Is an Audiobook Business Right for You?
An audiobook is primarily a recording of spoken words from the texts in a book. Sometimes
audiobooks are also called “talking books”.
In fact, the first audiobook was made way back in 1933! J.P. Harrington, an anthropologist,
traveled throughout North America to interview members of Native American tribes.
He recorded his conversations with the people on discs made of aluminum, using a turntable
powered by a car battery!
Audiobooks come in several formats - in cassette (tape), standard compact disc, MP3 CD
format and downloadable format.
Generally audiobooks are grouped under 2 categories:
1. An “Abridged” audiobook is the shortened version of the printed book with superfluous
texts left out.
2. An “Unabridged” audiobook is a word for word narration of the printed book.
Audiobooks on cassettes or CD’s are typically more expensive than their hardback
equivalents due to the added expense of recording. Whereas downloadable audiobooks
are much more affordable - You can download books to MP3 players, ipods, computers
(and burn them into cd’s), cellphones, etc.
The popularity of audiobooks is continuously moving upward in recent years…
…For the visually impaired, audiobooks become a perfect companion.
…Educational - Students can listen to audiobooks and improved performance at school.
Parents can use audiobooks to teach their children…
…Entertaining and time-saving - Commuters can benefit from audio learning. What about
de-stressing while making more of your time with the endless errands and the fatally
boring fitness routine.
…The list can be expanded to include many more benefits and advantages of audiobooks!
Now, what about marketing audiobooks as a business?
Like the idea? Read on…
If you’ve been working online for a while you’d know that the BEST product to sell on
the Internet is E-Goods. Audiobooks are a kind of E-Goods as they are downloadable
into computers iPods, cell phones and other digital gadgets.
Introducing Leisure Audio Books:
Leisure Audio Books is a company specializes in the marketing of
audiobooks that comprises more than 6,000 titles grouped under 14 categories:
- Arts & Drama
- Biography
- Business
- Comedy
- Crime & Thrillers
- Fiction
- Foreign Language Study
- Health & Recreation
- History
- Juvenile
- Radio Shows
- Religion & Spiritual
- Self Help
- TV & Film
Major publishers include:-
* BBC Audiobooks Ltd
* Blackstone Audio Inc
* Brilliance Audio Inc
* Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
* Hachette Audio
* Harper Collins
* Listen & Live
* NAXOS
* One Voice Recordings
* Orion Publishing Group
* Simon & Schuster
* Zondervan
The company was started by Kevin Anderson and Rod Beaumont in 2006.
Kevin Anderson, one of the Net’s top marketers/entrepreneurs is also the founder of
public-listed Cognigen Inc. Kevin has been doing Internet Marketing since the dawn of
online marketing. Without doubts, Kevin can be considered as one of the founding fathers
of internet marketing technology. His contributions to the internet world include:
- Writing the first affiliate system with the world’s first self-replicating affiliate page.
- Writing other codes, such as the one that integrates personalization on splash pages
in the traffic exchanges — every time you see a splash page with your own name on
it, Kevin was the one to make that possible.
Unfortunately Kevin passed away in August 11, 2007.
Rod Beaumont, LeisureAudioBooks CEO continues to manage and grow the company.
LeisureAudioBooks is now one of the Key Players with thousands of dedicated affiliates
earning full-time incomes with audiobooks.
The LAB (short for Leisure Audio Books) affiliate program is an honest, ethical and
legitimate way to earn a living online, absolutely. It provides dual recurring income,
an extraordinary business which anyone can do it from home on a shoe-string budget.
The LAB affiliate program is absolutely free to join AND you have the option to upgrade
your membership to earn substantially higher commissions on your audio book sales, and
to earn up to 50% of the upgrade fees of any members you sponsor.
Unlike other affiliate programs you have the option to sell products directly from your
own site! You can do that by creating your own custom codes using the magic of the
SellDirect™ system in your Audio Book Store back office. This technology allows you to
make book store sales pages which exactly match your websites no matter what the theme
of the site might be.
Add to this the simple fact that you can niche-target your selections of books to meet
the precise demand tailored to your specific site audience. It should be easy to see
that audiobooks will add superb value and generate a potentially massive new income
stream for you with the minimum of effort.
Of course you have the opportunity to promote LeisureAudioBooks.com through regular text
links, banners, splash pages and squeeze pages all of which have already been pre-built.
You don’t even have you to maintain your own bookstore.
Use available tools in your member center to create unique content for new, “on topic”
web pages which will increase your search engine rankings. This will create significantly
more visitors and customers for you on an ongoing base and most importantly differentiate
you from the run of the mill competition out there fighting for market share.
Then there is a world class member back office which is jam packed with easy to use tools,
simple instructions and 18 full categories of pre-built promotional items. This is not to
mention the five resource builders, and SEO toolbox. If you are in a hurry, take a look
at a screen shot of what you can expect from the back office right there. Of course, you
could take the time to watch the 12 minute back office tour video if you really want to
experience the full power of the Leisure Audio Book systems and get the complete inside
story. (By the way the video is one of 12 full instructional videos designed to help you
make your personal marketing strategies successful.
Combine all the above resources, LeisureAudioBooks cannot lose! Consumers and
marketers alike will be excited to purchase the products and to enjoy the revenue..
LAB offers 3 Types of Memberships:
* Silver - This is the entry level membership. It costs nothing and you have to start
here. This level earns 15% commission on Audio Book sales and 15% on membership/upgrade
fees of member directly personally recruited one level down.
* Gold - There are two Gold membership levels - Gold Monthly ($12.95) and Gold Annual
($97). This level earns 20% commission on Audio Book sales and 25% on membership/upgrade
fees of member directly personally recruited one level down.
* Platinum - There are two Platinum membership levels - Platinum Monthly ($24.95) and
Platinum Annual ($197). This level earns 25% commission on Audio Book sales and 50% on
membership/upgrade fees of member personally directly recruited one level down.
Need more details?
1. You can subscribe to my LeisureAudioBooks Business Building Ezine - Using the form
at the “Top” of this page, or
2. You can check out for more information at the following websites…
The LAB Affiliate Program/Business Opportunity:
Click Here
The Leisure Audio Books Store:
Click Here
(Note: In this website, you can sample some audiobooks for free here - Click “FREE”
at the top navigation menu and then proceed as per instructions)
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