“Make money by selling ebooks: 2”

Ebooks FAQ -- Page 2

File formats: what software is needed to read .exe files and PDFs?

Many of our ebooks (especially the exclusive ebooks) are PDF (Portable Document Format) files, which means they can be read on any computer, including Macs. Some are .exe (executable) files which means they're only for IBM compatibles (which is most computers) and can be read with no additional software needed.

Free: can I build an income for free? I dont have a website yet.

There isnt any simple answer to this question. But if you are diligently learning and applying sound internet marketing principles and spending time at it almost every day, you will surely be able to build an income. It may take longer than you wish, but it can happen.

And yes, you can build an income without much in the way of expenses: - but it will take longer. In eProfitNews ezine, I share all sorts of freebies that help people do what I've done in building my list without cost (and slowly). Now that I've learned a lot and started to generate some income, I'm able to move ahead faster by spending some money.

One practical way to start your income even when you have no website is to load a series of articles into a free autoresponder, then submit free classified ads for that autoresponder message series. GetResponse.com provides a good free autoresponder with just one of their ads at the top each time.

So what about those articles? You could write them yourself after reading what others have said about a topic. Some sites also provide their own pre-written promotional series that you could use. Keep your eyes open as you read the ezines you get. (Not sure what ezines are worth reading? Click on the ezines link to your right here.)

The BIG KEY to whatever articles you run is that they must include a promotion for an affiliate product that will pay you when your work generates sales. eBookWholesaler.com and FreeToSell.com are two such products. Have you joined their free affiliate programs yet? Many other sites also have free affiliate programs you can promote.

(See also Difference between FTS and eBW)

No, you dont get the whole FreeToSell pack. When you join eBW, there's a Start Pack that includes the top ten sellers from the FreeToSell pack which you can also brand with your own website and affiliate details.

There are 2 ways to profit from the FreeToSell package of resellable ebooks and ready-to-sell websites. One of them will suit your situation better. You can either buy it (and retain all the revenue from all sales) or promote it as an affiliate (earning 50% but you pay us nothing).

FreeToSell: what does it cost to promote FTS?

There is no charge to act as an affiliate promoting the FreeToSell package. You get the 50% affiliate commissions on all sales. Your affiliate link (using ClickBank as the payment processor) will be http://Skykey.XXXXXX.hop.clickbank.net. But you need to replace the XXXXXX with your own ClickBank identifier (which you can get through a link at the FreeToSell affiliate signup page).

By the way, you can use Skykey or skykey, because our server is not case sensitive. You can confirm this by clicking on both links and beginning (but not completing!) the purchase process. Look for your ClickBank ID in the link at the bottom of the ClickBank pre-payment screen: this means you and Tom share the commission on those sales.

You get to brand the Ultimate Ebook Package as a whole but sorry, not each individual ebook (there's a lot of them!). You can personalize it with your name, your own web site link and your Affiliate IDs to many other quality programs. You can do this at no cost.

And yes, even the links going back to our site will generate you commission when people buy (as long as you insert your own affiliate link, of course... and it's quite clear where you need to type that).

FTP (file transfer protocol) software is what you can use to transfer files between computers over the Internet. It’s not exactly for beginners, which is why we provide another way to copy all the files you need from out computers to your home computer. And many webhosts will also provide you with other ways to upload your ebooks and web pages to your website. But when you’re ready to go to the next step (and it’s not that hard!), you can get a good FTP program here for free.

Your website will need to live somewhere, of course. And hosting can cost anything from a few dollars a month upwards. Generally you get more services as you pay more but some are higher-priced because they include revenue to pay valuable commissions to affiliates. If you're on a limited budget, the cheaper hosts are a good place to start. (You can even start with free web hosting, but you face some challenges by going that way... however there are ways to minimise the difficulties.)

Beginners, please note:
If you’re just starting out, you’ll almost certainly have a lot of questions while you’re getting your site and your business up and running. This is where you NEED a web host who will answer your emails. Here's my list of recommended web hosts and why I recommend them.

Say, this is a difficult question. Probably the simple answer is: it depends on how fast you learn. But that's not much help, is it?

There is a variety of online marketing skills to become aware of and then to learn, like:
* how to download from our server to your computer: that's easy but put it in a findable place on your hard disk. Maybe make a new folder for your online business adventures, with various subfolders inside.
* how to upload the websites (which we supply) from your computer to your webhost's computer, using FTP. FTP Explorer is free and easy enough to learn. (See also FTP.)
* how/where to advertise and promote. As well as helping Tom with email support, I also publish eProfitNews ezine and run several websites. Here’s a list I’ve collected of where you can get cheap ezine ads if you choose to go that way.

The eBookWholesaler Members Area has detailed step by step instructions on a whole stack of things like this... designed for the beginner, you'll be pleased to hear.

To get good search engine listings, you need keyword-rich content pages as well as meta tags that accurately reflect that content. Here's my collection of keyword tools which you can even use to help you come up with a domain name for your next website! The "realtime top keywords" lists will give you today’s hot search terms: maybe these will help you choose a name for your website. And use Overture’s "search term suggestion" tool: you put in the terms you think people might use to search for your products/services and this tool gives you alternatives. The "webpage analyser" may also help you see your pages as the search engine spiders do.

I think the best way to answer your question is to use Tom Hua's story as a case study in getting going from scratch. As he tells in a recent exclusive ebook (eBookPOWER, which is 'how I did it' by Tom), his income from online marketing was virtually zero about 3 years ago. Now he’s making a very solid 6 figure income and it's continuing to experience strong growth. You will get eBookPOWER as part of your membership package when you join eBookWholesaler or you can buy it separately here.

There are plenty of others too. Their stories are published in various ezines from time to time. (Here's my list of recommended ezines. You can learn a lot from these publishers.)s

So no, you're not too late.

One reason you're not too late is that multiple thousands come online every day. New people. Many of them want to know how to make money online. They could be seeing your ads...

The Internet is a rapidly changing world, so we all need to keep learning. Here are 2 ways to do that.

1, Read widely among the better internet marketing ezines and websites.

2, One of the best ways is to use the Internet. For example, go to Ask.com and type in your question using ordinary English. For example, type in "what is pdf". At the top of the answers page, you’ll see some sponsored (ie, paid-for) links then there are the information links that will help answer your questions.

On the front page of each of the new style PDF ebooks (that we're now releasing as exclusive ebooks), there are about half a dozen affiliate links that you can personalise with any program you are promoting: inserting your links. Those include your www.eBookWholesaler.com link (so you get a monthly referral commission on any who join through you), any internet marketing site you like, any affiliate site you're promoting, your ClickBank link... all designed to build back-end income for our resellers.

Note: You wont find us competing against you. We only supply to our members. We dont sell to the general public.

Inside the various ebooks, the authors will usually also mention other works of theirs, yes. But I dont recall having seen any of our ebooks that are just one long catalogue of selling links from the author. You'll find that style of ebook all over the web, but that isnt what we're about. Tom set the policy of releasing only quality content.

One of your most important priorities is building the size of your list. As they say, "the money is in the list". To build your list, you need to give people a good reason to join you. Here then are a few ways to build your list:

* Offer our ebooks as valuable freebies when they join. You cant give away eBookWholesaler exclusive ebooks but you can give away any of the other ebooks in the membership package.

* Worthwhile ezine content. People will cancel if your ezine is little more than ads and self-promotion, so give them valuable content. One free source of a continuing stream of articles is Article Announce.

* Write helpful articles (perhaps based on what you read from others, if you're new and a bit short of online marketing experience) and submit them. Where to? LyonsInternational.com is one new article library: they add your article to their database and also include it in their daily mailouts to all members. You'll find other articles databases you can join via Google. Getting your articles published. This directory of ezine publishers will help you contact other publishers in your field.

* Join free subscriber-generating services such SubscriptionRocket, ListInferno, OptinStorm.

* Aggressive ad placement. You can swaps ads with other ezine publishers.

* You can also buy cheap ads in other ezines. It’s surprisingly cheap, and is often described as the best promotional bargain on the Internet. Solo ads cost more but they work best because the reader sees only your ad. And if your ad is any good, response rates will rise. A word to the wise: test the effectiveness of your ads by using the various free advertising opportunities before you pay for any major promotions.

* Another way is to post to the various forums. Either ask quesstions or post your comments in response to other posts. Remember not to try to sell when you post: that's not allowed. But you can include a small promotion in your sig (signature) so check what's allowed at the forum bylooking at other people's sigs before you create yours. Anyway you can always change your sig later. The aim of your sig is to get people to come to your site where you hope to get them to join your mailing list... because most sales are not made on the first few contacts.

* If you write to ezine publishers, some will be helpful to newcomers. Hey, we all started with an empty mailing list. Maybe they'll mention your new website in their ezine, so write a good benefits-loaded proposal to them. Before you write, make sure you're getting their ezine. What I do is hit Reply when I get their ezine: - this way the subject line includes their latest issue. That's more likely to get their attention.