A-Store! Create Your Own Amazon Book Store

Amazon a-store is here! Well many of you may have noticed that I now have a book store attached to my site. I thought of making a post about all the books on the subject of blog/web site monetization which I have been reading and using as daily reference guides and thought to myself....hmmm, I wonder...

Well I checked and the answer is yes, they do have an affiliate program, it's easy to sign up, easy to make a product site, and easy to link to your blog. (Check out my a-store's sidebar widget to the right.)

As a test I bought this book through a-store and YES, they will pay you the commission! The book looks good, I haven't gotten that deep into it yet, but I did get $.66 from it's purchase!




So it doesn't matter what you are blogging about, there are books on the subject, books you probably have read and use as a reference and can recommend to your readership, so why not? If you like cats and have a site about cats, why not have a little bookstore dedicated to cats, where you can make $.66 per purchase?

Check out my store at the link below, it is categorized by what I'm reading now, what I've read and found useful, what works as a reference guide, and what is crap. Yes that's in there as well, if I find a book that is crap, I will be the first one to tell you not to buy it.

A Crash Course in Blog Terminology!

A Dictionary of Blogging Terms...Very Cool!

ahhhh, like a breath of fresh air...good and free info...

Go To:

http://www.blogossary.com/

then choose any of the links on the left, in order to get a quick definition of the term, read the info and if you want more just wikipedia it at http://www.wikipedia.org/

the cool thing is how you can just scroll down the list and quickly become proficient in the language of blogging, which will make all of your other research on the topic that much easier.


Here are some examples:

Blogroll
Blog Hop

Link Love (which is still elusive to me, more on this later)
Trackback

Check it out!

lg

Page Monitors Are Fun!

Where does one find all this stuff?

Well it's simple, hang out on blogs, actually look at the stuff in the right hand column, (yes including the ads!) then scour the page for cool widgets and gadgets. There is always a link to the gadget provider's site and take it from there.

In the case of this little guy, you just fill out a form, they want all the basic info, first name, your town, email address (of course!), url, etc. etc.

Then you just grab the code and post it on your site! Easy!

Ok the site where I got the widget is a bit confused, I would imagine that most folks who find it are going there for a reason as it's not pretty to look at nor easy to find what you are looking for.

You can start here: http://whozontop.com/

Click the regional link for your location and enter your url. The flow is understandable after that.

One thing that I like about this site is the concept that if you create a widget, you can build a company around it or at the very least a site that just disseminates that widgets gaining you TRAFFIC which you can then monetize!

Just look at all the ads on that site....it's a thing of beauty is it not!

Cheers,

-lg

Affiliate Marketing - Wikipedia Excellent Article!

Affiliate Marketing - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Click on this link to check out an excellent article on Affiliate Marketing. It helps to explain the basics of these types of programs and will give you a new pile of questions to answer, but they are good questions.

The contents of this article include:

1. Affiliate Marketing Defined
2. History of Affiliate Marketing
3. Compensation Methods (VERY IMPORTANT!)
4. Multi-tier programs
5. Pros and Cons
6. Adware
7. And much more.
   

I have two affiliates thus far for this site: "blue host" and "the super affiliate handbook" both of which I use, the first as my web hosting service and the second as a daily reference book.

Cheers!

lgblogger

If you found this information useful, hit an adlink! ty

Here is yet another way you can monetize your site!

Many of you may have noticed recently that there is now a Paypal Donate Button on my site it looks like this

and it's off to the right.

To many bloggers this button is also euphemistically known as a "Tip Jar".

Basically it is a place where those who are so inclined can leave a couple of bucks for the author of the site. At first I thought it was kind of cheesy but after I got a few donations I thought...'what the heck?'.

Here's how to set one up:

1. http://www.paypal.com/

2. click on merchant services link: or here, https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_merchant&nav=3

3. click on their "donate" option: or here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick-donations-factory

4. fill out the form, select your button. note: go with the "button encryption", actually whenever in doubt, I always opt for encryption...it's safer that way.

5. create the button and grab the HTML on the following page, and post it wherever you need.

If you have any questions, just drop me a note!

Cheers everyone!

lgblogger