eBook Marketing Tips unPlugged
Ebooks are part of the new frontier of cyberspace. They are an
entirely new medium for sharing marketing information, ideas,
techniques, and expert knowledge.
Each day the number of people accessing the Internet grows,
causing the exposure of your ebook to increase incrementally.
It's obvious why electronic self-publishing has become so
popular so quickly.
History: Article Written - April 13, 2005
Edited by: Lonnie Amirault - March 22, 2009
The publishing industry, I hope, does not intend to forever
banish the printed word to the dustbin of history. Books in
print have their own special qualities and merits, and the
world would be diminished by their disappearance.
Having said that, let's look at what makes ebooks so
important and so unique. Ebooks have certain abilities and
qualities that other mediums do not possess.
For example, ebooks are fairly easy to produce, and their
production cost is inexpensive. Just think about it: you don't
need a publisher, an agent, a printing press, offset film, ink,
paper, or even a distributor. You just need a great concept,
the ability to write it or to hire a writer, and the right
software.
Additionally, ebooks are easily and rapidly distributed
online. They are also easily updated; they do not require a
second print run. All you need is to go into your original
creation and modify the text or graphics. Because of this
flexibility, ebooks can change and grow as fast as you can
type.
Ebooks are also immediately obtainable. You don't have to go
to a bookstore or search through endless titles at an online
bookstore. All you have to do is download it from a website,
and presto! It's on your computer, ready to be read.
Ebooks are interactive. This is one of the most unique and
specific qualities that ebooks offer. You can add surveys that
need to be filled out, order forms for customers to purchase
your products or goods, sound and video that draw your reader
into the virtual world of your ebook, even direct links to
relevant sites that will expand your ebook outward. The
potential is virtually limitless.
Ebooks have a particular kind of permanence that other
mediums do not possess. Television shows and radio shows air
once, and then may rerun a few times.
Ebooks remain on your computer for as long as your choose,
and they can be read and reread whenever you choose to. They
can even be printed out and stored on the shelves of your
traditional home library.
Another wonderful quality is that ebooks have no barriers in
terms of publishing. You don't need to go through the endless
process of submitting your manuscript over and over again, and
then once you land an agent, having the agent submit your
manuscript over and over again.
Nor do you have to shell out thousands of dollars for
printing a self-published book.
All ebooks require is a writer and appropriate software.
Figure out your market, write your book, post it on your
website, and with the right business savvy, your audience will
come to you.
Finally, you have creative control over your ebook. You
don?t have to compromise with an editor or the publishing
trends of the time. You don't have to haggle with a designer or
wait for copyedited galleys to arrive by snail mail. You are in
complete control of the design and the text.
How to Use ebooks for Marketing and Promotion
There are innumerable ways to use ebooks to promote your
business and drive quality traffic to your website. Once posted
on your site, you can turn them into a daily course, which
brings your customer back to read the next chapter.
You can use them as a free gift for making a purchase or for
filling out a survey. Put your ebook on a disc, and you will
have an innovative brochure. Blow your competition away by
inserting the disc into your sales packages.
The most effective marketing products are those that are
unique. Copyright your ebook, and immediately, you have a
powerful tool that you, and you alone, can offer to the
public.
People will have to visit your site to acquire your ebook,
which increases the flow of quality traffic and the potential
of sales and affiliate contacts.
Make sure that you keep your ebook current. Update it
frequently as the market and trends change. Add new advice and
techniques to show your prospects how your goods or services
can enrich their lives.
By constantly keeping abreast of new trends and techniques,
you can continue to see profits from your ebook for years after
your original creation.
Another phenomenal advantage of ebooks is that you can test
their marketing potential without putting out hardly any cash
at all. You can even produce an ebook one copy at a time, each
time you receive an order, eliminating the need for storage and
inventory.
By this method, you can gauge the saleablity of your ebook,
and make adjustments as necessary until the orders start
pouring in. Ebooks allow you to learn about your market and
customer habits and motivation over a period of time, without
risking your precious financial resources.
They also provide you with an invaluable way to gather
marketing information, which you can use in many different
facets of your business.
Use your ebook to discover what the specific goals and
problems are in your specific industry. Then figure out how to
solve these problems, and publish an ebook with this invaluable
information.
This will increase the value of your business, upgrade your
reputation, and get you known as an expert in your field. You
can extend the value of single ebook by breaking the book down
into chapters for a serial course, into special reports
available on your website, or into audio or visual tapes.
Ebooks can be broken down into several different promotional
materials by excepting some of the articles and using them to
promote your product. You can include a catalog in your ebook
to promote all the products or services you sell.
You can include a thank-you note for reading your book and
an invitation to download a trial version of your product. Or
you can include a form for your audience to contact you for
further information or with questions, thereby building your
business relationships and your mailing list.
Using ebooks in this manner helps to cut the cost of
individually producing separate promotional materials. You can
use a single ebook to entice new prospects and to sell new
products to your current customers.
No other medium has this kind of flexibility and ability for
expansion. Think of your ebook like a spider spinning a
beautiful and intricate web. Now go and create that web, and
see how many customers and prospects you can catch!
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