What is a Viral Ebook and Should I Be Using Them?

2009 July 10
by Jackie and Andrea

In affiliate marketing the viral ebook can be a great way to generate traffic. it’s something just about anyone can use, whether you can write a viral ebook or not ~ there are plenty of places you can get viral ebooks to use yourself.

What is a viral ebook:

A viral ebook is basically a book that is written with the intention of it being given away for free.  The content of a viral ebook has to be great ~ because people won’t give something to their friends that isn’t great.

A viral ebook can be in any niche, but they are used extensively in the internet marketing niche.  If you are working in the internet marketing niche they are pretty easy to find and use, if you’re working in another niche you may have a harder time finding them ~ and you may have to create your own.

How do viral ebooks work?

Viral ebooks not only have great content, but they also contain affiliate links or links to products in them. This is a great way to pre sell. People get involved in what the book talks about to the point where they want to know more ~ at the end of the book is a resource where they can learn more about what the free book was about.

What makes themviral is people can, as a matter of fact, they are encouraged to give the book away, send it to friends, post a link in social networking sites.

The more people you can get to talk about and give away your free book the more eyes get on your links ~ when people start giving it away, and then others give it away this is calle d “going viral”.

When something goes “viral” it can literally travel around the world in less than 24 hours. I’m sure you’ve seenvideos that  your friends sent you that their friends sent them ~ it can spread  like wildfire.

Where do I find Viral Ebooks?

There are actually websites that specialize in offering viral ebooks. These sites generally let you change the affiliate links in the book to your own ~ and then you are freet o give it away to anyone/everyone.

Many affiliate programs offer viral ebooks as part of their affiliate tools. This is a great way to get them, as they will be directly related to your product, and the product owner will have created fantastic content because it’s his program you’re promoting.

Create your own~ write a report adding links to your favorite products. You can also use PLR reports you can get online for little or no money to create a viral report.

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