't have to build a list, you don't have to create your own product and you don't have to compete with many internet marketers.

A big thx to the forum it helped me a lot

Some day i will help you out too!
#made #sale #today
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    Congratulations!

    You are right, this is just the beginning.

    Looking forward to more success stories.



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    • Profile picture of the author peter.max
      It is great to get the first money in. You then know that this IM thing can (will) work
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  • Profile picture of the author zackick
    what? really congratulation

    look like i still have a long way to go before hit the first sale..........
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  • Profile picture of the author Aabayommy
    Congrats! That's lovely to hear. Keep the good work up and looking forward to more success stories from you. You should be thinking of duplicating the system. Sky is the limit as long as you follow the right approach and system. Also, thanks for the beginners' tips

    Best wishes,
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    • Profile picture of the author Vogin
      I had that feeling a couple of weeks ago, although I succeeded through a WSO. Congrats!

      The truth is the general concept is not that hard as it seems, just taking my lazy ass to do it is quite problematic.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patient-X
    Should have made it into a WSO !

    Lol only joking congratulations man, let it continue ...
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin Marshall
      Congratulations! It only gets better and better from here! Imagine how much you will make when you are promoting lots and lots of different offers!

      Everything builds on itself, and it sounds like you are on the road to success!
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  • Profile picture of the author robinincarolina
    Feels good doesn't it? I still get all excited over my sales and I have been seeing the dollar signs for a year now. Keep going forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brendan H
    Congratulations, and thanks for the tips. =)
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  • Profile picture of the author J42
    Congratulations on your very first sale!!
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  • Profile picture of the author ChickenMan
    inspiration, congrats.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hackbridge
    Congratulations. Here's to many, many more!

    All the best.

    Brian
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  • Profile picture of the author keadams26
    I will say congratulations on the sale first! Did state that you got your first sale today? Is that correct?

    You also said that the last article you wrote was 2-3 months ago, yes? Most people expect results like yesterday and are likely to give up before they make their first sale. You, sir, have what many in this industry lack. Patience.

    What you say is true. It really is not THAT hard. You just have to have patience.
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  • Profile picture of the author thegamecat
    Internet is hard - WSO now open!

    Well done btw, simplicity is a beautiful thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author vpgemini
    Thats fantastic! Its such a great feeling when all that work we do pays off! Keep it up!!
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  • Profile picture of the author seoweb2000
    Congrats! Now you know the process you can easily scale up and do many more of these types of sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author dwatrous
    Congratulations. I had a great feeling with my first sale too. It was great!
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    • Profile picture of the author shmeeko69
      Well done on your first sale & hopefully that will inspire you to continue in what you are doing & more sales. You have broked down that psychological barrier of the first sale, which is one of the hardest parts of IM.

      One of the key areas in article marketing is not only finding an in demand product but choosing the right keywords. You are better to be on page 1 of google for a not so popular keyword with low competition than, on page 2 of a very popular keyword with high competition.

      I made that mistake in the beginning & now I see quite a few of my articles on page 1 of google for related keywords to the article & product.

      There are other sites for you to consider affiliating to -

      Affiliate Window
      Commission Junction
      TradeDoubler
      Clickbank
      PayDotCom

      Once you find the right formula that suits your needs just rinse & repeat.

      Mark
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  • Profile picture of the author Giraffe-SEO
    Awesome! Great work!
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  • Profile picture of the author lstoops
    I'm happy for you! Internet marketing is very exciting! Here's to more sales!
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  • Profile picture of the author jamjar919
    Very well done!
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    • Profile picture of the author dkirby
      Congrats! And, thanks for sharing your tips.
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  • Profile picture of the author JPMaroney
    Congrats ...

    NOW: The TRUE TEST!

    Will you wash, rinse, repeat? Or will you get sidetracked on "the next big thing."

    (I have confidence you'll do the former)

    But, as entrepreneurs we're at least tempted to go try something new -- getting bored far too quickly with WHAT WORKED.

    Again, congrats!
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    • Profile picture of the author janeiro82
      Thx for all the congratulations first

      Of course i will optimize my website now. The funny thing is there is only 1 affiliate link on my site at the moment but i have 40 products on it. I concentrated on SEO first and did nothing for the last 2 months. At the moment my site is a wordpress site but i will give it a more professional look with "www.wix.com". (That's an online editor and yes you can gain nr. 1 positions with it, although it is based on flash. They optimized it for search engines)

      So here is what i did and you can do:

      1. Find a niche with the google keyword tool and make sure it's a buying keyword in it like test, review, buy or something like that

      2. Market research, look at the top 3 results on google with that keyword.
      The first place gets 42% traffic, the 10th place gets 3 % Traffic...so u wanna go for number 1 or number 10?? Look at Number of Backlinks, Pagerank and Onpage Optimization. The lower the better...I don't look at number of results. Even if u only have 10 search results for that keyword and all 10 pages are highly optimized u can't go for that niche. If u have 10.000.000 search results and the first 3 aren't highly optimized u can go for it. So look at BL, PR and OnPageSEO not at search results.

      3. Create your site, write some reviews with keyword related stuff and COMPARE the products. What product is Nr. 1, Nr. 2, Nr. 3 and so on. I created a chart with a Top 10 Ranking of my products. If u click on a product u can read a review or you can buy it from this chart.

      It's a VERY simple concept and i'm sure i can improve it a lot. I did no article submission or some of the other recommended stuff. Only On Page SEO and backlinks.

      Now i will work on the layout of my site. I will try to get higher Click Through Rates and higher Conversions and will experiment with it until i can get the maximum amount of money from it. The good thing is once i am finished i can take the layout for any other of my future review sites. And then i try to get high rankings faster. I think backlinks are the main key for it.

      Before i forget ,maybe somebody can answer me a question. I don't want to open a new thread for it:

      Amazon Affiliate Links are usually build like this:

      "<a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003XN432C?ie=MyPartnerID&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&c reative=19454&creativeASIN=B003XN432C">Krups KP 1006 Nescafé Dolce Gusto Piccolo, rot</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/AffID" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />"

      But i can't embedd the code in my online web editor. I can only begin with "http".

      Is it possible and allowed to use the code like this?

      "http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003XN432C?ie=MyPartnerID&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&c reative=19454&creativeASIN=B003XN432C"

      Do i get the money ?

      Thx and much luck to all Internet Marketers
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      • Profile picture of the author TheOcarlsen
        Originally Posted by janeiro82 View Post

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        2. Market research, look at the top 3 results on google with that keyword.
        The first place gets 42% traffic, the 10th place gets 3 % Traffic...so u wanna go for number 1 or number 10?? Look at Number of Backlinks, Pagerank and Onpage Optimization.
        That is not exactly market research. But that is also not what I scrolled to the bottom to tell you, lol.

        Congrats on your first sale. May there be many more
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      • Profile picture of the author Ben Holmes
        Originally Posted by janeiro82 View Post

        Thx for all the congratulations first


        Amazon Affiliate Links are usually build like this:

        "<a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003XN432C?ie=MyPartnerID&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&c reative=19454&creativeASIN=B003XN432C">Krups KP 1006 Nescafé Dolce Gusto Piccolo, rot</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.de/e/AffID" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />"

        But i can't embedd the code in my online web editor. I can only begin with "http".

        Is it possible and allowed to use the code like this?

        "http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B003XN432C?ie=MyPartnerID&linkCode=as2&camp=1638&c reative=19454&creativeASIN=B003XN432C"

        Do i get the money ?

        Thx and much luck to all Internet Marketers
        Yes... you get the money. You've selected exactly the correct part. Put it in your website's HTML as:

        <a href="
        Then put the part you just excerpted beginning with 'http' and ending with the 'creative' portion... then
        "> THIS IS THE ANCHOR TEXT (Like, click here for more details on this great Amazon product) </a>

        I broke that link up so it doesn't create a link here... but you should get the idea.

        By the way, here's a good trick... create a separate 'tracking id' for each website - that way, when you look at your Amazon report, you'll know which website gave you the sale. On your Amazon Associate's page, click on 'Account Settings' in upper right corner... then click on 'Manage your tracking ids'...
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Congrats ... now that you've got it down, you can repeat it many times.
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  • Profile picture of the author A L Moten
    A big congrats out to you. Now get to work!
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    • Profile picture of the author VyctorB_10
      Congratz & big upz Jan.. next step is consistency... Key




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  • Profile picture of the author jeffathome
    Congrats!!! Now keep it going. Gain some momentum.
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  • Profile picture of the author apdfranklin
    Congrats! I remember how motivating my first sale was. I just kept staring and staring at it. Keep 'em coming!
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  • Profile picture of the author Devon Brown
    Congrats on your first sale! Now bottle that excitement and open it up when you feel down
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  • Profile picture of the author Tangela
    Congratulations! What a wonderful feeling. It's just the beginning for you. Keep up the good work.
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  • Profile picture of the author peterzhou
    Congratulations! I have made no sales for a long time...
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  • Profile picture of the author winsonlim
    I am certainly impressed by your results in getting your first sale! Keep up the good work!

    Doing it all by yourself needs lots of discipline and courage to continue to move on.

    You have take the leap of faith and reap the fruit from your hard work and effort.

    The first sale I got is by publishing WSO selling PLR. It was a great experience and huge learning curve.

    All it takes is determination and hard work and never give up.

    I wish you all the best man!


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  • Profile picture of the author MilesT
    Good job! Feels good eh?
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  • Profile picture of the author zenji
    Good on you mate. Now rinse and repeat the same methods!
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  • Profile picture of the author abbie kye
    Well done!! Congrats. Still remember the feeling on my first sale!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Pinkysoll
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    Congrats and keep up the good work! looking forward to my first sale as well - patiently! I'm glad I joined the Warrior Forum. Btw, what does nr1, nr2...mean?:-)
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  • Profile picture of the author sax.sunny
    First of all congratulations!!! And wish you all the best for your future!!!

    Just to answer why so many WSOs and Why people have to write articles - There are people of different nature. You're quite familiar with Amazon Associates, but there are people who don't like this way of doing business at all. And believe me there are hundreds of other ways to make money and that's why hundreds of WSOs are out there. People pick the one that best suits them.

    About article writing, I'm sure you picked up a micro niche with less competition, may be that's why you didn't require much promotion. But there are people who love competition because they want 10 sales a day instead of 1 or 2 a day. For that promotion is must, and article writing is one of the best ways.

    By the way, just curios to know one thing, who provides you with 300 backlinks for $8? Are they quality links or just profile links?

    Once again, Congratulations for your first sale!!!
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    • Profile picture of the author janeiro82
      Originally Posted by Pinkysoll View Post

      Congrats and keep up the good work! looking forward to my first sale as well - patiently! I'm glad I joined the Warrior Forum. Btw, what does nr1, nr2...mean?:-)
      Number 1 and Number 2 Position in google


      Originally Posted by sax.sunny View Post

      First of all congratulations!!! And wish you all the best for your future!!!

      Just to answer why so many WSOs and Why people have to write articles - There are people of different nature. You're quite familiar with Amazon Associates, but there are people who don't like this way of doing business at all. And believe me there are hundreds of other ways to make money and that's why hundreds of WSOs are out there. People pick the one that best suits them.

      About article writing, I'm sure you picked up a micro niche with less competition, may be that's why you didn't require much promotion. But there are people who love competition because they want 10 sales a day instead of 1 or 2 a day. For that promotion is must, and article writing is one of the best ways.

      By the way, just curios to know one thing, who provides you with 300 backlinks for $8? Are they quality links or just profile links?

      Once again, Congratulations for your first sale!!!

      Thx. Yes that's right. There are many ways. But i think for the first little success u don't need a WSO u can learn it for free on this forum.

      I picked a niche with 10.000 searches a month, highly targeted keyword and the products cost around 200 $ I know how to search for good niches and the competition for that keyword is not that hard...So it's enough traffic i think.

      That links are 300 Social Bookmarks. I got them from the forum here. I think his name is WyzoMarketing. My rankings really improved after he was done with submission. But i had no backlinks before so it had a greater effect i think...
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  • Profile picture of the author ComputerGirl
    Congratulations! It must be so great feeling that finally after big work that you put in you see real results! I am still waiting that moment!
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  • Profile picture of the author Olafurthor
    many congratulations... I hope my first sale isn't far away... patience is a virtue so hats off to you .... heres to many future sales for you and keep building on that method. It does work apparently

    congratulations again
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    • Profile picture of the author StanCan
      Congratulations! All your hard work has finally paid off! You inspire lots of people here to be more patient and to persevere further because in the end your efforts will bear fruit. More power.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rob141
      Nice getting your first sale!
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  • Profile picture of the author paulie888
    Congratulations on your first sale. You see, you really focused on the mechanics of keyword research and SEO and did it right, and not on the money. This is the crucial part that so many people seem to get wrong. The sales will naturally follow if you lay the proper foundation with proper keyword research, domain selection, and some simple SEO.

    Now it's time to replicate this same success on new websites, and scale up your income by building many similar ones. With the vast array of Amazon products you can promote, your potential here is almost limitless!

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    Congratulations! Yep, once you have traffic and rankings, next logical step is increasing conversions..
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    • Profile picture of the author NeilC
      Congratulations - make sure you go back and expand your best sites with more content, it can be very effective and you won't have to manage too many.
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  • Profile picture of the author Warpanda
    Congrats on your first sale ! I guess now you moral is up the roof ! Keep the good work !
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  • Profile picture of the author imkevintan
    You, my friend, have come across the very secret that made most of the gurus, gurus. It's all about effort! The right amount and the right type of effort and you've got yourself a winning combo right there.
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  • Profile picture of the author pyles
    Congrats! I remember my first sale.

    $150 on adwords.
    $30 of profit.

    Whoops. Newbie mistake!

    Good luck on #2!
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  • Profile picture of the author lesterlim85
    congratulations! strive on to achieve greater things!

    Cheers,
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  • Profile picture of the author Kathy_T
    Congratulations to you! You will never forget that wonderful feeling! Keep referring back to how good it feels, and keep doing what you are doing.

    Much success to you (and the others on this great forum)! It's so much fun to share in one another's progress.

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  • Profile picture of the author Dwayne K
    ¡¡¡Congrats on the first sale!!!

    Now it's on the next one, then get to the
    point where they roll in

    DK
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  • Profile picture of the author Mo6303
    Congrats!

    Hopefully I'll get that feeling soon myself.
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