How to add Amazon Affiliate Advert Code to WordPress Blog

One way to monetize your blog is to place adverts on your blog posts. There are many affiliate programs available on the internet to choose from. One of the most famous one is the Amazon affiliate program. The scope of this blog post is to explain how to add Amazon ad Code to your WordPress blog post.

First you should be subscribed to the Amazon Affiliate Program. To register with the Amazon Affiliate Program is really straight forward and it is out of the scope of this blog post.  Once you have an account, you can proceed to choose the product and embed it to your blog post.

Finding the product to advertise on your blog

Login to the Amazon Affiliate Program and search for a product by entering a search term or specifically the product name.  Else navigate to the ‘Links & Banners’ drop down menu and select ‘Product Link’ if you want to sell a product. Enter the search term of the product you are looking for. Once you find such a product, click on the ‘Get Link’ button and you are presented with the link below.

WPProHelp.com Marketing Tip: Always tick the option ‘Open link in new window’ so users do not navigate away from your website.

Adding a Text Only Amazon Advert Code to your WordPress blog

If you opt to add a Text Only Amazon add, all you need to do is to copy the link and paste it in the HTML editor of WordPress as seen below.

Adding a Text and Image or Image only Amazon Ad Code to your WordPress blog

After choosing the right advert options that fit your blog post, such as image size, link colours etc, it is time to place your advert on your blog post. Similar to the Text Only Amazon Ad Code, you have to switch to the HTML editor in WordPress to place the code. You can use the code below in the HTML editor to place the code.

<table border=”0″ cellspacing=”10″ align=”left”>
<tr><td>
[PASTE AMAZON ADVERT HTML CODE HERE]
</td></tr>
</table>

Using the HTML code above gives you the flexibility to be able to set the justification for your Amazon advert in the WordPress blog post and also to add space around the advert as explained in detail further below. Using the above code, the advert will appear in the blog post as shown in the below screen shot.

Placement of the advert in the blog post

The HTML attribute code aligh=”left” (highlighted in the below sample HTML snippet) is used to left justify the advert in the blog post. Change the value to right to have the advert right justified and  center to have the advert with centred justification.

<table border=”0″ cellspacing=”10″ align=”left”>
<tr><td>
[AMAZON ADVERT HTML CODE]
</td></tr>
</table>

Adding spacing round the Image and Text Amazon advert

You can also increase the value in the cellspacing to increase the spacing between the advert and the text around it. To do so, increase the value of the cellspacing HTML attribute (highlighted below).

<table border=”0″ cellspacing=”10″ align=”left”>
<tr><td>
[AMAZON ADVERT HTML CODE]
</td></tr>
</table>

WPProHelp.com Marketing tip: Do not flood your website with adverts and make it clear which is advertising content and which is the website content. Website visitors do not like to be fooled, and no one likes websites flooded with adverts.