Welcome to the 'The Complete Wordpress Amazon Affiliate' course.  Wordpress is one of the best known products around and I'm going to teach you, step-by-step, how to use Wordpress and Amazon to build a successful affiliate marketing business in no time at all - from scratch!  You don't need any prior knowledge of Wordpress or any technical skills - if you can use a web browser you are good to go!

My name is Tim Sharp and I've been a successful online entrepreneur since 2004 and I'm one of the most successful ecommerce lecturers here on Udemy. Over the years, I've built successful businesses in eCommerce, WordPress, Affiliate Marketing and Web and Database Development.  I have extensive knowledge of the complete business cycle and a wealth of real world experience. But the best part is I've been able to live the Internet lifestyle, making great money working from anywhere and having the flexibility to do what I want when I want. And that's what I'm going to teach you !

At the end of this course you will have an in-depth knowledge of how to use Wordpress and Amazon to build a successful affiliate marketing business.  This knowledge could help you supplement your existing income or even transform your life allowing you to escape the 9 to 5 altogether.   It's entirely up to you, your commitment, your determination !

So what are you waiting for, let's get started right now on building a financially secure future. 

'One of the best...thanks pains in explaning the most important aspects of what you are supposed to do....a well thought out course which I enjoy listening to'  H Mackeen

'Tim's style of instruction and breadth of knowledge made building an Affiliate Marketing business feel very accessible to me. I did not feel overwhelmed by jargon at all. I'm truly grateful. As he says, taking action is indeed my next adventure.' Andrew K

'The information has been incredible.  I know nothing about wordpress yet I'm able to follow along and learn very easily.  The presentation is very good as well, which helps quite a bit.  It's like learning from an old friend instead of a stuffy college professor.' Scott D

About the instructor

One of the Internet's most successful ecommerce instructors with over 200,000 courses sold!

Tim Sharp

My name is Tim Sharp.  I've over 25 years experience in IT and business and I've been involved in ecommerce since 2004.   In that time I've built successful businesses in web and database development, affiliate marketing and of course ecommerce.  And now I'm one of the most successful ecommerce instructors on the Internet with over 50,000 students in 180 countries and a thriving Facebook group of over 8,000 members.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Understanding the fundamentals

  • 3

    Identifying your niche

  • 4

    Your affiliate store - the first steps!

    • Registering your domain name (part 1)

    • Registering your domain name (part 2)

    • Installing Wordpress

    • A brief tour of Wordpress

    • The Storefront theme

    • Your logo
  • 5

    The Home page

    • Installing the plugins

    • Building the home page (part 1)

    • Sourcing images

    • Free image websites

    • Building the home page (part 2)

    • CSS code
  • 6

    The Menu System

    • The navigation system

    • Adding Terms & Conditions and a Privacy Policy

    • Policy and Terms downloadable files

    • FAQ
  • 7

    Making contact

    • Setting up email

    • Adding an 'About Us' and/or a 'Contact Us' page
  • 8

    Your first affiliate partner

    • Why Amazon

    • Signing up for Amazon

    • The affiliate disclosure statement

    • Don't do this!
  • 9

    Your first product review

    • How to choose the right product

    • Who is your ideal customer?

    • 9 point checklist for writing a great product review

    • My product review

    • Inserting my affiliate links

    • The product summary/comparison page

    • Sum up and next steps
  • 10

    SEO Part 1 - The basics

    • Scope of SEO in this course

    • How SEO works - an overview
  • 11

    SEO Part 2 - On Page SEO

    • Essential points

    • On-page SEO - Product review page

    • On-page SEO - Product comparison page
  • 12

    SEO Part 3 - Create amazing content

    • It's all about long tail keywords

    • How to find great long tail keywords (and never run out of great blogging ideas)

    • 9 great tips for blog writing
  • 13

    SEO Part 4 - Promote your content (off-page SEO)

    • How to get links from the best possible sites

    • Making contact with email outreach

    • Not all links are created equal

    • Claim all the social channels

    • Analytics
  • 14

    Adding Products

    • The navigation system (with products!)

    • Installing Woocommerce

    • Woocommerce - a brief tour

    • Creating categories

    • Adding products from Amazon
  • 15

    Other affiliate partners

    • Other affiliate partners
  • 16

    Housekeeping

    • Site load speed

    • Backup

    • LuckyOrange

    • SSL
  • 17

    Final thoughts

    • Selling your website/business

    • Eager to learn more?

    • Thank you!