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A blog is great way to promote the products and you can do a lot more with a blog. So, My suggestion is start a blog, write some rich contents about the products and make your blog seo friendly. I believe you can made a lot from it. Good Luck

Sign up for an Amazon affiliate account and start designing micro niche sites to rank on search engines like Google in the hopes to make money without any tangible products. You will learn SEO in the process.

-RK

Depending on your skills and niche you have chosen I would go down the route of blogging. With a few chosen key words and being consistent then your going to build organic traffic. It will also encourage you buyers to interact with you. This can be very fun. In the past I have made some decent money online by doing this (average $450 a week on a original start up cost of $60)

So let follow these simple steps.

You identified you niche. If your going down the Amazon marketplace route select 100 products with at 4+ stars and a variety of prices. Its key that each product is reviewed 10 + times and with the latest review no older than 6 months old.

research potential material to write in your blogs. These need to be varied from reviews on the future of your niche, Your personal experiences in this niche, giving reviews on products etc... Key to success is consistency and giving as much information possible in a short but to the point blog.

Make sure when your writing your blog you include your keywords in the first sentence and last sentence in your blog. You should look to add your keywords on 6 different occasions, this will increase your chances of rankings on google, hence better exposure, more chance of making money. Dont forget your font should also be a font size of 12 and in a style that everyone can read. Throw in some well placed pictures because sometimes pictures speak louder than words.

Encourage your readers to sign up by offering value. Value can giving them free discount voucher for some product related to your niche or you can give them a free product you created. It can be like a free e book that is related to your niche. Hopefully you get the idea.

As for your affilate links I would limit to around 2 or 3 but certainly no more.

Hope this has helped. Be sure to keep us updated.

Owen

Thanks Owen

You are right about KW variations. Its really important and it also helps in overall KW density.

The key to success in my opinion is to always look for ways to self improve and be adaptable. It's the method I lived by in my career and I make a tidy income because of it. I see too many newbies who thinks this industry is easy money but it certainly isn't. Learn the basics, build on the foundations and take small steps towards your goal. Remember it isn't a sprint but a marathon.

I forgot to mention about paid traffic. Would anyone like some advice on it? It can potentially kickstart your income providing it's quality traffic.

I vote for an informative blog; content central for your visitors

I think you should test the waters with a blog first. Try SEO and everything else yourself first to get a feel and then when you have an understanding of things, outsource the stuff.

You've had some success with eBay and Amazon?

Guess what...other people will want to learn how to do that.

Start blogging. Show people how you're doing it. Become a known authority on that specific topic...then follow the market demand from there.