Today’s improvement will not take a lot of work, but it will look great on your blog or lens.
We will make a product carousel, and that’s very easy to do on Amazon.
You can use this carousel inside a blog post or module, or in the side bar on your blog.
And you can make carousels with your hand-picked products, or you can make it automatic and use the bestsellers in your niche.
How to Make a Carousel Widget
- Log in to your Amazon affiliate account.
- Go to Widgets.
- Choose the tracking ID you want to use.
- Click on Carousel Widget -> Add to your Web page.
- Add the products – you can search by name or ASIN, or you can choose “best sellers”.
- Choose the layout you want.
- Click on Add to My Website.
- Copy the code.
- Paste the code into the Text part of your blog post/Squidoo lens, or into a widget to the sidebar of a blog.
Example:
Today’s Task
Add a carousel widget to your post.
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I’ve used the carousel widget on my latest blogpost as a BIG Call to Action – I am wondering however, if these kind of scripts do not slow down the page load of your site? And apparently there are also problems viewing them in different browsers.
But I listened to you and also added a text link to a page with the same products as I showcased in the widget – made it bigger and bolder 🙂
http://kids-theme-parties.com/owl-pillow-boxes-popular-party-species-in-the-neighbourhoot/
The carousel used to show up fine on my computer, but I’m having problems with it now. I guess it’s because I’m on a Mac.
You’re right in your observations.
The carousel is easy to make and free. A better solution would be to use SquidCrafter and instead of a carousel make 4-5 images next to each other.
That’s what I intent to do, because I have SquidCrafter, but for those just starting out, they might want to go with the free carousel tool.
Hey Britt just added a carosuel to my page for now and will see how it does. As you can see I am behind but getting there. Made a 2 small sales though.
That’s awesome, Sue 🙂
I’m seeing daily clicks and more sales on the one product I improved.
Then I got busy with the product I’m launching tomorrow, aie… I’m almost done now, and then I can get back to Amazon again 🙂