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E-book is the short term for electronic book which are read on hardware such as personal computers, tablets and mobile phones. It is simply writing a book which is in digital form that may contain text and images.

E-book publishing is a very rewarding niche. Experts in their field publish useful information. I have been asked many times, why, with all the information available on the net, there is a need for e-books on niches. The answer is very simple: time. We are overloaded for information; therefore people are willing to pay for useful, relevant information about the topic they are interested in. I would not have being writing this blog if it wasn’t for e-books J

E-books come from different format, the most popular ones are the PDF which requires the Acrobat Reader and can be downloaded from Adobe for free. Another format is in HTML format which can be vied on your desktop, laptop and several e-books devices. There are also in Microsoft LIT which can be read through the installation of the Microsoft Reader on your hardware.

Latest E-book Reader Devices

Kindle Fire HD – by Amazon, 7” HD display, strong battery life, Dolby audio, dual-band dual-antenna Wi-Fi, 16GB or 32GB.

Kindle Touch – by Amazon, 6” screen, stores 3000 books, Wi-Fi, long battery life, built-in stereo speakers that allows you to listen to audio books and MP3.

Nook Simple Touch – by Barnes and Noble, best text display even in bright sun, long battery life, built-in Wi-Fi, free Nook support in-store.

Nook Tablet – by Barnes and Noble, best for reading and entertainment, Millions of books, magazines, comics, game applications, 1GB RAM, expandable memory up to 32GB, free Nook support in-store.

Some Benefits of E-books

No shipping costs they are delivered instantly, you can purchase or download through the net and no need to go to a bookstore to be able to buy them.

Able to search for the specific information you need and able to print them immediately.
They are very portable, they don’t need to take a big space in bringing hundreds or thousands of book, just storing them in a CDs and other storage device, in your computer, notebook or any reading devices
Through the use of reading devices, your reading experience can be improved, from the size of the text to its brightness or darkness.
They are very interactive that may contain audio and animations
Very easy to sell and distribute

Even there are so many things that will be beneficial, there are other things need to be considered like, e-books reading devices are more expensive compare to physical paper books, e-books can cause eye constraints, they need extra care in storing their might be file loss if not handled properly and mostly not all books that you want would be available in e-books.

I will expand this niche on future posts such as Kindle Publishing , Clickbank Marketing and Product Creation.

Affiliate revenue comes from affiliate a marketing program that promotes one’s product online. The program is a profit sharing between a website owner and an entrepreneur. Affiliate revenue is generated from method called affiliate marketing which allows different participants and/or users to earn in some way.

The method includes four participants:

The network which will be the means for the business,
The entrepreneur, who owns the product
The affiliate, the one who published and advertises the product through his website, and
The customers/clients to whom we sell products or provide service targeting to satisfy their wants and provide their needs. (which is the most important to consider)

The following are the ways you can generate affiliate revenue:

Pay Per Click (PPC) – An affiliate marketing strategy which is more interactive than just placing and pay for the appearance of an advertisement on a web page. When users clicks on ad on a website of an affiliate and sends to an ad and gains a potential client that may be advantageous to the business and also the affiliate which does earn an income each time a visitor clicks the advertisement. The affiliate revenue will depends on the variety of products and services or the amount of commission.
Pay Per Sale (PPS) – This program is only based on qualified sales. A specific percentage of commission is given to the website owner that generates sales through its advertisement.
Pay Per Lead (PPL) – Compared to the PPS, PPL has to do with the actual sales made. The website owner is earning when potential client register at the entrepreneur’s website.

The marketer will publish simple guides to the introduction to the work of Online and Internet Businesses.

This is a very popular niche and I think whoever publishes a guide that explains all the different niches in a simple practical way has a readymade market waiting. I have not been able to find such a guide. I would love to hear your feedback.

The 101 niches that my mentor provided is a good starting point.

1. Internet and Businesses Online

2. Affiliate Revenue

3. Affiliate Marketing

4. Article Marketing

5. Auctions

6. Audio Streaming

7. Autoresponders

8. Banner Advertising

9. Blogging

10. CMS

11. Domain Names

12. eBooks

13. Ecommerce

14. Email Marketing

15. Ezine Publishing

16. Forums & Forum Marketing

17. Internet Marketing

18. Link Building

19. List Building

20. Pay Per Click Advertising

21. Pay Per Click Publishing

22. Paid Surveys

23. Podcasting

24. Product Creation

25. Product Launching

26. RSS

27. SEO

28. Search Engine Marketing

29. Security

30. Site Promotion

31. Social Bookmarking

32. Social Media

33. Social Networking

34. Spam Blocker

35. Traffic Building

36. Video Marketing

37. Video Streaming

38. Web Design

39. Web Development

40. Web Hosting

41. Giveaway Events

42. Blog Marketing

43. Classified Advertising

44. Copywriting

45. E-Zine Strategies

46. Paid Surveys

47. Product Promotion

48. Social Media Marketing

49. Article Submitters & Article Submission

50. Developer Tools

51. Graphic Design

52. Hosting

53. Internet Tools

54. eBay

55. Squeeze Page Building

56. Micro Site Building

57. PLR Products

58. Resale Rights Products

59. Coaching

60. Google Adwords

61. Google Adsense

62. Amazon Publishing

63. Kindle Publishing

64. Book Publishing

65. Webinar Techniques

66. Webinar Marketing

67. Webinars (how to)

68. Interviewing Experts

69. Autoresponders

70. Viral Marketing

71. Product Reviews

72. Product Review Sites

73. Membership Sites

74. Drop Shipping

75. Product Graphics

76. Website Graphics

77. Facebook Marketing

78. Twitter Marketing

79. YouTube Marketing

80. Auction Marketing

81. Website Creation

82. Audio Product Creation

83. Video Creation

84. Telemarketing

85. iPhone Applications (app store)

86. Cell Phone Marketing

87. iPad Applications (app store)

88. iBook Marketing

89. One on One Coaching

90. Book creation & Book Publishing

91. Public Domain

92. One Time Offers

93. Software Development

94. ClickBank Marketing

95. Ad Swaps

96. Joint Ventures

97. Online Gaming

98. AutoBlogging

99. Sales Page Conversion

100.Traffic Generation

101. Getting Started Online

I will do my utmost to define and explain each niche in future posts

Hasta la vista

The word blog derives from weB Log. The original purpose of a blog was for a few geeks to post about their daily life and share photos of their families.

Nowadays blogs are management systems that deliver content to websites. They are also an easy platform to launch an internet marketing career. Through a blog the person can create a brand and engage with the customers. There are niche specific blogs that are informative and create a great following.

Normally people chose to have a personal blog or a business blog or both.

A blogger can also comment on other blogs to drive traffic to his blog, by posting a link after his comment. The mistake many bloggers commit is to link from their comments to a sales page or an affiliate link. That is a sure way of having your comments marked as spam!

Other ways of engaging the audience would be to make guests post in another blog that matches the niche. There are many bloggers hungry for content and will welcome your approach to make guest posts.

Blogs postings seem to be between 200 and 500 words, but there are articles a lot longer than the 500 words where the topic merits an extended blog posting.

There seems to be two schools of thoughts regarding how often one has to post on the blog. Some advocate regularly, for example some actually say you must post on the blog two specific days a week , others just regularly and it is what one understands as regularly. Others believe that the posts should be when the blogger feels he has something important to tell his audience.

Google (the major search engine) loves fresh content but also loves quality content, so the blog should be a balance between regular posting and quality.

On a personal note my intention for this blog is to offer advice, tell histories and sometimes have a little fun therefore it will be a mixture of business/personal. Hopefully it will reflect both my internet business and lifestyle.

It will be the platform that will define all my internet marketing activity. I will also recommend websites and other blogs that interest me.

Hoping you all have a great New Year

Until next time.

There are nine widely recognised online business models as identified by Michael Rappa of Digital Enterprise.

1) Brokers

As the name suggest they are intermediaries that bring together buyers and sellers. The example here would be eBay

2) Advertising

These provide some content and/or email services and/or the ability to search for free and they income is derived from advertising. They derive from the broadcasters in the traditional business models. The most recognised example is Google

3) Infomediary

These firms act as intermediaries between buyers and sellers by providing information and data valuable to both groups to make decisions. A good example would be Nielsen.

4) Merchant

These are the wholesalers and retailers of goods and services. The typical example here is Amazon. Some are traditional businesses that have a web presence or are specifically web retailers as Amazon is.

5) Manufacturers (Direct)

This model consists of manufacturers using the power of the web to sell directly to consumers such as Dell. This enables the manufacturer to offer better customer service and also become aware of the requirements of the customers and, hopefully, these requirements are integrated into new products.

6) Affiliate

The most traditional model of driving traffic to one website is modified and the affiliate model offers products on whatever site the customer may be surfing. This is achieved by the merchant offering commission to the owner of the affiliate site to display his products. The affiliate earns a commission every time a customer purchases an item from the merchant. The most famous affiliate profit sharing program is offered by Amazon. There are also affiliate broker sites where smaller merchants can offer their revenue sharing programs to affiliates.

7) Community

These sites rely on the users’ loyalty. They are normally free and users have invested a lot of time and emotion. Revenue is generated by advertising or sales of premium services. The main example here would be Facebook and Wikipedia. This model is the more fertile for development and grown in the web at the present.

8) Subscription

These are websites where resources and content are accessed by the payment of a subscription. This subscription can be monthly, quarterly, yearly etc. The subscription is paid irrespective of the usage. An advertising model is often used in conjunction to the subscription. An example of this model can be hosting companies, and websites such as LinkedIn, American Online

9) Utility models

These are the metered, pay as you go models. Paid on usage such as Slashdot.