How I made $11,285.00 with just ONE eBook - Screenshot, SEO advice, and the one mistake I made.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by adionline

Right... lol. Because all the noobs out here need is more overblown crap with vague screenshots (Where have I seen this before?). Even if you're managing the numbers you claim with the dribble of traffic you're getting then it's the exception and certainly not the norm. Spare the canned inspirational quotes too. You're not as smart as you think you are. Targeting low competition keywords is common sense and it doesn't take a genius to realize that but I am glad those Tony Robbins seminars are finally paying off. Don't worry about me either I am doing fine.

I feel sorry for anyone who thinks they can pick up a term with 400 searches per month and start making $5,000+. Get real.

Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat

That means you're getting about 160 visitors a month at best, or 5 visitors a day. That means your conversion rate is about 100%. March to whatever beat you want, I'm calling shenanigans on this. I'm sure there will be a wso any day now to prove me wrong though, lol.

My gosh, what is wrong with you people? Have you been so disillusioned by this forum and its share of con-artists that you can't even appreciate a good story when you see one?

I won't give away my site or keyword because the food on my table is more important than satisfying a handful of naysayers, but if there's any additional "proof" that you need, just let me know. Here's another one, just for sh!ts and giggles:



Anyway, Apollo-Articles is right. You're forgetting the power of a blog, which is really just a spider's web for incoming traffic. Any niche is going to have 20-30 topics that hundreds of people will type in throughout the year. Add them all together and it will far outweigh your main keyword.

You're also forgetting, as I said, the power of word-of-mouth. Over 150 people typed in my eBook by name. 150 might not seem like a lot, but I'm willing to bet that half of those were referrals.

Oh yeah, one other thing: if you sell an eBook, make sure that your eBook PDF isn't hosted anywhere online, including torrent sites. Luckily my eBook is safe in my computer and nowhere else, and this has kept my sales coming. Tons of people have clicked on my site from the keyword: "[My eBook Title] pdf torrent" or something similar to that.

Anyway, arguing with you guys wasn't the point of this thread. I started this thread as a way to be able to help anyone who wanted to try going down the same path I did. I've already gotten email inquiries and I'm happy to respond to them.

I have no WSO to release now or anytime in the future regarding this eBook--quote me on that.

[adionline]

Dude. I am happy for you I really am and I am not doubting the money you're pulling in. My problem was that you left out the part about all the long tails you're getting and claimed a term that receives 320 searches per month is enough to make big money which just isn't true. Why not share your actual traffic volume (visitors per day with a GA screenshot or whatever you may be using) so your whole post isn't so misleading.

Most people will be lucky to make 1 sale per month from a term with that much volume. Just saying

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by adionline

Dude. I am happy for you I really am and I am not doubting the money you're pulling in. My problem was that you left out the part about all the long tails you're getting and claimed a term that receives 320 searches per month is enough to make big money which just isn't true. Why not share your actual traffic volume (visitors per day with a GA screenshot or whatever you may be using) so your whole post isn't so misleading.

Most people will be lucky to make 1 sale per month from a term with that much volume. Just saying

Every site will have long-tail traffic--my site isn't really unique in that respect.

In any case, here are my Wordpress Site Stats for monthly views:

[adionline]

See this makes more sense now and it's pretty clear you have a lot of terms bringing in volume than just the one you mentioned. That one term with 320 searches doesn't even make up 10% of your visitors.

EDIT: OOps just realized that's views and not visitors but even if half of those are visitors you're banking of several terms at least.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by adionline

See this makes more sense now and it's pretty clear you have a lot of terms bringing in volume than just the one you mentioned. That one term with 320 searches doesn't even make up 10% of your visitors.

EDIT: OOps just realized that's views and not visitors but even if half of those are visitors you're banking of several terms at least.

Well, I suppose this was part of my overall message. Here, I'll add another one to the list:

Never underestimate the power of long-tail.

The vast majority of big-ticket keywords will have such an extensive list of long-tail variations that the sum of the search volume for all those long-tail keywords far outweigh the search volume of the primary keyword.

Don't try to rank one page for too many different keywords. This is the beauty of writing a blog! Every post is like a little spider web, devoted to just ONE tiny little long-tail keyword. But add them all up and you have spiderwebs all over the place, catching visitors left and right.

[Cosmit]

Originally Posted by adionline

See this makes more sense now and it's pretty clear you have a lot of terms bringing in volume than just the one you mentioned. That one term with 320 searches doesn't even make up 10% of your visitors.

EDIT: OOps just realized that's views and not visitors but even if half of those are visitors you're banking of several terms at least.

If ANYONE reading this post thought that all those sales came ONLY from that 320 search term go jump out the window right now.

[Cosmit]

l2math people

[Cosmit]

Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat

That means you're getting about 160 visitors a month at best, or 5 visitors a day. That means your conversion rate is about 100%. March to whatever beat you want, I'm calling shenanigans on this. I'm sure there will be a wso any day now to prove me wrong though, lol.

do you even own a single website that gets traffic?

[Cosmit]

i hate to be that guy but it has to be said: this forum is full of tards

[feliciayapsl]

Thanks for the post & congrats!

[nvs74191]

Brandon

Great post and good success. Keep going, pal.

I don't usually mention my success stories in Forums, as people will be looking to pick holes and prove they are better and more knowledgeable by bashing your success. Suits me fine, let them deal with their theoretical and borrowed knowledge, while I make money with the same methods they say won't work.

At the end of the day, it is you who has the money in the bank account, not the naysayers.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by Cosmit

If ANYONE reading this post thought that all those sales came ONLY from that 320 search term go jump out the window right now.

Yeah, seriously. My point wasn't that my conversion rate was 10%--that would be absurd. My point, rather, was that it's completely possible to make great money on low-end keywords.

There was no other keyword that my site ranked for that got more than 320 searches per month.

That was my point. Not that it was the ONLY keyword my site ranked for. That would be...stupid.

[adionline]

Originally Posted by Cosmit

If ANYONE reading this post thought that all those sales came ONLY from that 320 search term go jump out the window right now.

There are noobs here that would think that. It doesn't hurt to be precise.

Originally Posted by Cosmit

i hate to be that guy but it has to be said: this forum is full of tards

Yea and you're one of them. Is there a reason you made 4 posts in a row that added zero value to the conversation?

Brandon - Thanks for sharing. I never meant to take away from your success in anyway just felt you left out an important part in your initial post.

I am out.

[tylerjaysen]

wow bro....very cool info indeed. Thanks for sharing. Just goes to show that you can still make money on the internet with very little traffic.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by jtnatoli

Thanks for the inspiring post. Question: how long is your book and how in-depth does it go into the subject matter? Is the subject matter of a technical how-to nature?

Hi jtnatoli,

My eBook is about 80 pages and it goes very in depth into the topic. Actually, I could have made the eBook 150 pages easily if I had double spaced it and added more photos.

The eBook is one of those "I'll hold your hand and take you step-by-step through everything you need to do in order to make money." It's actually well worth the $40, and that's probably the reason for all the referrals.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by MonopolyMan

Did you build a list or just go for the direct sale?

Hi MonopolyMan,

This is actually quite a mistake I made. See, I wasn't familiar with how Internet Marketing worked so I didn't even think to build a list. All I did was go for the direct sale. The only way I even collected their email addresses was through my Paypal transactions!

It ended up working out fine anyway, but what I should have really done was collect email addresses from all visitors, not just buyers. Then I could have sold them on pretty much anything down the line.

Build a list!

[strategic seo services]

Interesting story. Thanks for sharing your experience and advice with us.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by yamaha racer

Would you be willing to help me.create my site I would be willing to pay for your expertise I'm just new to seo and I have a niche which I like and it has 2000-6000 competion I would love your expertise maybe a report on what to do how to start. Please and thank you and well done

Hi yamaha racer,

I've sent you an email with the steps you need to take. Not sure if it got sent to spam or something. In any case, I am awaiting your response.

Thanks,

Brandon

[VoiceBoat]

Originally Posted by brandonbaker

Both. I mostly tried to rank the homepage which had a big banner to my sales page, so they were closely tied. And because I had very little competition and did a TON of SEO, my sales page ranked #2 with very little effort.

For anyone looking to sell an eBook, I do NOT recommend trying to rank your sales page. Look, if someone is going to bust out $40 for an eBook, they need to know that you know what you're talking about, and they won't know this by reading a sales page. Write a blog, flex your muscles, show your expertise.

Don't immediately hit them with the sales page. Immediately hit them with value. If they like what they read (and they will), they'll be more than happy to voluntarily click on your sales page and happily make the purchase.

The end goal is the sale, but you need to first win your customer's heart before they take out their credit card.

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[Yeeee Ha]

Hey Brandon,

First of all congratulations on your success.

@post

Awesome, well written and inspiration.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers

[ThatAblaze]

Originally Posted by brandonbaker

Oh yeah, one other thing: if you sell an eBook, make sure that your eBook PDF isn't hosted anywhere online, including torrent sites. Luckily my eBook is safe in my computer and nowhere else, and this has kept my sales coming. Tons of people have clicked on my site from the keyword: "[My eBook Title] pdf torrent" or something similar to that.

I am really curious about how you do this. How do you make it possible for someone to view an e-book without letting them download it?

[honestbizpro]

Originally Posted by brandonbaker

Hi MonopolyMan,

This is actually quite a mistake I made. See, I wasn't familiar with how Internet Marketing worked so I didn't even think to build a list. All I did was go for the direct sale. The only way I even collected their email addresses was through my Paypal transactions!

It ended up working out fine anyway, but what I should have really done was collect email addresses from all visitors, not just buyers. Then I could have sold them on pretty much anything down the line.

Build a list!

Hey Brandon,

I too made that mistake in the beginning about list building and I told myself I would not only make up for that but figure out a way to do it that would give me even better leverage than the average list builder.

I think it is great that you continue to update your thread and clarify very cool.

This forum is helpful as Hail but yes it has its share of CSI Investigative detectives so we need to make sure our numbers make Cents.

I am happy you are experiencing success and happy that you are sharing it.

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by Yeeee Ha

Hey Brandon,

First of all congratulations on your success.

@post

Awesome, well written and inspiration.

Thanks a lot.

Cheers

Thank you!

[Rokas92]

Congrats on your success and thanks for sharing it, this information is worth reading

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by outwest

What is Ejunkie is that like paypal

To answer your question outwest, E-Junkie stores and automatically delivers my eBook to my customers upon Paypal payment. It's one of the best (and cheapest!) IM tools out there.

Brandon

[brandonbaker]

Originally Posted by Rokas92

Congrats on your success and thanks for sharing it, this information is worth reading

Thank you.

[brandonbaker]

Question: Does anyone know a reliable place to outsource eBook writing? I'm considering starting up another eBook site but I won't necessarily know enough about the topic to write an entire book the way I'd like to.

Has anyone outsourced eBook creation before?