Thursday, February 28, 2008

Increase Your Internet Sales with Free Trials

If you're selling a product or service on the Internet, one of the best ways to increase your sales is by offering a free trial, also know as a teaser, demo or limited version. By enabling your potential customers to review your
product and providing them with an easy ordering process, you can increase your sales considerably.

Free trials are not exclusive to software programs. There are many ways you can offer a free trial no matter what product or service you're offering. For example, if you've written a book, consider offering it in an electronic version, better know as an eBook. You can include your entire book
within the eBook and choose to lock out certain chapters.

In order for your potential customer to gain access to these chapters they will be required to purchase the full version. You can include an order form and instantly take orders, right through your free trial eBook. When you receive an order, you simply send your customer a predefined user ID and password that you set up when you create it.

To learn more about publishing an ebook, click on the following link to download a very informative ebook titled, 'eBooks: A Complete Guide to Publishing.' This powerful ebook will take you step by step through the entire publishing process: http://www.ebookstarter.com/download/es_ebook.zip.

This ebook requires that you have a Windows operating system and Internet Explorer installed on your system.

You will also need an unzipping program. If you don't have one, you can download a trial version from http://www.winzip.com

If you're not familiar with ZIP files, you can find a tutorial here:
http://www.web-source.net/zip_basics.htm

The key to increasing your sales by using a free trial version is to offer your product for download from your website and allow it to be freely distributed. Provide some valuable free information, but save your most important information for the unlocked version. Make your locked chapters sound very intriguing and create curiosity. Tell your potential customers what they will receive by purchasing the full version, provide a complete list of all the benefits, and provide them with an easy ordering process.

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