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Business Model 19
Affiliate Site - Faq-Guides.com
I'm really in love with this idea. I think this would
have to be one of the greatest ways to make an affiliate
income ever. People have sniffed around the idea before
and have come close to this, but this, I believe is the
best system to an automated affiliate income there is to
date.
Here's the idea.
We've all been taught to create free viral ebooks to
either promote our products or affiliate products and
submit them to free ebook directories. This was sound
advice, but I've found an even better way to make this
work.
Create your own free ebook directory full of your own
free viral ebooks!
Think Clickbank.com but with free ebooks on all subjects
that you own, promoting affiliate programs 24/7.
People go to this site, download the free book they
want, they pass it around, and there ya go, automated
affiliate income.
But how do you go about creating these free ebooks so
they produce the best sales possible? I've found by
creating an FAQ list (frequently asked question) on a
certain subject and then converting it into PDF, my
affiliate sales have soared.
I'm not trying to heavily sell them in the book, they
are getting very useful free information and I then
point them to a paid resource to get more information if
they want to.
I also ask them to pass the book around as much as they
like.
Want an example of an FAQ list? Go here
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/body-building/hardgainer-faq/
This FAQ list is quite big and detailed. Your free books
only need to be 5 or so pages long.
Here is an article I wrote on creating a viral ebook. It
really doesn't have much to do with the business idea in
general, but will give you an idea of what I'm talking
about at least...
This is just a very quick overview, but if you want more
information on creating Ebooks, I suggest you visit 2
sites.
My favourite site is Terry Dean's exclusive member site
at
http://www.netbreakthroughs.com.
It's full of the best information on marketing and it's
only $19.95 a month.
The next product solely focuses on creating your own
Ebook in less then 7 days and that is written by Jim
Edwards. You can find it at
http://www.7dayebook.com.
It's a one off fee for $27 and it comes in Ebook format
ironically enough.
Now, back to my explanation:
Whether you like it or not, having your own product
gives you more flexibility in your online advertising
AND believe it or not, compiling an Ebook is no more
then a weeks work part time if done correctly and IF you
do it this way the profits will come in for life.
I have checks coming in still from work I did 2 years
ago, thanks to the power of residual income affiliate
programs and viral marketing Ebooks.
Ok, lets get down to the nitty gritty. What is a viral
marketing Ebook and why should you create one?
A viral marketing Ebook is a book which sole purpose is
to be spread around the Internet quickly, by any means
possible. It's not meant to make you money on the front
end. You want other people selling it and giving it away
to as many people as possible.
Why?
Because the inside of that book is full of affiliate
links to other peoples products and every time someone
gives away your book or sells it, (depending on how you
want to do it) more people will be seeing your affiliate
links, and this is costing you what? NOTHING? Exactly!
The best examples I could give you of this process would
be by Yanik Silver. He created 2 marketing books that
spread over the Internet like wildfire. He gave everyone
who purchased the book for $19 or $17 (depending on the
book) the rights to sell it or give it away to their
customers.
Needless to say, thousands of people starting selling it
and promoting it all over the Internet. To this day, he
is still earning good money from that book, plus he
became one of the most well known Internet Marketers to
date.
So how do you go about creating your own viral marketing
Ebook?
Here are the steps.
1) Come up with a product idea based on your
affiliate program you've already chosen and are already
promoting.
Coming up with ideas isn't hard. For example, and I know
I use this example a lot, BUT, If you are going to be
promoting a sports betting affiliate program, why not
create a book on becoming a successful punter. Then
throughout the book, you can recommend your favorite
sports betting affiliate program.
101 insider secrets to sports betting
How to bet with other peoples money
A good way to come up with ideas is to look at what
others are already selling and mimic that. You dont need
to recreate the wheel here, so PLEASE don't make things
harder then they have to be.
2) Get the tools you need to succeed
You are going to need a few tools to get started.
You can
get them from here.
A) A domain name
I register all my domain names with
http://www.namecheap.com
for under $9 a domain name, which to me is
pretty darn cheap. You want a fairly short domain name
that describes the content of your book fairly well.
B) Webhosting
Let me say first, you get what you pay for. This has
never been more true then with webhosting. YOU NEED a
good reliable webhosting company with 24/7 technical
support. If your site goes down and you can't contact
anyone to help you get it back up, you will lose sales
and a lot of them.
I recommed you use
http://www.thirdspherehosting.com
for the simple fact they offer all you need, plus a lot
more for a reasonable price.
C) Autoresponder
You will need this so you can contact your prospects
that don't purchase straight away. This is where you
will give away your free course or someway to entice
them to give you their email address so you can contact
them periodically.
D) Credit card processor
Just use
http://www.clickbank.com . This step is
too easy. They will let you accept all major credit
cards and start an affiliate program for a one time
setup fee of under $50. They do take a percentage of
every sale, but this is so much cheaper then getting
your own merchant account.
Just about everyone selling Ebooks online is using
Clickbank.
E) Ebook Software
You will more then likely want to create your book in
PDF format so everyone can read it. Some Ebooks come in
EXE format, but mac users can't read that format, so I
find it best to use PDF. You can create your book with
http://www.createpdf.com
for a fairly cheap price.
F) Graphic Design Software
If you are anything like me, your artistic abilities
peaked at age 7. So instead of busting my hump to create
my Ebook covers and website graphics I use
http://www.1clickcovers.com
and
http://www.1clickheaders.com
For all my
graphics, They are great pieces of software that you can
use instead of hiring graphic designers.
I do however recommend one graphic designer by
the name of Max Rylski. You can view his work at
http://www.maxcovers.com
3) Outline your book chapters into articles
Writing a whole book in one sitting is hard, and
trying to write a book without outlining the chapters is
nearly impossible. My first book I ever wrote took me
over 6 months but now most of my books take me less then
a week to finish and that is with a sales letter and
website up.
All you have to do is think up 12 to
15 article topics in sequence and write about them. Each
page should be around 700 to 1000 words, full of useful
information, not information people could get for free.
4) Write your content
Like I said just before, you need original
content. There are too many books out there now where
people are just regurgitating information others can get
for free and this lowers the value of your book, which
means less people will pass it around and even less will
read it.
If you are really stuck with your writing, I
suggest that you do the following. Actually, Terry Dean
from
http://www.netbreakthroughs.com
taught me this trick.
The best
way to get a good amount of original information without
writing it yourself is to interview experts in the
field. For instance, if you were writing a book about
improving your golf handicap, I'm sure it wouldn't be
too hard to find some local experts who you could grill
in person, over the phone or even via the Internet and
you can then put all that information in the book. It's
also a good selling point.
Also remember when
your writing what the point of this book is. The point
of the book is to earn you an on going commission with
affiliate programs, so don't feel like you can't throw
some affiliate links in, because you can, but make sure
it's tactful and in place.
Another good idea would be to put a "Subscribe to my
newsletter" section in your book as well, so not only
will you make commissions on sales, but also generate
leads without doing any extra work.
Make sure
you clearly state in the front of the book, that the
buyer can sell this book as his own. State that he has
Resell Rights to the product and can sell it or give it
away if he chooses.
5) Create your sales
letter
This is where you will be selling your book from
and is critically crucial to your success.
Creating a sales letter takes a lot of work, especially
if your new to the whole thing. The best way and the way
I use, is to mimic successful sales letters.
I
recommend you have a look at the following sales letters
selling Ebooks.
http://www.turnwordsintotraffic.com
http://www.masterinternetmarketing.com
http://www.linkingstrategies.com
http://www.the-whole-truth.com
http://www.instantinternetprofits.com
If for
some reason you think you can't do this by yourself, you
have 2 options.
1) Use
software that helps put together your sales letter
and...
2)
Hire a copywriter
Software
is great and there a 2 options out there. The first one
is
http://www.instantsalesletters.com
by Yanik Silver and
http://www.saleslettergenerator.com
by Armand Morin. They are just as good as each other.
However, if you want to hire a professional copywriter,
your looking at thousands of dollars, plus royalties
from your book sales.
Remember that your selling this book with reprint
rights, which means when they buy the book they can sell
it as well. This is a huge selling point for you. You
will also be giving them your Ebook cover, website
graphics and sales letter to use to sell your product.
6) Plug in your free 5 day autoresponder series
The best way to write your free 5 day course that your
prospect get via your pop up window is to take chapters
out of your book and put them in as a free teaser.
Remember to emphasize an urgency. You want to make these
prospects who don't buy straight away, feel like they
are missing out on an opportunity of a life time and
considering the low price of the book, if they don't
buy, more then likely they weren't really interested or
were freebie seekers from the start.
7) Advertise!
Depending on your topic, you will want to target
different people. However, no matter what topic your
selling on, there is one market who will want your book
for the sole purpose of selling it, and that's the
Internet Marketing group.
Your book could be on Hippo's but all they care about is
the fact they can sell it as their own. This is why this
type of book always does well.
The key is to target people in your market and then the
Internet Marketing crowd. I really am begging you to
check out Terry Deans
http://www.netbreakthroughs.com as it
will give you all the knowledge you need and if you want
you can stay for 1 month and still get more then you
will ever need, information and personal help wise.
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