Aug 1, 2011
Posted in Advertising
Tips for Advertising E-books
E-books are used frequently both as alternatives to the traditionally published books and a marketing tool. Below, we have discussed a few tips for advertising e-books.
- E-books must be published on all the major publishing platforms available online. Each of these platforms is associated with a particular kind of device, as a result of which the sales performances of different platforms are often found to be absolutely unlike to each other. So, if you just publish the e-books on a single platform, the readers of other platforms might not get the opportunity of going through them.
- The next useful advertising tips is bundling the e-books with other products and services. This means, you can use the e-book in form of free and value-added giveaways along with services or products, for which the customer is paying you.
- You can sell the e-books at extremely cheap prices or can also present them to people signing up in your website absolutely free of cost. According to the experts in the world of marketing and advertising, giving away e-books for free increases their visibility significantly.
- The next way of advertising the e-books is by publishing testimonials about them. Make sure the testimonials come from only trusted authorities belonging to the industry of your e-books. This will help you in increasing the authoritativeness and perceived value of the e-books. This particular advertising trick is even more helpful for individuals who are not yet known widely as e-book authors. Individuals, who are breaking into crowded product spaces, will also find this tip extremely handy.
- Instead of giving away the entire e-book absolutely free of cost, you can also offer free samples, for instance a page excerpt, a chapter etc. Send out these samples to the entire mailing list of your company. The readers will get to know about the quality of your e-books from these free samples and might decide to purchase them.
