Make Money with Amazon Associates for Blogger Blogs
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Blogger (owned by Google) is partnering with Amazon Associates to help you monetize your Blogger blog. If you already promote Amazon products this will make it much easier. You won't have to go to Amazon.com and find the code for the products you want to promote. You can use the new Amazon Associates Blogger widget from the comfort of your new post page.
With just two clicks, Google Blogger users can now add revenue-generating Amazon product links to their blogs.
To get started log into your Blogger.com account, click Monetize, and then the Amazon Associates tab on the blog you want to setup.
Either choose to setup a new Amazon Associate account or use an existing one. You can setup a new Amazon Associates account right from that Monetize section. If you use an existing account you will need to know your ID. If you don't know what that is you can go to Amazon.com, log into your account and you will find it on the top left-hand side of your Associates homepage.
You will also need to check to Product Finder Blogger Editor to be enabled and then Save what you have setup. The Amazon Associates widget will now be enabled and it will appear when you go to create a new post or edit an existing post. It will show up on the right-hand side of the screen.
To use it just bring up an existing post in Edit mode or create a New Post and then type in a keyword in the Product Finder to find products that relate to what you are writing about today. Then you can insert a text link, image, or text and image to that product with a click of a button which will include your Amazon Associates ID, enabling you to earn up to 15% in referral fees from Amazon.
You will also be able to show dynamic content in their blog's sidebar using a new set of integrated Sidebar gadgets, such as gadgets for MP3 clips from the Amazon DRM-free music store, an Amazon Deals gadget, and an Amazon Search box.
With just two clicks, Google Blogger users can now add revenue-generating Amazon product links to their blogs.
To get started log into your Blogger.com account, click Monetize, and then the Amazon Associates tab on the blog you want to setup.
Either choose to setup a new Amazon Associate account or use an existing one. You can setup a new Amazon Associates account right from that Monetize section. If you use an existing account you will need to know your ID. If you don't know what that is you can go to Amazon.com, log into your account and you will find it on the top left-hand side of your Associates homepage.
You will also need to check to Product Finder Blogger Editor to be enabled and then Save what you have setup. The Amazon Associates widget will now be enabled and it will appear when you go to create a new post or edit an existing post. It will show up on the right-hand side of the screen.
To use it just bring up an existing post in Edit mode or create a New Post and then type in a keyword in the Product Finder to find products that relate to what you are writing about today. Then you can insert a text link, image, or text and image to that product with a click of a button which will include your Amazon Associates ID, enabling you to earn up to 15% in referral fees from Amazon.
You will also be able to show dynamic content in their blog's sidebar using a new set of integrated Sidebar gadgets, such as gadgets for MP3 clips from the Amazon DRM-free music store, an Amazon Deals gadget, and an Amazon Search box.
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December 17, 2009 at 6:16 AM
Incredible Information that works! Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy reading this posts! The resource links are valuable as well as the overall post!
Keep up the great work!
December 28, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Thanks for the information , I am definitely going to try this on my blog.
January 2, 2010 at 1:22 AM
Certainly a nice option for bloggers.
January 18, 2010 at 12:56 AM
I just added Amazon order buttons to my site from the Amazon Associates program, I had over 500 clicks but no orders or commission fees yet.
June 2, 2010 at 6:20 PM
Nice post on Amazon + Blogger! Check out Ucubd which has created an easy way for bloggers to creatively integrate Amazon Associates directly into Blogger. For instance, you can embed a YouTube video with your Amazon Associates Sales widget directly in the body of your blog article.