How To Write an E-book

October 20th, 2008 by admin

How To Write An Ebook

Five simple steps to writing your first ebook:-

1. Choose your topic carefully

This is reasonably easy if you already have a website up and running, and your ebook will be marketed primarily from there. Or if your ebook is part of a bigger marketing plan to sell linked products. In which case you will probably already know exactly what gap in the market this ebook is going to fill.

If not, start by brainstorming a few different topics you are interested in and know something about. Think outside the box!! There is an amazing demand for all sorts of subjects, and what you might think is off the wall could prove to be very profitable!

2. Do your research

You may have some topics in mind, now you need to find out what people are searching for online (demand) and how many people are already writing about that subject (supply). You can then work out how profitable your subject is.

For example, there is a huge demand for books on fitness… but also a huge supply, making it less profitable. Don’t let that put you off completely, however - narrow it down a bit and do some more research on (for example) ‘fitness’ in pregnancy, or ‘children’s fitness’.

Google keywords is an excellent tool for researching demand and supply of keywords (the words which are most important to your subject)- or for preliminary research you could simply try googling the words/phrases you want to write about and see what comes up.

3. Get Going!

The most important step in how to wrie an ebook is to actually get your ideas down on screen. Plan, write, proofread, prune, write some more… there are no simple answers for this bit really, you just gotta do the work.

4. Market it!

There are a few ways you could sell your ebook:-

Through your website
If you don’t have your own website it might be worth buying a domain name and setting up a one page sales page to direct potential buyers to.
Through your blog
Through ebay
Through clickbank
Through an affiliate system (other people sell your ebook for you… but will take a comission off the sale so bear this in mind)

A common sales technique online is to offer a freebie with the ebook. A related product which acts as an added incentive for people to buy your ebook.

These will contain links to take the buyer back to the producer’s own site (which is why they are giving it away free) but have become almost an expected part of selling ebooks.

5. The Next Step

Your ebook is out there, generating an income for you click by click… with the exception of a few regular forum posts or articles to drive people to your sales page the job is done. Don’t sit back though! You now have a list of emails of people who have bought your ebook and are hopefully satisfied and happy and waiting for the next one!!

And, as ever, please let me know how you get on!

“The best time to plan a book is while you are doing the dishes” ~ Agatha Christie