Prestige, wealth
and future prosperity. These are just three of the benefits that go
hand in hand with owning the rights to your very own info-product. The
good news is that there are lots of individuals out there who have
created nothing short of a fortune just by writing a good, functional
eBook ? and then using ePublishing channels that are widely available
to everyone (with a PC and internet connection) to sell to thousands of
customers. Think you can?t do the exact same thing? Read on and you?ll
discover that creating and selling your info-product successfully can
be as easy as one-two-three.
It all starts with an idea. There are
several ways of coming up with an idea for an information product that
sells well. Is there some area of expertise that you can write about?
Perhaps an occupation or hobby ? you would be genuinely surprised at
how much information is inside that head of yours?information that
other people would pay top dollar to access. An alternative to this is
finding ?hot topics? that have markets of potentially millions of
people. How do you find what these hot topics are? Take a quick peek at
Amazons best-sellers and you have your answer. Remember ? you?re going
to put a lot of effort into your information product ? so it?s vital
that you research the potential market before expending a lot of your
energy and time. It?s a real blow to your spirits to give everything to
a project only to find out no-one aside you has any interest in it.
Once you?ve done the research and
you?re convinced that once your swanky new info-product is released
there will be a stampede of customers waiting to buy, you?re ready to
actually create the product. Sounds daunting? Well it?s not really that
difficult. First you?ll want to create a domain name (your book name)
and find hosting for it ? these days you can get a domain name for the
same price as a McDonalds happy meal (although granted, you?ll miss out
on the toy). The domain?s main page will be your sales page ?
highlighting the benefits of your product and then taking you onto a
secured payment site where your customer can pay using a credit card.
Now you?re ready to create your actual
book ? of course the length of the book will depend on the topic and
other factors. A book on ?Every Internet Marketing Technique In The
World? will probably be significantly more bulky than a book titled
?How To Make Wine From Home?. These days you should look to get your
eBook into PDF format (recognised as the best format for creating
professional electronic books). In the early days of info-product
creation, a PDF eBook would cost several hundred dollars to produce ?
but these days it?s possible to get hold of software that will spit out
perfect PDFs in minutes. You simply create your book in word and let
the software do the rest (I am assuming you don?t have a few hundred
bucks spare to get hold of a copy of Adobe Writer here).
Great, you?ve created your eBook ?
very soon you?ll be able to start receiving orders. But first you need
to create your sales page. This is as crucial as making a high quality
information product. Why? Because if your sales page is poor you?re
finished - even if you wrote the best book in the world.
Entire books have been written on
creating effective sales pages but a couple of simple points should be
held in mind when you?re creating your sales page. For instance,
communicate the benefits of your info-products, not just the features.
You want to demonstrate to people just how your product will make their
lives easier. Your sales page should have a very captivating message ?
one that compels the reader to move onto the bulk of the sales letter.
Write the sales page with enthusiasm
(not hype) and urge them to take action once they reach the end of the
letter. If they leave?they probably wont return. You must try and
capture the email address of your visitors ? that way you can offer a
newsletter and keep your offer fresh in their minds. It?s also a proven
fact that customers are far more likely to buy from you after seven
contacts than after just one (it takes at least that long to establish
trust). Spend a lot of time crafting your sales letter ? it is the
difference between a gained and lost sale.
Now days it?s customary to have
reasonably good cover graphics (an eBook cover/banners) and you have
three options here. First learn how to create covers yourself (this can
take a long time if you?ve never tried this before. Second, you can
purchase click-and-point software to create good looking covers for you
? a great option as you are able to make perfect covers that are unique
to your info-product. Finally, you can hire someone to design
professional covers and graphics for you. Be warned however, this can
be expensive and may not suit everyone?s budget.
You?ll also need a way of accepting
payments online ? this is not nearly as scary as it sounds because with
third party processors such as Paypal you can accept credit card
payments in minutes. They handle everything ? accepting the payment on
your behalf and you simply give them a small commission on the value of
the sale. It costs nothing to set-up with Paypal and it?s one of the
best option for new info-product creators.
Now that everything is set-up there?s
the small matter of marketing your new info-product. How does one sum
up info-product marketing strategies in one paragraph? It?s just not
possible, but again this is critical to your success. Once you know the
blueprint for marketing your info-products you can implement it again
and again to make a stream of cash over and over again with each new
product that you release. The blue-print involves using a very special
mix of techniques using article postings (like this one), ezine
advertising, online forums, pay per click and affiliate marketing. Get
this right and your info-product will enjoy success and profits for
many years into the future.
Just remember ? the first time you
create your very own info-product may well turn out to be a real
challenge (but trust me, you?ll get a lot out of it). Perseverance and
faith will win the day. The second info-product you create will be done
in far less time and will almost certainly yield higher profits. Keep
at it and in a few short months you could have several info-products,
all yielding net profits for you on a monthly basis ? this is the true
secret to creating long term wealth on the internet.
Good Luck!