From Affiliate To Vendor - Part 1
Posted on Jul.02, 2009, under Entrepreneur
Let’s say you are an affiliate and you are running a profitable campaign for an info product.
You already scaled your campaign to the content network, Yahoo and MSN.
How can you earn more? Be a vendor!
If you can be a vendor for the product you are now promoting, you will:
- Earn much more from your existing campaign
- Earn much much more from other affiliates that will promote your product
- Make your income even more passive
The following guide is true for Clickbank info products (eBooks), but can be done in a similar way for other products in bigger investment and effort.
- Research your niche - is there demand? Is there room in the market for another product? Check how many products are available for that niche in Clickbank. Websites such as CBEngine can give you deeper analysis of the niche and the products available. Do some market research. Great websites to begin with are Twitter Search and Yahoo Answers. Find out if people are talking about your niche, if there is still a demand.
- Write the outline - open a new word document or notepad. Describe your requested product briefly. Write a table of contents or an outline of your new ebook. You can “borrow” some points from the product you are currently promoting. You can change and add points to make your product better.
- Creating the product - sit down and write the ebook. Just kidding
Your next step will be to find someone who will write the book for you. Finding a freelance ebook writer is pretty easy. Sign up and post a project in freelancer websites such as Elance or Guru. Write down a brief description of what you are looking for. Mention that you will provide the outline of the book. You will get a wide verity of offers. Probably the offers from Indian freelancers will be cheaper, but if you choose an Indian freelancer, you must make sure that his english level and expertise are high. Choose your freelancer and give him the product outline. After the freelancer will finish the ebook, go over it. Examine if there are any mistakes and if needed, as him for corrections. - Create the landing page - When you have the ebook at hand, the next thing you need is GREAT landing page. You will need the content and the website itself. Creating a website is pretty simple and it won’t be covered in this guide. Content is king! Therefore the content -the pre-sale letter, is even more important than the product itself. If you have good copywriting skills, you can write the pre-sale by yourself. If not (like most of us) you can again post a project inĀ Elance or Guru and ask for a sales letter copywriter.
I am in the process of creating my own ebook in these days, and I’m at step 4. When I will advance, I will write part 2 of the guide in which you will learn - how to sign up as a vendor, how to test your landing page, how to recruit affiliates and how to convert even more.
Stay tuned
The New Rich


July 6th, 2009 on 3:33 pm
Keep us apdated. Love your New design.
Or at least thats what i though until i had to write my comments on a very dark background, that is, until 30 seconds ago:)
July 6th, 2009 on 5:24 pm
Thank you my friend!
I don’t really understand what you say about the dark background…
July 25th, 2009 on 12:35 am
Met you in kilstein’s meet up in jerusalem. how can i talk with you?
Shlomi