Ebook Marketing: How to Drive Traffic to Your Site With Ebooks

If you're looking for a great way to drive traffic to your web site, creating and distributing free ebooks may be your answer.

Although there are several different types of ebooks, this article will focus on HTML compiled ebooks.

Ebooks or electronic books are compressed files of HTML that are distributed and presented within one downloadable file. This file does not require any installation and will open on your readers desktop simply by clicking on it.

Ebooks are completely interactive with the Internet and can contain just about everything a standard web page contains, such s live links, graphics, forms, JavaScript, and video. They can also be protected with a username and password and can be prevented from being passed around by only displaying on one computer.

What's more, you can even create a shareware version of your ebook that will either expire at a specified time, or only allow your potential customers to view certain pages and prompt them to purchase the full version.

Another great feature ebooks provide is the ability to create special fields within your ebook that can be changed by your readers if you so choose. This provides a great way to create promotional ebooks for your affiliates and allow them to include their own affiliate ID.

The possibilities are endless!

Please note: If you would like to create an ebook with any of the above features, not all ebook software programs offer these features. Please ensure you select an ebook software that will meet your needs.

Creating an Ebook to Use as a Viral Marketing Tool

Although ebooks make great products that you can sell online, they also make great marketing tools.

Offering a quality free ebook on your web site is a great way to get your visitors to come back to your web site and obtain repeat traffic.

This can be accomplished by including links to further information on your web site within your ebook and providing your readers with special offers.

Writing Your Ebook

The key to writing an effective free ebook is to select a subject that will be of interest to your target market. If your web site focuses on web site traffic, you may want to write an ebook on generating traffic.

For example, you could write an ebook, such as, "A Complete 'How To' Guide to Generating Massive Traffic to Your Site." Include several references to your site throughout your ebook, such as 'For even more great traffic generating tips, visit 'Traffic Tips' - Your complete source for generating massive traffic to your web site.

Increasing the Distribution of Your Ebook

Although giving your ebook to your visitors and obtaining repeat traffic is a good marketing strategy, allowing your visitors to distribute your ebook is a great strategy.

If your ebook is good, here is an example of how powerful your ebook can be:

10 of your visitors download your ebook. Your 10 visitors each give away 10 ebooks - 100 Those 100 each give away 10 ebooks - 1000 Those 1000 each give away 10 ebooks - 10,000 Those 10,000 each give away 10 ebooks - 100,000 Those 100,000 each give away 10 ebooks - 1,000,000

For massive distribution, make sure you include a short paragraph on your main page in regard to your copyrights and distribution. For example, if you're allowing your ebook to be freely distributed, let your readers know by giving them permission. Your text might look something like this:

This ebook may be freely distributed, used as a free bonus with any products you may be selling, included within membership sites and packages, and used as an incentive to gain new subscribers to your publication.

The key to using this technique effectively is to create a quality ebook that contains powerful information that will be of interest to your target market - not just any information, but information that your target market will be absolutely passionate about. Information that they would pay for and are just dying to get their hands on!

Please keep in mind, you can't write a cheap little ebook of little or no value, filled with ads, and expect it to be successful. Your ebook must be good enough to actually sell to be good enough to use as a viral marketing tool.

Ebooks can provide Internet marketers with one of the best viral marketing tools online. By creating a small, quality ebook that contains in-demand information, you can produce an on going promotional tool that will work 24 hours a day, seven days a week for years to come. Your ebook will have the potential to be viewed by millions of Internet users simply by giving it away.

If you would like to see an example of a powerful free ebook, visit http://ebookstarter.com/download/es_ebook.zip to download eBooks: A Complete Guide to Publishing. Note: You must have the ability to view windows files.

Copyright © 2007 Shelley Lowery

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Private Label Rights Products: Your Key to Quick Profits

If you're looking for a quick and easy way to begin marketing online, private label rights products may be your answer. Not only are they very reasonably priced, but they also provide a great way to quickly get your own products on the market.

What Are Private Label Rights?

Private label rights, also known as PLR products, are products that you can purchase with complete rights. You can change it in any way you'd like to make it uniquely yours, and sell it as your own product.

Private label rights products are usually digital products, such as ebooks, articles and software. However, you can create hard copy manuals, CD's or whatever type of product you would like simply by using the information you purchased.

Many Internet marketers have started very successful businesses simply by using PLR products.

By using PLR products, not only will you save yourself a great deal of time and effort, but you can also avoid the high costs of hiring someone to create products for you.

Where Can I Find PLR Products?

There are many sites that sell PLR packages. Some sites are membership sites where you pay a monthly membership fee to have access, and new PLR products are added each month.

Other sites just sell a certain number of PLR packages, but don't require membership. Either way, the sale of PLR products is usually limited to prevent the market from becoming saturated with that product - which means that the PLR products will be more valuable.

However, not all PLR products are valuable. Ideally, you should join a membership site that is limited and provides you with new, original PLR products each month, instead of just giving you PLR products that are available elsewhere.

You can find several quality PLR Membership site here: http://www.web-source.net/private_label_rights_products.htm

What Can I Do With PLR Products?

There are many ways you can use PLR products. You can rewrite and distribute the articles to promote your web site, display them as web site content, or even repackage and sell the PLR products for a profit.

For instance, you could use fifty PLR articles on growing roses to create an ebook. You could use motivational articles to create a motivational CD. Or even use the articles to create a hard copy manual. The possibilities are endless.

The key to using PLR products successfully is to make the products unique. As other people will be purchasing the same PLR products that you do, you certainly don't want to promote the exact same product. Your chance of being successful will be minimal. However, by rewriting the content and having some new graphics created, you can have a unique product that is completely different from all of the others on the market.

If you don't feel confident in your ability to rewrite the content, or simply don't have the time, you may want to consider hiring a ghostwriter. Although you will have to pay for the services of a ghostwriter, you can find services that are very reasonably priced.

Private label rights products provide Internet marketers with one of the best ways to get started online. They provide quality content at a very reasonable price.

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How to Protect Yourself from Home Based Business Scams

While there are many lucrative home based opportunities on the Internet, there are also many scams that one must be aware of in their quest for a home business. Scam artists are in abundance, and just waiting for someone who is hopeful - and inexperienced - to happen by. Don't let it be you! Of course, there are scam artists who target those who want to start their own home based business, but there are also scam artists who target average computer users around the world. These scam artists are adept at creating web sites that look and feel just like the web sites that you commonly use. For example, they can make an exact duplicate site of your banks web site, in an attempt to trick you into providing them with your username and password, or other sensitive data, such as your account number or credit card number.

In home based business scams, however, things work a bit differently. In this case, the scammer simply wants you to give him your money, in exchange for a load of lies and unfulfilled promises. He doesn't need your bank account information, he just needs payment, which inexperienced hopeful people will happily give him. He will take your money knowing that he is crushing your dreams and draining your bank account - and he won't care.

Protecting Yourself from Business Opportunity Scams

So, how can you protect yourself from these scammers? The first step is to use good, sound common sense. As always, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Learn to recognize hype, and to avoid offers that are 'hyped.' Hype means that outlandish promises are being made. For example, a scammer might promise you that you can make tens of thousands of dollars in just a few short days, with little or no work. That is a common ploy used in scammy home based business advertisements.

Research the Company

Before you invest your hard earned money in any business opportunity, you need to fully research the company. Check with the Better Business Bureau first to see if there are any negative reports. You can also pay for a basic background check, which generally costs less than twenty bucks. A great deal can be learned from such basic information.

Personal Information

Use a post office box, instead of your home address, and never give out personal details if you can avoid it. However, when doing business online, many times you will need to provide personal information. When doing so over the Internet, make sure that the site is secure by ensuring that the web site address in your address bar begins with https://, instead of just http://.

Read the Fine Print

Read everything, including the fine print, and make sure that you don't pay for anything until you have read all agreements and such. You should know exactly what you are paying for, before you send that payment. If possible, ask to talk directly with other people who have invested in the business opportunity, and verify who they are. Note that a scammer can put people up to telling you anything that they think that you want to hear, but often, when asked for references and such, a scammer will move on.

Common Sense

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The Science Of Making Money Online

Do you have what it takes to be an e-entrepreneur?

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