Writing eBooks for profit is a great way to make a living working from home online and it’s not that hard to get started. Ebooks cost next to nothing to produce and there are plenty of free ways you can take advantage of to promote your eBook online and make a nice profit in a reasonable amount of time.
In this article, you will see how you can start writing eBooks that people are interested in reading and how you can make a profit from your eBooks.
The first thing you should spend time on when writing eBooks is research. Find out what kind of information your potential audience needs. There are three main categories that your ebook needs to fall into to be of interest to an audience:
- Write an ebook that solves a problem
- Write an ebook that gives an answer to a question.
- Write an ebook that teaches something new
Use Yahoo Answer and online forums to find out what kinds of problems or questions people are having. People are looking for solutions and answers and if you can give them, people will buy your eBooks.
You can use Word or any free word processing software when writing eBooks. Later in this article you will get tips on how to convert your document to PDF for free. A good trick when writing eBooks is to write questions as bullet points. Then use the Internet to research and find the answers. Later, you can turn your bullets into headings or chapters, if you like.
When writing eBooks, quality is much more important than quantity. Your eBook doesn’t have to be long at all, as long as it has good, high-quality content. In fact, if it’s too long, it can be a bad thing, since most people want to get solutions and answers as quickly as possible. Anywhere between 20 and 60 pages should be fine.
To convert your ebook to PDF format, use the free online service FreePDFConverter.com or PrimoPDF.com, which is a free tool that allows you to save your documents in PDF format.
Start selling your ebook online by setting up a simple web page. On the website, tease your potential buyers with all the benefits your ebook will bring them and what problems it will solve for them. The easiest way to configure a payment system on your website is through PayPal, and the configuration is completely free. At PayPal.com you will find an easy to follow tutorial on how to implement a payment system for a product.
A free and effective method of driving traffic to your website is article marketing. Take some of the chapters from your eBook and turn them into 300-400 word articles. Submit articles to article directories like EzineArticles.com with a link to your website in the resource box
Forum marketing is another effective way to promote your ebook. Visit forums within your niche and start posting and responding. Don’t try to sell your book on forum posts. That will get you banned from the forum. Instead, be helpful and provide valuable information. Make sure you have a link to your website in your signature. When people notice you’re helpful, they’ll click the link in your signature to learn more.
