Looking for a little help selling my first guide

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Well let me start out by saying I have been learning about marketing online for a couple months, was a member of Chris Farrell's site for a while and learned a lot from his site. But I am now wanting to start making e-Books or video guides to start making some money. I just want to know if any of you have had any success with selling e-Books or guides online and what your general process is for doing it. Also can you use a wordpress based site as a sales site for an e-Book or guide? Thanks in advanced.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Originally Posted by xxdksxx View Post

    I just want to know if any of you have had any success with selling e-Books or guides online
    I guess this forum has several thousand members who do just that: sell ebooks and guides online...
    And yes, they do have success.


    Originally Posted by xxdksxx View Post

    and what your general process is for doing it.
    It is always the same:
    - set up a good sales page (have a professionally written sales copy)
    - have a payment processor
    - have a product delivery system (aka download page)

    Then the "only" thing you have to do: drive a lot of traffic to your site, make sales, test the conversion, make even more sales etc.


    Originally Posted by xxdksxx View Post

    Also can you use a wordpress based site as a sales site for an e-Book or guide? Thanks in advanced.
    You can...
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    • Profile picture of the author xxdksxx
      Awesome thank you any other tips or things I should know? This will be my first attempt at something like this.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rufus Steele
      Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath View Post

      It is always the same:
      - set up a good sales page (have a professionally written sales copy)
      - have a payment processor
      - have a product delivery system (aka download page)
      Istvan,

      Can I suggest one to add to that list?

      - Get a download protection program (such as DLGuard) and use it from the beginning! (you'll be amazed how many copies get downloaded by non payers if you are in a popular niche!)

      Regards

      Rufus
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      • Profile picture of the author xxdksxx
        Do you guys post them on clickbank or another site? Or do you go with out affiliates?
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        • Profile picture of the author Rufus Steele
          Originally Posted by xxdksxx View Post

          Do you guys post them on clickbank or another site? Or do you go with out affiliates?
          That depends on:-

          - the Niche
          - the product I'm selling
          - the potential backend for extra sales.

          I shy clear of Clickbank - (I've had too many problems in the past with them) and 95% of the time raise stand alone sites or pages, sell the product direct using Paypal as the payment processor.

          Although it's requires some real work to get off the ground I use article marketing and link building to get the sales ball rolling.

          If I want to use affiliates I tend to use PayDotCom.

          HTH

          Regards

          Rufus
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          • Profile picture of the author xxdksxx
            Ok thanks guys hopefully you will see me soon selling something : /
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      • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
        Originally Posted by Rufus Steele View Post

        Can I suggest one to add to that list?

        - Get a download protection program (such as DLGuard) and use it from the beginning! (you'll be amazed how many copies get downloaded by non payers if you are in a popular niche!)
        Thanks, Rufus - you are absolutely right! DL protection is important, too.
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