Monday, May 28, 2012

Making Money with E-Books and Information Marketing

You are an entrepreneur. Well, ok perhaps you're not one yet but you'd sure like to be. You just haven't quite figured out where to put your energies to work creating the wealth you know is out there just waiting for you to tap into. You're right, it is out there and it's on the Internet. More and more people every day are turning away from their 9-5 cubicle farms and turning towards the brave new frontier on the Internet and Information Marketing.
Yes, I know it's not exactly 'new' because it's been around for quite some time, but the part where you're going to make money off of it is new to you.
So where do you start? There are a great many Internet marketers out there that will tell you they have the secret to making millions online by using their program. Naturally you're going to have to pay them to get your hands on their ideas and once you do, get ready to be disappointed.
A lot of the stuff being touted out here on how to get rich online is the same, tired old information that's been purchased from someone who bought it from someone else and some of it has been rewritten and then regurgitated out yet again where you saw it on a squeeze page asking you for your name and email address. Don't believe the stories about getting rich over night. Remember that if it sounds too good to be true, in the real world or online, then it probably is.
There is a virtual gold rush on the Internet and there's no reason you can't be a part of it by selling eBooks. An eBook is similar to a regular book except that it is a digital product rather than a physical one-thereby reducing its cost considerably. Ebooks can be on any subject, just as their real-world counterparts but you will find that the majority of them concern themselves with Internet Marketing.
There are two ways you can go about selling eBooks; create your own and market them, or sell eBooks written by someone else.
If you're going to create an eBook or perhaps a series of eBooks, you should first test the waters to see what the market for your topic might be. Poke around some Internet marketing forums, as well as check out websites where eBooks are sold. Buy a few and take a good look at them. Read them, see how they're formatted and try your hand at writing a few.
If you can write a killer eBook with exceptional content, then you might consider putting up a sales page as well as listing it through Clickbank where you will attract affiliate marketers who will go out and advertise YOUR eBook and make sales for you for a commission. Clickbank takes care of all the paying and signing up the affiliates so you don't have to worry about it.
You can also collect eBooks from other websites and start an eBook resale business. There are any numbers of ways you can make money with eBooks. Find the one that works for you and get ready to rake in the cash.

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