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A quick background to brandable e-books for all of you unfamiliar with the term. Brandable e-Books are e-Books that allow you to brand the product with your own affiliate links. So for example, you could have an e-book that is about creating your own software product, and at the end of the book there could be a link to some related software.

A brandable e-Book would allow you to encode the link to the product so that if someone purchased, you would get a commission for the sale. Not bad considering all you had to do to make the sale was sell/giveaway the e-Book.

Now, in theory that sounds all well and good, but what about in the real world; does it actually work?

Short answer…YES

The thing that made me create this article was a small 4.55 US Dollar payment into my Clickbank account earlier this week. The payment wasnt for a product that I promoted, or one that I had created myself. It was someone elses e-book that I was able to brand with my affiliate link, I then simply made the e-book available to download from my website and from then on I have been receiving 4.55 USD payments into my Clickbank account on a regular basis; for doing virtually no work at all!

As an e-Book author I am a firm believer in branding my e-Books. I fell that it gives resellers more opportunity to make more money from the e-book, aside from the fee they receive from the sale of the e-book; they also get the chance to make backend sales from the affiliate links within the e-book.

Once you have branded an e-Book and you start to distribute it, I always give out resale rights, this means that the e-Book you branded then gets handed around the Internet like wildfire. Every time someone reads that e-Book there is a chance you will make an affiliate commission!

The example I gave was an e-Book that promoted a low priced product, however most will give you a generous commission. My latest creation (and yes, it is 100% brandable and resalable!). Contains a link in the footer of the document. The e-Book allows you to brand that link so it is your very own affiliate link.

As the link is in the footer you have your affiliate link in every single page of the document! If someone clicks on that link and purchases the full Auction SOS! Product then you (or whoever branded the e-book!) receives 23.50 USD into your paypal account.

Not bad for simply selling or giving away a single e-Book! The next time you decide to write an e-Book it would be a good idea to make it brandable!

There are a number of high quality brandable e-Books on the market. You can view the latest brandable e-Book by the author at: http://auctionsos.com/report/

Notice how the top earners online, be it a Super Affiliate, Ad Sense Master or Internet Passive Income Guru, all seem to have their names secured in a niche industry on the internet. When you think of the Coca Cola brand, what comes to mind? Does an image of a red can with words Coca Cola written in white display in your mind’s eye, or perhaps a coke bottle? Likewise we must pick our niche on the internet and brand our name accordingly. Be known for doing good in 1 area before moving on to the next project.

Here are the things we need:

1) A website that belongs to you. Even though an affiliate can utilize the merchants affiliate page, it is still preferred to have your own website. This allows you to present the sales/business opportunity in your own words and pre sell the product, before sending your visitor to the merchants sales page.

2) Auto Responder and Opt In box. Your visitors will most likely not make a purchase on the 1st attempt and when they leave your site, you will not see them again. Don’t forget, there are also other competing sites that want a share of the sale too. So do capture your visitors details with an auto responder opt in box and follow up with a series of emails. For ideas on what to write, you can use information found on the merchants site and re-express them in your own words. Follow up emails reinforces your brand name in the mind of your readers. Respectful persistence wins sales.

3) Photograph & Signature. A picture paints a thousand words. Scan a groomed, smiling photo of yourself and your a penned signature. This adds that personal touch to let your audience know you are a real person. When your readers establish a connection with you on a personal note, they will make a purchase based on your recommendation.

4) Audio. Do you have a nice speaking voice? If so, combine this with your photograph and signature to humanize your website and establish rapport with your audience. You’ll need a recording software and a microphone. Internet audio streaming software you can use are BYOAudio and Audio Generator.

5) Blog. A blog can be an addon to your main website or be used as a free alternative to a website, at least until you are generating profits. You can combine every aspect of name branding mentioned in the above points into your free blog. Update your blog at regular consistent intervals with content specific to your vision. If you’re into internet passive income programs, then write about that topic and do not deviate. It is ok to write about other matters that lead to the finalization of the end goal. Refrain from writing about off topic content so as to keep your message and theme consistent. One way to keep your readers posted about your content is to use RSS feeds. Check out Feed Burner for their free service.

6) A Domain name. You can register a domain name and forward it to point at your Blog. Use the domain masking feature that allows your website to have a professional look. This will allow www.yourdomain.blogspot.com to appear as www.yourdomain.com

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Sherman Choo is an Internet Marketer helping people all over the globe achieve Financial Freedom. To discover the perfect Internet Network Marketing business model that has helped thousands make money online and find out if this Internet Home Business is right for you. Visit==>http://www.success-university.us

Coke. Pepsi.

Adidas. Nike.

Levi’s. You.

You? Yes, you.

For the home-based business owner, establishing a brand is key to success. Powerhouse corporations spend millions of dollars establishing their brands in the hearts and minds of their target audience. However, for most small business owners, buying a commercial during the Super Bowl is simply not in the budget. It’s not in mine, anyway.

So what can small business owners do to establish their credibility and become known in the hearts and minds of their target market? Is it possible to create a brand on a budget?

More importantly, can it be done quickly? Because we all know that speed is life, and if you’re living on internet time, there’s nothing like now. Who you are today is all that matters. What have you done for me lately?

I’m going to tell you exactly how you can get customers now, and build your brand in the minds of your target market. This isn’t a time consuming process, it’s something you can do today. It doesn’t take a lot of time or a great deal of cash. You can start establishing your brand within the next hour. Yes. One hour from right now.

Your target market wants to solve a problem. You have a solution. If they knew about your wonderful widgets or your extraordinary ebook, they would recognize the value and buy from you. But how do you create your brand, especially as a home based business?

What can you do right now to introduce yourself to your target market? How can you let your target market know that you’re an expert? Can you do it while keeping your costs at a bare minimum?

There is one simple solution for the home-based business owner on a budget: Demonstrate your expertise. You own a business - you sell a product or provide a service. You have expertise. Now express it to your target market.

But how?

Here is a three-step plan that brings qualified visitors to your website.

Step One: Think About Your Business
Right now, before you even finish this article, think about your business, just for a moment. What problems do you solve? How do you solve them? What are the steps necessary to solve those problems?

Is there a topic that you find yourself frequently teaching to your prospects? For instance, I frequently teach my customers how to build their brands quickly and inexpensively. Think of a topic that you cover with your prospects. Go ahead… I’ll wait.

Ok, welcome back. Now that you’ve thought of a topic, you probably have a “standard spiel” you give your prospects when that topic comes up. For me, it’s almost always the same. I tell my customers that to build a brand, they should think of a topic they know well and that they frequently explain to their prospects. I get them to remember the standard spiel they use to explain that topic.

Step Two: Write It Down.

That’s all there is to it. Write down what you typically explain to your prospects. Write the article in a friendly, first person voice, much like I’m doing here. What’s that? You don’t know how to write an article? Sure you do. You just explain a topic so that a reader can understand it. That’s an article. There’s nothing mystical about it.

If the topic is really involved or complex, break it into sub-topics and write an article on each sub-topic. Keep each article to somewhere between 400 and 1200 words. This won’t take a lot of time, because you already know this stuff. These are not topics you have to go figure out, research or look up. Just write down your standard answers.

When you’re done, you’ll have an interesting, content-laden, helpful article. It will be something that your target market is interested in, and something that you’ve learned through experience that they need to know. It’s a topic you teach them during your sales process anyway, so it’s not like you’re giving away the store when you teach them.

Step Three: Get Published.

There are a number of things you can do to get your article published. Post it on forums.
Here are some of the top forums that accept articles:
http://profits.cc/forum/index.php
http://www.im4newbies.com/forum/
http://selfstartersweeklytips.com/forum/

Post your article at the popular article directories. Places like ezinearticles.com, content-articles.com and GoArticles.com love to get well-written articles from experts like you. And yes, you are an expert. This is your business - you know it well - you are giving credible advice. Readers benefit by reading your articles.

The secret to success is to get your article to the largest number of people in your target market in the shortest possible time frame, and then to continually reach out to new people entering your target market.

There are a number of services that will automate the delivery process for you. These places will handle the submission for you.
thephantomwriters.com charges $82.50 to submit three articles
isnare.com charges $49.00 to submit forty articles
ArticleMarketer.com charges $39.95 to submit unlimited articles. Also, try the free distribution option. It doesn’t cost a cent.

The key is to get your expertise in front of as many editors and publishers as possible, as quickly as possible. A distribution service gets your articles to all of the important places much faster than if you do it by hand. You know the truth: time is money.

So what happens next? You’ve finished the three-step plan. You’ve thought about your business, written the article, and sent it to editors and publishers. Now what?

The editors review your article and decide if it meets their standards, and if it provides interesting information to their readers. That’s the key - make the article interesting. It’s not just a sales pitch or a call to action. Give the readers something they can do when they’re done reading the article. Give them something that makes them more successful or makes them some money.

Why is that important? Because when you’ve proven your expertise, they’ll want to read more of your work. They’ll want to know more about you and how you can solve their problems.

That’s where your resource box (About the Author) information is important. In your resource box, you put a call to action, your contact information, and a source for more helpful solutions. When they’ve finished reading your article, those on a quest for more information, with a problem to solve, or a need to fulfill will click through to your site to find out how you can help them.

Once you get your expertise on paper, and then published in newsletters, on content driven websites or in blogs, you are seen as the expert that you are, by people in your target market. You build credibility and you provide proof of your expertise. The more articles you have published, the greater your brand. And you did it without spending a lot of money.

Chris Ellington is the founder of

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