Clickbank - Easy Money? - Easier Than Ebay?

By Graham Walsham

Yes I think so. I've done the usual things; eBay, Pay Per Click, AdSense etc. Until recently I sold ebooks on eBay for years but when eBay banned digital downloads I had to rethink my marketing methods.

Ebay banned the sale of ebooks in the form of digital downloads but allowed ebooks in to be advertised and sold as CDs or converted to paper products and sold as hard copy manuals.

I tried this and the results were not brilliant. Ebook buyers had liked being able to download their purchases immediately and not have to wait for days for the mail man to arrive. They also enjoyed the low prices, now they have to pay more to cover the cost of materials, packaging and shipping - not very buyer friendly and as such sales have suffered greatly.

I could go on and on about the rights and wrongs of eBay's digital downloads ban but in fact it did me a favour. As well as selling on eBay I have also sold Clickbank products form my newsletter and ezine ads and in fact have made more money from Clickbank than eBay and for very little capital outlay.

I always took the eBay route as the easy option but their policy changes caused me to rethink my strategies. Here's why I think Clickbank is easy money - don't stop reading when you see the next statement - Article Writing Makes Me Money and it can YOU!

I knew that articles were a good way of getting exposure online and getting visitors to your website or blog and then making sales but I couldn't really be bothered and thought, 'I can't write articles'. I also thought that it was a long term strategy and I want money now. I was wrong on all counts.

Articles are easy to write if you follow some simple rules, articles don't need to be massive, 500 words will do.

Articles are NOT a long term project, things can happen pretty fast, one of my articles made POSITIONS: #1, #2 and #3 on PAGE ONE of Google with over 14 MILLION competitors. This took only a couple of days to happen and works at bringing visitors to my website at NO COST AT ALL and this is not an isolated occurrence. How good is that?

Get sales at no cost to you - money for nothing, it doesn't get much better and unlike selling on eBay, NO listing fees, NO final value fees, NO PayPal fees, NO CD burning, NO packaging, NO trips to the Post Office and NO constantly answering potential buyers emails.

So, have a go it's easier than you might think - if I can do it, anyone can!

Graham Walsham has been successfully marketing online for over five years and publishes "Smarterwork" free online newsletter which contains onlne business ideas, tips, advice, free downloads, articles and more. Details at: http://www.smarterwork.info