Have any of you guys ever tried ebook marketing? Like giving free ebook that contains your affiliate links? Is there anybody here who have tried it? How do you distribute it?
That's actually called Viral marketing, when you are giving out something free, but you are hiding something behind, like your affiliate ID or another paid offer. What you should do is to give these free ebooks as a bonus, when a customer buys a Clickbank product through your link.
I use them to build my list, but in reality it's made for the readers, and I provide some really useful and good content, I just throw in a link when I can.
I think Lemonarian is dead on. If you have something of value and give it away for free, you can build a nice list that already trusts you to some extent. For example, I give this away through many different channels and it has built a big list in just a few short weeks. http://www.izude.com/wso.html You will make more sales in the long run with the list you create than you could with affiliate links.
I haven't tried it yet but I'm just about to. I finally signed up with an autoresponder (GetResponse) so I can start building some lists. Like others have mentioned - I am planning on giving away ebooks/reports not only because they'll have affiliate links in them but also to build my list.
I tried it. I created an eBook filled with content and links and spread it on the internet. The result? Some sales, some recognition. It's definitely worth it, but you have to create a really good eBook and place the links well. nadavs
I think it's true as alread described above... the content needs to be there, it's no good throwing any old hash out there... If you provide hot content, then it's worthy and will bring results, it works when you have a good mix and provide for your readers.. I have done this in the fitness niche from day one and it really does become viral if you work with a servant's heart... It ain't just for the make money niche Jay
you can use sites such as butteflyreports.com, docstoc.com, freeiq.com and scribd.com to promote free and viral ebooks!! these are big sites and they get loads of traffic
I think just having a product to sell like an ebook that people would pay for would make more money, although a good way to make money, I think you shouls sell the book and get backup money from the affiliate links, because it is going to be hard emough to get the book in someones hands anyway, why not sell it to them?
In the past I have used it by also building my list for example what I did was to write an ad using adwords have a landing page and concentrate on getting opt-ins to download my ebook that way I could still build a list in the niche that my ebook was targetting and use it for further future sales. Within the ebook I had linked to various products from clickbank and amazon etc to make more money.