Where To Start With Ideas For Your First Ebook

A short summary of ideas on how to approach the task on writing your first eBook. How to collect ideas, research at home and throughout the internet, ask friends, find the right niche and title for your eBook.

Do you like the idea of writing an eBook, an instruction manual or a report on anything you are an expert? Do you have good ideas but have no clue how to define and wrap them up? Just fear of writing? No problem - Take it in easy steps and do not think too much at the beginning.

You can write an ebook j in just 7 days". To find out how, take a note pad or open a Text document in your computer, then relax, let your ideas flow, write them down. I f you finished, put them aside till tomorrow. In the meantime do the following:

First
use PLR-Products, improve and mix them with your own information and ideas, create a new title and cover, sell them as your own, put your links into it, offer Resale Rights, create a Website and a Splash Page, etc.

Second
use the knowledge you have inside of YOU! There is plenty, but you just might not be aware of it, i.e. hobbies, skills from your profession, special experiences you may have encountered and how you tackled them positively, knowledge sources in your friends circle for interviews, and more. Just reflect, what kind of stories, information or special things you are emotional about and which you would tell to a special friend or teach to somebody. Do you have some ideas already? Fine!

So let's start with the basics you need to prepare or think of:

Define the title of your eBook first!
This is essential in order to keep you on track and to motivate you to find the right information to fill this niche. You do not need to have the perfect title. A draft will do, you can refine and tune it later. But the main theme should be clear.

How to create ideas?
To create your own product, you need hot ideas that are selling and which people are interested in to learn about. Here are a few anchors to start with:

Check out TV, News, Magazines, etc.
to find out what's brand new, stirring and moving people. This is not difficult; you probably do it already every day. But now do it with the goal to filter out what you like, find interesting and write it down for later use.

Go to a real Book shop
check on Amazon, Barnes & Noble or in your Library which physical books are selling best. For sure you will find something you can use for your later work.

Go to Amazon right now!
then scroll down a bit to "Features & Services" (left side), under "Amazon Exclusives" click "Amazon Bestsellers". Enjoy the list, make notes, even buy an interesting product to do a review in an Article or Report.

Go to Clickbank Marketplace
and check your Keywords for products with gravity higher than 10-15

Look at the most searched Keywords
at the most used Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. Check what are the top phrases and key words for help, fun, learning, whatever you may think of. Use the Keywords as a starting point to write articles or reports, related to the topics people search for. Provide solutions that answer the questions of their search query.

Here are some useful Keyword Tools:

Wordtracker - Generates keywords for SEO and website optimization

Keyword Discovery - Compiles keyword search stats from worldwide search engines.

Goodkeywords - Downloadable freeware that queries a number of popular search engines to identify good keywords.

Google Alerts - Email updates of the latest relevant Google results based on your choice of topic or keywords.

Google Suggest (click Advanced Search) - As you type in a keyword, Google offers suggestions and shows the number of results. Remember that the most popular topics are also those with the most competition. Therefore, you better focus on the lower level, maybe the 50th to 200th most popular keywords or phrases you found. You must try a little bit and if you start getting results, refine and tune further until you see an improvement.

Google Trends - Shows you the latest used Phrases and Keywords as Hot Trends, including graphics. Let you inspire on what people search for. Come back often to get more ideas.

Conclusion
Most important: do not be too picky, just collect, jot down everything which comes to your mind, do not rate it at this stage, keep it in a file for possible later reference if needed. Get started - The rest comes later! Once you feel well stuffed with ideas, material and notes start your art work of writing the book along the chapters you have in mind.

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