| Electronic books, or e-books, have been used | | | | consuming, but once the book is written, you |
| as an internet marketing tool for several | | | | can set it up so that the sales and marketing |
| years. Electronic books can be purely | | | | are automated. This means that the time you |
| informational or they can have a sales | | | | spent writing the book and setting up your |
| message that promotes your product or | | | | sales systems will continue to pay off again |
| service. The many benefits of using | | | | and again. In order to make the sales |
| electronic books for internet marketing | | | | process automated, you can hire someone to |
| include becoming known as an expert in your | | | | market your e-book and take care of sales. |
| field, having a product that attracts | | | | Or, you can save yourself some money and |
| visitors to your site, and having something | | | | purchase a software program that will allow |
| you can give away to new subscribers or | | | | you to sell your book even when youre fast |
| customers. In addition to providing your | | | | asleep. |
| customers with solid information, e-books can | | | | |
| also be used to create residual income and | | | | These software programs make it possible to |
| boost your income over time. | | | | accept credit card payments and have each |
| | | | customer download your e-book as soon as the |
| What is residual income? | | | | payment transaction is complete. Not only |
| | | | does this allow you to make money while youre |
| Residual income is income that continues to | | | | sleeping, it also increases customer |
| flow even after you have already provided a | | | | satisfaction. People love instant |
| product or service. The simplest way to | | | | gratification, so being able to pay and |
| think of residual income is do the work once, | | | | immediately receive the book download is an |
| get paid forever. Residual income used to be | | | | added bonus and a great customer retention |
| limited to just a few professions such as | | | | tool. |
| voiceover artists and musicians. Each time | | | | |
| their songs or voice tracks were used in | | | | These are known as shopping carts and many of |
| commercials or at events, these professionals | | | | the great ones have additional features like, |
| were paid a royalty. Now that Internet and | | | | auto-responders and an affiliate management |
| in particular marketing on the internet is so | | | | platform. Yet another way to create residual |
| popular, you can earn residual income by | | | | income with an e-book is to embed your e-book |
| selling products that can have automated | | | | with affiliate links. If you dont have any |
| sales. | | | | additional products to sell you can make even |
| | | | more monthly income by adding links to |
| What is an electronic book? | | | | affiliate programs that you belong to in |
| | | | order to sell other products. |
| An electronic book is a short book containing | | | | |
| information or a sales message that can be | | | | Sonot only did you just sell your own e-book |
| used in a number of ways. You can use these | | | | but you now have other income opportunities |
| e-books to create awareness of your brand, | | | | embedded in your ebook. |
| provide an added incentive for visitors to | | | | |
| stay at your site, as a giveaway to provide | | | | How can I get started with using e-books to |
| added value for customer purchases, sell | | | | make residual income? |
| valuable information on a particular topic, | | | | |
| and to distribute as a free gift with sign up | | | | If youre not a writer, you can find a |
| to your newsletter or members only area. | | | | freelance writer to develop an e-book for you |
| These books are usually done in PDF format, | | | | before you market it as one of your products. |
| but there are software programs that can | | | | Marketing can be accomplished with your web |
| create books that have turning pages like a | | | | site, affiliate marketing, and special |
| real book. | | | | promotions. Once you have your book and |
| | | | marketing plan ready to go, you can set up an |
| How can I use electronic books to create | | | | automated sales program so that you can start |
| residual income? | | | | building residual income that will continue |
| | | | to grow as your sales increase. |
| Writing an electronic book may be time | | | | |