Hey guys, my name is Ryan McLean and I am going to be a contributor here on The University Kid. I know that I am no Jason, but I know quite a bit about the IM niche. So if you want to find out more ways to make money online then you should read what I have to write.
Jason has talked a lot about how to market and sell your own products. You can view what he has written here and here. These are the perfect guides to get you making money from your products.
But what if you do not have a product? What if you are struggling to write your own ebook. Well I am going to show you how to create an ebook in just one day and start making money from it.
1. Have an Idea
In order to begin writing your ebook you need to have an idea of what you want to make. You should be educated in the niche you are writing in (or know how to research well) and it helps if you have had some success in that area. For example if you are writing an ebook about making money online you should already be making money online.
2. Remove Distractions
In order to write the full ebook you need to remove distractions. This means you might need to turn the TV off or even turn the internet off so you are not tempted to browse the internet. Get yourself in a quiet room where you can focus and write as quickly and easily as possible.
3. Plan
Planning is one of the hardest things to do because often you will just want to get writing but it is necessary in order to write a good ebook. I find the best way to plan a book is to write down everything you want to write and then order it the way you want to write it out.
It helps if you write subtitles and then you can just expand on them when you write your book.
4. Write
Now it is time to write. Set a goal of how much you want to write and aim to reach that goal. Take regular breaks so you can keep your mind active. Do something that gets you out of the house. Go for a walk or do some exercise, go out for lunch etc.
When writing try to stay as focused as possible. It is really easy for your mind to drift off. When you are focused you should be able to write anywhere between 600-2000 words per hour. Your ebook does not need to be that long, maybe 10-20 pages, which is 3,000-6,000 words. Make sure your content is solid and you don’t talk a lot of fluff.
5. Edit
This is one thing many people fail to do (me included.) Editing is a must as it is almost certain that you have made a lot of grammatical errors. Go through the book reading it out aloud and fix up any errors that you come across. Then get someone else to read it and check it for you. Get a family member or a friend to check it or you can get someone on Digital Point Forums to check it (though you will have to pay them). This means your book will be easy to read and people will not be turned off by your grammatical errors.
6. Create Cover
Selling your ebook will be much easier if you have a cover created for it. You don’t NEED a cover but it does help to get people over the line and create more sales. You can get an ebook cover designed for $15-$100 online at forums such as digital point.
7. Sell
Now you have created your ebook in one day you can now sell it before you go to sleep. Use Jason’s tip for selling your product. The best thing about selling ebooks is that they can sell while you are asleep. Hopefully you will wake up in the morning with some sales and some extra money in your pocket.
Write an Ebook in 1 Hour
Alternatively, if you don’t want to write the ebook yourself, you can outsource it and get someone else to write it. You can spend less than 1 hour working on it and make a fair amount of money if it is a good book. You are looking at spending anywhere between $0.01-$0.04 per word for the writing of your ebook. So for 5,000 words you will need to spend between $50-$200. Make a couple of sales on a $27 ebook and you will be laughing.
Have you made an ebook in a day or less? Any tips to add? Let us know below
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January 5th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Great post Ryan and very easy to do when you do remove all distractions! And there is no need to spend too much on ebook covers -digitalpoint has some great designers for $15!
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Writers Needed- Apply Here! (2 comments) Reply:
January 6th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Yeah, you are right. You have to get rid of distractions. when I first started making money as a marketer online, I was thinking of 1000 different things, and I never put my 100% focus on one thing which is why I never accomplished anything.
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Jay (131 comments) Reply:
January 15th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
You can actually do eBook covers for free… if you look right, there are websites that do it for you.
Jay
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January 5th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Great post! I actually wrote an ebook on exactly how you can do this yourself and make $1000s. If anyone is looking for more information as to how to do this… I am still selling my eBook “Work Smart, Get Rich” for $15 a copy (ebook-rich.com), which you will make 100 times over with your first production. I say, you can write and market an eBook in hours… much less than a day
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January 5th, 2009 at 6:50 am
Great outlined of articles Ryan. Learning and looking people making sales online is really very easy but when comes to reality, its a tough job. Talking about tweaking, SEO, keywork targetting… too much work to be done just to make the first sale. Anyway, good job man!
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January 5th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Nice post Ryan!
Writing eBooks used to be an easy way to make money for me…sell for $10 and get a minimum of 5 sales a day…not a bad taking seeing as they didn’t take me long to write.
I haven’t written one in a while as I didn’t have time…I’ll outsource the next one I think. Nice tips!
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Ryan McLean (95 comments) Reply:
January 6th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I would love to know how you can get 5 sales per day.
I have not been able to do that yet…but I have plans to do it in the future
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ZK from Internet Marketing Blog (10 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Traffic and smart marketing will get you sales , if your product is good you ll create that buzz selling more than 5 books a day
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January 5th, 2009 at 11:07 am
This article is well written Ryan, simple to the point. I’ve always considered writing an Ebook, just have never got round to doing it, this is a good reminder – Thanks.
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January 5th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
I am going to try and do this and see if it will work. Once completed, I will post a case study on my blog explaining how it worked out.
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ZK from Internet Marketing Blog (10 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
why dont you post a case study on how well your ebook is doing , unless I ve missed a post on that
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January 5th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
I appreciate sharing your idea in making book in 1 hour, honestly could that be happening without proper research and lots of homework starting your chapter at gradual timely manner not to mentioned hiccups on vocabulary problems and stagnant.Anyway good work, wish you success too.
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January 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Awesome post. I guess we should all start writing a ebook. Sometimes you waste your time and no one wants it though.
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January 5th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
At this point in my life and blogging development, the option of outsourcing seems to be best for me. I am trying to get products now with less work as possible.
But thanks for sharing, Ryan.
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January 5th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
This post sends the right message to readers, as it shows that one can produce a spreadable creation through the duration of one day, with all thoughts being maintained during the procedure, and no energy being lost for it due to sleep. It makes creating an eBook appear to be more doable for those that imagine it as requiring a month, or more, of effort. It provides this reassurance by going through all the steps, leaving nothing to be wondered about.
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R&B Haven (9 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Agreed. It does a great job of removing the mystery of the eBook and laying out the facts of producing one and getting it out to market.
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January 6th, 2009 at 12:10 am
I’ve got to admit that eBooks can be a very profitable aspect of online business. I’ve myself experimented with them over the past month and they’ve raked me at least a couple grand, if not more, and took almost no advertising from my side.
I try to put value in my eBooks, report – be they written in one day or one week. If they provide value and do clever marketing, you’re sure to rake in more than you think.
That said, good post!
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January 6th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I like the idea of writing an ebook,using so great recommendations,only I exclude the speed,I cannot work at such a rate and doubt I should.
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January 6th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Thank you very much
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January 6th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Have you made an ebook in a day or less?
I never did it
I already have an idea, have content ‘in my brain’ to write. But when I start to write it, I stuck. I can not push any button of my keyboard. I do not know what’s the problem.
And BTW, thanks for idea to outsource my idea and hope I can create one ebook
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Ryan McLean (95 comments) Reply:
January 6th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I have actually written multiple ebooks in one day so I know it is possible
You could get a voice to text program to help you?
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Ari Lestariono (8 comments) Reply:
January 6th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
@Ryan, how did you do that writing e-books, in short time?I like to make e-books as well, but in short time?? please share your knowledge
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Dewaji SEO Test (8 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am
WOW, multiple ebooks in one day. Great.
BTW Ryan do you have any recommendation for voice to text program ?
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ZK from Internet Marketing Blog (10 comments) Reply:
January 7th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Will you write an ebook for me , I ll give you the concept and a draft ..i ll pay you as per your payment terms
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January 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Hey Ryan, good to see you out and about! All excellent information that will be kept for reference for sure…
1 day? I do know my limitations (which is always good to know), so maybe a few days or so for me.
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January 6th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Awesome post. I have never even dreamt of writing an ebook in one day. I may keep this post as a guide do it.
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January 6th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Welcome to the site! It’s good to see someone carrying the torch!
It’s hard to imagine writing an ebook in one day, but once you draw up a reasonable scale for the book, it doesn’t sound as bad. I’ll have to try this one day. Now just to find a topic.
The challenge is getting RID of distractions when the computer you’re writing the ebook on is the number one distraction
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January 7th, 2009 at 2:10 am
yup one at a time
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January 7th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Thanks for the tip. Very valueable..
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January 7th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Wow you really make it seem possible to write a book in a day! Well I will just have to wait for that idea to come along then.
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January 7th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I think he’s using dragon natural speaking software to write rather than type.
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January 8th, 2009 at 2:05 am
Writing e-book in an hour sounds interesting, what kind of e-book, what type of industry? what would be the price launched?
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January 8th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Yes,
Although it took less than 24 hours of work, but accross several days.
All I did was interviewing 6 experts in the subject (by email), prepare the question, get the email they send me, and then paste in the ebook.
This ebook made me several thousands dollars to date, and is still making me money.
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Ari Lestariono (8 comments) Reply:
January 9th, 2009 at 6:43 am
@Frank
Cool Franck, I will use your steps then to make e-book…cheers
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January 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
The main thing is removing distractions and I’m not just talking about what you mentioned,but mainly the distracting thoughts that sweep through the mind…indeed “focusing” is a powerful discipline to acquire.
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Ann Arbor Web Design (69 comments) Reply:
January 10th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I think that avoiding distracting thoughts is the key; if one is focused enough, ideas do come easier.
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January 9th, 2009 at 9:16 am
A perfect guidance to create ebook given. I always wanted to create an ebook and have some idea to give something good.
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January 11th, 2009 at 1:50 am
I began writing mine a week ago. I definitely should put some of these principle into practice so I can finish sooner. I am writing on a topic that is profitable but not widely covered, so I hope it does well!
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January 13th, 2009 at 12:24 am
I’ve never written an eBook before but the possibility seem almost endless. Everyone is saying it’s really easy to do as long as you just keep focused and working hard at it.
I think I’m over halfway there to getting started to writting an eBook soon. Thanks for the inspiring and informative post.
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January 13th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I’ve never tried to write an ebook. But I can understand how this would make for an effective way to make money online. Perhaps I should consider this route.
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January 13th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I haven’t yet written an ebook so these are good tips to learn. It doesn’t sound that difficult if you put your mind into writing it. I think it’s important when you write to sound convincing. I guess the only way to be convincing is to have accomplished what you are writing about like getting to Google #1 for instance.
Peter Lee
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January 13th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
haha getting rid of distractions is easier said than done – i remember writing my dissertation
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January 15th, 2009 at 9:46 am
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January 16th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I think I will follow your method making e-book less in a day, tae it as an trial an error project.Thanks for the tips
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January 16th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I Dont think we can really write a ebook within just a day, It took me more than a week last, though you have given some amazing times! Thanks
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January 16th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Writing e-book in one day is easy, but developing it mans more than to it
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January 16th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
thanks for the article. Any way in which we can protect our pdf from being copied?
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January 19th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I think the problem is not for a day or for a week the e-book will be created, the question is what will go out of it and its future.
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January 19th, 2009 at 11:58 am
That’s a pretty straight forward guide. I’ll have to get off my backside and try it myself sometime.
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January 21st, 2009 at 3:34 am
Doesn’t have to be in a day, I think it refers more to how easy it is to do it. Take time for it to be more effective.
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January 22nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm
That is a very ambitious task, but a doable one! The key is to start the day early and have a plan and stick to it; stay away from distractions and once you get in the grove of writing it should be easier.
However, selling the ebook is the hard thing and needs a lot of thought
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January 26th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Well I guess planning to write an ebook hasn’t done me any good at all, so I guess I have to move from the planning stage to actually sitting down and writing that all important first word.
Ha, I have been planning to for a number of years now but everything else seems to be more of a priority and to think I told my brother he would never write that book he wants to write if he doesn’t get the first paragraph started.
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January 28th, 2009 at 1:49 am
it must be so tired to do that.
i can’t imagine it, and i don’t want to do it
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January 28th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Writing an ebook looks tough, there’s so much that has go through it and than you have try and sell it. If you can manage to sell a few, Im sure it will be worth it.
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January 29th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
A lot on your plate for a day, but if you can get a quality product out there especially for free it’s well worth it in terms of exposure and traffic.
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