7 Step Formula For Writing an eBook

It’s pretty much a given that creating and selling your own eBook is a great way to make money. This is the digital information marketing business model and it has been successful for many people. If you’ve never written an eBook before, it may seem a daunting task.

While there is more to it than this, I’ve listed out 7 steps to get you going on the right track:

1. Pick your niche: Some people pick a niche according to their passions or knowledge, and others pick a huge competitive market because they know money is being made there. Try out a few ideas making sure they’re not too broad or too narrow.

Too broad means too much competition from the big boys and too narrow means there might not be enough to the topic, to continuously create content around. Too narrow also means there won’t be a huge pool of people interested in the topic.

2. Find your keyword: Ideally, you want keyword phrases that are highly sought after and yet have little competition. That’s in a perfect world, but get as close as you can.

3. Make sure the keywords are money-makers: This means there should be some AdSense ads on the right side of the page when you put your keywords in Google search. If there are ads, it’s all good. That means there is money to be made, or the people footing the bill for the ads would take their ads elsewhere.

4. Find the questions people in your niche are asking: You can go to Yahoo Answers and see what people are asking easy enough. You can also go to a few forums in your niche and see what problems people are having. Find 5-7 questions or problems to work with.

5. Research the answers to these questions: Each question and answer will be a chapter in your eBook. You can do an online search for answers and also look through the top article directories.

Write the ebook, one chapter at a time, in your own words. If you feel the writing is beyond your abilities, you can outsource it. Instead of paying out the nose for a ghostwritten ebook, you can outsource each chapter as if it were an article. You will pay less for 5-7 articles and you may even get a discount if you hand them your research links too.

6. Put the book together: Make sure it flows from chapter to chapter. Add disclaimer and privacy blurbs as well as a table of contents. Also include any affiliate links in the body of the eBook and/or in a resources page at the end. Include perceived value by adding stock photos, screen shots, borders, and tips or quotes in boxes.

7. Turn the ebook into a PDF: You can use Open Office or maybe your computer already comes with a PDF converter. Once you have it as a PDF you upload it to your site, create a sales page, and get to work driving traffic to your new masterpiece!

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Bill Vannot teaches lasting, marketing survival skills. If you need battle-tested, marketing training, stop by and see what he can do for your business survival http://www.BillVannot.com

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