| One of the hottest selling items on the Internet are | | | | size of the book and the topic. And that brings us to |
| information e-books. If you enjoy writing you can | | | | the size of your book., I like to shoot for 60 plus |
| turn it into a money making venture. Here is a | | | | pages and anything past that is a bonus for me. If |
| blueprint of what you need to do to get started in | | | | your going to sell the book then you want your |
| marketing your information e-books. | | | | buyers to feel they are getting something for their |
| This is the process I use to create and market my | | | | money. If its only 20 or 30 pages chances are you |
| e-books for money and also to create traffic to my | | | | will not have much success selling. |
| websites. First thing I do is visit some of my favorite | | | | There are two ways you can monetize your e-book. |
| entrepreneur forums. What you want to do is find | | | | You can sell it or you can give it away. if your going |
| what people want and then create it. If you do it this | | | | to sell it make sure you follow the 60 plus page rule. |
| way you will be much more successful. Spend some | | | | The reason you might give it away is so you can |
| time in the forums lurking around. It is not necessary | | | | make money from affiliate links. your goal with this |
| to participate at this time, you are only interested in | | | | business model is to get the book to as many people |
| ideas. After you have a couple of hot topics, it is | | | | as possible. The free e-book will have affiliate links |
| time to do some research. Google is your friend here, | | | | sprinkled throughout the pages. These affiliate links |
| you can find all you need just by using google. Follow | | | | will be where you will generate your income from. |
| these steps. | | | | This, by the way, should be decided after your first |
| 1. Generic search using your key words. | | | | draft, but before version one of your e-book. If you |
| 2. Specific search using keyword + articles | | | | decide to go the affiliate route, I suggest your |
| 3. Specific search using keyword + info | | | | e-book be a how-too book. Then you can suggest |
| These three type of searches will provide you with | | | | the tools they need to complete whatever you are |
| enough data to create your first rough draft. On | | | | teaching them. It's these tools they will purchase |
| your first rough draft your only concern will be to | | | | through your affiliate links. This business model |
| get as much information on paper, in your own | | | | depends on getting your e-book into as many |
| words. Do not concern yourself with grammar and | | | | peoples hand as possible. |
| spelling. Just write until your run out of words. | | | | If you want to sell your e-book then I suggest you |
| Now take the pages you just created and begin to | | | | go through ClickBank. They have the largest selection |
| build your second draft. You will decide here if your | | | | of e-books on the Internet and are very easy to |
| book will have a table of contents, broken up into | | | | setup and use. |
| chapters and so on. Basically the second draft is | | | | The final and most important step is the design of |
| going to be your first version of your e-book. I do | | | | your e-book cover. Spend sometime searching on |
| not spend a lot of time on this version of the e-book. | | | | google. There are many ways to create a e-book |
| My goal is to put something together that allows it to | | | | cover that will make your e-book more of a tangible |
| take shape and allows me to give it to a few family | | | | item. I have tested this and every time I created a |
| members to read and critique. Finally you will take the | | | | cover specific to my e-book it has always done |
| information you gather from the critiques and | | | | better then using a generic cover. Trust me take the |
| assemble the final version of your e-book. People | | | | time and create your own personal cover for each |
| always ask me how long should it take to create an | | | | of your e-books. |
| e-book from beginning to end. I always tell them | | | | Creating e-books is not for everyone, but if you |
| there is no hard and fast rule. Sometimes I'll finish a | | | | enjoy writing then you might want to consider |
| e-book in one to two weeks, while other times it | | | | turning this hobby into a home based business. |
| may take a month or more. it really depends on the | | | | |