4. 5 Benefits of Having an Ebook Establish Yourself as an Expert Build Your List Through Your Own Site Through Other’s Giveaways Upsell to Bigger Ticket Items Increase the Value of Other Products & Services Boost Your Income
5. Top 4 Reasons Why Ebooks Fail Bad Topic Bad Title Bad Content Bad Marketing
6. Secret #1 People Don’t Buy Ebooks, They Buy SOLUTIONS
7. Top 3 Reasons People Buy an Ebook Make Money Save Money Save Time (And since time is money, it all comes back to money, doesn’t it?!)
12. 5 Questions for Choosing a HOT Topic What do your clients most want to know? Is it a viable topic? Who’s the very best market for it? How can you make it more specific? How can you make it stand out from the competition?
14. Shakespeare Overlooked One Critical Fact… A rose by any other name may smell as sweet... But it definitely won’t sell as well— especially on Valentine’s Day!
15. Naming Your Future Bestseller Don’t get too clever, simple and straightforward is best Make it clear how the reader will benefit Be specific—the more specific, the better Use a shorter title and longer sub-title
17. Step 1. Outline Map it out… Introduce w/ a story or discussion of problem YOUR story Your process, step by step Then let it marinate for a day or two
18. Step 2 -- Record Most people speak twice as fast as they type!
19. Step 2 -- Record Recording your ebookalso makes it sound more natural and conversational How to do… Go solo or have a friend interview you Use a free conference line Create an mp3
20. Step 3. Transcribe Three options for transcribing the audio… Find a transcriber (Elance, Craig’s List) Send to an online transcription service Do-it-yourself Note: 1 Audio Hour = 2-3 Hours of Transcribing
21. Step 4 -- Edit Once you have the transcribed draft, you just need to… Delete the questions Smooth the flow Fix the typos Polish the wording Add in things you forgot!
24. Content Must Haves… Aside from your main content, it should also have… A next step offer Your bio Your photo Your website address All the legal stuff
26. Formatting Tips Include headers, subheads & bullets Use 12 point font with good line spacing Keep paragraphs 4-5 lines long Create a Table of Contents Make sure there’s page numbers! Then print to PDF…
27. Graphics Are Good When Relevant Photos are more professional than clipart An ecovericon for your website and other promotions Actual cover on the PDF is a “nice to have”
29. Determine Value to YOU What’s your intention? Where does it fall in your funnel?
30. Determine Value to THEM What’s the potential outcome for them? How much can they make? Don’t get hung up on what competitors are charging. They could have different goals or a different target audience than you.
31. Secret #7 A Strong Selling System = More Money with Less Work
37. Summing it up… People Don’t Buy Ebooks, They Buy SOLUTIONS Choose a Problem Your Market is EAGER to Solve It’s ALL in a Name Don’t Write When You Can TALK Always Be Thinking AHEAD Simple is GOOD When It Comes to Design It’s NOT About Price, It’s About VALUE A Strong Selling SYSTEM = More Money with Less Work USE Your Ebook to Market Your Ebook
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