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Work From Home Writing Ebooks & Copywriting

March 4th, 2009 No comments

You’ve probably been told over and over again that you’ll never make money online. Your friends and family are convinced that anything involving money and the internet must be a scam, and they love arguing with you about what a time and money sucking hole web entrepreneurism is! They insist that you’d be better of begging for change on the streets and would probably make more money that way than you could ever make online.

But you know it’s not true.


People everywhere have learned how to build businesses that allow them to work from home, and one of the most profitable ways to achieve this is by writing and selling ebooks.

So, what are ebooks anyway? Ebooks are a digitally delivered information product. It’s basically information that can be delivered to any computer with an internet connection.

You might be wondering why anyone would buy information on the internet when the internet itself is a giant source of just about any type information you could ever want to find. Well, the truth is that not everyone knows how to use the internet as well as you do and would find it impossible to locate the information that they really want. Maybe they’re using a crappy search engine or looking in all the wrong places. Or maybe they’re just not as good at hunting down juicy little tid-bits of information as ebook authors are!

Then there are also the people who can’t be bothered to find the info they need. Hey, we’re all busy people! Why wouldn’t someone want to pay for information that’s already been researched and nicely compiled for them. They could save days, weeks, or even months of time by simply shelling out some money in exchange for someone else’s research and personal experience.

However, you can’t go walking around with your head in the clouds. You don’t want to fool yourself into thinking all you need to do to make money is write an ebook and you’ll be swimming in cash! There’s far more to the process than that!

After your ebook has been prepared for sale, you then have to convince your potential customers to actually make the purchase that ebook from you. You have to utilize copywriting to your advantage and find the right words to make your customers want your product so badly they whip out their credit cards and make that coveted impulse purchase.

This might sound easy on paper (or screen, if you’re the technical type), but it’s an art form that takes most of the top dogs years to master. And there are always new things to learn about copywriting. You’ll find new techniques and styles that you’ll want to implement into your sales copy to see if it helps your product sell better.

Right now you’re probably getting the idea that working from home and trying to make a living online isn’t just a walk in the park – it actually requires work. Guess what? You’re right.

Making money by writing ebooks and selling them isn’t a magic bullet and it certainly won’t make you rich overnight. It does, however, allow you the freedom to work for yourself when you want. You’re in charge of how much you earn and you’ll never get stuck with a boss you hate. Working from home is just that – work – but it’s one of the best fields of work you could ever get into.

The 800-Pound Gorilla: 305-page guide for Writing, Publishing, and Selling EBooks and 17 video tutorials at The Wealthy Plumber: Writing, Publishing & Selling EBooks.

Categories: Ebook Business Info

Do You Have What It Takes To Work From Home As An Ebook Author?

March 4th, 2009 No comments

Some people have found that if they work from home, they work a lot better. Not everyone can stand the cubicles, the commute or even being around too many people. It doesn’t make them bad people, just people who want something else out of life. Heck, it might even be the way to go.


Most people who work from home are freelancers, traders, designers, programmers, authors or marketers looking for a way to make some extra cash or simply looking for some comfort and freedom while they work. There’s a surprising amount of work for the quick and skilled writer or internet user to get and profit from – and all from home. Now that sounds good.

“Jobs” like this weren’t readily available until recently. After all, doing something like writing and printing your works to sell can get expensive – that is, if paper is involved.

What if you didn’t need to have it printed? That’s right. We’ve got the internet now.

Self publishing books is the essence of the future! With the internet being so accessible and widespread, merely putting it a webpage is already a form of publishing. After all, now a website uploaded from anywhere is instantly international. A book published in PDF form and sent out or sold through the internet in its digital form is what is commonly called an ebook.

This is the same change that happened to mail when e-mail came around – it is its electronic and digital equivalent and carries similar advantages. Instantaneous reception of the product, ease in indexing – these and more qualities come with this new packaging for literature, manuals and even tutorials.

There are other advantages as well, but for a author, this simply means that they can get printed anywhere, anytime. They can be responsible for income, anywhere, anytime. Like any other kind of author, ebook authors can work from home and get paid well for their work.

Higher literature still finds its home on the printed pages, but it’s just as well. Many ebooks are more in the vein of manuals or unusual topics, such as self help or “how to” manuals. For those who just want to write and are more interested in the money rather than the craft, this is the perfect opportunity. Demand is relatively high – more and more people are viewing digital media and digital books as more the norm, especially in academic fields as it allows people greater ease when writing papers and checking their references.

Generally, a work from home writer gets paid per ebook sold. They are in charge of marketing the product themselves, so to make any money they have to become a marketer, too.

Either way, this opens up a whole new angle on work. For people who want a lot of projects on their plate, writing ebooks on many topics (thereby building many streams of income) would be right up their alley. Working from home selling ebooks will definitely become more and more common and perhaps, even more profitable in the years to come. Will you get in on the action?

The 800-Pound Gorilla: 305-page guide for Writing, Publishing, and Selling EBooks and 17 video tutorials at The Wealthy Plumber: Writing, Publishing & Selling EBooks.

Categories: Ebook Business Info