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Around the Blogs This Week: Ebooks, Info Products, Kindle Authors

Here’s what we discussed on the blogs this week…

Ebooks: The Biggest Secret In Info Product Creation

Want to write books and ebooks? And write them fast? Here’s the biggest secret in info product creation: write what you know, and what you learn.

Make Money Online: Create Your First Information Product

Want to create and sell an information product? It’s a great way to make money online. Others are doing it, and you can do it too.

Product Creation: How To Create Info Products If You’re a Beginner

You’re a beginner in an area. However, you want to create an information product. Can you do it? Of course you can.

Info Product Creation: Market Comes First, Then The Product

I’ve had several questions this week about marketing info products. These questions are always hard to answer. Ideally, you would consider your market FIRST, and then create the product. There’s no point in creating something which may not even have a market.

For Writers: Make Money From Kindle Authors

Ebooks are the hot new market for writers, specifically, ebooks for the Kindle and other ereaders. Discover how you can make money when you provide services to Kindle authors.

Around the Blogs This Week: Kindle, Ebooks, Sell a Blog, Write Articles

Here’s what we discussed on the blogs this week…

Write a Book: Why Kindle Publishing May Be In Your Future

Amazon’s Kindle platform has made writing and publishing a book a breeze. Everything is in your hands. It’s never been as easy to become an author. Let’s look at why Kindle publishing may be in your future.

Make Money Writing: Create a Blog, Sell It For $50,000

Want to sell your blog for $50,000? Believe it or not, there’s no real trick to it; all it takes is determination and effort. Everything in life that’s worthwhile takes that.

Write Articles For Pay: Beginners Start Here

I love writing articles, because it’s both fun and profitable. Beginning writers however tend to be impatient. They want to make top money immediately. If you’re in this situation, be aware that your impatience can derail your career.

Make Money Writing: Turn Your Life Into Income — Video

Want to make money writing? I created this video for you several years ago. It’s a good introduction to turning your life experience into income.

Ebooks: Sell More Copies of Your Ebooks

I’ve had several questions about selling more copies of your ebooks. The easiest way to sell more copies is to offer your ebooks in more formats.

Write For The Web: Content Writing When You’re Not An Expert In a Topic

Want to write for the Web? Web writing can be very lucrative indeed. You’ll be writing in many different areas, often on topics which are totally unfamiliar to you. So — how you do write about something when you know nothing about it?

Write An Article A Day and Build Your Own Business

In today’s economic climate, you can’t depend on anyone other than yourself to ensure your family’s income. What if you could build your own home business in by writing an article a day?

Once and Forever -- Your Writer's Website (Ezine)

In this week's issue of Fab Freelance Writing Ezine, we discuss your writer's website. Your site can either be a powerful tool, which gets you all the writing jobs you want, or it can be a complete waste of time... Your choice.

You can put your site to work, if you wish.

Here's an excerpt from the Editorial:

Your site is FOREVER. However, that doesn't mean that you can create your site today, and call it done. Far from it. Your site needs to be updated constantly -- at least once a week.

Firstly, let's look at what we mean by "forever"... The Web's a wild, weird and wonderful place, so the more you understand it, the better.

Just like diamonds, your site is forever

Yes, your site is forever, to all intents and purposes. The very first site I created for myself way back in 1998 is still kicking around online. Heaven knows why. I haven't paid any hosting for it in over a decade, but it's still there.

Everything you create online is forever.

Yes, all those photos of you on Facebook, even the ones you didn't post. All your Twitter tweetings, everything. All your forum posts, too. Email isn't secure either, nor is online chat... copies exist of everything you do online.

Read the rest in tomorrow's ezine -- you'll be looking at your site in a new way -- and you'll discover the most frustrating paradox you can imagine.

(The ezine's free, and it comes to you in downloadable PDF.)

Blogging for Writers: Secrets

Blogs are essential tools for writers. Chances are however, that you're not making the most of your blog.

Discover how your blog can help you to build a great writing career and much more, with Blogging Secrets For Writers Confidential.

It's free.

Enjoy.

Write a Book: Why Kindle Publishing May Be In Your Future

Amazon's Kindle platform has made writing and publishing a book a breeze. Everything is in your hands. It's never been as easy to become an author. Let's look at why Kindle publishing may be in your future.

Here are the primary reasons.

1. Traditional (Also Known As "Legacy") Publishers Are Hurting

Margins are dropping throughout the industry. Ebooks may, or may not, save traditional publishers. This means that at this time, you need to be wary of signing contracts with companies which may not be in business a year from now.

When a company winds up, it's a long process. After you've signed a contract, you've made a deal. It may be years before you can legitimately publish your book elsewhere if you're caught up in a company collapse.

Additionally, book publishers are mere shadows of what they used to be. It's hard to get a contract, and trying to get a contract can take years.

2. A Huge Market for Your Book: Millions of Keen Readers Own E-Reader Devices

The big benefit of ebooks is that you can read them on any digital device. You don't need a Kindle. I own a Kindle, but I prefer to read my purchases on my iPad, iPhone and computer, using Amazon's apps.

Most readers believe that they need a dedicated e-reader, but this just isn't so. As buyers become more comfortable with reading anywhere they choose, the already huge market will expand.

Interestingly, Amazon reports that sales of print books, both softcover and hardcover, have risen too. The ebook market isn't cannibalizing print, it's expanding the book market.

For me, and for many other writers, the huge market for ebooks is the primary reason we self-publish.

3. Publishing Your Books Is Simple on the Kindle and Other Platforms

New writers worry about formatting for e-readers, but it's simple. Basically, write your book in Microsoft Word, or any other word processor which can create DOC files. You need a couple of additional steps; these are described in Amazon's Help files.

For most books, formatting will take around half an hour, depending on the speed of your computer.

If you don't want to format your manuscript yourself, you can hire someone to do it very cheaply. Just email your manuscript, and you'll receive a beautifully formatted ebook in return.

4. Self-Publishing Is Profitable

The market's huge, which means that there's room for you, too. Top-selling authors are making millions of dollars. You may never reach these heights, but you can make a decent income, and most importantly, your book will be published.

If you want to write a book, the world has changed. Is Kindle publishing in your future? It's in mine.

Turn Your Words Into Gold: Write and Sell An Ebook In Just Eight Hours

Here's what I love about writing ebooks: you write them once, and they keep on selling forever.

I know several writers who've taken to the Kindle platform like the proverbial ducks to water. One writer friend turns out a new Kindle ebook every month, like clockwork. The last time we spoke, she had 11 ebooks selling -- and her income is rising month by month.

Another writer friend mixes writing her own ebooks, with writing ebooks for others. Currently she's been commissioned to write a biography, and a family history, for the same client. She's finding it huge fun, and she's making more money than she's ever made.

The benefit of writing and selling ebooks is that once written, they can keep on selling forever. Would you trade eight hours for an income stream?

Around the Blogs This Week: Writing Web Content, Word Count, Make Money

Here’s what we discussed on the blogs this week…

Writing Challenge: Taking Back Control of Your Writing

Do you want to succeed in your freelance writing career? If you do, you need to take back control of your writing, and act, rather than react.

You’ll need to avoid what I call the “Sleeping Beauty” trap. Writers who are Sleeping Beauties spend a lot of time waiting.

Writing Web Content: Image and Voice

When you’re asked to create the content for a website, the site’s image is vital. The image helps you to determine the voice. Discover the secrets of mood boards.

Writers’ Trends To Watch: Tablet Computers Are Hot

Tablet computers are hot. According to researchers, Apple sold a million iPad 2 devices on the first weekend of sales. Amazon seems to have a hit on its hands with the Kindle Fire too.

Writers Write: How Many Words Did You Write and SELL Today?

If you’re not making as much money as you want, focus on how many words you’re writing each day.

Make Money Writing: The Only Secret You Need To Know

Want to make money writing? Anyone can. And they can make a lot more than they ever thought possible. I’ve always said that if you can write an email message that gets a response, you can make money from your writing.

Writing and Selling PLR Traps: Unintended Consequences

If you want to make money writing, selling Private Label Rights content is a great opportunity, especially if you love to write.

There’s something you should be aware of, however — pay attention to the rights you sell with your PLR.

Writing Challenge: Taking Back Control of Your Writing

Do you want to succeed in your freelance writing career? If you do, you need to take back control of your writing, and act, rather than react.

You'll need to avoid what I call the “Sleeping Beauty” trap. Writers who are Sleeping Beauties spend a lot of time waiting.

For example, perhaps someone has asked you for a quote on a writing job. You send the quote, and wait for a response. Two weeks later, you're still waiting.

Worse, instead of going about your business and writing, you ask all your friends and other writers why you haven't heard from the prospect after you sent the quote. You wonder whether the prospect thinks you're "good enough" to handle the writing job.

You're also caught in the Sleeping Beauty trap if you send out an invoice to a client and then spend the money before you have it in the bank.

Some clients are slow payers, and you need to nudge them along. If you're caught in the Sleeping Beauty trap, instead of sending an invoice, and a reminder a week later, and another reminder a week after that, you wait... and wait.

Grab the Reins: Take Back Control of Your Career

As a freelance writer, you define your own career. You decide for whom you'll work, and how much you'll charge.

The hardest thing to accept as a freelance writer is the need to act, consistently, without waiting to see the results of your actions.

When you work for someone else, and get a paycheck, they tell you what to do. As a freelancer, there's no one to give you orders. You need to be proactive: you decide what you'll do, and then you do it.

Are you wondering where the you're caught in the Sleeping Beauty trap? You're caught in the trap if you look for others to give you permission to do what you want to, if you're afraid to ask for what you want, and if you allow others to define you.

Here's how to take back control:

* Set goals;

* Work on your goals every day;

* Trust yourself.


Stop being a Sleeping Beauty writer. Take control of your writing career. Only then will you become the writer you were meant to be.

 

Discover the world of Web writing - make a great income writing from home, or from anywhere

Sell Your Writing Online NOW

There's great money in Web writing. Some Web writers are making $20,000 a month by blogging for a stable of sites. Others are writing articles or ebooks.

Join the Web writing gold rush with Angela Booth's comprehensive training: "Sell Your Writing Online Now".

 

Around the Blogs This Week: Squidoo, Steve Jobs, and Writing Platform

Here’s what we discussed on the blogs this week…

Squidoo Magazines: Opportunity To Build Your Platform

Squidoo has just launched a series of online magazines. Could this be an opportunity for you to build your platform?

Writing Goals: Gaining Courage and Confronting Obstacles

This is the third article in our writing goals series. We’ve discussed making your writing goals real, and the benefits to achieving your goals. In this article, we discuss obstacles, and courage.

iPad: Can You Manage Your Writing Life On An iPad?

I do some writing on my iPad, primarily with Writing Kit for full documents, and using Evernote for making notes. I’ve been wondering whether it’s possible to do a full day’s work just on an iPad.

Steve Jobs: “Have The Courage To Follow Your Heart And Intuition”

It’s a sad day. Steve Jobs is dead.

Build Your Writer’s Platform

At its very simplest, your platform is who knows you and what you stand for. Your platform is your readers, your contacts, and your visibility… It’s your fame.

h3>Content Is King Online: Develop a Six-Figure Income from Your Content

Creating better content faster is your secret to online riches. There's a huge demand for content online. You can develop a six-figure income not only by getting writing jobs, but also by creating content for websites, blogs and ebooks.

60-Second Content Power: Create Better Content Faster shows you how to create content FAST.

One writer said: "Working from home was just a dream for me. I thought writers starved. Angela shared the 60-second process in her coaching class a year ago. Last week, I signed a contract to create eight Kindle ebooks for a client in the next six months. It's a BIG contract. Made my partner smile, and kids create shopping lists. I'll always be an Angela Booth fan."

Today, writers are in a powerful position. Content is king online. Take advantage of the unlimited opportunities, with 60-Second Content Power.

Around the Blogs This Week: Goals and Content

Here’s what we discussed on the blogs this week…

Writing Goals: Make Them Real

Over the next week or two, let’s talk about your writing goals. Why talk about goals? It’s simple: if you have goals, you’ll become a successful writer, with “success” defined in the way you choose.

60-Second Content Power: Create Better Content Faster

There’s one secret to online success, and only one: content. As Bill Gates said, many years ago: “Content is king online”.

Writing Goals: What Are the Benefits?

This is the next article in our “Writing Goals” series. When you learn how to set real goals, and achieve them, you’ll achieve everything you want to achieve as a writer.

 

Content Is King Online: Develop a Six-Figure Income from Your Content

Creating better content faster is your secret to online riches. There's a huge demand for content online. You can develop a six-figure income not only by getting writing jobs, but also by creating content for websites, blogs and ebooks.

60-Second Content Power: Create Better Content Faster shows you how to create content FAST.

One writer said: "Working from home was just a dream for me. I thought writers starved. Angela shared the 60-second process in her coaching class a year ago. Last week, I signed a contract to create eight Kindle ebooks for a client in the next six months. It's a BIG contract. Made my partner smile, and kids create shopping lists. I'll always be an Angela Booth fan."

Today, writers are in a powerful position. Content is king online. Take advantage of the unlimited opportunities, with 60-Second Content Power.