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The
Makemoneyshop (Requires you to sign up)
and
Floodle
These are just 2 examples of sites that have
free resources on them.
So
browse through the listings and see all the
e-Books that are available.
The
majority of these free e-Books are e-Books that
are given away as a marketing strategy to promote
websites.
If
you download a few you will see.
This is a good way to promote your website.
Create a free e-Book and then have links in
it back to your website. If you can distribute
this e-Book through other means then slo0wly
you can generate traffic to your site.
Creating an e-Book.
Creating an e-Book is very easy. Choose your
topic and then go to a website like
http://www.ezinearticles.com
Do
a search on the topic that you are writing on.
You should easily find many articles about your
topic. Then all you have to do is read the topics
and re-write them in your own words. This is
easier than it sounds. You need to rewrite the
articles to avoid copyright issues and also
if you rewrite it you will be generating unique
content.
You
should use a program like MS Word to write your
e-Book and then save it as a PDF. If you have
the full version of Adobe Acrobat you have a
lot of features in it that allow you to put
security restrictions on your e-Book.
This
is really what you want to do as you want to
limit what people can do with your information.
They can still get around the security features
if they really want to - but at least you can
slow them up a bit.
You
can also find free PDF creator software on the
internet if you look hard.
Add
a front page, graphics and easy to read text
- basically - have a look at any published book
and try and replicate what they have done for
your own e-Book.
Make
sure you have written quality content and abase
it on a topic that everyone wants to know about.
This will improve your chances of selling more
e-Books.
Promoting
your e-Book.
So you have completed your e-Book. Now it is
time to promote it. What are the best ways to
promote your e-Book.
Here
are a few ideas;
Give the first chapter away for free.
Get your web visitors to sign up to your mailing
list and as a bonus give them the first chapter
for free. This will then allow you to email
them on a regular basis.
There
is a lot of work involved here and you need
to do this on a regular basis - so it is not
exactly passive income.
If
you give a portion of your e-Book away for free
them people are more likely to buy it as they
can see the quality they are getting. Just make
sure you structure it so is is tantalizing enough
for them to want to know more.
Find
Free e-Books and Package them up.
Find as many e-Books as you can on your particular
topic. You can find these on websites like listed
above.
Package
them all up and add them as a free bonus when
someone buys your e-Book.
Sell
your package on eBay.
Find a lot of free e-Books. Add a promotion
page to each one and sell them on eBay for an
irresistible price - 1 cent.
If
you put thousands of e-Books in the pack - then
your distribution should spread like wildfire!
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