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Is it Worthwhile to Re-brand E-Books as an Internet Marketing Tool?

Guest post by: Michelle Jayes

Article Overview: Many well known internet marketers recommend rebranding e-books when possible as a method to increase traffic to your website and build a successful internet business income. Because re-branding e-books has proved to be profitable does this mean that it is actually the best strategy?

Is it Worthwhile to Re-brand E-Books as an Internet Marketing Tool?

Many well known internet marketers recommend rebranding e-books when possible as a method to increase traffic to your website and build a successful internet business income. Because re-branding e-books has proved to be profitable does this mean that it is actually the best strategy?

Like so many other things with internet marketing this question has both a positive and negative answer, and it basically needs to be looked at as a separate in each case.

1. Why re-branding e-books is a good idea:

It is simple to do. Re-branding an e-book can take a very short period of time to do and can bring you extra income over an extended period of time. These e-books can usually be offered as a free download as an incentive for someone to join your emailing list, which just requires them to fill in their name and email address in an optin box on your website and then they can download the book.

Alternatively you could add a free download section on your website where visitors would be able to download a selection of e-books. If they choose to purchase any of the products that are offered via an e-book that you have re-branded, you will get the benefit of earning a commission on that product.

An added advantage of using this method is that it does not involve you having to write anything, create any graphics or create a product. All that is required of you is to re-brand the book and share it with other people online.

If you are involved in any type of MLM affiliate program, by passing on a rebranded e-book you will not only make a direct profit, but will also benefit from any affiliates below you who may generate extra income for you as well.

2. Why re-branding e-books may not be Such a Good Idea!

Inside every re-brandable e-book there are certain links that cannot be changed and these are links that generally belong to the person who created the book in the first place and they will also continue to benefit from the work that you do in sharing the e-book with others.

If this scenario does not appeal to you then you should think about writing an e-book that is perhaps similar to the one you were thinking of rebranding and then you could keep all the profits as all the ads will be your own.

Another disadvantage of a rebranded e-book is that if you find an affiliate product that you would like to sell and the creator of that product offers you an e-book that you can rebrand to get started, chances are if the product has been around for any length of time, that the e-book may have already found it’s way all over the internet and it will not attract many interested people.

With affiliate products it is important to have a unique selling point if you wish to be successful and if you have something that is already last weeks news it will not work for you. With a little extra work you could have a report that is unique and that no one else has seen yet and this will give you a much greater chance of being successful.

Rebranding e-books definitely has a place in marketing an internet based business opportunity and should not be judged too harshly. The secret is to look at each case individually and make a decision on what will work best for you. Depending on what you want to achieve and the quality of the book, you can then make an educated choice on what will work best for your internet marketing income business.

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