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Groundbreaking
Net Cash Builders
- Offer
your e-book as a free bonus for buying one of your main products
or services. People will buy the product or service more often
when you offer a free bonus. For example, you could say,
"Get a free e-book when you order our (product) before (the
date)!"
- Allow
people to download your e-book for free if they give the e-mail
addresses of 3 to 5 friends or associates who would be
interested in your e-book. This will quickly build your e-mail
list. For example, you could say, "Download Our E-book At
No Cost If, In Exchange, You Refer 3 Of Your Friends To Our Web
Site By E-mail."
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- Create
a directory of web sites in e-book form. List people’s web
sites in the directory that will agree to advertise the e-book
on their web site or e-zine. This will give them an incentive to
give away or advertise your e-book. For example, you could say,
"Get A Free Ad In Our Free E-book In Exchange For Linking
to Our Web Site!"
- Allow
other people to give away your free e-book. This will increase
the number of people who will see your ad in the e-book. You
could also include a mini catalog of all your products or
services that you offer in the e-book. You could include your
own products or associate program’s products in the e-book.
- Gain
new leads by having people sign up and give you their contact
information before they can download your e-book. This is a very
effective way to conduct market research. For example, you could
get their first and last name, e-mail address, web site address,
mailing address, etc.
- Make
money selling advertising space in your e-book. You could charge
for full page color ads, classified ads or banners ads. You
could also trade advertising space in your e-book for other
forms of advertising. For example, you could say, "Promote
Your Business In Our Free E-book For Only ($). It's been
downloaded over 5000 times!"
- Give
away the e-book as a gift to your current customers as a way of
letting them know you appreciate their business. Place an ad in
the e-book for a new back-end product you're offering. For
example, you could say, "We Are Giving You This E-book As A
Way To Say Thanks For Being One Of Our Most Loyal
Customers."
- Get
free advertising by submitting your e-book to freebie and
freeware/shareware web sites. This will increase the number of
people who will down- load your e-book and see your ad. Those
web sites already attract a lot of people that are on the look-
out for quality free items.
- Make
money by selling the reprint rights to those who would like to
sell the e-book. You could also make even more money by selling
the master reprint rights. This would allow other people to sell
the reprint rights. You could also include your ads in the
e-books. Every time someone reads it or sells one, you'll get
exposure.
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- Hold
a contest on your web site so people can win your e-book. You'll
get free advertising by sub- mitting your contest ad to free
contest or sweepstake directories. You could also offer the
reprint or master reprint rights as a price so your e-book
spreads all over the Internet with your ad in it.
- You
will gain valuable referrals from people telling others about
your e-book. Word-of-mouth advertising can be very effective.
For example, how many times have you bought something because
one of your friends or family members recommended that you buy
it?
- Make
money cross-promoting your e-book with other people's products
or services. This technique will double your marketing effort
without spending more time and money on your part. For example,
you could package your business e-book with a search engine
submission service.
- Increase
your e-zine subscribers by giving away your e-book to people who
subscribe to your e-zine. This will give people an incentive to
subscribe. Allow your e-zine subscribers to also give it away to
multiply your subscribers. For example, "Get Our Free
Marketing E-book When You Subscribe Now!"
- Give
away the e-book to people who join your affiliate program. This
will increase the number of people that sign up. You could also
create an e-book for them to use that will help them promote
your product or service. For example, you could customize it so
that each affiliate can have their affiliate link inside the
e-book.
- You
can get ad copy ideas by studying similar products’
advertising material. Collect their sales letters, classified
ads, web ads, e-mail ads, etc. For example, if you have seen a
good idea for a guarantee, you could add some of your own ideas
to it and adapt it to your ad. But don't just copy it, of
course.
- Offer
a free e-book that contains a couple of sample chapters. If they
like it, give them the option of ordering the full version. It
would work just like a software demo or shareware. For example,
how many times have you had a sample of something you enjoy and
later on ended up buying it?
- You
could tell them what the freebie is worth with a dollar amount.
For example, "Subscribe to my free e-zine! A $199
value!" Another example, "You'll get $1245.95 of
bonuses!" You could also remind them that the value of the
bonuses make up the cost of the product they're buying.
- You
could add other freebies to your freebie that will increase the
value. For example, "Subscribe to my free e-zine and get
free access to our "Subscribers Only" private web
site!" Another example, "Download our free business
e-book and get a free report valued at $47!"
- You
could tell them the freebie is only available for a limited
time. For example, "Download our free e-book, this free
offer will only be available until May 30, 2000." Another
example, "Subscribe to our free e-zine before midnight
tonight and get free access to our Members Only web site."
- Test
your ads by using autoresponders. You can have people e-mail
your autoresponders to get more information and you just check
your traffic reports. For example, you could publish your
advertising copy and tell them your product will be released on
a certain date. You then could have them e-mail an autoresponder
to be reminded when it's released.
- Create
credibility and trust with your visitors by telling them
something they already know. They'll know for sure you're not
lying to them. For example, you could say, “I know you’re
really looking for a good bargain.” Another example, “I know
you don't want to pay a lot for Internet access.”
- Make
residual income from your customers by selling back-end
products. If you don't have any, you could sign up to related
affiliate programs. For example, you could say "Thanks for
ordering our product. If you would like to learn more about web
marketing, I highly recommend (affiliate product)!"
- Use
a redirect page to boost your sales. People think the long
affiliate URLs look unprofessional in e-mails, so you could
redirect them to a web link. For example, if you sign up to an
affiliate program and it has a really long URL, you could use a
redirect page to shorten it in your ad. It would take your
customer to the redirect page and then send them to the target
web site.
- Create
an extra income from your web site by charging for consulting.
The consulting should be related to your web site's theme. For
example, you could give free 15-minute consultations as a
sample. You could do them by phone or in a chat room. If people
like it they will pay your hourly fee for more advice.
- Most
people like surprises because it's a change of pace from their
routine. Tell your prospects that they'll get a surprise free
bonus for ordering. It will be a mystery for them. Some will
order just to find out what the surprise bonus is. It makes them
really curious.
- Most
people want life to be easier. Give your prospects easy ordering
instructions, easy product instructions, etc. For example, you
could say, "Our product comes with step-by-step, easy
ordering instructions!" Another example, "Our web site
offers 5 easy ways to order!"
- Most
people want to feel secure and safe. Tell your prospects that
you have secure ordering and a privacy policy. For example, you
could say, "We want you to feel safe and secure. That's why
we offer you the most secure online ordering system."
- Most
people want to receive compliments for their achievements. Give
your prospects plenty of compliments for considering your
product. For example, "You are a very intelligent person
for waiting to learn more about e-book marketing."
- Most
people are curious about things that could affect their current
lifestyle. You could use words like "Secret" or
"Confidential" in your ad. For example, you could say
"If you order before June 24, 2006, you will also get a
Secret Mystery Gift valued at $200!"
- Most
people want to invest in their future. Tell your prospects to
"invest in your product" instead of "buy our
product". For example, you could say "It will be the
smartest investment you've ever made!" Another example,
"This will be your most profitable investment of the
year!"
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