Without question, ClickBank (CB) is one of the largest websites for buying and selling affiliate products. Due to its size, many marketers are constantly searching for guides on how to optimize their CB earnings. There are plenty of CB guides already, so the real question is whether or not this one adds any original information.

An alternative title for this guide could be “How To Sell Your Products On ClickBank For Beginners”. It covers the basics of signing up, the advantages of CB, selling as a publisher, and getting affiliates to sell for you – all important topics – but are those enough to provide value?

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How to Create Your Own Digital Products is an ebook that currently sells for $14.95 at Digital-Product-Creators.com.

I ghostwrite ebooks and recently came out with one of my own, so I buy products like this to make sure I’m on top of my game.  I wish that I hadn’t bought this one.

This ebook’s sales page describes it as “10 Steps to creating successful Info-Products.”  The closest thing I could find to a single step was a three-page section that brushed over how to take a PLR ebook and make it your own–and that was after the book’s halfway point!

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Guides about copywriting can easily be found online. Those guides run the gamut from barely readable drivel to compendiums of crystal clarity. But they all have one thing in common: They share specifics and discuss precise word choices. Such guides have there place, but Million Dollar Copy by Paul Myers claims “this is not a manual on writing sales letters”…but is this assertion true?

For the most part it is NOT a copywriting guide. One difference is that examples are not used to reinforce the techniques, but the author does a good job of explaining why he doesn’t use them.

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If you’ve ever struggled with writing content for your own projects or for other people, you’ll really appreciate “16 Articles from 1 Keyword” by Brad Carroll. Brad is a popular content ghostwriter who has now branched out into marketing products. His first product makes writing easier for everyone by sharing a technique that helps you get more power out of your keyword list.

The main problem people have with content writing is coming up with ideas. Once you complete your keyword research and have a list to work with, you’ll need to write a traffic pulling article from each keyword – maybe several articles! Coming up with several topics from the same keyword can be very difficult when you have a large article list to write and a short keyword list.

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When you own your product the online world is your oyster. You can build your online income from affiliate programs or contextual advertising, but what happens when those programs decide to stop paying? You’re left with dozens of useless sites that are pointing to the wrong links and you’re losing out on your affiliate or advertising checks. Clearly, owning the product you are going to sell is the best way to go.

If you’re intimidated by writing your own product, you don’t have to be. In his ebook course “Small Reports Fortune” Jimmy D. Brown shows you exactly how you can build an empire online just seven to ten pages at a time. In fact, he promises that you’ll never have to write more than seven to ten pages about a topic in order to have a product to sell…and sell big! Who has time to write a 50 to 100 page ebook? With his small reports system, you can have your next product up and running within just a day.

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It’s a common problem for new online writers: how to charge enough to make it worth the time.

Paul Hancox, the author of Write To More Money, worked for a high-end home improvement business. Over the years he discovered many ways to overcome his prospects objections to higher prices. While home improvement and writing are quite different vocations, many of the sales techniques are universal. He takes the best sales methods from his previous career and complements them with new ones that are specific to online writing.

Many guides on this topic cover the same basic points. All too often, the information is out of date (anybody remember Overture?). One of the things that sets this title apart is how up to date the information is.

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According to some experts, the only way you can make a lot of money as an affiliate is to spend a lot of money. Whether the method is through pay per click marketing or building a large affiliate site, the message is clear…you need to spend! Not so, says Jennifer Ledbetter.

Better know by her online moniker, “PotPieGirl” she has laid out a complete plan for developing a profitable affiliate marketing business without spending one red cent, besides the cost of the course itself.

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Jason Fladlien’s How to Write an Article in 7 Minutes saved my job and doubled my income. Whether you’re an article marketer or an article ghostwriter, it can probably double your income as well–even if you don’t ever make it to that seven-minute holy grail.

My dream ever since I was about eight years old was to someday make my living as a writer. At age 31 I finally accomplished this dream But about three months into it, I was beating my head against the kitchen table every time I sat down to work–and was barely keeping the lights bill paid.

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‘Your Financial Independence Day’ by Michael Oksa and Dee Power is a PDF package containing two ebooks: the ‘Your Financial Independence Day’ guide to starting an online business, and the the ’21 Day Action Plan’ by Dee Power, which lays out a day-by-day plan to getting your business up and running. The package sells for $47.

To understand – and get the most out of – the 21 Day Action Plan, you really need to read the Your Financial Independence Day guide first. This is a 71 page PDF divided into four parts: Part One – The Basics of Business, Part Two – Virtual Real Estate, Part Three – Promotion, and Part Four – Learning the Lingo.

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