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Thanks, Harvey...

Posted By: MaaMaw
Friday, 13 May 2005, at 5:35 p.m.

In Response To: Some suggestions (Harvey Segal)

> method for capturing this information: for example a
> special report or tip.

Whoa! I never thought of that -- I have "10 Bonus Tips" all ready to go. I'll add that right away.

> Not necessarily. They may wish to give the book to an
> existing list, for example all their subscribers, so
> that they can profit from sales of products in the book
> with their affiliate link. Which means they will need
> to rebrand/customize the book.

I'm offering cobranding by way of a logo/URL on the cover or a free full-page ad directly behind the cover as an incentive to give it away, because as of now, I don't have an affiliate program. (I gave up trying to find affiliate tracking and rebilling all in the same place, which is just as well because it's entirely possible the daily tipzine won't sell at all, and the last thing I want is a bunch of unhappy affiliates who can't sell a product that nobody wants.)

However, when they email me to get their ad placed in the book, I will keep their email address and give them an updated copy with affiliate links as soon as I get each product done. At that point, they can continue giving it away to new people plus make affiliate sales through their web sites and/or lists.

Does this sound okay?

(Note it will be quite some time and they will trickle out one by one, so it isn't practical to just put it on a shelf and wait.)

(I'm also listing the products I have planned on my "7 Reasons To Give Away Our Ebook" to keep myself from firing up the old back burner again.)

> More information about this in my free book: 101 SuperTips
> Read Chapter 6, starting from Tip 47 (Free or Paid).

Thanks. I think I have it on my other computer but I'll fetch a new one.

> By the way, I let people (affiliates) give this book
> away free - from my OWN site - without running a
> rebranding program: so I collect the email addresses
> but they still receive affiliate commissions. This is
> explained in my free book : Viral Marketing SuperTips

Yup. That was my original intent. I had no idea I wouldn't be able to find a third-party billing service that could do what I needed -- but like I said, it may be just as well.

BTW, I just read today that virtually nothing is sold from free e-books (that's when my family's "Are you nuts?" really started to worry me; I thought maybe I was). Do you find that to be true, or are your affiliates actually making sales directly from the ebook?

Thanks again -- and please tell me if anything I said doesn't make good sense so I can rethink it.

Luv,

MaaMaw

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