How many times have you downloaded a free ebook? How many times have you created a free ebook for others to download? How many times have you come across a free ebook and told someone else about it... maybe your entire list? This is a very common occurrence. It happens all the time... every day. Free is viral. Free gets people to take action. What: 1.) Find or create a series of videos (maybe 5-10) for a given topic Create a "Top #" ebook (like Top 5 Gardening Video Tips or Top 7 Dog Training Videos) 2.) Package some text content (you can get from articles or material you already have) along with the links to your videos into a Word document or PDF 3.) Give it away for free Why do it: 1.) Many people are visual. Creating short "video tips" will help people better consume your message and learn from it. 2.) The internet is all about people searching for "information". Sharing tips in text and audio have been profitable... doing it with video is simply the next step. Keep the videos short and compact to keep people's interest (one cook does his video recipes in 90 seconds each to much success). How to release it: 1.) Social networks like Myspace.com, Facebook.com, etc. Find the "Groups" relating to your video tips. 2.) Forums on websites that relate to your topic 3.) Post the link in comments on blogs (where appropriate) 4.) Give it to your JV partners and ask them to share it with their lists 5.) Offer it to website owners and let them put it in their membership sites or use it as a bonus You can download a basic video ebook example here: www.iVideoBlast.com/FreeVideo/VideoRecipes_40Greatest.zip The beauty of developing a video enhanced book is that it can be an electronic book like a PDF or it could be a hard copy printed book that could be promoted on Amazon.com or offline bookstores like Barnes and Noble. You can give your PDF away for free to make it spread. You could run a Best Seller book promotion strategy through Amazon.com for your printed book (with links to video pages that have CPM, CPC and/or affiliate products). Oh, I see the wheels turning on this one Take time to get your ideas down and then start taking action! |
