Using Affiliates to Sell Your Ebook
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Writing an e-book or a series of articles is a great way to promote your business. there may be a long list of customers waiting for your new e-book, and thats great. Your e-book will sell even better when you have access to affiliates, an army of salespeople that are passionate about your product.
How can you recruit more affiliates?
By selling your e-book through Clickbank, you can reach literally hundreds of affiliates. ClickBank is the best rated e-book reseller on the Internet. They are a great source for downloadable products. ClickBank even offers a commission to people who sell and recommend their products. Since website owners are always looking for ways to improve their site, many use ClickBank to find complementary products which they can offer.
Before diving in, there are some things you need to know. First, decide on the e-book price and commission rate. Dont sell yourself short. Remember, your e-book must allow you to make a profit while encouraging affiliates to recommend your e-book. Affiliates prefer to recommend products that are more profitable.
How do you decide the cost structure of e-books? ClickBank gets a portion of the proceeds to cover their costs. As the e-books author, you also want to make money off of it. Remember that you will share between 40 to 50% of the proceeds with the affiliate who is marketing your book. By providing your affiliates with a respectable commission, you will ensure that they are driven to promote your book.
As an ebook author, be sure you choose a price that reflects the meaty content you’ve included. Then, be generous with your affiliate commission and offer at least forty percent of the sales price. Hey, it’s a downloadable ebook and you have very little production costs, if any. Then, your affiliates are happy and will spend more time promoting your ebook to their list. And you get more money in your pocket because you have an army of sales people telling the world about your ebook.
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01/07/2009 6:42 am
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