The idea’s simple: Publish an ebook on a specific topic of interest, embed “affiliate” links to a merchant with a related product or service, and make commissions on any resulting sales. But instead of the usual “chock full of promotional hype and affiliate links and, really, little else” content found on websites and ebooks produced by typical affiliate marketers, you’ll want to make your ebook…
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I just saw and spent some time with an old friend who I hadn’t seen in 26 years. Old schoolmates. Naturally, we did the reminiscing thing… tried to anyway, since it didn’t seem like he remembered much. He remembered me and a few others, but everybody else was fuzzy or just not there to him. So much of our time tripping down memory lane was spent with me doing the storytelling and trying to see if I could yank them out of his brain if the memories still happened to be buried somewhere deep.
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How many ways can you make money with a single ebook you’ve written and self-published? At least three (3) basic ways come to mind. These aren’t even new or revolutionary — this is the way we brought the bucks in years ago with regular print books and infoproducts, before the public Net and e-anything.
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Interesting article in my local paper (WashPost) yesterday (in case you’re curious, I read my “paper” exclusively online now). Decent overview and brief history of affiliate marketing, layperson-friendly. Pay particular attention to the “Facebook Credits” section — now there’s something worth keeping a very close eye on.
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Good, quick read, and abundantly packed with links to resources and further tips, this post at Dumb Little Man is a must bookmark at the very least.
Read 7 Free or Cheap Ways to Effectively Promote Your Business Online »
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Ambient ads aren’t really wordpreneur-ish, but what the hey, I figure that getting exposed to really creative and imaginative ways to market and promote products has got to be a plus.
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I remember when videos on the PC were, well, were not. PCs couldn’t handle them. Heck, they couldn’t handle anything but the simplest of graphics and animation way back when. Now, I bet hardly a day goes by where we don’t see at least a short video clip on our computer screens. For someone like me who’s watched it evolve, the ride’s been quite fascinating and impressive.
Thing is, I’m not particularly fond of them as a medium for delivering information. Sorry, that’s not entirely accurate: In that information delivery role, in many cases, I dislike them immensely.
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