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Business Idea of the Day: Sell Ebooks

July 23rd, 2007

I know many of you must have noticed those ads that sell you information on ebooks, normally with the claim that you can generate tons of income. But did you know thats how a lot of people make money? Yes, by selling Ebooks quite a few of these individuals make an awesome amount of income, just check out this neat article I found in Yaro Starak’s blog (these people made $250,000 in a year!). Are you interested? Then here is what you have to do:

• Get the Ebook. You can either write one from scratch about a topic you really know about (provided its a marketable idea), or you can buy one. Yes, many ebook authors actually allow people to resell their ebooks, and this can be a wise choice for you if you wish to sell multiple ones. You can find them all over the web, and even buy them in bulk from individuals (you can find a few on the Digitalpoint Forums).
• Make a Pitch Page. You will have to get a domain name for your product, and when you do, you will also have to get a web page made that will act as your sales pitch. You can either do this yourself, or have someone else do it for you. It should be able to grab a persons attention when they first see it, so its very important to have a good pitch. This is a nice example of a pitch page: The Truth About Six-Pack Abs.
• Get registered at ClickBank. This is a checkout service specifically designed for digital products (like Ebooks and software). The best part about it is it’s huge network of affiliates. Basically, all you would have to do is it set the amount of commission you are willing to share with an affiliate, and let them promote the products for you. You would be surprised to see how big the share of affiliate sales are for many ebook sites, with some of them receiving more than 80% of all their sales from affiliates.
• Market your Ebook. Aside from ClickBanks affiliates, you can also use Google Adwords to market you products, which would display in Adsense’s Pay-Per-Click (PPC) ads. You can also drive traffic through a paid traffic service, but be careful; some paid traffic services drive traffic through bots and pop-ups/pop-unders. Make sure you do your research before using them.

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