My Amazon Affiliate Journey - thenwhat

• Purchased 3 year hosting and domain ($171.63)
  
• Purchased GeneratePress ($39.95)
• Upwork: Custom CSS to duplicate cloudliving,com's homepage tabbed navigation with category specific tabs. ($50)
  
• Ordered two 2000 word articles from @LuckyCharm007 ($120)

• Made website HTTPS
  
• Installed plugins: Yoast, Reduce Bounce Rate, Social Warfare, and Shortcodes Ultimate

• Prep photos for the two articles I ordered
  
• Prep guidelines for two more articles (Keyword, LSI keywords, Amazon products)
  
• Tweak shortcodes for Pros/Cons
  
• Remove unnecessary links to lessen link juice leakage (301 author page to homepage)
  
• Create IFTTT network? Still debating if it's worth the creation and not too much resources on building one

kanamon said:

Good luck will be following.
what your defintion of highly competitive ?
why you did not host the domain in your current provider ?
$60 for just 1000 word, right ?
you will be buying link building services from here ?

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Holzr said:

Don't forget the low hanging fruit keywords. Enough of these really add up and can bring substantial traffic along with building authority which in turn will slow you to rank harder keywords easier down the line.

Non money pages are also crucial to building authority.

Good luck.

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• Prep photos for the two articles I ordered - Done
  
• Prep guidelines for two more articles (Keyword, LSI keywords, Amazon products) - Check
  
• Tweak shortcodes for Pros/Cons - Check
  
• Remove unnecessary links to lessen link juice leakage (301 author page to homepage) - Check
  
• Create IFTTT network? Still debating if it's worth the creation and not too much resources on building one - Decided not to do one

• Ordered one article (6000 words) from Upwork targeting one of those competitive keywords I was talking about.
  
• Prep 2nd order after I post this update. 5000 word article.

• I switched my theme from GeneratePress to SmartMag (Changed the name of the theme within the files to show my sites' name so competitors can't copy my site theme.

• Optimized site using GTMetrix.com - Might look into getting a few tweaks done on Upwork to fully cap my speed out lol.

• Asked my brother to design a logo for me. (He has his own brand and I wanted to bite how his logo looked lol)
  
• Found content (about 50 articles) I ordered for a previous project of mine a few years ago (same niche) - Will be using these for my PBN links. All about 1000 words long, all ordered from @Jared255 back in the day lol. Wish I could use this content but the products on them are outdated.
  
• Looking into some PBN domains relevant to my niche from @Nargil
  
• Added all the necessary pages (About, Contact, Affiliate Disclaimer, Privacy Policy, etc.)

• Cry
  
• Finish watching Shippuden as I wait for my articles to come in?
  
• Prep two more articles (Products, LSI keywords, photos, etc.)
  
• Create social media profiles. (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)
  
• Look for forums that allow do-follow links, to sign up for and build post counts so I can post my link later.
• Look for niche relevant blogs to leave comments on (For no-follow/do-follow diversity.)
  
• Pay for a few high quality paid directory links
  
• Sign up for DMCA
• Maybe: look for some expired domains myself?

thenwhat said:

Also if anyone could send me some resources on doing my own taxes that'd be great. I'm not sure where to start to keep track of all my expenses and whatnot.

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thenwhat said:

Hey all, I've been into IM since the year I graduated high school (2012) and only started getting serious about it last year.

When I found out I was going to be a father (December 2012) I turned to internet marketing in high hopes of being a stay at home father, so I can spend time with my daughter. Boy was I wrong. the budget I had was extremely low as I was working for minimum wage.

I failed horribly on my first few ventures because I told myself it was impossible. From Amazon affiliate sites to CPA to eCommerce back to Amazon affiliate sites.

Safe to say, I'm glad I went through all of those failures; the knowledge I've gained from those projects were valuable.

Anyways, enough about me...

My recent project is currently working its way up in the SERPs. One of my keywords are ranked at number 0 (Snippet) and 1. A few of my other keywords are ranking in the top 10. They've been stuck around rank 7 to 12 for the last few months but I'm having a hard time trying to push it up. It seems the more links I build, the lower my rankings go; so I'm going to let my site stabilize for a few months then revisit it.

Anyways, I've been wanting to start this next website for a while. I feel like it'll do better in traffic diversity as it's a social media friendly niche and the competition for some of the keywords I want to target on SERPS aren't very competitive.

So far:

• Purchased 3 year hosting and domain ($171.63)
  
• Purchased GeneratePress ($39.95)
• Upwork: Custom CSS to duplicate cloudliving,com's homepage tabbed navigation with category specific tabs. ($50)
  
• Ordered two 2000 word articles from @LuckyCharm007 ($120)

Total Spent: $381.58

Some of the keywords I want to target are highly competitive but the search volumes and possible profits are high. I'll be ordering two articles at a time; one low competition and one high competition.

• Made website HTTPS
  
• Installed plugins: Yoast, Reduce Bounce Rate, Social Warfare, and Shortcodes Ultimate

Goals to finish this and next week:

• Prep photos for the two articles I ordered
  
• Prep guidelines for two more articles (Keyword, LSI keywords, Amazon products)
  
• Tweak shortcodes for Pros/Cons
  
• Remove unnecessary links to lessen link juice leakage (301 author page to homepage)
  
• Create IFTTT network? Still debating if it's worth the creation and not too much resources on building one

I decided to have a homepage like cloudliving,com because I feel like it'll pass link juice the best along with keeping my categories separate. As for silos, they make my brain hurt.

Homepage->Category1->Category1 Article->Homepage->Leak link juice?(Because logo/navigation)
Homepage->Category2->Category2 Article->Homepage->Leak link juice?(Because logo/navigation)->Category3->etc.

I even thought of no-following home button/logo for previous projects but I didn't have the technical skill. I feel like I'm getting too technical with it.

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ScribScribScrib said:

Country of residence?

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pj777777 said:

Sounds like a plan, good luck.

Have you made any projections regarding income?

I have a couple of old amazon sites that are running their course and have downgraded their income projections to reflect an overall 3% commission rate for the future.

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thenwhat said:

United States



I haven’t looked into that. I’m not sure where I would start for this, maybe after it starts making money on a monthly basis I can do this?

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