Using This 7 Step Formula For Writing An eBook
As you progress in the world of online marketing you will eventually want to create your own product. An eBook could become a good way to make money. This has proven to be successful for many people with the digital information business model. Writing an eBook can seem to be a difficult task, but you will find it is not as hard as you think.
Yes, there can be a lot more that is involved, but try these seven steps that can get you started:
1. Do your research and pick your niche.
when you are looking for a niche to write about a lot of people start out by writing about their passions or knowledge. Others will pick a competitive market because they know there is money to be made there. Go ahead and try out a few of your ideas making sure they are not to broad or to narrow. To broad can mean too much competition from the big boys and too narrow means there might not be enough to the topic to continuously create content around. Also with it being so narrow there may not be enough people who are interested in the topic.
2. Find your keywords.
You will want keyword phrases that even though they may be very popular do not have a lot of competition. We all know that is not truly possible but you should try to get as close to it as you can.
3. Make sure those keywords are money-makers.
You should check to see if there are any Adsense ads on the right side of the page when you are searching Google for your keywords. If you can find some ads, that is good. That can show that there is money to be made or that people who are paying for those ads would not waste their time.
4. Find the questions people in your niche are asking.
You could try looking at Yahoo Answers and see what people are asking bout easy enough. You will also want to go to a few forums in your niche and see what problems people are having. Look for 5-7 questions or problems to work with.
5. Research the answers to the questions.
Those questions and answers you pick up can turn into chapters for your eBook. It should be easy to do an online search for the answers or even look through the top article directories. Then you can write that ebook one chapter at a time, in your own words. But, no need to stress out over it, if you do not feel that you have the writing ability you could always outsource it. Then you would not have to hire an expensive ghostwriter to write your book, you could outsource each chapter as if it was an article. You will pay a lot less for 5-7 articles and you may even be able to get a discount if you hand them your research links too.
6. Put the book together.
You want to make sure the book flows from chapter to chapter. Be sure to add a disclaimer and privacy info as well as a table of contents. You will also want to include any affiliate links in the body of the eBook and/or in a resources page at the end. You can add to the perceived value by adding stock photos, screen shots, borders and tips or quotes in boxes.
7. Turn the ebook into a PDF.
If you need to you could use Open Office or maybe your computer already has a PDF coverter. Once you have it turned into a PDF you can then upload it to your site, create a sales page and get to work driving traffic to your new masterpiece!
As you can see it is not as hard as you thought. With a little effort on your part you will be able put together a really nice product and put your name on it because it is from you. And with each one you do after that it will just get easier. Pretty soon you will have products all over the web which will be great for starting your list.
