Affiliate Publisher Journey Thread 2022

[Honeybadger]

Amazon Associates Business Report
Day #10: December 10, 2021

• Project Objective --> Earn $3,000/month ($100/day) affiliate commission

1. Technical Report

• Absolutely nothing (hey it's Friday, even Honeybadgers need a rest !!!)

2. Admin Report

• Negotiated a 100% affiliate program commission percentage increase with immediate double earnings --> not Amazon Associates, so not really relevant
• Set reminders for future YouTube events with Wordpress (Monday) and Content Marketing Institute (Tuesday)
• Unsubscribed to more irrelevant YouTube channels

3. Learning Report

English Google SEO office-hours from December 10, 2021
Google Search Central (official account)
@iamb --> I watched this video to stay up-to-date the latest Google Search Engine news because that's where 92% my traffic comes from, and implement new tactics which will ensure that my product pages remain at the very top of Google Search and Google Image Search

Use Videos on your Product's Detail Page on Amazon Seller Central
Amazon Seller Central (official account)
@iamb --> I watched this video because I want to understand my number one competitor - Amazon - because I am directly competing with them in Google Search Engine results, and then sending traffic to Amazon from which I derive a paid commission, and I also learned from this video that adding a product video to a product detail page could result in upto 9.7% increase in sales

The Big Debate : Regulating the Affiliate market | Malta Week 2021
Affiliate Grand Slam
@iamb --> I watched this video to keep up-to-date with the affiliate marketing industry and any future legislation which may affect my business, and by being informed I can take pre-emptive action to protect my traffic and revenue streams

How to increase sales, conversion rates and average cart values | e-com
Russell Brunson
@iamb --> I watched this video because I want to increase sales, conversion rates and average cart values as it will lead to more commission and more revenue for the business

SEOs & Devs: Harmony in Tech - Official Trailer
Google Search Central
@iamb --> I watched this video because it announced a new series about Google Search Engine, which is my primary traffic source, and therefore I need to know about it and how I can get extra traffic by following and implementing its guidelines

 

[Honeybadger]

Engine Room Day
Gloves and overalls are on today
Radio is blaring Elvis tunes
My half eaten chicken is being stalked by a cat
Pulling Wordpress plugins apart
Doing more internal linking
Poking around competitor sites (with Ubersuggest)
Watching consumer shopping psychology videos
Having alot of "oh so that's how they're doing it" moments
Optimizing most popular pages, checking -->

• Google ranking
• Image descriptions
• External links
• Internal links
• Page loading speeds
• Google Search Console errors
• Meta titles
• Meta descriptions
• Other random stuff

There's no order to any of this
I'm just having an Engine Room Day!

 

[Graybeard]

I hear that. One foot in front of the other step by step always heading forward.

 

[Honeybadger]

Amazon Associates Business Report
Day #11: December 11, 2021

• Project Objective --> Earn $3,000/month ($100/day) affiliate commission

Quote of the Day
"Success is the sum of details" --> Harvey S. Firestone
Who was Harvey S. Firestone? Why did Harvey S. Firestone, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford vacation together? What is the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company? Find out at --> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_S._Firestone

1. Technical Report

• Optimized bestseller product pages (2 hours actual work)

2. Admin Report

• 100% increase in dollar commission for products on the affiliate program that I negotiated a 100% commission percentage increase - why did I get a 100% commission increase? Weapons, what? Because I'm sending the program a load of sales --> and I will be sending them a load more with some of my 9 other sites
• Unsubscribed to even more irrelevant YouTube channels (down to 80 channels from 200) where 50 subscriptions is probably the target

3. Learning Report

Blog Article Income And Word Count Correlations!
@shaunm
@iamb --> I am watching this because I want to improve my blogging skills from @shaunm who is is significantly more successful and consistent than me so I can improve my Amazon Associates affiliate marketing campaign by learning blogging skills from him

Matt Mullenweg: State of the Word 2020 annual keynote address
Wordpress (official channel)
@iamb --> I am watching this because Wordpress provides my content management system (CMS) - for free - and I want to know what they have in the pipeline for 2022

3 Types of UX Roadmaps
Norman Neilson Group
@iamb --> I am watching this video because ALL NN Group videos are worth watching and because improving my UX will help improve my customer's experience and also increase sales

How to Climb Google’s Rankings From Pages #2 to Page #1
Neil Patel
@iamb --> I am watching this video because, naming no names, some people just have a nack of getting results, however unpopular they are, and following Neil Patel's advice gets results (increased traffic & increased sales)

What is Ad Seasonality and Why Do Ad Rates Drop in Q1?
Ezoic
@iamb --> I am watching this video because I want to better understand ad seasonality, why I will earn less in Q1 (Jan-Mar 2022), and how I can mitigate the loss in revenue

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Caveat --> I'm not trying to sell products
I'm trying to solve problems
because I couldn't give a rats ass
about money, or wealth or status
but I do care about solving problems
ie Woman A is cold
Woman A wants to be warm
I promote thermal underwear
Woman A buys thermal underwear
--> problem solved

Why am I doing this follow thread?
Because keeping myself accountable
--> increases the chance of making myself successful

now it's back to my Sopranos whacking clips .......

 

[Honeybadger]

The Resources
Everything you need is there
--> all you need is the belief
and let me tell you
that while it's an uphill battle
a daily struggle to stay focused
and the doubt, and the distractions
and all the trials of life will challenge you
this one thing is ultimately true
IT'S POSSIBLE

 

[Honeybadger]

WooCommerce SEO Tip
Using the WooCommerce plugin?
Customer search picks up keywords in your text
that means in "H" header text
and on-page description text
make sure you include ALL search terms
used by your customers
--> all variations and abbreviations
use these tools to find all variations

• Google Trends (search a broad product keyword)
• Amazon Bestsellers (in your niche, product descriptions, comments)
• Google Analytics (internal site search)
• Google Search Console (impression keywords)
• YouTube (product video comments)
• Social Networks

Remember --> a lost search is potentially a lost sale

 

[Honeybadger]

Amazon Associates Business Report
Day #12 & 13: December 12-13, 2021

• Project Objective --> Earn $3,000/month ($100/day) affiliate commission

1. Technical Report

• Nothing to report, very busy at work

2. Admin Report

• Nothing to report, very busy at work

3. Learning Report

• Nothing to report, very busy at work

I will post week 2 traffic and commission on Wednesday morning

 

[Honeybadger]

Ima have to apologize
Very very busy
in the lead-up to Xmas
Need to organize better
MUCH better
Stay tuned for next update
it's coming very soon

 

[Honeybadger]

Cards on The Table
It's nearly Christmas
Lots of people at work
have been gifting me things
mostly alcohol
which I've been drinking --> in large quantities
thus my schedule has been rocked
and updates have not been forthcoming
Must Do Better

 

[Honeybadger]

Weekly Traffic Report
Week 1 vs Week 2

• Created report in Google Analytics
• Downloaded report as PDF
• Used software to convert PDF to JPG

.... and hey presto!

 

[Honeybadger]

Amazon Associates Weekly Commission
@Graybeard

• 641 clicks
• 69 ordered items
• 71 shipped items
• 0 returned items
• Conversion 10.76%
• Shipped items revenue $899.95
• Total fees (commission) $47.22

That's what happens
when you have a full time job
and kinda do affiliate marketing
as a side hustle
after going to lots of parties
and not taking it seriously
you earn around $50

 

[Honeybadger]

Total Commission --> Week 2

• 10 websites (1 website complete)
• 3 affiliate networks
• 29 affiliate programs
• Minimal effort (6 hours)

Network	Ad Clicks	Sales	Conversion Rate	Sales Revenue	Commission
Amazon Associates	641	69	10.7%	$899.95	$47.22
Network 2	283	33	11.7%	$714.05	$63.18
Network 3	109	26	23.8%	$765.03	$53.16
TOTAL	1033	128	15.4%	$2379.03	$163.56

Weekly Target --> $700
Weekly commission --> $163 (23% of overall objective)

 

[Honeybadger]

• but who -- the sales?
• and not items?
• what search queries resulted in the most sales?

Google has not spelled out the query in over 10 years now.
If you want to know (many/most) KPI of the search referrals you have to track with identifier URLS --learn to code --there is no 'tool'

How do you know when the "'SEO' works and how to improve it --guessing?

• Does amazon report sales by user <-not by just item?
• Does amazon report sales by the referring URL (your page) and how many items with the same or distinct links are their on those pages?

I am grateful
@Graybeard for this post
and I'm working on the answers
Please stand by for landing

 

[Graybeard]

Well according to some of these 'flamboyant hype' case studies posted on this site that many visits should have resulted in 600 sales for the week
So in the real world (not fantasy land), what was the SEO CR this week? Number of sales?

 

[Honeybadger]

Google Analytic they will show the pages that received the most SERPs referrals but not for what keywords

I believe we've discussed this before
if you connect GA with GSC
keywords magically appear
which is what I'm looking at
right now

 

[Honeybadger]

I don't work for Google --I have always treated them like a red-headed stepchild.
Good luck tracking the exact page the keyword referral was to using google tools.

Trying it right now
Good idea --> TY @Graybeard

 

[Honeybadger]

Right then

1. I found the list of individual sales --> basket orders
2. The sale note include the URL string of my site's referring pages
3. I have access to the top referral keywords to these pages
4. I also know the keyword volume from Ubersuggest
5. Interestingly --> I'm ranked top 3 but not top 1 for most of these keywords

Now I know key information
--> which keywords I need to target
for higher ranking, more traffic, more sales, more commission

 

[Graybeard]

• but who -- the sales?
• and not items?
• what search queries resulted in the most sales?

Google has not spelled out the query in over 10 years now.
If you want to know (many/most) KPI of the search referrals you have to track with identifier URLS --learn to code --there is no 'tool'

How do you know when the "'SEO' works and how to improve it --guessing?

• Does amazon report sales by user <-not by just item?
• Does amazon report sales by the referring URL (your page) and how many items with the same or distinct links are their on those pages?

 

[Honeybadger]

5 Things I Learnt Today

• Server location --> Use a web server located near your target audience because your web pages will load faster and this affects the results of Core Web Vitals, and you can use CDN (content delivery network) nodes to do this
• Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) --> Use a regular font face which does not adversely affect CLS in Core Web Vitals by causing layout errors, ideally does not require an additional web font file to be loaded, and follow the Core Web Vitals best practises for fonts
• Affiliate program updates --> Read your alerts, updates and emails every day from your affiliate program managers so that you don't miss promotions
• Worst Tasks --> Do your least favorite, yet important, tasks completed first otherwise they have a habit of not getting done
• Get comfortable --> I do my best work when I'm warm, relaxed and in a quiet place and today I am huddling up with a chamomile tea, an electric blanket and atmospheric lighting plus a bowl of wasabi nibbles

 

[Honeybadger]

Gonna post weekly updates
Traffic and commission
Wednesday mornings
That's the plan !!!

 

[Graybeard]

If you knew how, or would take the time to learn how, to read your server logs;

you could see the pages and their referral count from Google --the referrer does appear on the logs --just without the query string.


So if you had word density counts of each page you could deduce the data approximately from the search console reports with some accuracy >65%

Buy enhancing to content value of the best (most referred pages) you might accomplish something positive --where it matters rather than working in the blind. In Google Analytic they will show the pages that received the most SERPs referrals but not for what keywords. Google just makes work for you LMAO if you haven't already figured that out by now.

But they don't tell you this in the SEO garbage on the internet --because most of is is just bullshit to sell something
Hear that *SEO Gurus and `Experts`*?

 

[Honeybadger]

Top Tip for Amazon Associates
This is specially for @GriD
Classifying this as
publicly available insider information
The existence of the following feature
is one of the main ways to be successful
as an Amazon Associate

The seller creates one product page
with multiple variations
often with long and non-optimized H1 titles
technically each variation has a unique URL
and appears in a frame --> yup, in 2021
but not a unique landing page !!!
Here' what you do

1. Create a product page for each variation
2. Optimize each page for Google
3. Rank above Amazon
4. Get commission clicks on your products

It's that simple
really
Time consuming
yet lucrative
Oh, did I mention
there are tens of thousands of products
with multiple variations?
Now you know

 

[Honeybadger]

Dropping by
been super busy
tying off loose ends
getting things off to do list
ok the truth --> partying hard !!!
Need to think about things
like my commitment to this thread
all is revealed
in the coming days
Have a good new year

 

[Graybeard]

I don't work for Google --I have always treated them like a red-headed stepchild.
Good luck tracking the exact page the keyword referral was to using google tools.

 

[GriD]

Dropping by
Have a good new year

Same 2 You @Honeybadger
And all others here as well...

ok the truth --> partying hard !!!
Need to think about things

DON'T FORGET:
On Oct 2, 2021, you wrote

Been 13 months since I started
Made $13k so far
Spent all of it, dumbass, nearly broke
Not a problem, life is short
Now I'm starting again
...

Don't let history repeat itself!

Need to think about things
like my commitment to this thread

I guessed you used the thread as accountability assistance...
No worries about your commitment to the thread, as long as you find a way to stay on track in 2022!