Can you tell me which are the best online sales marketers? Also, with the pen name, would this affect my payment processing (paypal,clickbank, etc) since there would be 2 different names? Kind of like cashing a money order for you that isn't in your name or no?
What do you mean by online sales marketers? As for payment processing, if you're using your regular PayPal account to take payments, and that account is set up in your name, then people will see your name when they pay. If you don't want them to see that, then you may have to set up a different account in your business's name or something.
I have heard some great things about Optimum 7 and One Stop Marketing. As for the pen name, it will not affect your getting paid but for the sake of guarding personal information, you may want to open a new account. Additionally, if your current Pay Pal account is linked to a generic address such as "gmail, hotmail or yahoo" it can make you seem unprofessional.
I don't see much competition and over-saturation in your niche. You can evaluate yourself, just google "overcome panic attacks" and you will find only 154000 results for the key phrase typed. But it would be even better if you can make your e-book into a course book. People normally tend to have more interest in reading course books. All the best......
Should i see how the ebook does first before doing the course or role the course out right away? Also, what are alternatives to paypal for getting paid?
I think you're asking the wrong question. Whether or not the market is saturated is irrelevant. What counts is whether you can compete with the sites above you in the SERPS. In this niche, you are going up against alot of .gov, .edu and very high authority sites like Mayoclinic and WebMD, not to mention Wikipedia. Do you have content that is better than theirs? Can you get more links they they have? If not, you'd better have a enormous budget.
at this point ALL possible markets, be it stress relief, car parts or viagra, are highly oversaturated. but it doesn't really matter if your product is competitive.
I am confident in my method. Most of these sites promote the same tactics that don't work because they are designed to keep the patient coming back (revenue). Mine is something that will set people free and help them get on with their lives. With this type of thing, should I try and get someone to sponsor me and use their money to market this? Is that even possible? If not the above, what if i offered a lifetime money-back guarantee? That's how confident I am in my method.
I think the original poster should definitely use a pen name. You may even want to explain that this is what you're doing in the preface. talk about your own experiences with anxiety and panic attacks and how it took you a lot of work, you felt ashamed, etc. to try to deal with this problem - until you found the answer. I wanted to mention that there are tons of subniches you could exploit. For example, students cramming for a test who want to lower anxiety (college and grad students). Parents whose children suffer from anxiety and panic attacks who are looking for natural vs. pharmaceutical methods of help. Job interview people - how to lessen anxiety at that job interview (hot for what is happening around us today!) You should experiment with creating different entry points into these secondary niches. Think more about what problem could a person be having (freaking out about a hot date with a girl or a guy, worrying about taking an important test, worrying about a child and wanting to help their child's anxiety) and then see how anxiety and panic disorders can exacerbate those problems - and how your ebook can help people. Also, if you are recommending things like natural herbal treatments, or affirmations, or hypnotism/self-hypnosis, there are tons of affiliate programs out there. As you recommend tools for people to use, be sure to include links within your ebooks' pdf file that are affiliate links. You can make some great back end sales this way to increase what you earn with your ebook. I'm learning with my own short ebooks and short reports that I'm creating that there are often a lot of different subniches that are underexplored, even if my main topic/market is saturated. There are still tons of people out there eager to buy helpful, original reports. Dan
Hard to say. If you have a great ebook that is going to give some new info then I would say stick with it. Don't know until you try it.
Someone said before that I face stiff competition from those who operate on bigger budgets. Consider this scenario: lets assume that my ebook gets great reviews. These big budget people get wind and buy my ebook, knowing that they have the wherewithal to reach more people than I. They repackage my info, make a killing and I am left holding the bag. Would I be better protected by copyright laws if this were sold as a regular book, say on amazon, but in digital form?