12 Steps to Make Money Online with eBooks (and Other Ideas)
If you’re considering making money online with ebooks, there’s really just a few basic steps to go about it:
1. Think of a topic that you’re really familiar with or passionate about.
2. Find out how many other books, websites, ebooks, and blogs about that topic.
3. After your research, start writing.
4. Edit, edit, edit.
5. Proofread.
6. If possible, get someone else to proofread. It’s always helpful to have more than one pair of eyes to look through your manuscript.
7. Format your manuscript in to an ebook format. It really is up to you what type of format you want. Most popular format is PDF, as most people can easily download and read it.
8. Get a good digital cover.
9. Create a sales package for your ebook.
10. Create a marketing package. Websites, blogs, sales letters… And perhaps, even affiliate programmes.
11. Promote, promote, promote!
12. Follow-up - and promote some more.
Of course, I realise that these steps are the absolute basic. You can even write a whole ebook to flesh these topics out!
In any case, if you want to read more ebook ideas, here are some resources:
From the Web
- 8 Creative Ways to Make Money With eBooks - Some interesting ideas on how to make money with ebooks.
- Make Money with eBooks - A collection of featured articles on making money with ebooks - including an ebook tutorial, how to price your ebook, and ebook formats, among others.
- Writing An Ebook That Sells - How To Choose A Topic For Your Ebook That People Will Want To Buy - Just some basic ideas.
- How to Make Money Selling Your Own eBook - An article from WikiHow.
From Just Make Money Online:
- Free Online Business Start-up Ebook - A document about an online entrepreneur’s journey.
- Make Money Online With Repackaging and Recycling Content - Ideas on repackaging content with ebooks, among other things.
- Making Money Online with Lulu - All about a resource for folks interested in DIY publishing.
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4 opinions for 12 Steps to Make Money Online with eBooks (and Other Ideas)
Anne Wayman
May 7, 2008 at 12:32 am
Good points, every one of them Shai - I write about ebooks… writing them, ebook readers, etc. over at http://www.thegoldenpencil.com and at http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com even have an ebook for sale about writing ebooks… recursive for sure.
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I had helped a friend of mine to market one of her e-books. We had done lots of research, created blogs, did social networking, engaged other friends to spread the word and finally after all the hassle got the success. She had gained quite a good amount of money.
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