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What it really takes to get blog traffic and increased Amazon Associates earnings? One word: backlinks

I am learning so much from writing and researching this 50 Over $50K website it is seriously changing my paradigm about the online world. (Still figuring out how to actually send those Aweber email updates to the folks who've subscribed, so expect your update soon if you've signed up for the free email updates.) But one common thread I've read from guys like Terry Zulit, who sells the auto-blog system , and Pat Flynn, who was a laid-off architect now pulling down around $200k each year from online endeavors, is that backlinks matter. It's the same spiel echoed by Wanda and Paula, two women who wrote The Amazonian Profit Plan ebook (stayed tuned for their profile on 50over50k.com) and claim to have made some big-time earnings via their method of promoting Amazon.com products. It's not about merely writing a good post and hoping they will come read... ...although, mercifully, that has worked for me many times. Some stuff is just mean to go viral. But I

Kindle Subscription Referrals in Amazon Associates account - How am I getting paid for these Kindle Subscription Referrals?

Kindle Subscription Referrals in Amazon Associates account - How am I getting paid for these Kindle Subscription Referrals? This is cool, I just started noticing these "Kindle Subscription Referrals" showing up in my Amazon Associates account, an account that I track usually daily to see what's selling on Amazon through my links and how much my cut of the sale is for referring those folks to Amazon. Recently, I noticed "Kindle Subscription Referrals" showing up under my miscellaneous referrals. It began February 5, 2011, and has blissfully continued to churn out income nearly every day following that. Thus far it's only been one sale here and three sales there, with Amazon paying a healthy advertising-fee rate of about 10% on each sale, with my cut of the $53.69 revenue being $5.38 so far. But I like to emulate whatever successes happen to me on a small scale and figure out how to exponentially increase them to a larger scale. Trouble is, I don

50 bloggers making over $50k a year - my new website and book

I want to give myself a little link love to get my new website, 50 over $50k , indexed in Google and trafficked ASAP. I'm so geeked about learning how to code Kindle editions of books and am eager to get all 50 web money-makers into the title, aptly named 50 Over $50k: Real Online Money-Makers Reveal How They Make Money on the Web . If you're into that kind of thing, go on over to 50 over $50k and subscribe to get free email updates, which will let you know when the book launches -- both the print and Kindle editions. Back when I wrote my "Paula's List of Blogger Salaries," that post was so popular, I always wanted to do a follow-up. Now our Maker has everything converging, and the spiritual chain is off my left wrist -- and I'm writing aplenty!