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Article Marketing as a Home
Business
Compiling Your Articles Into a
Sellable Ebook
An easy to start home business
can be accomplished with article writing and marketing. Low overhead
and cheap startup cost is a plus.
Don't just submit your articles to submission sites. You put a great
deal of time into writing and perfecting your articles, so you want to
get the most out of them. Compile your articles into a professional
looking e-book that you can submit to e-book directories and freebie
sites, give away as a bonus, or allow e-zine publishers to give away.
Here are the steps I took to
create my viral e-book, "Writing for Publicity," using Microsoft Word
and Adobe Acrobat.
1. Compile Your Articles.
To create your e-book, decide
on a theme and then compile your articles and blog postings that fit
your theme. Don't confuse readers by throwing together an e-book with
multiple topics.
2. Design a Title Page.
A title page is the first page
of an e-book. Use a colorful graphic that fits your theme and add the
e-book title, a subtitle if needed, and your name.
3. Incorporate a Copyright
Notice.
Include a copyright statement
that gives readers the right to share your e-book but excludes them
from making changes to the file. This is the statement I use:
"This e-book is fully protected
by the COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA contained in Title
17 of the United States Code. All copyrights are owned by YOUR COMPANY
HERE. You may distribute this e-book freely. Technology has been used
to prevent changes from being made to the content herein."
4. Classify Your Articles.
Organize your articles
logically by subtopic, date written, title, etc. Choose whatever works
for you and makes your e-book easy to read.
5. Create a Table of Contents.
In Microsoft Word you can
create a style to use for article titles that you can then incorporate
into your table of contents without retyping all the titles. Most word
processing software includes this function.
6. Make Your Links Live.
Check links in your articles to
make sure they work. Update or remove the dead ones.
7. Include Resource Links Or A
Reading List.
If it makes sense, include a
list of resource links or a recommended reading list. I use links to my
products and services along with links to free resources on article
marketing.
8. Add a Biography and an Ad.
Close your e-book with your
biography and picture on one page, and dedicate at least one page to a
targeted product or service that fits the theme of the e-book. You can
also offer another free product in return for readers subscribing to
your e-zine.
9. Turn Your E-book into an
Adobe Acrobat File.
Adobe Acrobat files work with
both Mac and PC computers. If you have the full Adobe Acrobat package,
you can make PDF files easily. If you do not have that software, there
are numerous sites online that can convert your document for you.
10. Make a Graphic Cover.
Add to the credibility of your
viral e-book by creating or buying a graphic cover. The graphic cover
can be used on the title page of your Word file and wherever the e-book
will be available for download.
Now, list your e-book in free
or paid e-book directories, offer it to publishers to give away to
their subscribers, list it in websites that compile free giveaways, and
list it as a bonus for your e-zine subscribers and people who purchase
your products.
(c) 2009, Davis Virtual
Assistance. Publication rights granted so long as article and byline
are reprinted intact, with all links made live.
Tags : article
marketing,internet marketing,article submission,article
directory,articles marketing
Author-Bio: Bonnie Jo Davis is
an article marketing expert and prolific writer who created Article
Submission Sites to teach others how to profit from this internet
marketing strategy. Visit http://www.articlesubmissionsites.com for a free copy of "Writing for
Publicity" and her Article Submission Summary Sheet.
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