There are many ebook software programs on the market. I prefer to do mine in PDF format as they can be read on both PC and MAC computers. Remember to make your pages easy to read with some color, a few images and white space. The writing and actual formatting of an ebook is a whole other article that I am writing currently and hope to share with you soon. After spending tons of money, several years and many-many hours online with my websites and ebook projects, I have gone through the ups and downs of the learning process of trying to sell ebooks both for myself and for others. For more details go to: www.pdf-stampers.com One important choice you can make when just starting out is, are you going to sell the ebook or are you going to offer it for free to get your name out there with all your links and contact information. This is called "viral marketing" with the purpose of having as many people as possible sharing and downloading your ebook. You can even offer your free ebook to websites as a joint venture for them to offer your ebook as their free bonus with their sales. The key things that you will need to sell your ebook online are: A website or webpage of your own or offer your ebook to an ebook website that may take a small fee and / or include your ebook in an affiliate program- A good sales page about the ebook - A quality ebook Cover Image - Graphics are key! A "Thank You" Download page from where your ebook is downloaded- Other Marketing Considerations may include: Offering a Free Bonus EBook - very important in this e-business to over deliver for the price! Set a budget to test some PPC (pay-per-click) Advertising such as Google Ads to drive traffic to your sales page- Exchange related links with quality websites with a good search engine ranking- Process a Press Release such as with PRWEB - Join ebook Forums and post messages with your ebook link- Take advantage of your email "Signature" to include your ebook Title and sales page link in addition to telling friends and family- Start a BLOG about your ebook topic and include the link to your ebook sales page. The important factor is not to go wild with over-spending on marketing. Test-test-test and research online for many more ways to promote your ebook. For can visit to: www.ebook-secrets-revealed.com the best advice I can give if this is your first ebook, is to start another ebook right away that either expands on the chosen subject or another topic that you have a passion for. Remember, you can either try to do all of this publishing And promoting yourself, you can share the tasks, or you can have a professional guide you and produce a satisfactory product for you while you spend your time and energy writing your next ebook!
But it's interesting to note that the very first millionaire wasn't a miner. The first millionaire from the California Gold Rush was a man by the name of Samuel Brannan. Mr. Brannan set up a store to sell gold prospecting supplies, and within a year had revenue of $150,000 a month. And in 1850 $150,000 was a LOT of money!
In other words, the wealth wasn't just in the gold, it was in the shovels, picks and gold pans that the miners needed. Since then, marketers have adopted this as an analogy, and we still talk about selling "shovels to miners", but how can that help YOU build an online network marketing business?
The best way I know of to take advantage of this powerful marketing strategy is through a Funded Proposal. Simply put, a funded proposal is a method of selling an inexpensive item to people in your target market. When they buy the product, you then know that you have a very serious prospect, who is not only interested in your niche, but is willing to invest in their own business.
One way I do this is by marketing an e-book that has something they want- in my case a powerful e-book about how to stop chasing people and start ATTRACTING them into their business. This is information network marketers crave. So they go to my capture page, enter their info, and about 5% buy the book. So for every thousand leads I sell five books at $37, a total of $1850.
But the money isn't the best part, the free leads is what's important. I actually don't plan on getting rich off of shovel sales. My passion is for online network marketing, and my goal is to build a team of 100,000 people. So the best part of the equation for me isn't the money (although that's nice!), it's the fact that I am generating extremely high quality, targeted leads of people who are experienced network marketers, and now I have a chance to get to know them and eventually show them my business.
Rookies to online network marketing wonder why they should use a Funded Proposal system to market their business. They can't understand why they shouldn't just market their business to people directly. The answer lies in the shovel story. What I'm doing is called double dipping. I not only sell shovels to the miners, but I also have a mine. I sell them a book that teaches them something they need: how to attract people into their network marketing business. But I know that many of them have a lousy mine. That leads to the discussion, "OK, I sold you a fantastic shovel, but are you sure you're working the right mine?" If the answer is no, I can show them my business.
So the funded proposal is powerful for a variety of reasons:
1. It is a source of extra cash flow.
2. It gets me qualified leads of people in my niche. (Online Network Marketing)
3. It builds my credibility with people. They perceive me as an expert.
4. It allows me to market in places where others aren't successful. As an example, tons of network marketers are trying to recruit each other, but it doesn't work because they are all pushing their own deal, few of them are looking. But I market something they can ALL use, no matter what business they are in.
5. The funded proposal gets me the highest quality, real time leads available. Let's face it, when you buy leads from a broker you are buying low quality, used goods. But when you generate your own real time lead that aren't shared with anybody else, it's worth its weight in gold (no pun intended!)
The bottom line is this: if you are in online network marketing and you aren't using a funded proposal system, you're working too hard!
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