TAS 817: What Are Best Practices for Affiliate Marketing and Amazon? - Ask Scott #254

What if there was a way for you to make money without sourcing a product for your brand just yet? Does that sound too good to be true? It’s not! By using programs like Amazon’s Affiliate Marketing program, sellers like you can leverage your email list and home base to publish content about other products. On this episode of The Amazing Seller, you’ll hear from Scott as he explains how to use Amazon’s affiliate marketing program to your advantage. This is a helpful episode - you don’t want to miss a minute!  Don’t overcomplicate it! If you’ve been around the TAS community for very long, you know that Scott is passionate about helping sellers like you see the value in creating content for your niche market. Have you started creating content yet? What are you waiting for? It may sound intimidating and scary, but it doesn’t have to be! Just start creating content like product reviews, or comparisons, or helpful tips for others in your niche. What do you have to lose? Sure, your first videos or blog posts won’t be completely polished and professional, but that’s OK. There is always room to grow and improve, but you’ve got to put yourself out there! Tune into this informative of The Amazing Seller to learn more about this crucial topic from Scott!  Building an email list If you had a sure-fire way to communicate with your customer base, roll out new promotions to spike your sales, and test new product ideas, would you jump on board? Of course, you would! So how’s your email list strategy working out? On this episode of The Amazing Seller, Scott and makes the case for leveraging a well thought out email list plan to build your business. While it’s not always perfect and there can be issues along the way, building an email list has proven time and time again to be one of the best ways to connect with your customers and drive sales. Hear more on this topic from Scott by listening to this episode! OUTLINE OF THIS EPISODE OF THE AMAZING SELLER [0:03] Scott’s introduction to this episode of the podcast! [2:00] What are the best practices for affiliate marketing?  [5:15] Comparing products.  [9:00] How to make money using the Amazon Associate program.  [11:15] Making the most of your social media channels.  [12:15] Scott recaps his best practices for affiliate marketing and Amazon.  RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE www.brandcreators.com