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Getting the most out of Kindle

by RickCopy
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Does anyone have any experience with using Kindle as a "soft-launch" for a new eBook? I've been thinking about ways to really get my foot in the door with Clickbank but getting an affiliate to invest time promoting a brand new product, from a writer with zero track record, seems like a big waste of time and effort. However I had the idea of publishing the book on Kindle as a way to get those first few critical sales in order to show prospective affiliates that the product will sell and that they wont be wasting their efforts.

What do you guys think about that? Am I missing anything obvious that would make this a bad idea?

thanks in advance
Rick
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  • Profile picture of the author Amy Harrop
    You could use that as a strategy where you have a shorter related ebook on Kindle, and then a link in the back of your ebook to a signup page for a free update or gift, so you are then building an email list of potential buyers.
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by Amy Harrop View Post

      You could use that as a strategy where you have a shorter related ebook on Kindle, and then a link in the back of your ebook to a signup page for a free update or gift, so you are then building an email list of potential buyers.

      I'd go with Amy's suggestion.

      Like Paul said, ClickBank and Amazon are apples and oranges, primarily because of the price difference and the mindset of the buyers.

      Regardless of how you do it, you must get affiliates interested in your product. And believe it or not, proven sales is not necessarily a requirement for that to happen.

      If you reverse engineer some of the bigger launches, many of those launches begin without any of the promoters having seen the product in advance.

      Sites like JVNotifyPro 2.0 · Joint Venture (JV) Lists, Announcements, Blogs, And Community Forums. will help you reach out to potential affiliates and get them on-board ahead of product launch or after the product has launched.

      Again, the important thing is that you need to build relationships with the people who you want as affiliates.

      Most products that don't have an in with affiliates will whither away on the vine.

      The product creator must start the ball rolling.

      Then once the product has seen notoriety and success in the market, the wanna-be affiliates will climb aboard.

      The reality is that with any product launch, there are probably 20 affiliates who make 90% of the sales.
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul Gram
    If I were you, I would not judge anything on how it sells on Amazon. If you want to sell on Clickbank and prove that your product converts first, you should do PPC to make it happen because what may sell or not sell on Amazon could be completely different on Clickbank or anywhere else. It's not an apples to apples comparison.
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