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Amazon "Movers and Shakers" Boost Sales
Amazon.com's "Movers and Shakers" are the products category by category that have had the greatest increase in sales over the past 24 hours. See them here.
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- Alexa Hot Searches
- A Long Tale ...
- The Paunchy Middle
- The Wisdom of Crowds
- Catch a Wave
- The Whole Ed Catalog Swicki
- Amazon Hacks
- "Movers & Shakers" @ Amazon.com
- Publish Your Own Dynamic Content
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Alexa Hot Searches
See what Amazon.com has to offer for each of these "hot searches" from Alexa
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byA Long Tale ...
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 12/01/2009) 
The Paunchy Middle
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Amazon.com carries more titles than local bookstores, and that customers take advantage of that fact. It's curious to me that The Long Tail has generated as much "buzz" as it has by elaborating on that premise.
How does that information help Jo(e) online marketer, assuming that (s)he lacks the resources to put 25 Million pages online? Where does one find the "paunchy middle" between the big head and the long tail?
The Wisdom of Crowds
Companies spend millions on market research, because you just never know what the "average" consumer wants. The best thing you can do is listen to the crowd and give them what they're asking for!
The Wisdom of Crowds
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/01/2009)
Catch a Wave
One way is to link to emerging products before the competiton gets on the bandwagon. The web is great for finding specific information, but trends are set in motion by the one-size-fits-all mentality of the traditional mass media.
For instance, aged video game Dance Dance Revolution hit #1 on these lists after a 10 -12 second product placement on "Ugly Betty." I did NOT see that coming!
I've resyndicated some of this information with the help of Feedburner, and I've found that sometimes a product pops up that I've seen on television, or in the newspapers -- but more often, I have no idea why a particular widget has soared in popularity. I just know that it has, and that I have a link to it.
The Whole Ed Catalog Swicki
I love these new Swicki search engines, but Squidoo's ill-advised war on inline frames prevents me from displaying it here.
Swickis are easy to create. The downside to these customizable searches is that it takes a lot of work to get them to work the way you want them to, or you could add this one to your blog
Amazon Hacks
If Chapter 6 -- "Amazon Web Services" doesn't give you enough ideas to pay for this book, you just aren't trying!
For more information see: Three Great O'Reilly Series @ Amazon.com
Amazon Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools
Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 12/01/2009)
"Movers & Shakers" @ Amazon.com
Amazon.com publishes a "Movers & Shakers" page for each of the categories below, but they are scattered all over their site, load slowly, aren't available as RSS feeds, and (most importantly) don't have my Amazon Associate ID in their links. OR you can find them all here.
- Apparel
- Automotive
- Baby Products
- Beauty
- Books
- Cameras & Photography
- Cell Phones & Service
- Computer & Video Games
- Computers & PC Hardware
- DVD
- Electronics
- Gourmet Food
- Grocery
- Health & Personal Care
- Home & Garden
- Industrial & Scientific
- Jewelry & Watches
- Kitchen & Housewares
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Music
- Musical Instruments
- Office Products
- Outdoor Living
- Software
- Sporting Goods
- Tools & Hardware
- Toys & Games
- VHS Video Cassettes
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Amazon.com Mashups
When this page was last edited, this book was being offered at 66% off! Do you think Amazon.com actually wants you to have it?
Amazon Price: $23.39 (as of 12/01/2009)
The Web Developer's Guide To Amazon E-Commerce Service: Developing Web Applications Using Amazon Web Services And PHP
The Amazon Webservices API is probably a little advanced for most users, but if you're hosting a website with PHP and SQL this book is indispensible!
Amazon Price: $13.36 (as of 12/01/2009)
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