If it’s our first lens, I guess we should wait until our blog is completed to do the RSS module. But once it’s completed except for that, it’s still okay to publish, isn’t it?

Thanks.

You can target 2 keywords in your backlinks ~ that’s fine. Just check the new keyword is within limits regarding competition.

I posted a link to your lens on my facebook page and now everyone is talking about what color they have.

Hi Lisa ~ Great work!! Just keep it up. The more you do the better your lenses will do. About the high dollar items ~ if you’ve done the research ~ they have search volume, and competition is minimal enough to get to the first page you should be able to make sales. Especially if you look at the product and there are reviews (so you know other people have bought from there). The thing about selling high priced items is you only need to sell a FEW to make the same if not more as selling a LOT of lower priced items.

with that being said ~ you might want to check amazon’s TOS because I think there is a cut off on the highest amount that can be paid in commission?? Or I may be crazy but I think I remember seeing that somewhere.

What a big help this is! You have me so organized I am cranking out lenses and articles faster than ever! My lenses are slowly but surely moving up in rank (at least over half of them). My article writing is getting easier and easier, I come up with ideas for relevant content much faster without researching for an hour before I can even find something to give me an idea.

Still no sales (besides the original 3 that made me $10) but I know they will come in time.

I have a question about really high dollar items on Amazon ( I am talking 6 figure items). I started a lens some time ago before I started Christmas Cash. I just happened to check it and I am ranking #6 on page 1 for my keyword with decent search volume and first page PR of 15. Today I put out a couple articles and some social bookmarking using other keywords that I am getting traffic from google with.

Have you ever tried this? I am assuming that the conversion rate is very low on items like these, but not impossible to have one or two sales a year. I am not planning on wasting too much time on this lens but I figured if I was already on page one why not try a little. What is your opinion on items like these?

Lisa

The poll was fun, but time consuming. I enjoy that kind of thing, but I must keep the goal in mind. I was trying to find the original code source to share with you, but I don’t remember where it is (too much surfing). I uploaded all the images to PhotoBucket and then grabbed the HTML code and placed it in the Poll Response Options of the Poll Module. I had to resize the pictures in the code so they weren’t huge. After the image code, I typed the words I wanted to show next to the picture. It looks like this:
Almond Cream
Hope this helps. Let know if it needs more clarification.

I can’t figure out how to link to the individual sales page for the colors. When I go into Amazon and select the different colors and then get the link, they all are the same.

As far as keywords, I did some more research and found that KitchenAid Artisan Mixer seems to get more searches per day than the kw I originally built the lens for. I wanted to rank for both. Should I just stick with the original words? I don’t want to mess things up.

Thanks for your help, Jackie!
Tina

That lens looks pretty good. I LOVE the pick your color poll!! How did you do that?? Is there any way you can link those to the particular sales page for that color? That would be killer.

Anyway ~ 1 thing ~ make sure you use the exact keyword you’re trying to rank for in your backlinks ~ not sure if you are trying to rank for kitchenaid artisan mixer or the exact kw it appears you’re targeting in your lens ~ if it’s the lens kw make sure you use that in your links.

Getting clicks and no sales is totally normal. While these lenses seem to convert a little higher than other pages it still takes some clicks. Average conversion rate is 1 to 2% so I wouldnt’ be concerned until you’ve had at least 100 click throughs and no sales. It will happen.

http://screencast.com/t/p9vewT9N9YVI

I have 10 Christmas lenses out there. Not a great number, but it’s a start. I am getting clicks, but no sales. (I’ve had 17 clicks this month so far.) Is this usual?

Thanks again,

Tina