When I write about books on my site, I use Amazon affiliate links to point to the books. One reason I do that is because it’s really easy. The other is, I like knowing whether or not something I loved resonated with you (well, the you who click those links and buy something, I guess). (It doesn’t hurt to make beer money, but it’s only beer money.)
It gives me a sense of what’s interesting to you.
Know what sold the most in January? YouTube: An Insider’s Guide to Climbing the Charts.
I’m happy for a few reasons. One, the book is really useful. Two, both authors dropped me a line pretty much the day I posted my review, meaning that they’re really plugged into the blogging world (which makes me happy, and I don’t care if that’s a selfish feeling, but hey, if you’re blogger-friendly, I’m more likely to like you back). Three, the book is really useful. I mean, I’m not sure I’m going to “top the charts,” but I can tell you this: what I’ve learned from that book (though I don’t always follow the lessons) has made me a better video producer.
Finally, I’m happy because something I promoted helped these authors sell another 40 books, and I’m excited for them.
You know, and Darren has said this on many occasions: no one’s quitting their day job on the money Amazon pays you for affiliate links. Some of those copies of that book gave me like.. 17 cents a copy or something (third party reseller). But that wasn’t the point for me. Once it adds up to beer money, hey, pretty cool. But in the mean time, it gives me more things to think about.
So, get that book if you want to know more about video making:
And if you’re interested in things like stats and behavior, what other geeky ways are you tracking it? Are you using CrazyEgg to heatmap your sites? Have you tried Woopra? Do you care where your people come from? (I sure do!)
This can be just fun, too, you know.
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