eBook Profit Spiral

Joining affiliate programs offered in other niche markets, and even in your own market (that are run by your competitors) is a source of training that your can user to “earn while you learn” the ropes of your eBook business.

Joining an affiliate program is a great way to analyze online businesses, and discover new ways of thinking about your business; but, joining an affiliate program that offers affiliate training is a way to learn the basics at no cost.

The logic here is simple:

Product owners will make more money if their affiliates know what to do and if those affiliates promote properly.

This is because established eBook business owners will make more money selling their own products in their own niches that affiliate programs must attract new affiliates.

And, these new affiliates need training and tools because:

• They may have full time jobs and only a limited time to market
• They may not have the technical expertise to create banners and graphics
• They may not have the writing skill to write articles and other promotions
• They may not have a budget that can afford high-end tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Web Expressions
• They do not have the money to outsource this work

So, no training and tools…no referrals. No referrals…no sales. No sales…no income.

One company that provides this basic affiliate training is Clickbank Payment Account

Joining the Clickbank Marketplace teaches you how to set up an account, track affiliate progress and how to track paid-for referred sales.

Getting the right domain name is critical for affiliate promotion efforts. So, learn how to get the right name, and how to set this up the right way.

Affiliates also need to learn how to advertise for free, whether with free online resources, or by getting the help of your family, friends and associates.

Then, you need to learn how to write articles that bring targeted visitors to your sales pages. The same is true about advertising with Classifies Ads. These are low cost and highly effective if you know how to use them.

Maverick Money-Makers offers a series of articles similar to these:

• Article 1: Sample - How to Make Money Online
• Article 2: Sample - How To Make Money From Funny Videos
• Article 3: Sample - How To Make Money Fast Online
• Article 4: Sample - How To Make Money From Niche eBooks

And, you need to know how to promote your eBook business to online groups…especially Web 2.0 social bookmarking and social interaction groups.

So, if you want to earn while you learn, join some affiliate programs that offer training and build your eBook business by modeling other successful business systems.