Having gone through the process of writing a book more than a dozen different times now, it doesn’t surprise me as much as it used to when I see people apply themselves and complete their book writing project in a relatively short period of time (weeks or even days).
Inside InfoMarketer’sZone we work with many first-time authors, book writers, entrepreneurs and marketers who usually arrive filled with doubt, fear and confusion around their desire to write, publish and market their own book or ebook, I still remember being in that similar head-space when I started out with my first ebook over a decade ago.
What you will find however is that there are some very important, simple things you can do to speed up the process, make it much more painless and virtually ensure you will have a successful project at the end of the process…
- Make sure to leverage your interests, but pick your topic within a niche based on desire and commercial potential
- Master the technique of outlining…this is the key to all successful non-fiction, how-to writing projects AND it makes your work so much easier and faster
- Write without editing, editing is a separate step that should not slow down your writing
- Have a “beta” list of targeted prospects (not usually your friends and family) who can give you feedback and champion your entry into the market at launch
- Get the entire online business process and operations down, so you can quickly launch the sites you will need including a sales/pitch page, opt-in or list-building page, download/thank you pages, partner pages, etc… It’s important you know how to do this professionally without spending a fortune or slowing down your launch
- Understand the basics of a lead generation, a sales funnel, connecting with your market and upselling/cross-selling
- How to turn that one book or ebook into a much larger, highly profitable business
For now though, let’s focus on what it takes to get your first book or ebook written.
It is along those lines that I wanted to point you to this story of a 12-year old that turned his passion for playing Minecraft into his own “For Dummies” book joining 2000+ other titles in this series where he combined his passion for the popular game with his passion for writing and teaching others.
The lessons we can take from this example…
- Anyone can write their own book – if this 12-year old can do it, so can you
- You can turn passions, interests and hobbies into successful books, you just have to find the right angle, format and approach to the market
- Writing takes discipline, but if you have a passion for your topic, that discipline will come much easier
- Writing a book is educational – parents should be working with their kids, friends with friends – it’s a great way to have fun, build profit and credibility in a given market while sharing in the learning and education with your market
- Take special note of the “For dummies” series – these 2000+ titles will give you very good insight into the type of instructional (info product) topics that sell. Â You can build on one of these already released topics or let these inspire you to come up with your own
Question for today then is… “Does seeing a 12-year old having published his own book inspire you or simply make you jelous?” Â Leave us a comment – we want to hear your opinion
