Secret #5: How to build steady sales for years to come with eBook Directories!
Aho,
Are you making this mistake in your business?
Are you to busy to submit to more than a handful of eBook directories? Or worse yet, are you to busy to submit toeven one!
Stop! By all means take a minute to read this short andto the point article. It will help you to build steadysales for years to come.
Before we begin, here is what you need to put togetherbefore you start going to the directories.
1. Great eBook Cover
This is a MUST! In order to promote correctly you
must have a great eBook cover. In this case, the
cover does sell the eBook.
2. 3 descriptions of varying lengths written out into
a text editor like notepad. Begin with 2 to 4
sentences and build to several paragraphs.
3. A list of 10 keywords.
Now, let's take a look at these separately.
First, a great eBook cover. Now there are eBook covermakers on the Internet that you can buy to make a greatlooking cover. You can also use some of the drawingprograms that are out there. If making your own ebookcover is daunting to you, just relax and use this method:Buy one from a professional eBook cover maker.
In this article I do not have enough room to help youwith the eBook Cover Programs. Simply go to a searchengine and look them up.
(Note: I will have an extensive list of eBook CoverPrograms in my upcoming eBook: EBook Marketing Secrets Revealed. Please see theend of this article for information.)
However, I can help you with a custom cover. Here isa wonderful cover creator for you:
http://hop.clickbank.net/hop.cgi?bdolphin/coverart
Just copy and paste the above URL into your browser andaway you go! Have fun!
Ok, now where were we. Oh yes?
Second, writing 3 descriptions about your eBook. Thisis an essential step and must not be taken lightly. Youwill need these descriptions when you go to enter your eBookinto the eBook Directories.
The reason I have you write 3 of varying lengths is toaccommodate the different directory layouts.
Third, make a list of ten keywords. This is very important. I suggest you go to some of the directories first and typein some keywords you think you'd like to use and see whatthe results will be. This will show you what others arelooking under and what other eBooks will be listed. Thisway you can narrow down your ten best keywords.
In addition to your list of three descriptions and keywordsadd the following to you file: your title, your name, emailaddress and website URL.
Ok, now let's move forward.
eBook directories will increase both your short term andlong term sales. It all depends on the directory itself. Some directories have a large audience that shops regularly,this will increase your long term sales. Other directorieshave large spurts of sales and of course this will increaseyour short-term traffic.
eBook directories are not just good for sales, they makeexcellent research helpers as well. When I was firstbeginning my first eBook I went to a dozen or more eBookDirectories and researched via keywords the differenttopics my eBook would carry. This gave me a great ideaof what was already on the market and where there werepossible niche markets.
In addition, I found hundreds of eBooks to download for free. This is the biggest help I had in getting over the Internetlearning curve. I also learned from those eBooks how towrite an eBook and how not to write an eBook. It becomesoh so clear when you use this type of research.
Today there are so many people submitting to the eBookdirectories you need to become familiar with the manydifferent types of directories before you begin listing.
First there are still some directories that are free tolist in. Then there are those that charge a fee to listunless you don't mind waiting 30 days or more in whichcase the listing becomes free again. Still others askyou to add a link to your website before they will addyou to their directory. You must decide which avenuesyou wish to walk down and then head for those types ofdirectories.
Many of the directories today utilize submission guidelines. When you see this make sure you take the time to read them. They are invaluable! The more you know about a particulareBook directory the better your chances of gaining a goodlisting.
Here are three eBook Directories to get you started.
http://www.ebookdirectory.com/index.html
http://www.ebookjungle.com/submit.php
http://www.wisdomebooks.com/add.html
Well that's it for today!
Happy listing!
Blessings Bluedolphin Crow
About the Author Bluedolphin Crow Ph.D. is the author of an eBook called:eBook-Marketing-Secrets-Revealed! Rreserve your copy go to: http://www.ebook-marketing-secrets-revealed.com |
