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I prefer affiliate links to ads if they are done right. If it is just a shill for the product i'm leery, but if there is some value add or a quality review, the

by fnid2 17y ago

I prefer affiliate links to ads if they are done right. If it is just a shill for the product i'm leery, but if there is some value add or a quality review, they're ok. My question is, why do these people with so much money already waste their time on a a 40 cent commission for a book? It'd be better for them to avoid the suspicion. Take the ulterior motive out of the equation. Trust is worth a lot.

nate 17y ago
Yep, that's a great question I kind of wanted to bring up in the post as well, but it was getting long. Because it calls into question things about how much money Tim makes, which is sort of none of my business, but since he writes a book and blog about how you can be basically make more money more efficiently, it sort of becomes interesting to me. Does he need the supplementary income from Amazon because he doesn't make enough from his books + lecturing + investing? How much money is he making with this kind of thing? And maybe it was sort of unintentional to post an affiliate link and his Wordpress installation just auto links those somehow?
- Alex3917 17y ago
  My best guess is that Tim makes 35,000 dollars per speech, and a few hundred bucks per year from referral fees. The reason Tim blogs is to build his permission asset and then monetize it speaking, it's not like he's writing the posts because he wants an extra couple bucks on Amazon.
  - fnid2 17y ago
    That's exactly my point. It seems like his time would be more productive spent somewhere else besides going to amazon, searching for the book, getting his affiliate code in t.... on and on
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- chaosmachine 17y ago
  Amazon has this nice feature where you get commissions on everything the person buys on your click. If someone buys a copy of Rework and happens to pick up a new high-end DSLR at the same time, you just made a few hundred bucks.
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by fnid2 17y ago

nate 17y ago

Yep, that's a great question I kind of wanted to bring up in the post as well, but it was getting long. Because it calls into question things about how much money Tim makes, which is sort of none of my business, but since he writes a book and blog about how you can be basically make more money more efficiently, it sort of becomes interesting to me. Does he need the supplementary income from Amazon because he doesn't make enough from his books + lecturing + investing? How much money is he making with this kind of thing? And maybe it was sort of unintentional to post an affiliate link and his Wordpress installation just auto links those somehow?

Alex3917 17y ago
My best guess is that Tim makes 35,000 dollars per speech, and a few hundred bucks per year from referral fees. The reason Tim blogs is to build his permission asset and then monetize it speaking, it's not like he's writing the posts because he wants an extra couple bucks on Amazon.
- fnid2 17y ago
  That's exactly my point. It seems like his time would be more productive spent somewhere else besides going to amazon, searching for the book, getting his affiliate code in t.... on and on
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chaosmachine 17y ago
Amazon has this nice feature where you get commissions on everything the person buys on your click. If someone buys a copy of Rework and happens to pick up a new high-end DSLR at the same time, you just made a few hundred bucks.
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