How To Write A Profitable eBook

Forget about other people's promises to make you wealthy. Take charge of your own path to riches. Compile your own in-demand info product once, and sell it over and over for pure profit. This is called a passive income stream and it is the most desirable route to online success. This guide lays out an easy to follow formula for creating an info product that will start you on the road to achieving your dreams. Click here for details

1. Avoid information overload by narrowing your focus. If you don't have a definite idea of how to start making money online, you will need to do a bit of online research to familiarize yourself with what kind of web businesses already exist. You'll discover numerous sites that claim to offer the big secret to making loads of cash online, and it will be tempting to sign up for their free reports, free email courses, and newsletters.

After a short time you'll discover your email box is overflowing with unread mail. At some point you've got to stop surfing for the next big secret, and focus on brainstorming ideas. Unsubscribe from all the people that are mainly trying to sell you product after product without offering much concrete information. I have listed 5 sites that provide good information below under "Online Resources For Money Making Ideas".

2. Visit the blog www.BobParsons.com. He created the biggest domain name registrar on the web, Go Daddy. Read through his archived posts; there are more marketing and business building "secrets" revealed there than in most of the information the so called online marketing gurus are trying to get you to pay for.

3. Once you've spent some time online, stop surfing and sift through all the information you've accumulated. Hopefully you've sparked some ideas for how you can start to make money online. Take action on what you've learned. The majority of people will not get beyond this point because of lack of ambition. But you're different, you want to be a part of the 1% of people online who are successful.

4. "Fail as fast as possible". That is a quote from Robert Middleton of Action Plan Marketing. (see link below for "Marketing Plan For Consultants...) What he means is, don't spend 6 months researching and building a website only to discover there is no market for your product or service. Get a website up as soon as possible and then work on the finer details of generating website traffic. You'll know much sooner if your idea has legs or if it's a dud.

5. "Sell what is already selling". A great quote from John Reese, the man who made a million dollars in one day with a product launch online. What he is saying is, don't try to reinvent the wheel. A proven product that has an established market is going to be a thousand times easier to generate income from, (possibly through an affiliate program), than hoping that you'll find a market for you're idea for the next big thing.

Have you been downloading one "sure-fire-money-maker" product after another? It's easy to get caught up in the hype. That's what online marketers are good at. The bait and catch promise of online riches. It becomes almost addictive. Each product sounds great, you pull out the credit card, it's easy, painless, almost fun. The hairs on the back off your neck tingle with anticipation because you're sure this product will be the one to finally unlock the BIG secret.

Well, take heart, you're not alone. Staring at your computer monitor and reading story after story about how some average joe stumbled onto the perfect formula for making money online is interesting, but it's part of being caught in the flat sea of information overload. You "think" your achieving something by "educating" yourself with idle surfing parading as "research."

So what to do? Firstly, go through the mass of unread emails from all of these newsletters you eagerly signed up for, mostly to get free ebooks that ultimately stopped short of giving any actionable info, but promised more for only $97. Unsubscrib from 90% of them and keep 10 that are providing valuable information. I have listed 5 examples below under Links Plexo.

The other nugget I realized is that this whole internet marketing phenomenon is a lot like the slot machines in casinos, you just keep plugging your coins, hoping to hit the jackpot. I now realize the best chance you have of hitting that jackpot, is by creating your own gold. Give other people a reason to pay YOU for the information, not the other way around. Taking control of your own actions, creating your own product, (like ebooks), that is the real secret to online success.

If you have ever tried to sell anything online or are just starting out and wondering how to begin to generate visitors to your website, then "The Silent Sales Machine Hiding On eBay" is a book you'll want to read;

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What's the most valuable commodity in the ebiz world? One word; Traffic. You can build the fanciest website online with lots of bells and whistles but what good will all that hard work do for you if nobody can find you. Remember this bit of advice, online no one is looking for you, you have to stick up big sign posts everywhere you can that point them in your direction.

What is one of the most visited sites on the internet? eBay. And what if you could corral even a fraction of that traffic and direct them to your website, would you want to know how to do it? One of the few ebooks that I actually purchased online was Jim Cockrum's "Silent Sales Machine Hiding On eBay." I've been online for a couple of years and I can tell you that generating any traffic to your website will be one of the most difficult hurdles you will face. Jim's ebook lays out an ingenious step by step method for pointing some of that traffic in your direction.

I highly recommend the ebook, but sign up for Jim's free newsletter first and get to know him a bit. He is one of the good guys who consistently delivers quality information that you can use in your online business.

You've built and posted your shiny new website, now what? Well, you want visitors to find you so that you can sell your product or service. How do you achieve that? By putting up sign posts (keywords) that direct visitors to your website. Keywords are like breadcrumb trails online. You sprinkle them throughout the text on your website so that when someone types those words into a search engine, the search engine will then collect all the websites containing those words and display them in their search results page.

How do you know what keywords people are typing into search engines? You use keyword research sites like Wordtracker, Keyword Discovery, or my favorite, NicheBOT. You simply type in a word or phrase related to a subject you are interested in and the results will show you if other people are searching for those words as well. You'll find valuable data on how often the words are searched for, (is it a hot market?), and also how much competition is out there, (websites already selling in that market).

I use NicheBOT for all my keyword research, but decide for yourself if it's a tool you think you could use by watching The 5-Step System Video Tour to Uncovering All the Keywords Needed to Dominate Your Market

Another great service that I use to find HOT niche markets that I might want to target my website to is Niche a Day, and it's free!. Get a Niche A Day delivered to your inbox with the top 1000 keywords

Have you ever browsed the business section at your local book store, hoping to find inspiration for a home based business? About a year ago I was doing this exact thing when I came across the book, "Multiple Streams Of Internet Income" by Robert Allen. This is the book that sparked my desire to begin looking for a way to start an online business.

This book details how Allen setup and executed an online offer that generated $100,000.00 in a matter of days. The text is full of great ideas for different online business models and gives case studies on several successful entrepreneurs and exactly how they achieved their success online. Allen gives numerous resource links to valuable information online that will help you launch your ebusiness.

The last section of the book is devoted to a woman who details in her own writing how she is making a very good living using just an eBay auction business. This story alone shows you it is possible for the average person to find success on the web. Highly recommended. (See link below under Amazon Plexo)

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Below is an article from the newsletter of Robert Middleton of Action Plan Marketing.

- Breaking into Online Marketing -

Want to get into online marketing? If you want to do it right%u2028(and make money at it), here are the steps I recommend.

1. Get a good web site and learn to update it yourself. You need to have the flexibility to make changes and add things on the fly. You need to be comfortable with the basic technical aspects of the web. And you need to have a site with good content. From there you can add pages for specific online products.

2. Build your email list. Perhaps nothing is more important than this one. You can't build a big, responsive list overnight, so might as well start now! You need to know about keywords, article placement, Google AdWords, and the best way to convert web visitors into subscribers.

3. Send out an eZine regularly. No, make that weekly. This isn't the only way to do it, but you will grow your list much faster if you send out your eZine more often. The best subscribers actually come via word-of-mouth. And the more it gets out there, the more it is passed along. EZines drive online sales. Period.

4. Develop an online product. I've had the most success with the Infoguru Marketing Manual (an e-book), and TeleClasses of all kinds. You need to have solid information that conveys real value. The manual is more than an e-book, as you know. Those who buy get a lot, and as a result, it's still selling well five years after launching. What will your online product be?

5. Write a good online sales letter. This is the big key to success. Most letters either don't tell enough or they go over the top. You have to powerfully communicate the value of your offering in no-nonsense, benefit-oriented copy. I recommend getting some help with this from an experienced direct mail copywriter. I had help from one of the best. It really paid off.

6. Commit to mastering the ideas and principles of online marketing. Read books, ebooks and attend seminars. The best Internet seminars are expensive but they are worth every dime. I've invested over $10K in Internet Seminars. This has been my best overall business investment in years.

"By Robert Middleton of Action Plan Marketing. Please visit Robert's web site at http://www.actionplan.com for additional marketing articles and resources on marketing for professional service businesses."