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Casual Articles - Top 5 Questions About Creating Your Own eBook Answered
I know you have heard lots of secrets to blog riches and how just applying these secrets can make you a fortune from your blogs. But are these really secrets? Most people already know these so-called secrets and are applying them to their blogging.As far as I am concerned, the ONLY real secret to blog riches you should concern yourself with... is one that most people already KNOW.Then why is it still a secret?Because even though they know it, they are not DOING what they know. So, at the end of the day, only a few people KNOW this secret. Because how can one claim to know something if he/she isn't DOING it. That is why I insist that you can't claim to know a secret to blog riches if you are not USING and getting the b
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something
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You've no doubt heard that everyone has a secret desire to write their own book. While less than 5% of us ever act on that dream, and of those, less than 5% of those people ever get their product published, creating your ebook becomes a very interesting option.
Here are 5 main questions that get in the way of anyone creating their own ebook, with the answers that can overcome these roadblocks.
Create An Ebook Question #1: What Topic Do I Choose?
Start with your interests and passions, choosing your best ebook topic opportunity based on a combination of proving demand and seeing evidence of information selling into your market.
Use a combination of market research tools including keyword popularity tools such as http://inventory.overture.com to discover high demand keywords while looking for evidence of marketability through researching Amazon.com, eBay, and offline magazines using the techniques outlined in this article on the topic: http://www.highertrustmarketing.com/articles/market- research.html
Create An Ebook Question #2: Which eBook software
This is definitely a case where too much choice confuses the issue. Your ebook minisite can be created by using standard HTML development software such as Coffee Cup, Dreamweaver or HotDog from Sausage.com.
Another option is to use an all-in-one, automated website builder that focuses on both design, but more important, structure your content to be attractive to the search engines. You have many choices - such as XsitePro.com
The best part is that you don't need to spend a fortune these days. It is worth the effort to learn some basic html. You may not always develop your own sites, but its good to know the basics so that you can make changes and understand what is possible.
Create An Ebook Question #3 How Many Pages Should An eBook Have?
While you can argue that an eBook can be any length as long as you have unique information in high demand right?
Not exactly.
Problem is that we have been trained for many years to expect non-fiction books to fall within a set range of pages - typically between 150 and 300 pages. In most people's minds, an ebook is no different in terms of expectations.
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something o
How do you learn best? Personally, my favorite method is having great information served up in huge chunks in a short amount of time. That’s why I go to tons of seminars. To me nothing beats the ability to learn from someone who’s “been there and done that”, the opportunity to hang out with other like-minded people.I think that I’ve seen them all. The big and the small. The free and the $25K per seat. The great and the shabby. And as I’m preparing to put on my annual Small Biz Marketing Summit for service professionals and business owners, I have been searching for a way to put on the best show an audience can ask for.I could see it in my head: a well lit stage, big screens filled with images of larger than life marketing su
Start with your interests and passions, choosing your best ebook topic opportunity based on a combination of proving demand and seeing evidence of information selling into your market.
Use a combination of market research tools including keyword popularity tools such as http://inventory.overture.com to discover high demand keywords while looking for evidence of marketability through researching Amazon.com, eBay, and offline magazines using the techniques outlined in this article on the topic: http://www.highertrustmarketing.com/articles/market- research.html
Create An Ebook Question #2: Which eBook software
This is definitely a case where too much choice confuses the issue. Your ebook minisite can be created by using standard HTML development software such as Coffee Cup, Dreamweaver or HotDog from Sausage.com.
Another option is to use an all-in-one, automated website builder that focuses on both design, but more important, structure your content to be attractive to the search engines. You have many choices - such as XsitePro.com
The best part is that you don't need to spend a fortune these days. It is worth the effort to learn some basic html. You may not always develop your own sites, but its good to know the basics so that you can make changes and understand what is possible.
Create An Ebook Question #3 How Many Pages Should An eBook Have?
While you can argue that an eBook can be any length as long as you have unique information in high demand right?
Not exactly.
Problem is that we have been trained for many years to expect non-fiction books to fall within a set range of pages - typically between 150 and 300 pages. In most people's minds, an ebook is no different in terms of expectations.
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something
Hiring employees is a complicating and challenging management function to perform. Researches show that an interview is not a reliable tool to hire a job applicant. Hiring mistakes fall under two major categories - hiring someone who should not have been hired and not hiring someone who should have been hired. People often make these mistakes unintentionally because they have a poor recruiting and hiring strategy. A carefully designed hiring plan if implemented would attract the best available candidate for a job.Human Resource (HR) hiring tools are many, like behavioral interviewing, personality assessment, pre-employment assessment, applicant screening, checking references, etc. A lot of electronic hiring toolkits are also a
Create An Ebook Question #2: Which eBook software
This is definitely a case where too much choice confuses the issue. Your ebook minisite can be created by using standard HTML development software such as Coffee Cup, Dreamweaver or HotDog from Sausage.com.
Another option is to use an all-in-one, automated website builder that focuses on both design, but more important, structure your content to be attractive to the search engines. You have many choices - such as XsitePro.com
The best part is that you don't need to spend a fortune these days. It is worth the effort to learn some basic html. You may not always develop your own sites, but its good to know the basics so that you can make changes and understand what is possible.
Create An Ebook Question #3 How Many Pages Should An eBook Have?
While you can argue that an eBook can be any length as long as you have unique information in high demand right?
Not exactly.
Problem is that we have been trained for many years to expect non-fiction books to fall within a set range of pages - typically between 150 and 300 pages. In most people's minds, an ebook is no different in terms of expectations.
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something
How can the introduction of new products affect the way I network at meetings?When I have a new product to launch, I make sure that I have a 20 to 30 second pitch ready for the next networking event I attend. I also make sure that I have a supply of product announcements offering a free sample. As I work through the crowd, I make sure that I am talking to a person that could use my product, by listening carefully to what they have to say, and if the product does not fit I go on to the next conversation.The important thing to remember is that you should not force your product onto everyone you talk to. You have a job to listen intently to what they have to say and then make a judgment as to the fit of what you have to offer.
The best part is that you don't need to spend a fortune these days. It is worth the effort to learn some basic html. You may not always develop your own sites, but its good to know the basics so that you can make changes and understand what is possible.
Create An Ebook Question #3 How Many Pages Should An eBook Have?
While you can argue that an eBook can be any length as long as you have unique information in high demand right?
Not exactly.
Problem is that we have been trained for many years to expect non-fiction books to fall within a set range of pages - typically between 150 and 300 pages. In most people's minds, an ebook is no different in terms of expectations.
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something
As blogging becomes more mainstream an opportunity to capitalize on both traffic and dollars for the savvy blogger is getting larger by the day. The latest figures show that every second two new blogs are being created. For some that may seem like unbearable competition while for others they see it as an inexpensive way to secure on line real estate. With well over 60 million people blogging each day the land grab is on. Because of the relatively inexpensive cost of entry it is one internet business that anyone can start and with a little luck be in business in a matter of hours. In short the economies of scale make blogging accessible to everyone.Big media is scrambling to gain a foothold in the blogosphere for fear that if t
Deviate too much from your customer's expectations and you will run into trouble. Create a 40-page ebook and you will no doubt upset a portion of your audience who expect a certain volume of content.
You can easily get around this requirement AND even increase the perceived value of your product by calling it something other than an ebook such as a special report, manual, booklet, or course. Many of these formats can reach much higher price points per page of content - a benefit of re-packaging.
Create An Ebook Question #4 How Do I Protect My Ebook Content?
1. Start by putting a clear, large Copyright Statement on the 2cnd page of your ebook. This won't deter thieves obviously - but in two of the only cases I've found my ebooks being pirated, both were (I'm convinced) unaware that they were not ebooks they had acquired licenses to and immediately removed them - funny story - one of them was a lawyer!
Fact is, there are so many resell rights packages floating around today that people can easily mistake your product as one that they have licensed rights to resell, or even worse, re- package. So - make it clear right up front that this is NOT a resell rights product and that the material is copyright.
2. Password protect your download directory - sending the password via automatic email. If you use a fixed password, change it at least once a month (anymore often and you risk increasing substantially your support burden.) If you use this approach, you should send your customer to a page that clearly outlines that they will receive an email in the next few minutes with the password - email delivery what it is - this won't always happen and you want them to contact you asap so they are not left waiting.
3. You can also explore eBook compilers that compile your content into protected .EXE files - my experience has never been great with these products though given the support problems they tend to create (both in terms of unsupported operating systems and in people not being able to do certain things such as fully scroll, print out pages, etc...)
Create An Ebook Question #5 What About eBook Covers?
You may wonder what is the value of ebook covers and banners when marketing your ebook? Does it really matter, isn't it more important that the content is solid?
When you market digital products, your cover is often the only visual clue your market will have regarding your product. Professionalism does matt
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