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“Authorpreneur 2.0 Affiliate Program”
Dear Partner,
Welcome to the Authorpreneur 2.0 affiliate program! The
program was recently completely updated and was evaluated by
a group of authors headed by John Rizzo, a publishing
consultant for BookSurge,
part of the Amazon group of
companies.
The feedback
provided by John and a group of actual authors was extremely
valuable. The program is truly a comprehensive
easy-to-follow program that provides a workable alternative
to the traditional book marketing techniques that just do
not effectively work for Print On Demand (POD) published
authors.
Why?
Print On Demand (POD) published authors are
in need of a structured book marketing program because their
publishers provide very little assistance with book
marketing. Imagine spending a year or two writing a book and
then paying to have it published as a paperback. At that
point, authors are left to market their book on their own
and most do not have either the PR or Internet marketing
skills to create and launch a successful program. To
complicate matters, traditional book marketing techniques do
not work very well for POD published authors because most
major newspapers do not review POD published books and these
books are not usually stocked by bookstores because of
non-standard discount rates and a non-return policy. The
Authorpreneur 2.0 program helps them to use the Internet to
brand themselves as an expert and to sell more books online
as well as niche affiliate products.
 This
is a very motivated and targeted niche market comprised of
thousands of existing authors and hundreds of new authors
every month looking to publish their book. An example of an
"exact" monthly keyword search provided the following demand
results:
self publishing 22,200
book marketing 4,400
book promotion 5,400
print on demand 5,400
publishing a book 2,900
Now you can help them by promoting the
Authorpreneur 2.0 program. Imagine an author developing an
online niche marketing program associated with her book's
theme and branding herself as an expert in time for her
book's launch date! Or a published author who is completely
frustrated after months of trying to market his book without
success.
Our Affiliate Program is managed by ClickBank, one of the
oldest and most reputable retailers of digital products on
the Internet. You will receive your payments directly from
ClickBank.
You will also be provided with Web access to
your sales statistics so you can directly monitor your sales
activity. Because we view you as a partner, we are offering
a generous 50% commission for each sale that you make.
To begin referring potential customers to the ProAuthors.com
Website, you need to sign up for a ClickBank "Nickname" and
create a "hoplink." Your "Nickname" identifies you as the
referrer. Then to earn credit for a sale, your customer must
first follow a ClickBank hoplink. The link takes the
customer to the ProAuthors.com sales page, and automatically
credits you with that referral.
Getting Started:
1. If you do not already have your free "ClickBank
Nickname," sign up to promote products and obtain your
Nickname. Go to:
http://www.clickbank.com/affiliateAccountSignup.htm?key=
2. Create a "hoplink for the Authorpreneur Program using the
following URL:
http://YOUR_NICKNAME.vmti0126.hop.clickbank.net
Just replace "YOUR_NICKNAME" with your actual Nickname and
use the URL to forward your visitors to the Proauthors.com
Website.
That's it! So for example, if your ClickBank Nickname is
"judy1234" your Affiliate link will be:
http://judy1234.vmti0126.hop.clickbank.net
Here is the link in html:
<a href="http://judy1234.vmti0126.hop.clickbank.net"
target=_top>CLICK HERE</a>
Once you add your Clickbank nickname, you can replace CLICK
HERE with any promotional text or image you prefer.
To open a hoplink in a new window, use
the following:
Set the target attribute of the hoplink to "_blank". Here's
an example:
href="http://judy1234.vmti0126.hop.clickbank.net"
target="_blank"
Testing Your Hoplink to ensure its
working
You can verify that your links are set up correctly by
following these steps:
1. Enter your hoplink into a new browser window, and hit
""Enter."
2. Click on one of the ProAuthors.com ClickBank order
buttons/links.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the ClickBank payment window. You
should see your account nickname listed as the affiliate.
For example, [affiliate = judy1234].
This test proves that your link is set up correctly. It also
ensures that your account will be credited with any
commissions earned from paying customers as a direct result
of your referral.
As mentioned above, ensure that your link is set up in the
following format:
http://judy1234.vmti0126.hop.clickbank.net - Replace
judy1234 with your Nickname.
If you have any questions, feel
free to email me at:
vsantoro@proauthors.com
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