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Hey Andrew, I don’t have a MMW (yet!) but this info is super helpful. When did you first launch yours? Was it before 2018?
Hi Rebekah,
Thanks for the feedback! I launched our MMW in April, 2017. I have consistently posted 2 articles per week (and still do), to build the content to a reasonable level. It now has 215 pages, so I could probably back off a little. More pages = more affiliate links, clicks on Google Adsense ads and so on.
I’m considering posting one new article per week and updating one old article per week. Not sure yet. But I do see opportunities to improve SEO on some of the older posts.
I didn’t really get serious about finding high value affiliates until 4th quarter 2018 so I’m still playing catch-up.
Thanks for this post, Andrew. I’ve been thinking about my affiliate linking strategy as I re-build and brand my website, so the information about your affiliate income strategy is timely. Amazon is top of the market in the US, which makes it a great possibility. There are lots of other sites to look at as well. In my niche, Amazon is tops for breadth of offering, but not nearly there for quality. I am looking at this very carefully. As for freebies, there are some possibilities there. I have done some reviews of categories but nothing in depth on particular products. I just did a piece on translation apps that I purposely skewed heavily in favor of free and breadth of use. My future plans include focusing in on hot markets, and that’s when I will be looking at paid and narrowly focused resources.
Your candor has given me an idea of what lies ahead on this trail. The price points of our niches are vastly different, so I’m not looking at your numbers as much as trends. It’s good to get an idea of where the plateau might lie on my local Mount Income.
And, thanks for giving me the shout outs last week. The post you were mentioned in was highly successful for me. I got lots more views, a few comments, and several direct messages or introduction requests. Cheers.
Hi Tona,
Yes Amazon US and Amazon Australia are vastly different from an affiliate’s perspective. While in the US they are more or less the “default” affiliate, this is definitely not the case in Australia.
Even though it means more work and research, in some ways this is good. We Aussies need to think a little harder about potential affiliates.
Great news about your article, congratulations! And thanks again for the mentions, much appreciated.