by Wayne Perkins
Have you ever heard the expression, " the quickest way to reach your I remember this expression and use it as my Internet product- How does it work in Internet product selling? Let me explain. Websites generally have three characteristics that help them 1. The most popular website must add and change its content often. 2. The popular website must offer an e-zine or newsletter. The top 3. The highly visited website will usually have its own bookstore Top websites spend a great deal of time and money to remain at the Understanding these three characteristics have enabled me to achieve Step One: Search for the Big Guys on the Internet I have two areas of expertise. I am a hypnotist who writes books and In order to find top websites that may be interested in hypnosis, I Even though there are hundreds of search engines and thousands of >From my own experience once I made the top of the heap in Yahoo, Therefore, I conclude that the websites that arise to the top of Step Two: Help the Webmaster Offer More Content Once I search under the two major categories that fit my topic, I I tell the webmasters I would appreciate them posting my article to Sample e-mail article submission request Template: Dear Webmaster, Enclosed is the following article I wrote and would like you to I only ask that you include the following author's by-line listed at Title: Article: End Author's By-line: Wayne Perkins author of the Best Seller Most webmasters jump at the opportunity at receiving free content Step Three: Help the Website Newsletter Editor The top ranking websites also sponsor their own newsletter or e-zine. Sometimes at the bottom of a sample newsletter there will be specific After following the directions in the newsletter, I submit my article I have just added more content to their website, again helping the Step Four: Help the Website Bookstore Make Money Most of the time, you will find that the top websites also have their For example: You search on the keyword "health" on Yahoo and are After navigating around the website you find a Health.com bookstore If you look at the complete link that shows up in your browser you http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585003557/healthcom/104- The two most important parts of the link are the ISBN number which is "Healthcom" is the website's Amazon.com Associate identification The next thing you do is shave off the number off the end of the URL. Now the URL will look like this:
goals is to help others reach their goals?"
marketing plan. It has paid off with 3 best selling books for me in
the past year. It has also allowed me to build a business presenting
teleseminars on hypnosis and on e-book marketing.
consistently remain in the top search engine standings:
Change and add information daily.
websites offer newsletters and e-zines that are delivered via e-mail
every day.
with an affiliation or association with Amazon.com or another
affiliate program to allow visitors a method of purchasing books and
products that complement the information on the website.
top of the heap. Everyone wants to be there, but only a few can hold
down those top positions.
my goals by helping websites achieve their goals.
e-books on how to achieve success through hypnosis. I am also an E-
book Marketing Consultant and write books on how to write and sell e-
books.
search on broader topics like "health" and "mental health." For my
books on E-book marketing I search on topics like "Internet
marketing" and "E-commerce."
directories, I begin with searching on Yahoo. Yahoo is a directory
that is difficult to get into and even more difficult to maintain a
high ranking.
under "hypnotism" my web traffic more than doubled and stayed that
way over the past three years.
Yahoo will be much more highly visited than through other search
engines and directories.
send e-mail to the webmasters at those sites sending along my article
or sample chapter.
their readers in return for a short bi-line or description on what I
do and a link over to Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Infopost or my
own website in return for the favor.
publish and use as a resource on your website.
the end of the article complete with the hyperlink.
"A Cheap and Easy Guide to Self-publishing E-books
Wayne's book can be downloaded at:
http://www.wayneperkins.net/ebooks/guide.html
mailto:wayne@wayneperkins.net
that allows them to maintain the high rankings on their websites.
After contacting the webmaster about content added directly to the
website, I then contact the newsletter editor in regards to placing
an article or sample chapter in the newsletter.
instructions on how to submit articles. Many times there is even a
section on the website where you can post your articles directly to
the editor.
or sample chapter to the website newsletter editor.
website increase traffic and at the same time direct interested
visitors to my book offerings located in the author's bi-line.
own bookstore. Usually the Website bookstore will be an "associate of
Amazon.com."
taken to the top five health sites. Let's call the top
website "health.com."
that offers many titles on a particular aspect of health you are
interested in. When you click on a book cover on that website, you
are immediately sent over to a book description page on Amazon.com.
will see an URL (the Internet address) which looks something like
this:
2910323-8772701
the number called "ASIN/" which is Amazon.com's identification
number, and the words following the book's ISBN number which
is "/healthcom."
number. This number allows the website to get paid for any sales that
result by someone clicking on the link and then purchasing the
featured book on Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585003557/healthcom If your own book title listed on Amazon.com has an ISBN number or Now the URL will look like this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585003557/healthcom That new URL is going to mean instant book sales for you. Take your revised URL with your book ISBN and send a short message Ask the webmaster to feature your book on the website. Mention that Within a few days you will begin to see a surge in your book sales as Summary: By helping the webmaster add content, the newsletter editor offer new By helping the top websites achieve their goals you are driving About the Author
Wayne Perkins is a E-book Marketing Consultant and best selling
ASIN number of 1585003557, what you do is insert that ISBN number in
place of the website's featured book.
via e-mail again to the webmaster of the website.
you are including the URL with the website's Amazon.com Associate
identification number.
a result of this techniques.
articles and the website bookstore earn more money from Amazon.com by
adding your books you are helping the website maintain a top ranking.
qualified traffic to your own website or to Amazon.com to fulfill
your goal of becoming a best selling author.
Author's By-line:
author. He offers E-book Marketing instruction over the telephone at:
http://www.wayneperkins.net/ebooks/write.html
mailto:wayne@wayneperkins.net