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The Top 10 Secrets of Successful Authors

Good vintage Wordpreneur article that ranks #1 on my “good article with a misleading title” list. The fact that I’ve filed this under the Self-Publishing and Promotion & Advertising categories should be a clue. — EES

By Judy Cullins

If you are not a successful author yet, incorporate the following 10 secrets:

1. Treat your book as a business.

You spend many hours creating a masterpiece to help your audience. It follows then, you need to set up a regular time schedule to market and promote it.

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Popularity: 20% [?]

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My Top 3 Quick-eBook-for-Profit Topics

This is totally unscientific, but I figure after looking at an endless stream of ebooks being sold since the 90s, one just notices things. Like answers to the question, “If I had a couple of weeks to write an ebook (or “report” — same difference) and have it ready for sale, what topics would give me the best chances of actually making a buck?”

Assuming that my motivation is absolutely, positively, nothing but totally mercenary.

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Blogging Profits for Editors – Adding Content the Easy Way

I was chatting with a pal who happens to be an editor (lots of those in the DC area) who was thinking of starting his own site providing information on vintage cars, his reason for living (outside of his wife, kids, and 9-to-5 of course).

I pointed him to The Editor’s Introductory Guide to Blogging Profits, an easy, cheap and potentially lucrative way to get him started and going, I thought. Strangely enough, it intimidated him. “Seems like hard work,” he said.

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Posted in Blogging, Business, Markets, Jobs & Opportunities, Online Publishing, Self-Publishing, WordPress | 3 Comments »

IDEA: The Profit Sharing POD

Are you more of an editor than a writer? Or maybe you’re a self-publisher, but are looking for a potentially profitable publishing project you could bring to market fairly quickly.

At least quicker maybe than if you had to write a whole book yourself.

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eBook Publishing: Why Bother Going With a Payment/Product Fulfillment Service?

Now that we know there is a dirt cheap, automated in-house solution for processing payments and delivering your downloadable ebook to customers (see yesterday’s post), this then begs the question: Why bother with an external third-party service like PayLoadz, ClickBank, E-Junkie, CafePress, Lulu and the others I know are out there but I’m getting too old to remember?

A couple of reasons jump to mind immediately.

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Recommendations for Processing Payments Online & Delivering eBooks

One of your fellow wordpreneurs Akemi Gaines, publisher of the Yes to Me site, recently asked me: “Do you recommend any ebook delivery company? I currently use PayLoadz because I saw some recommendations for them, but I’m not quite happy with their customer service.”

Thanks for asking, and I’m sure many readers are thankful as well since, without a doubt, year in year out this “How do I handle online payments and automated delivery of ebooks I sell” question in its various guises is the most frequently asked by ebook wordpreneurs.

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How to Build and Sell Your eBook at the Same Time

Sorry, but it’s been quiet around here of late. I’m in the middle of a big project (a number of them, actually), and I am far from the poster child for multitasking. So, as I pound away at my TO DO list so I can get back to writing new content, I’ve decided to reprint vintage Wordpreneur posts that I’ve found particularly helpful. I think you will too.  TIP: Points #4 and #5 are really good suggestions; I did both for GolfIncome: eBay. — EES

Article by Judy Cullins

Why write an ebook?

You want ongoing, lifelong multiple streams of income. You want to raise your credibility and trust ratings with clients or customers. You want to get your message out so the world can be a better place.

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My Thoughts on the eBook Format

Prompted by Michael Werner’s comment on yesterday’s News to Use item on the new Amazon Kindle eBook reader, here are my thoughts on ebooks in general. Make of them what you will.

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The Need-to-Know How-To

During a quiet moment the other day, I was trying to come up with possible reasons why someone, anyone, would just put off (quit, really) doing or pursuing a personally desired goal or project. These are wants after all.

For example, some of the projects I notice many fresh wordpreneurs vocalize as something they “really really want to do” are:

• self-publish a book (print or ebook)
• start and run a magazine (print or online)
• start and run a blog

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5 Steps to a Big-Profit S.M.A.L.L. Report Business

Here’s a good quick-read, especially if you’re looking for something to do publishing business-wise.

Its title and subtitle are about as descriptive as they can get: 5 Steps to a Big-Profit S.M.A.L.L. Report Business: How to Turn 7-15 Page Small Reports Into a Six-Figure Information Empire.

And you get it here free. Doing absolutely nothing at all.

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