I was not aware that Amazon would be one of my best money makers when I started promoting their products with a simple Blogger blog in 2007. Especially, for last quarter of 2009, my earnings from Amazon commissions have rocketed (approx. $900 currently) as a result of my continuous efforts of writing articles, SEO, link building, email newsletters and usage of social networks. If you are just earning a few dollars a month from Amazon and wonder how to reach a few hundred dollars in several months, these Amazon money making tips will surely help you.

A careful strategy of SEO is the key to continuous income from Amazon affiliate program. It involves two parts.

• Choosing the right products to write articles
  
• Choosing the best keywords set

Choosing Right Product :

A Successful Example : Apple iPhone accessories category is my capital money maker in my blog network and still I get sales each day. First, I had started writing reviews about iPhone games. After a good foundation, I opened a blog about iPhone cases, then iPhone books, then iPhone chargers etc seperately. At Amazon shop, technology and mobile related accessories are sold easily because most geeks daily buy something from Amazon. Follow technology news closely. If you see that let's say a phone named Samsung SuperDuper will be revealed on next month, it is a good strategy to prepare a few blogs with articles beforehand about SuperDuper cases, games etc. Eventually, related accessories will be available on Amazon and people will rush to them leaving you easy commissions. If you are thinking today to launch a Palm Pre Cases Review blog, know that there is one good competitor for you already. :)

A Bad Example : I had thought that people who were looking for French movies would buy DVDs easily. Eventhough I have sent a few hundreds organic clicks to Amazon on keywords like "buy french movies", "best french movies" etc. through my blog, only a few sales I could make in a year. So, I understood that most people actually read reviews there before downloading movies somewhere else for free or for a few bucks !

Best Keywords Set

Using too broad or too narrow keywords in your SEO links is not a good strategy. Instead, concentrate on how people would really look for an item with long tail keywords. In the case of Palm Pre, most people would search "Thin Palm Pre Cases" or "Best Pre Case", "Thin Pre Skin" etc. or they can try to read a few reviews before final decision. So, it would be wise to also make a set including keywords like "reviews", "suggestions" etc.

I can suggest you SemRush as the best SEO keyword tool in the market to find the most effective keywords with search and competition analysis.

Email marketing is the backbone of a successful e-business. If you have a huge targeted email list where can you send regular (daily, weekly) email newsletters, it means that you will achieve the best conversion rate. Let's assume that you have a list of 10,000 US subscribers of digital photography fans. Suppose that Amazon made a huge discount on a highly priced digital camera. If you just send a reminder email to them about discount, you can easily see conversion rate up to 3% which is around 1% for digital cameras regularly in traditional SEO and blog platforms. It means that you can get commissions from around 300 people in a few days ! Do not ignore the power of email marketing with Amazon.

Do not believe in so-called experts who insist on that StumbleUpon users do not convert into sales. StumbleUpon members do buy well if you know how to promote your well written article about an innovative and highly useful product. I will be specific. Look carefully to this article about reading gadget at night. It is my easy money maker as long as I continue getting StumbleUpon traffic.

Article marketing is also a useful way to bring traffic to Amazon and also to get backlinks for your main product marketing blogs. Having a capital well written article on your blog and 10 different re-written supplementary articles on different article directories like Hubpages, Ezinearticles etc. is a good strategy to promote Amazon products. If you notice, I continuously write articles on hubpages to promote specific line of products. For example, see the article how I promote Kapla toys and get a backlink to my main gadget blog. 

Do not underestimate the power of other Social Networks like Facebook, Digg, Reddit, Twitter and specific social platforms. I know several people who are operating tens of Facebook accounts and try to pile thousands of friends from US. Surely, I don't suggest spam lists but having 5,000 US visitors is not a bad at all. Just send a link suggestion in your profile with your Amazon affiliate ID included and let the cash flow to your account. Recently, I sent a twitter post about best twitter money making books to my Twitter followers and after a series of retweets it became popular bringing around 15 book sales in just a few hours :)

In conclusion, Amazon is the best affiliate program if you are aiming the best income in the long run. Just do not ignore the power of Amazon; concentrate, motivate yourself and unleash your skills to promote Amazon products crazily.