Can I get some help with a direction please?

Normally, when people say this, here, it's because whatever they're trying to do has in some way fallen short of one (or more) of the "three essentials" of being a ClickBank affiliate. This may help? http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post7110523

(I'm leaving your other questions for people who know more about your situation there than I do!).

Welcome to the Warrior Forum.

You've asked a whole lot of broad questions. Here are a couple of answers - others will chime in and give you their opinions.

Sales rarely happen without promotion over time.

Just because you offer an ebook on a web site . . . well, there is no guarantee that it will bring you any sales, regardless of how good the book is. No one knows how good it is until after they read it and they can't read it until after they buy it. So you have to promote in order to sell.

Promotion needs to be smart and effective. You have to target your message to people who are already anxious to buy what you're selling. So if your book is about "how to find and purchase lake front property with no money down" you need to find buyers that are looking for that exact topic. Lots of authors have created ebooks on topics for which there is little or no demand . . . so their book fails. You don't create demand . . . it is already in the marketplace.

So when you do your research, look for very specific demand and then sell into that demand. You can use the "search" function of this forum and find lots of threads on "market research," "choosing a niche," and similar topics that will get you started.

Focus all your effort on one thing. Don't jump around selling on ebay, selling ebooks, being a affiliate, etc, etc. Choose one money making plan and stick to it until you are profitable. There will be time to branch out later.

Also, here's a thread that will give you lots of workable ideas - What to do if you're desperate

Good luck to you,

Steve

Want me to "guide" you in the right direction?

Pick a product, build a squeeze page, buy traffic, create follow-up sequence, rise and repeat.

And when I say "pick a product" not just any clickbank offer will do. This is where I went wrong in the beginning. Forget ClickBank etc. You want something that pays you on the front end, has some sort of monthly residual and that has (multiple) high ticket items on the back end ($1,000+).

I have to agree with TopTier Profits. Create a compelling squeeze page which gets people to opt-in and then you can promote some products which are strongly related to the interest that your list has.

Katjomad,

Here are a few suggestions:

Regarding your 40-page ebook in your real estate site =>> If the information provided by your ebook is still up-to-date, and if there is still demand for that information, and if your ebook can still offer value to your targets, then my suggestion is to break down the ebook into three parts. This is to develop a list of prospects, to establish a friendly relationship with those prospects, and to provide them with value time and again that they'd most likely feel happy to pay for. These three parts are the following:

*** OPT-IN OFFER -- This can be the first 10 pages or so of your 40-page ebook, repurposed in a way that can effectively serve as teaser material. Your objective for this opt-in offer should be to grab the attention of prospects, entice them with the information provided by the teaser material, and compel them to download the teaser material in exchange for their names, emails, mobile numbers and so on;

*** FOLLOW-UP CONTENT -- This can be the next 10 or so pages of your 40-page ebook, repurposed as follow-up content that can provide value to your subscribers (prospects who willingly exchanged their names, emails, mobile numbers and so on for your opt-in offer), which can supplement your teaser material for the ultimate benefit of your subscribers. Your objective for this follow-up content should be to establish a professional relationship with your subscribers, and to build your reputation as a friendly expert resource of beneficial content, products and services; and

*** MAIN PRODUCT -- This can be the rest of your 40-page ebook, repurposed to supplement the content of your opt-in offer and follow-up content, and to provide the juiciest, most valuable content of your 40-page ebook, all for the ultimate benefit of your subscribers.

REMINDER: Since you have a direct line to your subscribers, you can offer relevant free content and paid products (your own products or affiliate products) in the future.

NOTES: I suggest integrating retargeting / remarketing code into your landing page, opt-in download page and main product sales page, so as to promote your opt-in offer and main products to viewers who already visited your landing page but didn't get your opt-in offer and to subscribers who failed to open your main product email offers, while they're in Facebook and Google. That's it. Now:

Regarding your questions about selling affiliate products and so on =>> I suggest implementing a similar process above, which involves the following:

*** Offering something to develop a list of subscribers out of your prospects (Read: Site Viewers);

*** Providing value for establishing a professional relationship with your subscribers and for building your reputation as a friendly expert resource;

*** Recommending beneficial affiliate products to supplement the value that you provide your subscribers; and

*** Integrating retargeting / remarketing code into your sites so as to promote relevant offers to viewers who didn't get your opt-in content and to subscribers who didn't go to your affiliate sales pages, while they're spending time in Facebook and Google. That's it...

Hope this helps...