Blogging for Beginners: 17 Tips Before You Start Your Blog

Starting a blog is no longer enough.
There are millions of blogs out there, and most of them get nowhere because they don’t have a strategy in place.

In this post, you’ll not only learn blogging for beginners, but you’ll get 17 concrete steps you can take to dramatically increase your chances of success.
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t started a blog yet, or if you’re a veteran, because just one of these tips can make a big difference in your life and in your blogging.
With that said, let’s start with the first tip
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1. Passion
Don’t just start a blog because you want to make money. There are no shortcuts to success.
If you want to build a thriving blog that brings in revenue, you will have to work hard, and to stay motivated, you have to find something you’re passionate about.
Or at least something you’re interested in.

2. Purpose
When your purpose is weak, your chances of giving up somewhere along the way go up dramatically.
So ask yourself the following questions:

• Why are you starting a blog?
• What do you want to get out of doing this?
• Why do you want to succeed?

If you have a strong reason for starting your blog, you will go far. This is a long-term game. Always remember that.
3. Niche

The next step is to find your niche. The best way to stand out from all the millions of blogs out there is to become an expert in a highly targeted area.
Think opt-in conversion expert instead of email marketing. Think turning your blog into a book instead of just general blogging tips.
Get specific and you will go far.

4. Solve a Problem

One addendum to finding your niche is to make sure you solve a problem.
Money is made by solving problems for people. If you can help someone get more subscribers on their list and make more money, you’re solving a problem.
So think about what problem you’re solving, and then do some research on if people are willing to pay for having that problem fixed.

5. Personality

To really stand out from all the noise, you have to inject your personality and expertise into your blog.
There are too many people out there teaching something they have no experience in.
If you don’t have experience, get some. The more you know, the more you can share with your audience, and the more they will grow to know, trust and like you.

6. Come Up with a Domain Name

There are many ways of coming up with an excellent domain name, but in the end, you alone have to decide what kind of name and brand you want to build.
A few tips for coming up with a good domain name is to make it:

• Unique
• Memorable
• Easy to spell
• Concise

Coming up with a name is tough, so go for good enough instead of perfect.

7. Tag line

Coming up with a tagline is not absolutely necessary when you’re starting out, but it can be a lot of fun.
Go for a tag line that communicates who you help and what you help them with. If you help small businesses get more leads on their email newsletter, a simple tag line could be:
“Turn your readers into leads, and your leads into raving customers.”

8. Pick Your Web Host

Avoid using a free blogging option like WordPress.com or Blogger.com. If you’re serious about blogging, you need a self-hosted service.
There are plenty out there, like BlueHost and HostGator. They are just a few dollars a month and will get you started on the right path.

 9. Pick Your Theme

Next up is picking a WordPress theme that makes your blog look professional.
Again, there are several free options out there, but I recommend you spend some money and get a good premium theme. Some of my favorites are:

• WooThemes
• Thesis
• Genesis

If you’re strapped for cash right now, go with a simple free theme and upgrade later.

10. Pick Your Plugins

Once you’ve got a web-host and a good looking theme, it’s time to get your plugins in order.
Keep the amount of plugins you use to a minimum. Each plugin you add will (usually) make your site slower, which isn’t the best thing you can do.
Here’s a list of plugins I use:

• Akismet — to prevent spam.
• Audio player — to play interviews and podcasts.
• Broken link checker — so I can remove and fix broken links.
• Contact form 7 — so people can contact me.
• Google XML sitemaps — to create a nice and simple sitemap for Google to crawl.
• Popular posts — to help people find my best content.
• Sharebar — so people can share my content on social media.
• WP smush.it — to reduce image file sizes and make my site load faster.
• WP super cache — another plugin that helps my site load faster.

11. Analytics

The next thing you have to do is get analytics set-up, which will help you keep track of how many visitors you get, where they are coming from, and what they are doing on your site.
If your traffic isn’t growing from month to month, something needs to change, but remember, traffic isn’t everything.
If your goal is to make money with your blog, you should be building your email list, and converting that traffic into email subscribers.

12. Content Strategy

You need to have a solid content strategy in place, so think about the following questions:

• What kind of content will you produce? (audio, text, video)
• How will you produce it?
• How often will you publish new content?
• How will you make new readers aware of old content?
• How will you use your content to grow your business?

Your content is what will build authority and trust. The more you can share, the more people will trust you.

13. List Building

I mentioned building your list above, and it’s crucial if you want to make money with your blog. Think about how you will get people on your list, and what email service provider you will use.
One of the easiest ways to start is to give away a free 5 to 10 page report when people sign-up.
There are many email list service providers out there, and they do cost money, but it’s an investment worth making. One of my favorites is Aweber. I’ve been using them for over 5 years.
Do not skimp on starting an email list, because while you may save money now, you will end up losing thousands in lost opportunity down the road.

14. Monetization

The next step is to think about how you will monetize. How will you make money with your blog?
If you don’t want to make money with your blog, you can skip over this step. But I see so many people jump into blogging without having a simple business plan.
You have to have an idea of how you will generate revenue. You don’t have to be crystal clear, but there needs to be opportunities for you to do so.
Look at what people are already paying for. Go to ClickBank, Amazon, or just use Google to find products and services people are selling in your market.

15. Traffic Generation

How will you get traffic to your site?
Write down at least three traffic generation strategies that you will start off with. For example, I started with blog commenting, but I quickly moved over the guest blogging, because it was so much more effective.
To this date, I’ve written close to two hundred guest posts for different blogs, and they all keep bringing traffic to my site and building my list, and consequently, my business.
 
16. Outreach

How will you connect with peers in your field?
If you blog about knitting, how will you connect with other knitters?
This part scares people, and it scared me for a long time. Or to be honest, it still scares me, but in reality, it’s about making friends and being yourself.
Just write down how you can connect with fellow bloggers. Maybe you can comment on their blogs, see if they hang out on Twitter or Facebook, or simply shoot them an email.
Start connecting with people right away. Think about how you can add value to their lives and people will appreciate your help.

17. Expectations

Last, but not least, write down what your expectations are. Here are a few questions to get you going:

• Where do you expect to be with your blog in 6 months?
• What will happen if you don’t reach those expectations?
• Why do you want these results?

If your expectations are unrealistic, you will be in for a disappointment, and you’ll probably give up.
But if you equip yourself with the truth, you’ll know what to expect, and you will keep going when the going gets tough.
Summary
Whatever you do, don’t just move on and read another article. Pick one of the tips above and implement it.
If you haven’t started a blog yet, look at the first few tips on passion, purpose and finding your niche. Sit down and brainstorm some answers and then move forward.
Starting a profitable blog is not easy, but it is worth it. It opens doors, helps you grow as a human being, and if you work at it, can help you make a living working from home, just like it has done for me.
It’s not easy, but it can be done.

Seven Ways Blogs Make Money

Do you wish your blog was bringing in more money?
Even if you’re just blogging because you love to write, there’s a good chance that the idea of earning money from your blog has crossed your mind.
And if you went into blogging with the hopes of starting up a business, you’re probably on the lookout for ways to monetize your blog(s).
These are seven straightforward ways to make money from a blog. I’ve ordered them, roughly speaking, from the easiest and fastest to implement up to the hardest and most complex – though also most potentially rewarding.

#1: Donations

The simplest way to monetize your blog is to put up a “Donations” button or similar. Some blogs refer to this as a “tip jar” – or the “buy me a coffee” or “buy me a beer” button.
Works well if: You just want to cover your hosting cost; you have particularly loyal readers.
Drawbacks: Unlikely to result in much money; can make your blog look rather amateur.
Read more: Buy Me a Beer: Why the “Donate” Button is Dead … Almost (Blog Tyrant)

#2: Advertising

However big or small your blog is, you can run ads: this might mean GoogleAds or selling individual slots for banners.
Works well if: You have lots of traffic; you have a niche where advertisers pay well.
Drawbacks: Too many ads can make your blog look unattractive; ads will drive readers away from your site.
Read more: 22 Ways to Find Advertisers for Your Website

#3: Affiliate Sales

Many sites, including huge ones like Amazon, offer an affiliate program. You link to their products with a special affiliate link, and if anyone buys something, you get a cut. (For digital products created by other bloggers, your affiliate cut will often be as much as 50%.)
Works well if: You write an in-depth review; the products are a good match for your audience.
Drawbacks: Could distract readers from buying your products; may take a while to build up a steady income stream this way.
Read more: 15 Affiliate Marketing Questions Answered by 3 Experts

#4: Digital Products

Many bloggers create their own digital products – ebooks are particularly popular. These can take a lot of time to put together, but they also can act as the first step toward turning your blog into a real business. (You’ll sometimes hear these called “information products” or “electronic products”.)
Works well if: You can create something genuinely valuable; you’ve built up a good relationship with your readers.
Drawbacks: An over-priced or underwhelming product may put readers off ever buying from you again.
Read more: Get Started Selling Electronic Products on Your Blog (ProBlogger)

#5: Services

Have you ever seen a “Hire me” page on a blog you were reading? Some bloggers offer their services as freelancers – perhaps in areas like design, business consulting, or even blogging. This is an alternative to the product route of turning your blog into a business.
Works well if: You’re skilled in a specific field; you have time to work one-on-one with clients.
Drawbacks: Hard to scale up (your time is finite); depending on your niche, your readers may not be able to afford to pay a good rate for your time.
Read more: 7 Lessons from a Full Time Freelance Blogger

#6: Physical Products

Blogs that sell physical products are often ones that were created to support an existing business, like an online or bricks-and-mortar store. They arrange shipping of the products (either directly or through a drop shipper). The products may be ones they create, or ones they buy wholesale.
Works well if: You already have a business selling physical goods, or experience of one.
Drawbacks: Many more overheads than selling digital products; likely to involve upfront costs.
Read more: An Introductory Guide to Selling Physical Products Online From Anywhere (Location Independent)

#7: Membership Site

A membership site charges a fee (normally monthly) for members to access content. The content might be “dripped” (every member gets certain content at week one of their membership, at week two, and so on) or new content might appear for all members at the same time, regardless of when they joined.
Works well if: You have in-depth, multimedia content to share; you can create a sense of community.
Drawbacks: Likely to require some technical support; may be tougher to promote than one-time payments for ebooks or similar.
Read more: 7 Tips for Creating and Running Your First Membership Site (Copyblogger)

Have you tried any of these methods for making money from your blog? Or are any of these on your to-do list for the future? Drop a comment below to let us know your experiences.

Make Money Online With These Free Information Marketing Kits

One of the common and popular keywords on the internet is ‘How to Make Money Online’.


In one of my recent posts, I introduced these blog readers to Information Marketing business, but one thing is that some people already know how it works but they don’t know how they can actually make money out of it.
All information marketing entails in the internet world is the selling of packaged information in form of manual. The manual could be e-book, mp3 and etc.
With information marketing business, you don’t necessarily need to produce a manual; you can start with ones that have resell-rights.
I uploaded some kits you can use to start a successful information marking business online and I’ve decided to give them out for free to all interested persons.
The kits are:

• Free website builder software + Manual on how to use it. Anybody with little or no knowledge of computer can use it.
• E-book writer pro + Manual on how to use it
• Professional E-cover creator software + Video on how to use it + Manual on how to use it

These three kits will help any serious minded fellow to kick-start an information marketing business without any problem.

• Download the WYSIWYG website builder software + manual from here
• Download the Ebook writer pro + Manual here
• Download the professional e-cover creator software + video manual from here

You can get the download links to these kits from the Information Marketing Kits download page.

Easy Tips to Get an Approved Adsense Account

Before, getting an approved Google adsense account wasn’t hard, you can set up a blog with an article on it and then apply for adsense. But now, getting an approved adsense account isn’t a joke matter, since your site/blog will go under two verification processes before you will finally get approved.

Many newbies just rush and apply for adsense after posting a plagiarize contents on their blog without reading Google policies to know what they are required to put in place before applying for Adsense, at the end, they will be disappointed with the reply from adsense team that their application cannot be approve with stipulated reason(s).


The simple secret to getting an approved adsense account is to play the game according to Google rules. Not getting approved by adsense simply means your site/blog is violating one or more Google policies. You need to put the steps outlined below into consideration if you want you adsense account to be approved without any ado.

1. Add Proper Meta Tags

Make sure you have added the necessary Meta tags that best describe your blog before applying for adsense.
I don’t know how to write & add Meta tags: Learn & Generate Search Engines Friendly Meta Tags

2. Duplicate Content

Don’t ever copy and paste contents from the other website/blog, if you do, Google will know and this can be a stumbling block from getting adsense approval. Not that you cannot use other people’s idea, but make sure the idea is rewritten in your own understanding to make it unique. Before you apply for adsense, make sure you have written at least 50-100 quality posts

3. Custom Domain Name

Don’t ever apply for adsense with sub-domains such as mysite.blogpot.com. Though they accept that in the old days, but now, you application will not be approve without a custom domain name. You can get a domain name from www.godaddy.com. Getting a custom domain name portray you to adsense team as a serious person ready for work.
Need help! I Can Assist You to Get A Domain Name

4. Organic Traffic

Before you apply for adsense, your blog must have a reasonable amount of organic traffic. Organic traffic simply means traffic from search engines.

5. Include Pages

You need to create page for contact us, about us, privacy policy, site map and terms & condition pages. You need to do this in order to get approved..

6. Apply for Adsense

You can now apply for adsense once you know you have fulfilled step 1-5. Make sure you cross check the information you supplied during registration very well.
In conclusion, I will tell you don’t rush, just be patient, work on your blog traffic, produce quality contents (search engines love them). If truly you want adsense to approve you, don’t use any other ad network such as infolinks, chitika, etc during this time. These tips have work for so many publishers and I believe it will work for you provided you dance according to the tune.
Got any question or better tips that have worked for you? Don’t hesitate to use the comment box below.

Why Google Adsense is the Best and Easiest Money Making Program?

It is a known fact that the easiest and best way to make money online via blogging is by displaying advertisement on your blog. Presently, there are hundreds of ad networks on the internet such as Adsense, Adhitz,Clicksor,Bidvertisers, Infolinks and others.

Bloggers that wishes to become successful in their blogging career will not implement so many ads on their blog, but they will pick one out of the ad networks and then put it to work. So out of all the ad serving programs, Adsense is regarded as the best.


To those who don’t really know what Adsense is, it is a product of Google which allows bloggers and webmasters to display contextual ads on their blogs/websites. To me, Adsense is the best of all ad network as I have tried so many of them, but what I find out is that apart from the fact that Adsense CPC is the best, there are other numerous benefits, but some of them are listed below.

Why You Must Go for Adsense

Adsense benefits are numerous, but I will try to mention some top benefits why you must be using Adsense. So before I list out the benefits, I must share how Adsense works. With Adsense program, you will get paid when people click on your ads, although you must avoid clicking your ads yourself as it is against Adsense policies.
1. Adsense is a contextual ad network: This connote that ads will be displayed/served according to the content(s) available on your blog/website. For instance if your blog is about recipes, the ads that will be served on your blog/website would be related to recipe.
2. Adsense is unique and different from other ad serving networks as their ad is easy to set up and install. To install Adsense on your blog, all you got to do is add the code to your blog/website template/theme and advertisement will start running on your blog/website.
3. Adsense CPC is the best of all ad serving networks as it CPC is higher than the rest. I have tried some in the past, but their CPC is low and can never be compared with Adsense.
4. You don’t have to be a geek or owns a website or blog to use Adsense as there are so many revenue sharing websites on the internet that allows you to use Adsense with the stuffs you have on their website but the money made via their website would be shared using the ratio in their policy. Some Adsense revenue sharing websites you can join are www.hubpages.com [you publish article(s) on their website and you get paid whenever some click on the ads served by Adsense on your article(s) page], www.doctoc.com [you upload document(s) on their website and you get paid whenever someone click ads served by Adsense on the uploaded document(s) page].
The benefits listed above are the reasons why I recommend Google Adsense for those that wish to make money online easily. If you have other reasons for using Adsense, don’t hesitate to share it with us via the comment box below.

Best Ways to Earn Huge Money Online (free)

                                    Best Ways To Earn Money on Online


Gone are the days when only a permanent job and the salaries drawn from it were considered to be the yardsticks for determining one’s success in life. Today there are a number of ways to rake in substantial amounts of money even without a having a permanent job. Let us find out what these ways are:

 

Avail online help: It is difficult to point out one potent online source of earning fast money. The opportunities available here are many. Link building, content writing, being a part of surveys for particular sites that pay money etc are just some of them. Ad posting is also another thing that you may try your hands at. A very simple job, raking in good money, this is something where you are required to copy paste ads provided by the concern you are working for in to various classified sites. These are the jobs where you are paid as per the results delivered by you. For fast cash you can sell off old junks on some popular websites. However, try to establish the authenticity of the sites before contacting them.
Be a part of medical experiments for colleges, universities and hospitals: Some of the prominent universities and hospitals conduct medical experiments, generally by studying side effects of drugs and medicines used by them.
Write stuff for magazines and books: If you have the knack for writing you can easily utilize it for writing short stories, novels etc for magazines.
Invest in a business: Yes, creating your own business today is not a daunting prospect anymore. You can easily start a business by investing some money. You can either do it from your savings or else you can take personal loans at affordable rates which you can repay on a monthly basis as your business starts flourishing. Needless to mention here, that your decision should be based on considerable thinking. Choose a line which is your forte. There can be no end in learning even while you are running a business but starting it without due knowledge or market survey can turn out to be risky.
Mentor kids in different fields: Be it education, singing, dancing, guitar, piano— anything that you have a firm grasp on— you can put it to good use by tutoring students or kids who are interested. Today kids are really enthusiastic about exploring different horizons apart from their studies. Their parents are willing to shell out the bucks to ensure that their children’s dreams are fulfilled.

Over 200 Ways to Make Money Online EveryDay

I always tell people that making money online is not as easy as most self-proclaimed gurus said.

To make money online, you have to work. It’s just like the real world.
Recently I released some tools to kick start a successful information marketing business. The kits contain software to produce an e-book with manual, software to create a websites with manual and software to make e-covers for e-books, cd manual and etc. All these kits are free, go to the Information Marketing Kits download page to get yours.
When I was browsing through the internet some days ago, I found an informative infographic that explains over 200 means to make money online legitimately.
The infographic explains ways newbies and experienced bloggers can make money online. I believe this will give folks interested in making money online some great ideas.
Thanks to SurveySpencer Team for this awesome infographic.
Note that reading this alone won’t make you money; you need to put them into work.

Among the 200+ ways explained in the infographic, which one are you ready to go for?

How to Sell & Accept Money Online in Nigeria Without a Website

Some people thought a website is always needed when it comes to selling and accepting payments online. You can make money online without a website. I’ve seen people making money from affiliate networks with their Facebook account, they just refer people and once anybody purchases the product, they get a percentage out of the money.

I’ve seen people that have over 100,000 Facebook fans, but don’t know how they can make money out of them. Some even have the idea of what they can offer them and then make money, but they don’t know how they can accept payment without a website.
Gone are the days that Nigerians only accept money via bank deposit. Accepting payments online without a website is now easy. With the help of SimplePay4U, you can sell things on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, G+ and others without a website. You tell people about the product and then provide them the link to pay for the product. That’s all.
If you have an idea of selling manuals to your Facebook fans, you can start now. Interested buyers will pay with their Debit/Credit Card to SimplePay4U, which you can later withdraw to your Bank account. Go to www.simplepay4u.com to register an account with SimplePay4U. Registration is free!
Generating a link for your product is quite easy; however, the website dashboard is friendly.
In case you are stuck during registration or when trying to generate a link for your product, use the comment section. I’m always around to assist you.

How To Make At Least $15 Daily With Google Adsense & Blogger

Learn How to make at Least $15 daily From Google Adsense With blogger. Does this sound impossible for you? It is possible to make a minimum of $15 daily from Google Adsense program. Though some years back when I was a newbie on the internet, I thought to myself that Google Adsense is not for a person like me, but I keep persisting and put some tips into practice and later I just began to notice some slight changes in my earning. At times I could make something like €0.50 but little by little my earning starts rising. Today, I can say I make something a bit reasonable from Google Adsense program though I have a dream to reach something better.
Today, I want to share some useful tips on how beginners can make money through Google Adsense program by sacrificing 30 minutes of their time daily. I will try to be simple and will also teach you how to get quality content for your blog without thinking much about what to write. Below are useful tips on how to make at least $15 daily from Google Adsense with blogger.

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#1. Launch www.blogger.com in your browser to register for a free blog.


#2. Your blog name must be memorable; it must be in English and related to your niche.


#3. Now that you’ve set up a blog, what you need now is to start posting article on the blog. But in case you don’t know what to write, I will advise you to go to article directory site (e.g www.ezinearticles.com) where you can find some articles related to your niche. After getting articles related to your niche, you need to make some changes in the article title and body (Google Frowns at Duplicate Content).You can also spin the article you get from article directory website online at http://ezarticlelink.com/articlespinner/free.php.

#4. Get the best articles, spin and post it on your blog. Always try to make 5 post daily (to make 100 articles in 20 days).

#5. The next thing you need is to start getting visitors to your blog. You can get visitors to your blog by sharing and telling your friends on Facebook, Twitter & other social networking site. You can also get free visitors from forums related to your blog topic. Note that No visitors = No click and no click will = No money. Try your best to get visitors to your blog.

#6. Immediately you begin to notice at least 100 visitors on your blog, place Google Adsense ads on it.

#7. If you’re having more than 100 visitors on your blog daily, you will start seeing some changes in your earnings. But if you’re not having up to 100 visitors on your blog daily don’t be upset, just keep posting and don’t relent in your effort.

#8. If you put these tips into practice, your blog will be indexed by search engines in 1 or 2 weeks.
In conclusion, these tips will work only if you’re committed and ready to make money online.

How To Create an Ebook & How to Publish it

                                     Ebooks Creations For All


Now the hottest topic on the internet Is How to Earn More Income through Selling your Own Online Ebook!!!!!!


* But It Is Not Possible to everyone to do this type of Online jobs But if you are a good at  writing Articles , Then you will Make Over $1000 dollars A Month With a Ebook!!!!


* You Have To Search for the keywords First to write an high content ebook on the internet and then , take some time to write a ebook .


* And Complete The Ebook Within Few Days (ex: 1 or 5 days) 


* Then Design The Ebook Font And , Create a best Cover For Your Ebook ,Then ppl will love to see it/


* And an important Thing is you have to Covert your Ebook to PDF file so  the people  will love your work ,and next time they will wait for another ebook of yours !!


* Then Now You Have to Publish Your Ebook to the World and Net


* Many Ways is there to Publish Your Ebook and here is some -------->


                         Publish Your Ebook  Through SocialMedia


The Most Targeted Traffic comes through Twitter , facebook , Pin , and More..........



* Publish Your Ebook On Facebook and you will get maximum higher Sales from Facebook because every person now have facebook and you have to tell them via msg and commenting on their posts and more things is there .


* Publish Your Ebook on Twitter . the most powerfull socialmedia network is twitter you can get more and  more sales from twitter when you follow more ppl on twitter, they will love who follow them on twitter and they will checkout ur Ebook  or Other Comments and more and u also get sales from twitter ..



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Earn $900 Dollars EveryDay With Facebook

    Earn $900 Dollars EveryDay With Facebook




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How to Optimize Your Website for Search Engine In Only 6 Easy Steps

• How to Optimize Your Website for Search Engine Use                                                      

                                                                        

Steps Dedicate some time to writing really great content. The saying goes that you should write for people first and search engines second. This basically means you should be creating really quality pieces that are useful and engaging for humans because the search engines will recognise your efforts. Your readers will share your work generating additional backlinks, not to mention extra traffic, and search engines will recognise your quality piece because it will flow naturally with not too many keywords (something which is penalized in the post Penguin Update world).

1. • Write content people want to share on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social networks. The search engine will read those social signals as a signal of the quality of your domain. You can accelerate the spread of your content on these sites by having an account on these social networks with lots of followers.
   • Consider submitting your content to sites like Reddit, Delicious, Digg and other content aggregators that might gain you a few readers. ,
   • Go back and SEO rewrite some old content. Chances are you know stuff about search engine optimisation that you didn't know last year (not to mention changes in SEO best practices since last year). Re-visit some old content and re-write it with your search engine optimisation hat on, updating image attributes, changing keyword density, adding links to your home page and other relevant content on your site. Even consider republishing as a fresh article for extra brownie points with the search engines!
2. Get links to your pages from other trusted websites.
   • Even if you are new to the web, you have natural links you could try to get. All businesses have suppliers whether they be accountants, solicitors or raw material providers. All these suppliers are bound to have a website, contact them to ask for a link back, but do not offer a link in exchange. Link exchanges don't violate Google's TOS, but they will now work against you. When building links, always give other site owners a reason to want to link back to you. Perhaps write an article based on a particular client - everyone likes bragging rights and this can gain you additional links without even having to ask. All Google wants to see is links that have an editorial right to be there.
3. 
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   Complete all image attributes. Pictures dress up your pages but search engines don't really know how to deal with them unless you complete all the nitty-gritty details like title, caption, alternate text, description. Be ethical though, don't use it as an opportunity to cram an extra few keywords onto the page as this will likely have a negative impact on your search engine ranking. Some people search for what they are looking for via Google image search, if your image is highly visible then your potential customers will likely visit your page.
4. 
   4
   Diversify internal anchor text links. There needs to be variations in the text when one creates those blue-highlighted anchor text links. The links on a page are what the search engine spiders follow in determining where they are being led. The text used in the links are used in helping the search engines figure out what the page it leads to is all about.
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   Take note of word count. Although it’s been a classic rule that “readers online do not read”, it simply doesn’t mean that one has to deprive the online users of good, meaty content. Stick to at least 250 words a page. SEOs know that writing down for an appropriate length of text means being more able to include more related terms for the target keywords.
6. 
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   Avoid duplicate content. The content on your website should be unique from other pages on your site, and from external sites as well. Consider using a tool such as Siteliner to look for duplicate content.

Page Format Issues

1. 
   1 Title Tags
   The first is your page title. It’s very important to put keywords in your page title; specifically try to get important keywords first and try to limit the overall length of your page title. Well-constructed title tags contain the main keyword for the page. It should contain less than 65 characters with no stop words such as: a, if, the, then, and, an, to, etc. Your title tag should also be limited to the use of alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and commas.
2. 
   2
   Header Tags
   Next, it’s important to look at the header tags on your site-h1, h2, h3, h4 and so on. H1 is the most significant. Make sure you have the most important keyword labeled as h1 tag. This will help you with ranking for your site, especially if someone is searching for that particular key word or phrase.
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   Page Content
   Next up is the content. You definitely want to put your keywords in the contents somewhere, but the object, though, is to make sure the content is very well written for visitors to your website. You want to insert the keywords for that page only where it makes sense. Page content should have between 300 and 700 words of descriptive content that contains the keywords specified in the keywords meta tag for the page. You also want to try to optimize your URLs. Make sure to include important keywords in the URL.
4. 4
   Meta Tags
   Next are the Meta keywords and Meta description. These are pieces of code behind the scene. The code should look something like this: It should be placed directly under the title tag code <title> Your site title</title> <meta name="description" content="your site description" <meta name="keywords" content="keyword1, keyword2, keyword3" Your keywords meta tag should contain between 5-10 keywords or keyword phrases that are also found in page content. Also one more important meta tag is description tag that contains information about the page's content so you can persuade search engine users to visit your web site. It should have 15-160 characters, remember not to stuffed with keywords.
5. 5 Navigation
   Next is to have proper navigation. Each page of your site should contain links to every other page so search engine spiders can find every page. This is an important step for the proper indexing and page ranking for your site.
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   Site Map
   Next is having a proper site map. It's important to use two site maps for your website--an XML version and a static version. The XML version can be created by sitemap generators tools such as http://www.xml-sitemaps.com. The sitemap should then be submitted to the Google Webmaster Tools account for that site. This will aid in crawling of Google's Spidebot. The static version should be a HTML page that contains links to every other page.

Earn Money From Selling Your Own Ebook

     Earn Money From Selling Your Own Ebook


       

Barry Eisler writes thrillers about a half-Japanese, half-American freelance assassin named John Rain. John Rain is the consummate anti-hero, a whiskey swilling, jazz-loving former CIA agent battling crippling paranoia as he adventures around the globe. Readers love John Rain, so much so that they’ve landed Barry Eisler and seven of his John Rain books on the New York Times Bestseller list. [TIM: Here's how the different bestseller lists work.]
Having conquered all that needs to be conquered in the world of commercial publishing, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Eisler’s publisher offered him $500,000 deal for a new two-book deal.
The surprise was that Eisler turned down the deal and decided to tackle self-publishing instead.  In a freewheeling discussion with self-publishing expert Joe Konrath, Eisler says:
“I know it’ll seem crazy to a lot of people, but based on what’s happening in the industry, and based on the kind of experience writers like you are having in self-publishing, I think I can do better in the long term on my own.”
We asked Eisler for a current update, and he told us that this month (March 2013), he expects to sell 8,000 copies of his 10 self-published novels and stories, which are priced $1-5 each. Despite self-publishing his first story only two years ago, it appears he’s made the right decision. With roughly $300,000 in royalties per year, he already beat his publisher’s offer…
The writing on the wall couldn’t be any clearer: the publishing world is changing fast. 
Getting a publishing contract has long been the first litmus test of a writer’s success. Writers spend years in the wilderness accumulating rejections before finding a single buyer (advances usually start at $1,000 to $10,000). Even The 4-Hour Workweek was rejected 20+ times before it got an offer.
But conventional publishing isn’t the only game in town anymore.
Self-published authors are increasingly landing on the NYT bestseller list and hog a fair share of Amazon’s top-20 list. Amanda Hocking became a self-publishing multi-millionaire with her teen supernatural thrillers before bagging a $2M publishing contract with St. Martin’s Press. John Locke sold $2M worth of eBooks before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster.
All this means that perhaps you don’t need a contract to validate you… now or in the future.

Why eBooks, Why Now?

 

The numbers don’t lie: Amazon now sells more eBooks than printed books. Kindle sales topped 1 million per week by the end of last year. More than 20% of publishing giant Random House’s revenues last year were from digital sales.

[TIM: Here are my personal stats -- the percentage of total sales from ebooks for each of my books, limited to their first year on-sale:
April 2007 pub date - original 4HWW - less than 1%
Dec 2009 pub date - revised and expanded 4HWW - approximately 21%
Dec 2010 pub date - 4HB - approximately 31%
Nov 2013 pub date - 4HC - will surpass 50% by November 2013]

Amazon is at the forefront of this publishing revolution. Through the Kindle eReader and the Kindle eBook store, it has given indie authors a platform to get published and gather an audience. As a $100-billion-plus market cap e-commerce juggernaut, Amazon already has a substantial user base (as per comScore, 282.2 million people visited Amazon.com in June 2011 – or roughly 20% of the total internet traffic). Coupled with high royalty rates (70% compared to 10-15% for traditional publishers), it is the perfect platform for a fledgling writer to make a living, and if fate agrees, even a fortune.
The path to becoming a Kindle millionaire isn’t easy, but it’s possible to tilt the odds in your favor by following best practices. [TIM: Becoming a millionaire using non-Kindle ebooks is arguably even easier -- here's one $1,000,000/month example.]
This how-to post will look at general principles and lessons from real-world successes.

Understanding Amazon and Niche Selection

The first step is market research.
Your first order of the day should be to spend a few hours around the Amazon Kindle marketplace. Browse through the top sellers, be generous with your clicks and read up as much as you can – user reviews, book descriptions, Amazon’s editorial reviews (if any). You want to get an intuitive feel for the market, what sells, what doesn’t. How many non-fiction books end up in the top 10? What genre do they belong to? What is the average price of a Kindle bestseller? What do their covers look like? How many reviews do they have? What is the average rating? What is the correlation between rating and current ranking?

[TIM: For what it's worth, much like Hugh Howey, I write about what I love or would love to learn about. Here's how I did preliminary market research for The 4-Hour Chef:
- I polled my 400,000+ followers on Twitter and Facebook with questions like “What are your favorite 2 or 3 cookbooks?” and “If you were starting over, which 2 or 3 books would get you most excited while learning fundamentals?”
- I then used virtual assistants via Taskrabbit.com to create a list of those titles that pop up more than 3 times. I also asked professional chefs the same questions and cross-referenced the lists.
- Once I had the repeat contenders (let’s assume 20 titles), I headed to Amazon, where I did 2 things:
1. First, I identified the titles on my list that have an average review of 4 stars or higher.
2. Second, I read the “most helpful” critical reviews from those titles, aiming to focus on 3-star ratings, whenever possible. If not, I look for 4-star. The 1- and 2-star are usually written by people who hate everything (look at their other reviews if you
doubt me), and the 5-star reviews tend not to go into detail. From the “most helpful” 3–4-star reviews, I compile a list of:
A) Things “missing” or deficient in even the best books. These are opportunities for me to do or explore something new. For instance, even the best-selling BBQ books were criticized for omitting the “heart and soul of BBQ”: short ribs and brisket. This meant I naturally had to include at least one.
B) I download all 20 books onto my Kindle and read the “Popular Highlights” in each, sorted by “Most Popular.” This often allows me
to read 20–50 pages instead of 300, 500, or even 1,000 pages. Then I can deep dive only where I love what I see. If you don't like the movie trailer, you're certainly not going to like the book the highlights were pulled from.

But this begs the question: how do you go about selecting your niche in the first place?
I’m tempted to say: pick a niche you actually enjoy reading. But this may not always be the best advice. I enjoy reading complicated literary novels and obscure texts in linguistics, but they’re hardly the stuff best sellers are made of. Your niche selection should be in-line with market demands. This is why spending time in the Amazon marketplace is important: it will tell you which niches are popular and which are not.

[TIM: To really determine what will sell and what will not, I highly recommend reading this step-by-step method by Noah Kagan. He built two multi-million-dollar businesses before age 28 using similar methodologies.]

Once you have your niche, spend some time researching your ideal buyer. See where they hang out, how active they are online, what is their average age and income, and what motivates them to buy an eBook in the first place? Are they looking for solutions, or are they looking for adventures and story-telling to ease their boredom?
Once you have a faint picture of your ideal buyer, find out what they do and what they consume online. Entrepreneurs will likely hang out at TechCrunch, while productivity folks will have Lifehacker bookmarked. Quantcast is a good tool to understand market demographics better. Just type in the URL of the target site, and you’ll get a fair idea of their demographic make-up. [TIM: You can also get valuable data from Kickstarter projects you find that might attract similar customers -- which sites are sending them the most traffic?]
Be prepared to spend a few hours over a weekend in market research. [TIM: I'll spend weeks doing this, if necessary. I don't truly know my audience until I could make decisions for them.]
A few power tips for niche selection:
- Weight loss and dieting are a perennial Amazon favorite.
- Business books tend to find a lot of favor with readers as well, especially if you can package scattered information into an easy to digest package (example: Personal MBA by Josh Kauffman).
- Reddit is one of the finest sources to research niches and gather ideas. Spend a few hours in /r/Fitness and its related sub-reddits (/r/leangains, /r/paleo) and you’ll come up with dozens of ideas for a book (example: The Butter and Bacon Diet: Losing Weight With Keto, inspired by /r/keto). This is a nice list of sub-reddits arranged by popularity.
- Don’t go niche-hopping. Stick to one niche and dominate it with a flood of quality content. There are dozens and dozens of ideas scattered all over the Internet. Research these ideas, agglomerate them into comprehensible forms, and synthesize them into consumable format, and you’ll have your eBook. [TIM: This isn't my approach, but it can be done well, even with public domain materials.]

Creating the eBook

This can be the hardest or the easiest part of becoming a Kindle publisher, depending on your comfort level with writing. Writing the eBook yourself can be incredibly fun if you enjoy the creative process, or a mind-numbing chore if you don’t.

[TIM: Writing a book shouldn't be used to determine if you like (or can at least handle) writing. Try and publish a chapter-length (3,000-5,000 words) blog post a week for a month. If you can't do that, don't commit to a book, IMHO. To improve your craft, I suggest On Writing by Stephen King, Bird by Bird, and On Writing Well.]

Alternatively, you can outsource the entire project. But before you jump into the fray, there are a few key steps to consider:
- Brainstorm the title of the book. Along with the cover, your title is the most visible aspect of your book. Dig through the bestseller list in your targeted niche to see how top books are titled, and consider following their lead. [TIM: I actually test both titles and subtitles using cheap Google Adwords campaigns.]
- Brainstorm angles and approaches to the content. What makes your book unique among the competition? What new perspective are you bringing to the niche? How can you deliver most value to your readers?
- Create a detailed outline of the entire eBook. Map everything out, from the introduction to the concluding paragraph. Look to the best selling books in your niche for inspiration and advice on structure and organization. You should have a thorough outline detailing the style, tone and content of each chapter.

[TIM: I typically break my books into 3-5 "sections" which are then broken down into chapters. I use the program Scrivener to map this out. Each chapter has a beginning, middle, and end like a magazine article. Each of them should be independently self-sufficient. This makes the book easier for me to write if I hit a block... and it makes the book easier to read. I can write chapters out of order, and readers can consume them out of order.]

- While it’s necessary to strive for quality and push conventions aside, it is also important to be practical in your approach. You might aspire to write avant-garde literary novels, but that’s hardly the stuff best-sellers are made of. The key is to write an astounding book in a niche that sells. This, of course, doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice on quality; Max Brooks’ “World War-Z” piggybacked on the zombie apocalypse trend, and yet found a way to comment on compelling present day social and political issues. Now it’s a major film starring Brad Pitt.
If you want to write the book yourself, as Tim would have it, there are a few things you can do to sharpen your skills:
- Become a master of the Snowflake Method. Essentially, it means building a comprehensive ‘map’ of your book – character backstories, narrative arcs, plausible scenarios – before you write a single word. It flies in the face of all conventional notions of ‘creative inspiration,’ but it can be deadly effective at writing superior novels with strong narrative arcs, especially in genre fiction. The Snowflake Method has been devised by author Randy Ingmerson, who has used it himself in all six of his best-selling novels.
- Storytelling is a craft, and like any other craft, it too can be mastered with practice. Barry Eisler, who has tackled both legacy and self-publishing (and succeeded wildly), suggests a reading of three books – Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies by Sol Stein, Learning to Write Fiction from the Masters, by Barnaby Conrad, and Robert McKee’s Story: Substance, Structure, Style and Principles of Screenwriting to improve the craft of storytelling. [TIM: I personally favor Save the Cat for fiction/screenwriting.]
- Learn from fellow self-published authors. Eisler recommends the blog of novelist J.A. Konrath, who has been self-publishing since 2004 and recording his experiences on the blog. Eisler says, “I think anyone even considering self-publishing ought to be reading Joe, and if you’re not interested in self-publishing, you should read him just to be sure you understand the pros and cons of the various publishing options available today.” Eisler also has a list of indie author blogs on his website that can help you understand the self-publishing process.
- Learn from the masters: the likes of Stephen King, Nicholas Sparks, and Robert Ludlum have spent a lifetime perfecting their craft. Comb through their novels diligently. See how they create tension, withhold information to create suspense, and write dialogues. The more you read, the better you will become at grasping the essence of a good novel.
- Create a writing schedule and stick to it. Set aside at least an hour or two for writing each day. This is the hardest part about writing a successful novel, simply because it requires discipline and commitment. Most writers don’t succeed because they give-up midway. Don’t be that writer. [TIM: Most of my friends who are consistently good writers write between 10pm-8am. This means they either go to be really late -- I do my best work between 11pm-5am -- or they wake up really early. It's easier to concentrate when the rest of the world is asleep.]
Otherwise, it’s time to find freelancers to finish your project:
- Insist on a Skype interview before you hire anyone. Pay careful attention to their command of language. Also pay attention to how well they ask you questions.
- Ask them difficult questions: What is their prior experience with writing eBooks? What’s their best and worst published work and why? What mistakes have they made, professionally and creatively?
- Speak with references and include: “He/she seems great. I like them. Of course, all people have strengths and weaknesses. If you had to choose theirs, what would they be?”
- If they pass the above, give them your detailed brief and outline in full. The more information your writer has, the better the finished product will be.
- Consider payment on a chapter-by-chapter basis until a strong working relationship is established.
- Last but not least, have them sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

Formatting the eBook for Kindle

You’ll most likely write your eBook as a Word document. Converting a. docx/.doc file to the Kindle format is relatively straight forward with Amazon’s conversion tools. Amazon itself has a comprehensive guide on formatting a book for Kindle.
The key things to keep in mind when formatting are:
1. File size: files larger than 50mb cannot be converted to the Kindle format. Remember that Amazon’s delivery costs are approximately $0.15/mb. The larger the file size, the higher these costs. Compress the document as much as possible before uploading it to Amazon for the conversion process.
2. Amazon has a comprehensive guide to building a book for Kindle that covers every aspect of formatting – creating front matter, table of contents, etc. This is a free eBook that can be downloaded here.
3. The catalog/cover image is crucial for sales. Here’s Amazon’s online guide on how to create the cover.

Designing the Cover

Never judge a book by its cover, they say. On Amazon, however, your cover will go a long way towards setting you apart from the self-published pap that usually litters the Kindle store. If you’ve done your market research right, you already know what I’m talking about: badly formatted books with covers that look like Photoshop disasters and a child’s scribbling in MS paint dominate the low-end of the market.
A quality cover is proof that you’ve put thought and effort into the book – a good signal for a prospective buyer. [TIM: Also think in terms of thumbnail size -- will it grab attention as a tiny image on a handheld device? You won't have a nice big hardcover to show it off. Think like an app designer choosing an icon for the iPhone.]
Depending on your budget and Photoshop skills, you can either design the cover yourself ($0), or outsource it ($5 to $395).
OPTION A: DESIGNING THE COVER YOURSELF
Unless you are a Photoshop whiz, I don’t recommend this option. If you must cut corners and design the cover yourself, I recommend keeping things simple: grab a high quality image from Shutterstock that echoes the generic conventions of your niche and write your book title in an appropriate font. For inspiration, head to the Book Cover Archive.
Pro tip: Fonts, like images in a cover, echo the established values of a genre. Fonts in romance novels are usually florid, while those in thrillers and weight loss books are more contemporary. Make sure that you use fonts that adhere to genre conventions.
OPTION B: OUTSOURCING THE COVER DESIGN
Pick your poison:
Cheap: Set up a competition on 99designs to crowdsource your eBook cover. Prices can range from $50 to $500. OR, hire an established, experienced book cover designer. You can easily find a ton of these on sites like AuthorSupport or Damonza.
Cheaper: For $20-50, hire a designer from oDesk to design a cover for you.
Cheapest: For $5, get a cheap cover from Fiverr.

Marketing and Promoting Your Book

So you’ve written your book, you’ve formatted it for Kindle, and you have a gorgeous cover image to entice readers.
Now it’s game time.
Marketing is what separates the successful Kindle publishers from the also-rans who hug the bottom of the sales charts.
Self-publishing essentially inverts the traditional publishing model, where publishers publish the book, then get the media to drum up enthusiasm before the public can pass it along through word-of-mouth. Self-published authors must do this entire process in reverse: they must get people interested in their books before they actually publish the book on Amazon. It requires building relationships with your readers and establishing a sense of community by leveraging social media.
[TIM: I'll keep this note short. Here's how to create a high-traffic blog (1MM+ unique visitors a month) without killing yourself. It's exactly how I built this blog and manage it.]
ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT AUTHOR PROFILE
In the mid-80s, at the height of his literary prowess, Stephen King started writing books under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. Bachman’s books were failures – Running Man sold only 28,000 copies in its initial print run, but ten times as many when Bachman was outed as a pseudonym for King. The message is obvious enough: readers won’t think twice about buying books from authors they know and recognize.
For amateur authors, this translates into maintaining a consistent author profile across multiple media properties. You are essentially trying to create a personal brand (like Tim’s). Select a good picture and make sure you use it on all author-related websites, including your blog, social media, and Amazon Author Central (more on this below).
START A BLOG
It is 2012; you have no excuses for not running a blog. It is free and downright easy with software like WordPress. The 4-Hour Workweek blog (built using WordPress) was started as a platform to promote a book and foster a community. Today, the blog and its readership are arguably more valuable than the book itself. [TIM: Definitely true.]
Share advice and tips related to your niche. Your blog should serve as a teaser trailer for what’s in store in your book. Be as educative, informative, and creative as you can be. This 4-Hour Workweek blog is a good model to imitate.
[TIM: You don't have to start out sexy! Check out this hideous mess, the earliest version of this blog. It's atrocious.]
HARNESS THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Start with the obvious:
- A Facebook page
- A Twitter account
Then the not-so-obvious:
- Do Reddit AMAs on appropriate sub-reddits (here’s a big list).
- Answer questions on Quora related to your niche.
- Do guest posts on niche specific blogs.
- Create author profiles on GoodReads and Amazon Author Central.
- Engage and communicate with fellow writers and readers on forums like Authonomy and Absolute Write.
Barry Eisler advises “not to use social media to sell, but rather to give away useful information and entertaining content for free, and to build relationships thereby. What you do on your Facebook page and Twitter page should be intended to benefit your friends and followers. If they like it, they’ll like you; if they like you, maybe they’ll become interested in your books.”
BECOME A MASTER OF MARKETING
A foundation in conventional and Internet marketing can go a long way in helping you make Kindle sales. Eisler recommends four books on marketing to the aspiring author:
1. Marketing High Technology: An Insider’s View, by Bill Davidow. According to Eisler, “the sixteen factor he (Davidow) looks for in determining whether marketing is likely to be successful are incredibly useful and adaptable to the book industry.”
2. The Dream: How to Promote Your Product, Company or Ideas – and Make a Difference Using Everyday Evangelism, by Guy Kawasaki. Eisler adds, “approaching marketing as evangelism is a brilliant concept, and unusually applicable to books. Recruiting and training evangelists with the power of social media is something any writer intent on commercial success should do.”
3. The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk!, by Al Ries and Jack Trout. [TIM: I love this book. Also don't miss this article, perhaps my fave of all-time: 1,000 True Fans.]
4. Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends and Friends Into Customers, by Seth Godin. Eisler especially recommends Godin’s book, saying that “the concept of what a customer gives you permission to market and where you’re counterproductively overstepping your bounds is hugely important to bookselling, and this short book should be on any self-published author’s short list.”
PRICING, DESCRIPTIONS and REVIEWS
Price is a major advantage self-published authors have over published authors. $0.99 to $2.99 seems to be the sweet spot for self-published works. Amazon offers two royalty structures for its Kindle Direct Publishing program: 35% or 70% royalty. The 70% royalty option is available only a few select countries – including the United States (see the full list here). However, books with 70% royalty must be priced at least 20% lower than their physical counterparts. If you choose the 35% royalty option, you have much more freedom in setting the list price.
70% royalty is perfect for self-published authors who do not have physical books in the Amazon store. $2.99 is the recommended price point since it nets you more than $2 per sale (excluding delivery costs, which start at $0.15/mb) while still keeping the price low enough for impulse buys.
It is also a good idea to give away your book for free initially to jump start sales. You do this by setting the list price as $0.00 and promoting the book’s initial run through social media. If the product is good enough, it will spread through word of mouth and you can alter the list price accordingly.
The book description is important for telling the readers what to expect in the book. This is where you put your blurb and review snippets from bloggers. Look at books in the Amazon Top 100 to see how they capture reader attention and write their blurbs.

[TIM: I'm astonished when authors spend 1-10 years writing a book and then let a junior copyeditor at their publisher write their backcover and inside flap copy. Don't do this! That copy will end up being your "Description" text on Amazon, which is your most important tool for converting browsers to buyers. Good copywriters know that you spend 80% of your time on the headline of an ad. You should spend at least 10x as much time on backcover/flap/"description" copy as you would on an average internal page.]

Reviews are social proof of a book’s quality and a crucial contributing factor to its success. Gathering positive reviews will go a long way in pushing your eBook towards the bestseller charts. Some authors, including John Locke, confessed to buying reviews for money (as per this NYT expose), but it’s a practice that is unethical and looked down upon in the writer community. Your best bet is to leverage your existing relationships with your Twitter followers, blog readers, friends, and relatives to get positive reviews.
Finally, I’ve found that it is profitable in the initial run to release books within a space of a week or a month, so that your readers have something to move onto if they like your work. It also helps to create narrative arcs that span several books (something that can be done with non-fiction as well) to keep readers coming back for more. [TIM: Haha... I personally prefer to take 2-4 years between books and focus on ensuring that each one sells for decades.]

Closing Words

The beauty of Amazon is that once you have enough leverage in the market, you’re essentially working on auto-pilot. Once you are an established presence in the market, your name alone will attract the curious and the faithful. As far as passive income is concerned, it’s hard to beat a portfolio of Kindle books.
[TIM: Or 1 or 2 books that sell forever. Here's how to maximize the odds -- The 12 Main Lessons Learned Marketing The 4-Hour Body.]
Caveat lector: be aware that success through self-publishing is rare and hard fought. Eisler compares publishing to the lottery, where few can get in and even fewer can succeed. The main difference between legacy and self-publishing, he says, is that “the overwhelming majority of writers who couldn’t even get in the door in the legacy world can now publish just as easily as everyone else, but beyond that, so far I’d say the odds of making a living are roughly the same.”
He adds, “fantasizing about making it big in self-publishing is no more crazy than fantasizing about making it big in legacy publishing.”
Here’s to the crazy ones: take action, research, write, sell, repeat.
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