Should You Protect Your Ebooks With Security Software When You Sell Information?
In the past, I talked about ways you can protect your ebooks when you sell information. One way is to use a password protected website to store your information. Another way is to use software to provide a lever of protection for your products. It is up to you to decide which strategy is best for you.
To find pdf protection software, do a search for either pdf protection or ebook protection to find different options. I personally believe that investing in this type of software is a wasted investment. The reason why is because your money and time is better invested in finding ways to sell more copies of your ebook than stopping people from trying to download your ebook for free. The money you spend on that type of software can be better spent on directing traffic to your website. Creating new products is a better way to spend your business building time. A membership site is a much better way to protect your information.
One great approach that I use when I sell information is to sell ebooks at a set price, such as $27 and promote my $19.97 monthly audio membership to those buyers. Only customers for my ebooks learn about my audio club membership; therefore, I know who is paying me. Another program that I offer is a gold membership. With this program, they pay a higher amount than the audio membership, which allows me to purchase my membership software, known as AMember. AMember allows me to track user names and passwords for my customers so I can limit access to only my authorized members.
As far as how I handle protection for a $27 ebook, I do not worry about it. Security is not a major issue with that type of product. My approach is to just let people know that the ebook is not free and if they did not buy it they should delete it.
As for my monthly audio website program, my AMember software does the job. Having access to this type of program for a membership site or a physical or digital product is a great form of protection because everyone has to have account information in order to use it. This is why I go with this option as opposed to going with an ebook protector.
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Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
You have permission to reprint this article as long as you don't make any changes and include the bio below.
Stephen Beck shows people how to sell information products. Go grab his three free videos at http://www.8WeekstoProfits.com so you can start right now.
To find pdf protection software, do a search for either pdf protection or ebook protection to find different options. I personally believe that investing in this type of software is a wasted investment. The reason why is because your money and time is better invested in finding ways to sell more copies of your ebook than stopping people from trying to download your ebook for free. The money you spend on that type of software can be better spent on directing traffic to your website. Creating new products is a better way to spend your business building time. A membership site is a much better way to protect your information.
One great approach that I use when I sell information is to sell ebooks at a set price, such as $27 and promote my $19.97 monthly audio membership to those buyers. Only customers for my ebooks learn about my audio club membership; therefore, I know who is paying me. Another program that I offer is a gold membership. With this program, they pay a higher amount than the audio membership, which allows me to purchase my membership software, known as AMember. AMember allows me to track user names and passwords for my customers so I can limit access to only my authorized members.As far as how I handle protection for a $27 ebook, I do not worry about it. Security is not a major issue with that type of product. My approach is to just let people know that the ebook is not free and if they did not buy it they should delete it.
As for my monthly audio website program, my AMember software does the job. Having access to this type of program for a membership site or a physical or digital product is a great form of protection because everyone has to have account information in order to use it. This is why I go with this option as opposed to going with an ebook protector.
___________________________
Copyright Stephen Beck, 2009
You have permission to reprint this article as long as you don't make any changes and include the bio below.
Stephen Beck shows people how to sell information products. Go grab his three free videos at http://www.8WeekstoProfits.com so you can start right now.
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