When I am doing a review I just down load the picture and upload it to wordpress after it on my post I go back and attach the right link to it.

I'm talking about the picture for the main image at the top of the page that doesn't use a link.

Amazon does not allow you to just download their pictures, you can only choose the one they supply with the link attached.

You can not just take pics from google, copy-write issues! The only option left is to write to the company's but I'm not having much luck there. I wondered if Bthiel knew any other tips?

Cheers Jake

I am sorry I don't have any more.

How about screen shots of the product in question. I use them a lot when reviewing software products, Best Alan

I remember Kyle mentioning this in the training and he said that people do that all the time so I think it would be a safe way to go.

Yeah I had thought about that, but i'd also read it's a big no no from Amazon if you take screen pics of their products. But maybe its ok to take screen shots from the actual company who makes the products?

I'll try and find Karls training on this, thanks, Jake :)

I am sorry couldn't be more help

No worries it seems to be a tricky grey area of affiliate marketing doesn't look like there is a definitive answer. I'll probably end up taking screenshots and hope its ok, cheers jake

I am not sure if what I do is ok either but I do go through let's say share a sale and access let's say cloud 9 from there I down load a picture and then up load then add one of their links to it. That is what I do but like I said I don't know if it is right or not but no one has said anything to me yet. I do the same thing at amazon.

Might be ok with share a sale, but you defiantly can't do that with Amazon, you can only use the API pic they provide. If Amazon sees you have used their other pics they will cut you off with no second chances, this is the reason I don't want to risk it.

Ok well thank you

Maybe once I stop caring about it. I've already tried to show people a couple of times. It resulted in tons of terrible backlinks that I had to disavow (harming my SEO) as well as a whole bunch of plagiarization/direct copying.

I even had people stealing my images for a while; they're lucky I don't care too much about filing DMCA requests and/or suing as I had full ground to do so!

I don't understand -- people were downloading images off your site? It happens all the time, unfortunately. There are so many sites where people can get free images to use.

I think I've asked to see your site before, just to compare what you are doing, and succeeding at, to what I am doing and not succeeding at -- I just thought it would be helpful to see a successful website making tons of money.

Too bad you want to keep it a secret, but all the best in success!

Not just "downloading" images from my site, stealing content; sometimes copying and pasting entire pages. At that stage, my only option is to file a DMCA request and then more than likely end up hiring a copyright lawyer when the request is ignored. Yes, this happens, but it'll happen exponentially more if I actively share my site on a platform where people are trying to learn how to sell stuff :)

I wouldn't necessarily say $9k in a month is tons of money. There are lots of people here who make way more than that, but I can't imagine many of them would be too willing to share either.

Learning what I do honestly takes nothing more than learning what Kyle and Jay teach. I really don't do anything different than what's taught here.

I’d be thrilled making that kind of money in a month.
I’d be thrilled making half that amount with my website!
So let me ask you if you’d be willing to look at my site when I’m ready, to see where improvements can be made and how I could replicate your business model?
Thank you...!

It's possible! What's taught here has been proven to work numerous times over, it's just a matter of implementing everything into your own niche.

I could definitely take a look, that's not a problem. But, if you're actively learning what Kyle and Jay are teaching then I probably won't be able to tell you anything that you don't already know.

But, just to try and help you out, these are the 4 main types of posts I've written and sold items through:

- Single item reviews: 1000-2000 words minimum. cover all facets of whatever product/service the review is about. Pros, cons, other reviews (aka social proof), aesthetics, build quality, just anything and everything that might help your reader make an educated decision.

- Comparisons: Pick 2+ popular and similar items/products/whatever and basically write mini-reviews covering the pros and cons of each, finally concluding with which one is better and why. Ideally, these should be 1500-2000 words minimum, longer is better.

- List-based "buyers guides": Only one type of item per guide, minimum of 5 comparable items in the list with at least 300-word "summary-type" reviews for each. More items is better and the standard is basically 10+ now. ie: "The 10 Best Premium WordPress Themes". These posts are usually 4000-5000+ words. But, if you can manage 20 items then 10000 words should be doable, this length of post seems to be ranking well for difficult keywords right now.

- Guides: "How to" guides and things of that nature, basically answering common questions or addressing misconceptions. These can be anywhere from 1000-words and up, the more the better.

Wow this is great. I do think that I am implementing everything into my site -- but obviously it is missing something. I want to use a different theme, as the one I am using now isn't working. The large photo at the top makes people scroll down too far, and there is no option to make the header photo smaller.
Anyway, I hesitate sending you the link, but here it is:
natureshealingstrategies.com.
I'm bracing myself...!

Looks pretty good so far! However, I think you should diversify your content with more reviews. Right now you have a lot of informational content which is great, but it's hard to get sales through them when compared to "best of" lists/buyer's guides, single item reviews, and comparisons. At the end of the day, those sales are what really matter.

I'm seeing a lot of potential for a wide array of reviews for a whole slew of products in between your informational/instructional posts; those reviews could then be compounded into "best of" lists and potentially even comparisons. I don't know a ton about your niche, but I am certain there are a lot of different products you could review.

I wouldn't worry about the featured images, having a big featured image at the top of a post is fairly common now if not the standard. In my opinion, yours aren't excessively big nor are they overwhelming.

Really? You like it? You don't think my header photo on the home page is a bit too much? Hmm.
I see what you mean about reviews, best-of lists, comparisons, etc, interspersed with the content articles.
My problem is that all of this takes SO much time to write, find imagery, create the reviews, etc. Is there a way to streamline the process? Hire you, perhaps...?!

Thanks! This year was another story altogether, though - I'll be writing about that when I get some time.

My niche is tech, specifically computers.

According to Kyle we should do 3 posts a week.
2 articles is still very good.

Thanks Isaac! As long as you keep fighting forward you'll get there and even farther, without a doubt :)

Kambas is right, 3/week is a "sweet spot" but you can definitely get by with 2/week no problem. Personally, I was posting daily in the early days of my site, I spent a lot of time brainstorming new post ideas and even more time executing on those ideas.

Consistency is key.

Thanks! No wonder you're reaping the rewards much faster than I am - you're putting at least 3x the effort. Seems like I'll have to step up my effort too =)

Hi kambas,
can you explain me what do you mean by "Article"?
thanks :)

Nawseef

lol it's tech related.

thanks :)

That's not a bank statement, that's actually Amazon's reporting center :)

"Fees" are the total sum of commissions for items shipped, "Summary" is the total sum of absolutely everything including Amazon's "Bounty programs" like getting people to sign up for Prime, etc.

If you add "Bounties" and "Fees" together, you'll get the "Summary".

That's really awesome! Congratulations.

Thanks! The same should be possible for almost anyone who implements the WA training in the right way :)

Can we see your site? I don't see links to it anywhere here. Thanks!

in order to have a successful google-grabbing site you need a good 90 to 100 pages/posts written. i think a general all-encompassing aquarium site would be awesome. talk about setting it up. you could do a page just on coral, another on aeration, etc. then you could do a page for each of your favorite fish - talk about the pros and cons of each; colors, size, life span, diet, etc, etc. good luck

Haha, loved the sarcasm at the end.

I'd say this site is at the very least 1 year old, maybe more like 1.5 yo to be more realistic. Unless he hit the jackpot in a non competitive and lucrative niche. And he probably puts put loads of articles in the meantime.

Best of luck with your future employment bro!

God bless and cheers,
Simon

Thanks. It's been cool being at home, but considerably less cool not earning any money for the past couple of months.

Let me know if you start selling those body parts. I could use a decent right kidney, and my hubby definitely needs ears and a left knee. Just keeping my feelers out for when you get a move on.

Well, the ears aren't what they used to be, but the other parts are holding up ok. I'll keep you in mind. ;)

Body parts...! Why didn't I think of that...?!

I use Amazon, but I don't sell hundreds of items each month, I have to sell thousands. That report is 100% Amazon's, not something I have created - anyone who uses them will definitely recognize it :)

I sold just shy of 4000 items (entirely through Amazon) last month, 3800 or so of which shipped, totaling $243,774.80 and earning me what you see above. I sell relatively low-ticket items in the range of $50-$500

Here's another pic so you can see I'm not lying ;)

So it is possible to earn a lot of $ from amazon, even if the people who buy something are ~4000 from 50 000 clicks.

But products ranging from 50-500$ ain't that bad. My niche is targeting anything from 30-80$ so I pray my conversion is close to 100% lol.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your achievements.

All the best and god bless,
Simon

100% conversion ratio is impossible. Expect it to be closer to 10% ;)

Thanks! I'm hoping to change that throughout 2017 and get some SM interaction happening.

Thanks! My main goal was to motivate, so I'm glad to hear it worked :)

The top one is Amazon's report and the bottom one is Google Analytics - I probably should have mentioned that, my bad :)

Thanks!

No problem!

There's a healthy balance between the two. I'd guess that for every review I have there are probably 3-4 informative/how to posts. Those informative posts often link to reviews of things used/talked about in the post, but not always.

Like I said above, I'm not really doing anything different than what's taught here. Other than slacking on the whole social media thing and basically anything outside of white hat SEO :)

Thanks Branton.. you know what? No matter how many times I've read and KNOW that the training works here, I still like to get the personal insight of ones who's made it. LOL It's just my nature... and you know what? Your little insight of reviews vs info/how-to posts, gives me great hope for my site, so thank you for this!!! I think this was better than me asking about your niche for sure. :)

Thanks so much for answering my question!!

Thanks!

Happy New Year :)

Thanks, Arief!

Hey William,

Thanks!

That's because I have enough copycats outside of WA, I don't need to add more to the already big dogpile :) Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's you, but they exist everywhere as I'm sure you well know!

Something I've noticed is that it doesn't matter so much what you're selling (within reason), it matters more how you're selling it.

Yes thanks .. and agree (although you are more expert than me) .. niche is not the issue for me but rather the website layout and process. Thanks for your reply and for sharing.

Cheers, William.

That makes sense, but what works in my niche may not work in yours. You would get a better sense of what will work in your niche via competition research.

I get that you don't want to share what you are doing. LOL. It is ok. Cheers, William.

Thanks, Kyle! That means heaps coming from you!

I missed the class, but I'm going to catch the replay right now. Are you planning on doing more of them in the future?

I'm definitely going to be working triple-time on scaling this out through 2017! Working on some innovations which I think are really going to catapult me ahead of the competition :)

I sure hope so and I hope you crush your 2017 milestones also!

I'm in the technology field, but I won't go much deeper than that.

Something more important than learning my niche is discovering your own niche :)

Yes I understand that, and I know a lot of successful people on here don't want to share their niche. I appreciate that you at least said it's in the tech field. Thanks so much! :)