Affiliate programs are a system where a merchant or advertiser pays other sites a commission for sending visitors to their site. Commissions may be calculated on the basis of the amount of sales, leads (usually some kind of free sign up like a customer giving his details, but in some cases may be more demanding like applying for a credit card, etc.) or for each person who click-thrus from your site to the advertiser.

The big advantage of affiliate programs is that you do not to deal with order processing or customer service yourself. You simply build a web site and drive traffic to it.
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So you already have your e-book. You are amazed at the wonderful work you have done. But it is still just in your possession. You will not benefit from it unless you let others know that you have that e-book. You have to make the online world know about your e-book and start making it viral.

So how do you exactly make your e-book known to as much people as possible? How do you advertise or promote your e-book?

Promoting Your Viral e-Book

The main purpose of producing a viral e-book is to generate sales and increase your revenue within just a short period of time. For that to happen, your e-book should have maximum exposure as possible. But if you try to do it all on your own, that would definitely take all of your time and is not efficient.
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