Tishoy
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yes they r
can you direct me to something sahred here which is good for building amazon sites.. i tried many different plugins but none of them worked
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can you direct me to something sahred here which is good for building amazon sites.. i tried many different plugins but none of them worked
Tishoy
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yes they r
can you direct me to something sahred here which is good for building amazon sites.. i tried many different plugins but none of them worked
audioguy
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aStore used to rank for long tail keywords, but Google caught up on them. There's no value offered with aStore, just duplicate of Amazon products.
@fernando1954: As I begin to think about it and observe my outsourced content, I come to realize how powerful your method is. I've been checking a few product reviews. Most of them are unstructured. Some of them even mentioned a feature repeatedly in different ways.
I guess taking the time to come out with several questions to make sure reviews are covering some important points are necessary. It takes some work but the same template can be used again and again for the same site. I'm going to try this for my next few sites.
@fernando1954: As I begin to think about it and observe my outsourced content, I come to realize how powerful your method is. I've been checking a few product reviews. Most of them are unstructured. Some of them even mentioned a feature repeatedly in different ways.
I guess taking the time to come out with several questions to make sure reviews are covering some important points are necessary. It takes some work but the same template can be used again and again for the same site. I'm going to try this for my next few sites.
I agree -- definately something I have been harping on as well.
Research (other sites--PLR articles/reviews--Writers)-- - make a guide/structure to give to the writers - and let them follow it.
Again another boring task the first time to set-up but it creates a better structure for your site overall.
Thanks To Fernando for posting something more extensive on this.
Research (other sites--PLR articles/reviews--Writers)-- - make a guide/structure to give to the writers - and let them follow it.
Again another boring task the first time to set-up but it creates a better structure for your site overall.
Thanks To Fernando for posting something more extensive on this.
Hey Danny!
I have a Micro Niche Site that has been up for about a month and have been earning a solid $10 per day. I'm ranking on the first page in a high traffic but low priced niche and I know this site has much more potential. I'm getting an average of about 550 views p day, my best was 800. They're from YT, forums, social media, and Google. I haven't done any real SEO, what should I do to take my site to the next level and ultimately rank 1st on the first page?
Thanks so much for this thread, it's very informative.
I have a Micro Niche Site that has been up for about a month and have been earning a solid $10 per day. I'm ranking on the first page in a high traffic but low priced niche and I know this site has much more potential. I'm getting an average of about 550 views p day, my best was 800. They're from YT, forums, social media, and Google. I haven't done any real SEO, what should I do to take my site to the next level and ultimately rank 1st on the first page?
Thanks so much for this thread, it's very informative.
quartz
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Great template that can be applies to numerous other products. The format can easily be altered to fit any theme...
Regarding great themes /plugins for reviews sites, I'm currently experimenting with these:
Boulevard
Broadway
Avenue
They have that sort of slick compact magazine look, and I think they will all work great for reviews sites! They only require minor setup to make the slider work, and you're ready to go. Disadvantage is that you can't really customize them much.
Headway
If you know just a little bit of CSS, customizing your own theme with Headway can be very advantageous, since you can basically make your site look exactly as you want down to the last pixel. Takes time though, but if you like me are looking for 1-2 'perfect' layouts to use on all / most of your niche sites, it's definitely worth experimenting with it for a couple of hours. I litterally created a website layout identical to one I made with Thesis in 5 hours, in only 1 hour, that's how easy it is to use, granted you have a bit of WordPress experience under your belt already.
Genesis (using child themes, I recommend 'Lifestyle')
Genesis just have great support and a incredible amount of shortcodes, tricks, function extensions, plugins etc. there isn't really anything you can't do, although overall Headway still has the more options as far as layout goes.
Plugins:
Yoast SEO - If you actually read the documentation (long) for it, it can be a very useful tool
EasyAzon - Makes it easy to make links for your affiliate products via WordPress instead of going to Amazon's website
TablePress - For product price comparison charts
Google Analytics - To track traffic on your site
Pretty Link - To cloak links, remember to use No Follow if using on Amazon links, although I've decided not to cloak AMZ links at all, since I'm not 100% sure if they will punish you for it.
Software:
Amasuite - Azon Keyword Generator, Azon Product Inspector, Azon Top 100 Analyzer
These tools are AWESOME, fast and convenient way to determine whether a product is worth promoting or not
Long Tail Pro - To search for exact match domains and analyze competition, software is a bit buggy and you sort of have to learn how to get around it which is a bit disappointing since the same bugs were in the app 6 months ago. Decent app but I'm looking for something better.
That's what I'm playing with atm, imo finding niches is the easiest thing in the world, finding the perfect website framework to work with has been a lot bigger task for me as there are so many great tools to exeriment with (a luxury problem I guess)
Back to work!
Boulevard
Broadway
Avenue
They have that sort of slick compact magazine look, and I think they will all work great for reviews sites! They only require minor setup to make the slider work, and you're ready to go. Disadvantage is that you can't really customize them much.
Headway
If you know just a little bit of CSS, customizing your own theme with Headway can be very advantageous, since you can basically make your site look exactly as you want down to the last pixel. Takes time though, but if you like me are looking for 1-2 'perfect' layouts to use on all / most of your niche sites, it's definitely worth experimenting with it for a couple of hours. I litterally created a website layout identical to one I made with Thesis in 5 hours, in only 1 hour, that's how easy it is to use, granted you have a bit of WordPress experience under your belt already.
Genesis (using child themes, I recommend 'Lifestyle')
Genesis just have great support and a incredible amount of shortcodes, tricks, function extensions, plugins etc. there isn't really anything you can't do, although overall Headway still has the more options as far as layout goes.
Plugins:
Yoast SEO - If you actually read the documentation (long) for it, it can be a very useful tool
EasyAzon - Makes it easy to make links for your affiliate products via WordPress instead of going to Amazon's website
TablePress - For product price comparison charts
Google Analytics - To track traffic on your site
Pretty Link - To cloak links, remember to use No Follow if using on Amazon links, although I've decided not to cloak AMZ links at all, since I'm not 100% sure if they will punish you for it.
Software:
Amasuite - Azon Keyword Generator, Azon Product Inspector, Azon Top 100 Analyzer
These tools are AWESOME, fast and convenient way to determine whether a product is worth promoting or not
Long Tail Pro - To search for exact match domains and analyze competition, software is a bit buggy and you sort of have to learn how to get around it which is a bit disappointing since the same bugs were in the app 6 months ago. Decent app but I'm looking for something better.
That's what I'm playing with atm, imo finding niches is the easiest thing in the world, finding the perfect website framework to work with has been a lot bigger task for me as there are so many great tools to exeriment with (a luxury problem I guess)
Back to work!
I've asked Natasha Nixon to post in the thread specifically on how she deals with Custom Reviews.
So the customer (amazon site owner) prepares a review template that they would like for their sites - they give it to Natasha
for a writer to fill it .. based on the Template and Keywords
Hopefully she can give us some guidance for those wanting to completely outsource the writing - or for people who are not
natural English Speaking.
If you look back a little earlier in the thread you can see an example of a typical order from her service : but in this case we
are looking for something slightly different.
Anyway hopefully she can post a little later when she has time ... I'm out for rest of the day - so will check back tomorrow.
So the customer (amazon site owner) prepares a review template that they would like for their sites - they give it to Natasha
for a writer to fill it .. based on the Template and Keywords
Hopefully she can give us some guidance for those wanting to completely outsource the writing - or for people who are not
natural English Speaking.
If you look back a little earlier in the thread you can see an example of a typical order from her service : but in this case we
are looking for something slightly different.
Anyway hopefully she can post a little later when she has time ... I'm out for rest of the day - so will check back tomorrow.
audioguy
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Yeah, I've been asking some samples from her based on your recommendation too. I'd plan to use the template with my new projects with her service.
It's best if we can hear directly about how to best approach this so both writers have a layout (easier to write, I presume) and output articles have the structure affiliates like us want.
It's best if we can hear directly about how to best approach this so both writers have a layout (easier to write, I presume) and output articles have the structure affiliates like us want.
luxlyangels
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- Feb 18, 2013
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I really do not understand your signature , Because all things being equal , You should be making tons of sales on amazon .
Truth is i started amazon affiliate less than 2 weeks ago and i am close to a hundred dollar mark , and all those sales came from JUNK and not even Targeted traffic . WIsh i could post the screen shots here .
NatashaNixon
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- Apr 2, 2012
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Hey everyone,
So I'm popping in here to answer some of the questions about whether I can handle template-type review requests.
The answer is yes, we can. The more detailed/better explained the template or request is the more bulls-eye the result will be with what you wanted. So if you send us a link to an existing review that you would like us to follow (in terms of layout, structure etc. a common request) please let me know the emphasis of what's most important in that template -the style (professional, friendly, etc), the structural layout (specific sequence of headers) or others so that we can understand the notes that'd you'd like us to hit. If you make subsequent orders in the future you can just send us that same template to follow and we'll do our best to have the same writer work on it again if you were happy with their style.
We do have a couple of writers that we send our reviews to -you've seen their writing in this thread as our samples. So requests to follow a layout or structure are welcome, and there are no additional charges for that.
And finally, a big thank you to everyone for all the interest and orders as well! If you have any other questions please feel free to PM or email me and I'll get back to you in a jiffy. Also, thanks Danny for featuring me and letting me answer some of the questions here directly.
Natasha
So I'm popping in here to answer some of the questions about whether I can handle template-type review requests.
The answer is yes, we can. The more detailed/better explained the template or request is the more bulls-eye the result will be with what you wanted. So if you send us a link to an existing review that you would like us to follow (in terms of layout, structure etc. a common request) please let me know the emphasis of what's most important in that template -the style (professional, friendly, etc), the structural layout (specific sequence of headers) or others so that we can understand the notes that'd you'd like us to hit. If you make subsequent orders in the future you can just send us that same template to follow and we'll do our best to have the same writer work on it again if you were happy with their style.
We do have a couple of writers that we send our reviews to -you've seen their writing in this thread as our samples. So requests to follow a layout or structure are welcome, and there are no additional charges for that.
And finally, a big thank you to everyone for all the interest and orders as well! If you have any other questions please feel free to PM or email me and I'll get back to you in a jiffy. Also, thanks Danny for featuring me and letting me answer some of the questions here directly.
Natasha
DarkJolly - I already posted a complete Seo Plan for Month 1-3 and then Month 4+ ......... depending on site performance - and its also in the first thread.
Thanks Natasha : basically they can fill the need off a provided writing template - the more detailed it is the better and you can use the same style over and over - this is along the lines many people would be wanting ... but you do have to do the grunt work the first time and refine it -- so you can have the best content possible - which leads to better rankings and more sales.
Thanks Natasha : basically they can fill the need off a provided writing template - the more detailed it is the better and you can use the same style over and over - this is along the lines many people would be wanting ... but you do have to do the grunt work the first time and refine it -- so you can have the best content possible - which leads to better rankings and more sales.
I feel like most questions have been answered in this thread and the first one ... so hopefully you guys start getting some Sales - I know it is hard in the first month/two months where traffic is slow and sales are few -- but just be patient - it just takes Google a little bit to pick up on the quality of your content compared to other sites.
Just please don't get frustrated and spam your sites -- it will come.
Just please don't get frustrated and spam your sites -- it will come.
WhitePassion
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- Feb 6, 2012
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I have an extra question about content, although this has been covered so many times..
As far as I remember, you add an extra article every month or so to each site ( or during their seasons if not all year around.. )
But what do you do when you literally don't have anything to post anymore... You've covered the majority of your niche ( a small one ), you've reviewed most if not all products...
What next, just let it sit ?
Also regarding backlinking, I always hear people maintaining ranks and maintaining link velocity which I agree is important in bigger niches and authority sites but when it comes to sites like these..
Is it really necessary ? Most of my mini-sites like these review sites are (10-20 articles/reviews) are usually pretty easy to get #1 and they stay there.. One of my first ones has been #1 for 1.2 years in a 12.2k exact search keyword with barely any serious competitors, no backlinking has been done post achieving rank #1..
I know each person has their own ways of doing things and this is the way I do it, I'm not saying maintaining is bad I'd just like to see your opinion on it.
I personally would rather spend that extra time expanding my site portfolio and making new sources
As far as I remember, you add an extra article every month or so to each site ( or during their seasons if not all year around.. )
But what do you do when you literally don't have anything to post anymore... You've covered the majority of your niche ( a small one ), you've reviewed most if not all products...
What next, just let it sit ?
Also regarding backlinking, I always hear people maintaining ranks and maintaining link velocity which I agree is important in bigger niches and authority sites but when it comes to sites like these..
Is it really necessary ? Most of my mini-sites like these review sites are (10-20 articles/reviews) are usually pretty easy to get #1 and they stay there.. One of my first ones has been #1 for 1.2 years in a 12.2k exact search keyword with barely any serious competitors, no backlinking has been done post achieving rank #1..
I know each person has their own ways of doing things and this is the way I do it, I'm not saying maintaining is bad I'd just like to see your opinion on it.
I personally would rather spend that extra time expanding my site portfolio and making new sources
you have more content on your site than I would start out with -- as you don't know whether its profitable yet - probably too much.
but I think if you answered your own question - if there is nothing left to write about then its done right --- and if its not making money then no point staying in it.
Seo is same thing - it only gets Seo if it makes money - otherwise it just stays in basic Seo Phase.
So I am putting the minimum in - until it shows me its a good niche and profitable - because like I said - despite what keyword tools say - I'm dealing with the real world results -- Dollars and Cents.
but I think if you answered your own question - if there is nothing left to write about then its done right --- and if its not making money then no point staying in it.
Seo is same thing - it only gets Seo if it makes money - otherwise it just stays in basic Seo Phase.
So I am putting the minimum in - until it shows me its a good niche and profitable - because like I said - despite what keyword tools say - I'm dealing with the real world results -- Dollars and Cents.