If you are like me, you are trying to build your Internet business on a very tight advertising budget. Here are several tips that will keep the word free in the front of your mind, and yet allow you to build your lists and increase your sales. Its that Free ebook!
1. Write an ebook on some subject, and then offer it as a free bonus if your customer purchases one of your main products or services. You will see an increase in sales when you offer a free bonus.
2. Have you got a new product? Give a free ebook away to all of your current customer. This will let your customers show that you appreciate their business. IN you ebook place an ad for your new product.
3. Do you want to get some free advertising for that same new product? There are a lot of freeware, shareware and freebie websites. Submit your ebook that has the ad for your new product in it to these sites. Watch the number of people that will download your book and see your ad.
4. Do you have an ezine? Do you have a list of ezine subscribers? Give away your ebook to your ezine subscribers. Use your book as an incentive for people to subscribe. Let your subscribers also give it away so as to increase your subscriber list.
5. Do you have an affiliate program? If you do, why not give this ebook away to those that sign up for your affiliate program? You could let your affiliate give this book away as one of their promotional tools.
6. There are many free contests and sweepstakes directories. You can hold a contest on your website. You could advertise the contest in these directories. The prize for the contest would be your ebook.
7. Dont forget the oldest method of advertising and probably one of the best methods of advertising. This is word of mouth advertising. Tell everyone you know about your ebook. Ask them to tell everyone they know about your ebook. You will be pleasantly surprised at how many contacts you will obtain this way.
8. Ask people to leave you their contact information in exchange for this ebook. You can implement a great follow-up program for your main product or whatever product you would like to promote at this time.
9. Offer a basic version of the ebook and then a deluxe version of the ebook. The basic version could be a couple of chapters with the deluxe version being the complete ebook. The basic version could be the complete version. The deluxe version could be the complete version with a couple of bonus chapters. The basic version would be fee with an upgrade to the deluxe version.
10. This last method is a great way to advertise your ebook free as well as a great way to build your list. Let people download your book if they give the mail addresses of 3 5 friends that might be interested in this ebook. Remember this ebook has ads for your main product or service.
Cyndie King is a musician who runs both an online and offline business. Learn how to take your business over the top and become a successful online entrepreneur. Go to:
users commented in " 10 Ways to Use the Word Free to Increase Your Traffic and Your Sales "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback