In this section I'm not going to go over how to find products to review because it's pretty obvious and the main training at Wealthy Affiliate goes over this in great detail.

Instead I'm just going to talk about my experience with reviews and tips with writing them.

Reviews Get A Lot Of Traffic

In the beginning I avoided individual reviews because I thought they'd be boring but that's not the case.

I actually wish I took them more seriously!

I've written nearly 200 reviews in the last 8 months and some of them get serious traffic.

In June I was getting 50 clicks a day. 5 months later I was getting between 2,000 to 4,000 clicks a day:

I have reviews that get over 1000 clicks a day!

I have others that get 2,000 to 3,000 clicks per month.

Some niches are better for individual reviews like the make money at home niche. There's so many courses, tools and MLM's to review.

Review New Products

This is definitely key to actually getting traffic and getting good rankings in Google. When you're one of the first to review a product you're basically guaranteed to get page one.

A lot of times you'll rank without the word review either (just the product).

So if you see a new product that you're pretty sure will get traffic down the road make it a priority to review it before older products.

Write Quality

This is a no brainer but in any semi-competitive niche you'll need to write quality reviews. Honestly, you should be shooting for 2000 words with every post.

It may sound hard but it's not once you get used to it.

Have A FAQ section

Having a FAQ section is a good way to answer customers questions easily and it's a good way to get word count up.

I'd say 5 questions minimum is good.

Have A Pro Vs. Con Section

This is another way to give a good product overview for people to read and it's good for word count.

At the very end just go over everything good and everything bad with a little summary of each point.

Don't Put An Affiliate Link In All Reviews

This is just an opinion but I wouldn't put a link in a lot of reviews unless you really like the product. Instead I would just link to a best of lists with similar products if you don't like it or link to a good alternative that does have affiliate links in it.

This is just a Google thing to me. I think it just looks better to Google when every post doesn't have a link in it

VS. Articles Work Too

These articles are when you compare products against each other. Some people love these posts and think they're better than reviews and best of posts.

Test them out in your niche and see what happens!

Writing Tips

You're a marketer, not a lawyer. Don't try to come off as smart or technical or anything like that. Use simple sentences that are relatively short.

My favorite writer is George Orwell and he once put out 6 rules you should follow when writing (if they're good for him they're good for you!):

1) Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. (Everyday sayings don't get emotional responses which is what you're looking for)

2) Never use a long word where a short one will do. (Simple language is just easier to understand and resonates better)

3) If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. (Again short sentences are easier to understand and are more persuasive).

4) Never use the passive where you can use the active. (This means using "is" instead of "was." You only want to talk in past tense when recalling something that happened in the past.

5) Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. (Again this just makes your writing more enjoyable)

6) Break any of these rules sooner than saying anything outright barbarous (sometimes you'll have to break one of the rules up top and that's fine if it's necessary).