A Look at Viral E-books

If you're like us, when you first heard the word 'viral e-book' you might have thought it was a book with information on virus protection. Or maybe you thought it was one way a hacker could infect your computer? Well, we're pleased to say that it is not. What is true is that viral marketing is fast becoming a great way to generate sales and traffic to your business. If you are a home based business and know very little about internet marketing, this is an easy way to make use of it without really understanding it. You do not need to know everything about electricity to light up in a dark room, you simply have to know how to turn on light switches.

A viral e-book is a book that can be transmitted from one person to another (hence the term viral) to bring profits for each party at every turn. An e-book that contains links to affiliate products will have a viral effect. When the reader follows a link and buy the product being displayed, affiliates receive a commission on sales.

If the creator of the e-book allows people to sell or give away the same e-book on their website, and these people instead of relationships with some of their own links (called re-branding), so the book becomes more and more broadly distributed. This means that more and more people in addition to the original e-book offers start making money on the internet.

The book should be able to hold his own as far as an informative piece with links that are added sparingly, as a way for readers to get more information about the book or a topic that is related. Another possibility is a link to a product. As long as the e-book is not riddled with links, viral e-book is a great way to increase traffic and sales.