I Love Writing Ebooks
I thought I had given up freelance writing for good when I started on Squidoo but after doing a few pages I realized I still have the writing bug, so decided to set up a lens to say so.
Ebooks are absolutely great as a marketing tool. They can help promote your existing products, or they can be a product in themselves. They don't have to be very long, so they are easy to produce and cost-effective. They can also be filled with links to your other products, services and websites which is useful if you are into viral marketing. Read on to see what I think about ebooks, how they can benefit your business and of course, why you should hire me to write one for you.
Ebooks are absolutely great as a marketing tool. They can help promote your existing products, or they can be a product in themselves. They don't have to be very long, so they are easy to produce and cost-effective. They can also be filled with links to your other products, services and websites which is useful if you are into viral marketing. Read on to see what I think about ebooks, how they can benefit your business and of course, why you should hire me to write one for you.
What Ebooks Can Do For Your Business
Ebooks are a great marketing tool
Ebooks can do a lot for your business. They can provide free information to your customers; they can help establish your credibility as an expert in your niche market and they can be used to spread your links to a waiting audience of prospective clients.
To be really effective a good ebook needs to be focused on your specific niche or service. This does not mean it has to be about you (unless you are really interesting :)) but rather it needs to show that you know a bit about the market you are in. It also needs to be informative. Even though you might be offering the book as a free gift (in exchange for signing up to you list, or as a bonus if they buy a product or service) it still needs to give the reader some value: otherwise they are going to feel cheated.
Any decent ebook will also have some structure to it. Even short ebooks, often known as reports, need to have a TOC, a Copyright and Disclaimer page, an About the Author page (yes that would be you) and then at least three chapters of content. I also like to finish up ebooks with a Concluding Comments page which can be used as a "Call to Action" or simply be a summary of the services/products you can provide for your customers.
To be really effective a good ebook needs to be focused on your specific niche or service. This does not mean it has to be about you (unless you are really interesting :)) but rather it needs to show that you know a bit about the market you are in. It also needs to be informative. Even though you might be offering the book as a free gift (in exchange for signing up to you list, or as a bonus if they buy a product or service) it still needs to give the reader some value: otherwise they are going to feel cheated.
Any decent ebook will also have some structure to it. Even short ebooks, often known as reports, need to have a TOC, a Copyright and Disclaimer page, an About the Author page (yes that would be you) and then at least three chapters of content. I also like to finish up ebooks with a Concluding Comments page which can be used as a "Call to Action" or simply be a summary of the services/products you can provide for your customers.
What Services I Can Offer You
The business part of the deal
If you decide an ebook would be really good for your business then let me know. I can be contacted at 7dayguru@gmail.com anytime. Or you can find me on Twitter. Just look up Wisecrone333.
Usually I like to write ebooks up to 50 pages long, but I have written a lot that were both shorter and longer than that. Its funny, I did a search on my hard drive the other day and I have draft copies of 68 ebooks I have ghostwritten for clients - 68 of them! Depending on the topic matter a well-written 50 page ebook would cost you around $USD800.00 and take a week to ten days to complete. This includes any revisions, internal graphics and other pictorial elements to help break up the text, and the pages mentioned above.
I can arrange or create cover graphics for you if necessary at an additional charge (I have been studying Art and Creative design for more three years). If you are interested in seeing samples of books I have written before please contact me via email - I usually respond within 12 hours.
Usually I like to write ebooks up to 50 pages long, but I have written a lot that were both shorter and longer than that. Its funny, I did a search on my hard drive the other day and I have draft copies of 68 ebooks I have ghostwritten for clients - 68 of them! Depending on the topic matter a well-written 50 page ebook would cost you around $USD800.00 and take a week to ten days to complete. This includes any revisions, internal graphics and other pictorial elements to help break up the text, and the pages mentioned above.
I can arrange or create cover graphics for you if necessary at an additional charge (I have been studying Art and Creative design for more three years). If you are interested in seeing samples of books I have written before please contact me via email - I usually respond within 12 hours.
Apparently Lens Readers Like Pictures
This is my daughter and a friend of hers. I like taking photos in my spare time.
Concluding Remarks
Since I have gotten older I make a conscious decision to do what I love doing every day. And I am lucky that writing is one of those things. Over the years I have written about topics as diverse as Ghosts and Spirits, to pregnancy and well being; a stack of self-help topics; internet marketing, business and working from home.
I don't take on projects that I either don't know anything about, or don't think I would be interested in personally and I think that decision means that when I have finished writing a particular ebook that it will somehow be infused with my own excitement about the topic - and that makes it easier to read. I also only work with one client at a time - I had my time working for three or more at once and my whole life went haywire - I prefer a lot less stress and to take a bit more time in what I do now.
So if you are friendly, have a great idea and want me to help you with it by writing you an ebook - whether it is five pages long, or fifty, just get in touch and lets see what we can do together.
I don't take on projects that I either don't know anything about, or don't think I would be interested in personally and I think that decision means that when I have finished writing a particular ebook that it will somehow be infused with my own excitement about the topic - and that makes it easier to read. I also only work with one client at a time - I had my time working for three or more at once and my whole life went haywire - I prefer a lot less stress and to take a bit more time in what I do now.
So if you are friendly, have a great idea and want me to help you with it by writing you an ebook - whether it is five pages long, or fifty, just get in touch and lets see what we can do together.
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