Maximize the efficiency of your articles and eBooks
After reading a number of articles of various contents, I have
discovered two points that are now and then forgotten by authors
and that decrease the efficiency of all articles.
I recommend that you should form the following two habits:
- Quote, offer and refer to your articles/eBooks/sites
- Quote, offer and refer to someone else's resources only for a
certain compensation
Both rules should become habitual and be followed automatically;
only then your articles and eBooks will bring maximum benefit to
you!
If the reader enjoyed your article or eBook, he or she won't
refuse to read one of your other subject-relevant articles or
eBooks. Why don't you offer the reader to take a look at other
works from your collection of ideas and knowledge? If you can't
embed links in the article, you can create a section named
"other related resources" in the end of the article and simply
list the links there.
When you offer someone else's sites and products to your
readers, you actually bring new visitors and potential customers
to the owners of these sites and products. The main point is
that if your article was helpful, the visitors have positive
feelings towards this product! You have a right to demand
compensation from the product's owner. If they don't have
affiliate programs and don't offer commission for purchases made
after following your link, you should negotiate another form of
compensation (for example, links to your resources).
Finally. As an example, I'd like to take our product: eBook
Maestro. If you're writing an article or an eBook about
creating electronic books, explain how to compile eBooks using
our program and provide a special link to it. All your readers
who decide to create an eBook will buy our program, and you'll
get 40% of its cost! Besides, you can get a special edition of
the program where your affiliate links are embedded.