Have you ever thought about writing your own ebook?
That’s one of the things I had my eye on just shortly after I got involved in affiliate marketing. I touched on that a little in my post ‘Promoting Affiliate Products vs. creating your own products‘.
Creating information products, such as ebooks, courses and guides are an ideal way to generate long-term consistent income.
It’s something you do once and can literally reap benefits from it forever.
But that’s not the only reason I like it. Writing your own e-book also provides some pretty nice up front perks such as there’s no inventory to stock, overhead costs are low (no publisher and agent cuts like there are with print books) and because ebooks are electronic, you have an endless supply – but the best part is the income.
Here’s why I say that.
While a tangible book at Amazon.com might sell for $14.95, an e-book on the same subject could sell anywhere from $27- $47 or more online as a digital download.
Just looking at some of my friends with the talents and hidden knowledge they have, I see so much potential for them to write about what they know. People would pay good money to know what they know.
But people will often say, “I’m not a writer”. Unfortunately this is what stops most people.
My response to that is “Can you write a letter? Can you put your thoughts and knowledge down on paper?”
Sure you can. Writing an informational ebook isn’t like writing a novel or a technical guide. It’s meant to be informative but the more personal knowledge, tips and insightful ideas you can offer, the better.
So how do you create an online business writing ebooks?
As with any successful business there is a process and writing an ebook is no different.
It starts with finding a profitable niche topic, then researching the topic, writing your outline, adding graphics, formatting your ebook, creating your cover graphics, converting it to a PDF and finally promoting it.
That may sound complicated but really, it’s not. All you really need is a formula to follow and someone to help through each of the steps.
If taken one step at a time, is really can be easy. In fact an ebook I just recently read from Tiffany Dow called Building an Ebook Empire, covers just those steps. Tiff’s guide walks you through the process of how to accomplish each of the steps and get them done quickly.
The Expectation is Quality over Quantity
Information seekers want information they can use. If you can help people solve a problem, help them make their life easier or save them time, you’ll have a product that people will be breaking the doors down for.
But don’t be misled, with the over abundance of information on the web, the average online buyer has higher expectations when it comes to quality information products, that means your success is going to depend on your ability to over deliver without overwhelming.
You must provide information that is comprehensive, packed with useful content and void of fluff and fillers.
The bottom line is if you’re looking for an online business opportunity that is based on having something you can call your own, writing your own ebook is the perfect chance to take what you know or have experienced, write about it once and let it earn for you month after month, year after year.
And I can assure you once you do it you’ll get better and better at it until you too have your own ebook empire.
Think you might like to get started?
A great read from Tiffany Dow called Building an Ebook Empire, covers all the steps needed to write an ebook fast and how to sell it online. If you’re excited about the possibilities, there’s no time like now to get started.
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If you write ebooks for the mainstream audience you can use such pay-for-download pages. The are some of them that gives you 20 Cent per download. I split my books into 20 chapters and put each chaper alone on such a page. So you can earn a lot it you promote your book with twitter.
very good article, I wish I was talented and I like others to write books
You could be! You just have to realize the opportunity and your potential. It’s really up to YOU