Product Creation Part III – Use Search Engines To Write
Product Creation Part III – Use Search Engines To Write Your E-book
Another ebook generating idea that is actually as old as graduate school but the internet makes it practical. Its called research.
The word research brings back memories of confusion and frustration for me. Have they found the sadist that came up with the Dewey decimal system and strung him up yet? I never did understand it.
Google on the other hand I understand. Without having to resort to card files or surly librarians I can type in the subject of my prospective ebook and hit enter. This will return pages and pages of links to information on my topic.
For example lately Ive been working on Meditate for Success. Its an ebook about how you can use a combination of modern technology and ancient mind control methods as your secret weapon to get ahead of your competition. As a happy coincidence I produce audio products that use modern technology and ancient mind control methods.
That one sentence was about all I could think of to say about it which would have made for a short and disappointing ebook. So I zipped over to Google and typed in benefits of meditation.
Wow. Over eight thousand web sites just brimming with information case studies galvanic skin response test results brain wave scans and magazine articles appeared out of hyperspace.
I grabbed the most interesting and compelling benefits and pasted them into my ebook. Under each benefit I wrote a short paragraph describing the benefit and how it was achieved. Then I erased the stuff I had pasted leaving my original work a completed chapter on the benefits of meditation.
Using this technique I believe I could write a believable ebook on almost any subject and so could you.
Use Lists to Write Your Ebook
Another popular ebook format is the list. If you can think of 10 21 101 things that go together youve got an ebook.
For example my friend Nerissa Oden wrote an ebook called 101 Fun Things You Can Do with Your New Digital Camera.
List books are easy to write.
Here are a few ideas I came up with over a cup of coffee:
25 tricks for saving money on gasoline
101 ebook ideas
10 steps to the perfect cup of coffee
17 things you must know about wine
99 great sandwich ideas
19 things to look for when youre looking for a computer
111 dating tips for the shy man
1001 ways to make money with your laptop computer
12 secrets of automobile maintenance
25 things your banker will NOT tell you
What ________ Can Teach Us About ___________.
This chapter started as an article called What Tom Sawyer taught me about writing ebooks.
My friend Bill Hibbler wrote a popular series of articles called What American Idol Can Teach Us About Marketing that you can read at http://www.ecommerceconfidential.com/articles.html
The more arresting your source is the more interest there will be in your book. Look for interesting juxtapositions and surprising contrasts.
Here are a few ideas:
What sex workers can teach us about politics
What Thomas Jefferson can teach us about love
What Captain Kangaroo taught me about physics
What Jesse James can teach us about banking
William Shakespeare on Marketing
Gertrude Steins secrets of communication
What Madonna can show us about marketing
Get the idea?
Now What?
Easy isnt it?
How many ebooks have you written so far?
Keep at it. Use every new ebook as an opportunity to promote your previous ebooks.
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Pat O’Bryan is the CEO of Practical Metaphysics Inc. Director of the Milagro Research Institute an award winning songwriter recording artist visual artist author video producer and internet marketer. He is the host and promoter of the “Your Portable Empire” UnSeminars.
Work at home or from anywhere http://www.patobryan.com
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