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Should You Quit Your Day Job?

Published on February 13, 2010 in Writing/Publishing. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

I regularly have writers tell me they’re about to quit their day job.

Have they built up their customer base to a point they can do that, or for fiction writers can they guarantee they’ll be contracted or sell enough books to cover the equivalent of their day job?

In every case so far, the answer has been no. My question then, is why would you quit your day job, especially in this economic atmosphere when you have no guarantee of getting another job should things turn bad?

Unfortunately, many writers see glamour when they think about writing for a living.  Let me assure you, the writing life is not glamorous.

It’s a lot of hard work and persistence.  It’s meeting deadlines, it’s having to be creative when you feel far from creative, and it’s wading through crap that you have to fix for a client.

I was forced to give up my day job about eight years ago.  It was due to a chronic medical condition that meant I could never go back to an outside job and keep well, or even keep alive. (And that’s not an exaggeration.)

It took a very long time to secure regular writing work, and it paid so little that it was simply pocket money.  Over the years I’ve built up a good paying writing business, but it took a very long time to do.

The reality is that you can’t walk out of a paying day job and expect the assignments to come flooding into your inbox.  It doesn’t happen that way.

The reality is you need to build up relationships before you’ll have regular clients, and you need to have contracts before your book is published. 

It’s unfortunate, but none of these things happen at the click of your fingers.

Just like it took years for you to learn to write well, it can also take years before your writing business pays enough that you can quit the guaranteed income of a day job.

***This article was inspired by a blog post written by Bob Mayer. You can read it here:

http://www.genreality.net/writers-dont-quit-your-day-job

6 Great Methods To Make Money With Ebook Writing

Published on October 8, 2009 in Writing/Publishing. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Do you like writing? Do you have that expert knowledge that are being sought for by internet users?

Then, you can potentially make huge amount of money by writing and selling your own ebooks online.

Here’s how you can do that:

1. Pick lucrative topics. This is the top way to ensure that your ebooks will be bought like hotcakes online.

Write about topics that are in-demand or those that are being looked for by your possible clients. Remember, you can only get these people to swipe their credit cards if you are able to offer them what they really need.

2. Keep it simple. Internet users simply hate it when they have to spend enormous time just to understand the message that you are trying to get across.

As these people have very short attention span, you need to make sure that you write your content is a very straightforward manner. Avoid using highly technical terms and big words all throughout your content. As an alternative, stick with those that can easily be understood even by a fifth grader.

3. Write from reader’s perspective. Avoid making your ebooks all about you or the things that you would like to learn about.

Put yourself in the shoes of your potential clients and determine the specific information that they need. Write your content using their preferred writing style and their choice of words so you can easily put them at ease and impress them in the long run.

4. Do your research. Strive to offer your readers with in-depth and total information about your chosen topics to promote better understanding.

Be willing to check out reputable resources where you can obtain additional important information that can make your ebooks content-rich.

5. Keep it little. Based on researches and studies, ebooks that run more than 100 pages do not sell well internet.

The reason for this is very straightforward; online users are mostly busy people and they are not willing to spend hours in front of their computers just to get the information they need. They prefer little, direct to the point, and concise ebooks.

6. Use an outline. To ensure that your content will flow smoothly, make use of an outline or a blueprint that can help you organize your thoughts even before you start writing.

This can easily be done by listing and arranging your information in a logical manner.

Jeff Schuman helps people make money online with network marketing, paid survey training, and JV With Jeff.

He is on page one of Google for over 4100 unique keyword phrases bringing him thousands of dollards in free advertising. He attributes this to backlinks from blogging and article writing. Writing ebooks is another way to get free traffic if you do it right.

3 Fantastic And Powerful Ideas To Breakthrough With Ebook Writing

Published on September 5, 2009 in Writing/Publishing. Closed Tags: , , , , .

Writing an ebook is rather an easy task. You just have to pick a topic to write about and publish your creations on the internet.

The difficult part is ensuring that your ebooks will sell like hotcakes on the internet. Of course, you will need to make sure that you will profit from this undertaking otherwise, your efforts and your precious time will just go down the drain.

In this article, I will share with you the 3 latest ways to breakthrough with ebook writing so you can easily make your creations more enticing to the eyes of your potential clients. This can help you boost your sales and revenue in no time.

1. Define your audience. You can’t write an effective ebook without knowing your readers. In order to make your content highly targeted to their needs and demands, you must make sure that you have a solid idea about the people you are writing for.

Merely put, you can easily give them what they want if you know what they exactly require from you. Invest a couple of hours everyday socializing with these people on related blogs and forums.

From their posts, you can easily conclude their needs and demands, their pressing issues, their aspirations, and their most frequent questions.

Through this, you’ll easily be able to pick the most appropriate information that these people will surely appreciate.

2. Use valuable titles. Successful ebook writers believe that 95% of your success in this endeavor will largely depend on the quality of your book titles.

Remember, first impression lasts. If your titles are unable to capture the attention of on the internet users on their first encounter, you can be assured that your creations will remain unread online.

Make sure that you use effective titles and you will increase the number of readers you get.

Aside from telling your potential readers about the benefits that they can get from your content, ensure that your titles are well-written and keyword-rich.

This way they will fare well on related searches with Google and other popual search engine such as Yahoo and Bing.

3. Deliver well-timed information. Keep your eyes open on new issues that have direct impact on your chosen niche.

You would want to be the first one to write about them so you can offer your readers with something new or something that they cannot possibly find somewhere else.

It would help if you can sign up with relevant RSS feeds and if you can do your research on a regular basis.

This is 3 ways to improve your ebook writing skills. Knowing your audience, using effective titles, and keeping your information current will really help you write ebooks people want to read.

Jeff Schuman helps people make money online with network marketing and paid survey training to earn $10 a day taking paid surveys.

4 Effective And Exciting Methods To Earn Money Through Ebook Writing

Published on July 31, 2009 in Writing/Publishing. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

There are many good ways to make money online. One is selling ebooks!

Selling your ebooks online is not the only way to make money from your information products. Did you know that based on researches and studies, a lot of on the internet entrepreneurs are spending millions of dollars every year just to have their ebooks produced so they can advance in the chosen niche?

All it takes is finding a good content writer and you can earn money all day long with the ebooks you have written for you.

Here’s how you can make money through ebook writing:

1. Use them as traffic-generating tools. These days, it’s very difficult to influence people to visit your website due to the growing competition on the internet. This is the reason why more and more marketers are running some marketing gimmicks to lure online users to click their site’s URL.

Join the bandwagon by giving out quality and well-written ebooks to your potential clients. Ensure that you embed your sites URL on your book pages to earn it much easier for these people to give you a visit. I can guarantee you that this will increase your page views and your sales leads in no time. Don’t forget to tell your recipients that they are free to forward your ebooks to their friends and family members so you can easily widen your reach.

2. Use them on your list building campaigns. You will not possibly thrive in the online arena unless you have your own opt-in list. You can use your ebooks to convince more people to subscribe.

Offer these information products through your squeeze pages or opt-in forms. Tell your potential clients that they will get your ebooks free of charge as long as they will leave their contact information with you. By doing so, you can easily build an ongoing communication with these people making it much easier for you to promote your products, services, and website in no time.

3. Establish your expertise on the internet. When doing business over the net, you need to be aware of the importance of earning the trust of your potential clients. You see, these people are very reluctant to buy from marketers that they do not know as they are way too afraid of getting scammed.

Earn their trust by showing them that you are truly informed on your chosen niche. Share your expertise by creating an informative ebooks that you can recommend for free to people who are most likely to buy from you. Ensure that your ebooks are filled with information that these people can use in improving the quality of their lives.

4. Use them for blog marketing by giving them away on your blog. Put links to your blog in the ebooks and make money when the traffic shows up. This is just another idea on how to use your ebooks as marketing tools.