Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation?

traderfx · 12-03-2009, 06:11 PM

Not really looking to buy plr more interested in gathering good info and turning this into a product.

Auto software would be nice but don't know of any?

michellegreen · 12-03-2009, 06:30 PM

Try forums and Yahoo/Google groups to find out what people are talking about.

It's pointless creating a product nobody wants to know about, so find out what they want, then research online to get them the answers.

GarryMSayer · 12-03-2009, 06:47 PM

There's loads of ways of gathering research for ebook content.

ONLINE:

Forums in your niche
Ezine Articles or other article directories
Other Ebooks in your niche
Blogs in your niche and subscribe to their list
Subscribe to an email list of a marketer selling a similar infoproduct in your niche and consider buying their product for further inspiration
PLR content in your niche - ignore the crap but concentrate on the good
Public Domain websites that provide a wealth of information for almost every niche
Search Engines : google, bing, yahoo, ask, yahoo answers for purchase related questions
Purchasing books on websites for your niche

OFFLINE: (WARNING : Requires you leaving the comfort of your couch!)

Magazines down your local shop / supermarket in your niche
Local Clubs or Groups that have an interest or passion in your niche
Find an expert in your niche, contact them and ask them a few probing questions
Your local library
Ask your friends or anyone down the pub if they know anything about this subject
Purchasing books down your local bookstore for your niche
Watching TV programmes geared toward your niche
If you want auto-content to help you create quality content on-the-fly then pm and I'm sure we could come to some sort of agreement

MOST IMPORTANTLY CARRY A DICTAPHONE AROUND WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.

I would give you more tips but I don't want to overload you with too much information.

Any other warriors care to add to this?

Garry.

P.S. These are not tricks that require you just to wave a magic wand for instant results - you may have to work a little to gather your required research.

joeluka · 12-04-2010, 09:47 AM

brilliant tips by gaarymsayer up above, hes tackled this particular question fully.

gathering good info will require you to arm yourself with google skills that will enable you to craft a search query that will show you want you want to "hear". i use the hear in quotation marks because long complex queries tend to cluster together keywords thst sort of filter out all opinions that dont have the keywords that you wanna hear. for instance, to find this webpage i used the query

(ideas-ebook OR niche) google-search (tips OR tricks) site:warriorforum.com

----the operator "-" in between words with no space brings up webpages which have "ebook ideas" or "ideas ebook", throw that OR in there now makes it a variable between, ideas ebook, ebook ideas, ideas niche or niche ideas, so it shows pages with either all four in the webpage, anyone with additional insight please correct me if im wrong

that particular search was not veeeery complex but it sort of drills down a bit on the variation of words that i set as a criteria for warrior threads that i thought were worthy and that had the necessary information that i needed.

in general, i would advice you to
1. learn how to google like a pro, learn about all those advanced operators, then mix that new knowledge with the wisdom that you have of that niche that you want to write about, when you add those two together you will be able to make complex queries that will only bring up the best and most packed articles

2. do a lot of keyword research to understand this niche that you want to write an ebook for, an understanding of keywords people use will give you more insight as to "what their problem is" and "where their coming from"

3. always read other related products last, first do your research, understand the niche well enough, make a tonne of notes in your notebooks, brainstorm ideas (for future products AND/OR freebies)

once you have done all this you can look at other peoples products so that when you're reading them youll be like "i like hows he done it, but i have a better way of doing it" instead of "wow, what a great idea, il do the same" , that way you have a more original product that could stand out in the market place and not look like its copying another product

all the best man, hope you had success with that ebook

jbsmith · 12-04-2010, 09:59 AM

Finding, getting or paying for content is the easy part - the MOST important thing to both writing an ebook that people will want and find valuable AND making it easy as well as quick is to...

1. Know the ultimate question or purpose you are addressing with your ebook...this should be organized around avoiding a strong pain or achieving a very highly demanded pleasure. For example, How can I lose 10lbs without giving up the food I love? That would be the ultimate question - the question you have got to organize all of the other questions and content around. Having your info product organized around a highly demanded, clear and urgent desired question sets it apart from all of the others that simply seek to "inform"

2. And Then...come up with an outline of questions for each chapter...Ex. If your ultimate objective is to teach losing weight without giving up what someone loves...you want to have a chapter on 1) Why we gain weight - the factors involved 2) Tackling the stress behind weight gain 3) How much exercise do you REALLY need? 4) The non-dieter's Diet Plan 5) How to keep focus and motivation for long-term weight loss...etc

Then, within each chapter, you can use the techniques and places listed above to organize questions your market has falling into each catetory as well as begin collecting the most promising tips, techniques and examples

This way - your research is guided as opposed to just floundering around collecting lots of nice info - but wasting allot of time because you didn't start with a plan.

This really is the key to getting hot info products out in as little as a few weeks.

Jeff

Vogin · 12-04-2010, 10:52 AM

The "Find Content" module in Market Samurai, but what Garry said involves neither a $149 investment nor a need to hire someone for it...

John Rogers · 12-04-2010, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traderfx

Not really looking to buy plr more interested in gathering good info and turning this into a product.

Auto software would be nice but don't know of any?

I don't think you're going to find "auto software" that will gather "good info" for you. If you want to produce a quality product, you're going to have to do some quality research.

For original content, find some experts to interview.

John

biosclan · 12-04-2010, 11:56 PM

The easiest ways to do accomplish this goal is this.

*get ebooks in the same niche you want
*rewrite them
*market them better or cheaper

You can also use google and harvest as much info as you can on the niche and rewrite write it.

Sadly most people that buy reports or ebooks can't be bothered googling a subject.

Get paid off their laziness mate.

12-03-2009, 06:11 PM	#1
traderfx Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 29 Thanks: 9 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation? Not really looking to buy plr more interested in gathering good info and turning this into a product. Auto software would be nice but don't know of any?

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12-03-2009, 06:47 PM	#3
GarryMSayer Helpful Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cornwall - U.K. Posts: 673 Thanks: 525 Thanked 280 Times in 158 Posts Contact Info	Re: Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation? There's loads of ways of gathering research for ebook content. ONLINE: Forums in your niche Ezine Articles or other article directories Other Ebooks in your niche Blogs in your niche and subscribe to their list Subscribe to an email list of a marketer selling a similar infoproduct in your niche and consider buying their product for further inspiration PLR content in your niche - ignore the crap but concentrate on the good Public Domain websites that provide a wealth of information for almost every niche Search Engines : google, bing, yahoo, ask, yahoo answers for purchase related questions Purchasing books on websites for your niche OFFLINE: (WARNING : Requires you leaving the comfort of your couch!) Magazines down your local shop / supermarket in your niche Local Clubs or Groups that have an interest or passion in your niche Find an expert in your niche, contact them and ask them a few probing questions Your local library Ask your friends or anyone down the pub if they know anything about this subject Purchasing books down your local bookstore for your niche Watching TV programmes geared toward your niche If you want auto-content to help you create quality content on-the-fly then pm and I'm sure we could come to some sort of agreement MOST IMPORTANTLY CARRY A DICTAPHONE AROUND WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES. I would give you more tips but I don't want to overload you with too much information. Any other warriors care to add to this? Garry. P.S. These are not tricks that require you just to wave a magic wand for instant results - you may have to work a little to gather your required research.
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12-04-2010, 09:47 AM	#4
joeluka Student of Tufte War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Mombasa Posts: 25 Thanks: 58 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Social Networking	Re: Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation? brilliant tips by gaarymsayer up above, hes tackled this particular question fully. gathering good info will require you to arm yourself with google skills that will enable you to craft a search query that will show you want you want to "hear". i use the hear in quotation marks because long complex queries tend to cluster together keywords thst sort of filter out all opinions that dont have the keywords that you wanna hear. for instance, to find this webpage i used the query (ideas-ebook OR niche) google-search (tips OR tricks) site:warriorforum.com ----the operator "-" in between words with no space brings up webpages which have "ebook ideas" or "ideas ebook", throw that OR in there now makes it a variable between, ideas ebook, ebook ideas, ideas niche or niche ideas, so it shows pages with either all four in the webpage, anyone with additional insight please correct me if im wrong that particular search was not veeeery complex but it sort of drills down a bit on the variation of words that i set as a criteria for warrior threads that i thought were worthy and that had the necessary information that i needed. in general, i would advice you to 1. learn how to google like a pro, learn about all those advanced operators, then mix that new knowledge with the wisdom that you have of that niche that you want to write about, when you add those two together you will be able to make complex queries that will only bring up the best and most packed articles 2. do a lot of keyword research to understand this niche that you want to write an ebook for, an understanding of keywords people use will give you more insight as to "what their problem is" and "where their coming from" 3. always read other related products last, first do your research, understand the niche well enough, make a tonne of notes in your notebooks, brainstorm ideas (for future products AND/OR freebies) once you have done all this you can look at other peoples products so that when you're reading them youll be like "i like hows he done it, but i have a better way of doing it" instead of "wow, what a great idea, il do the same" , that way you have a more original product that could stand out in the market place and not look like its copying another product all the best man, hope you had success with that ebook
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12-04-2010, 09:59 AM	#5
jbsmith Jeff War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa,Canada. Posts: 1,879 Thanks: 3 Thanked 272 Times in 201 Posts Social Networking	Re: Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation? Finding, getting or paying for content is the easy part - the MOST important thing to both writing an ebook that people will want and find valuable AND making it easy as well as quick is to... 1. Know the ultimate question or purpose you are addressing with your ebook...this should be organized around avoiding a strong pain or achieving a very highly demanded pleasure. For example, How can I lose 10lbs without giving up the food I love? That would be the ultimate question - the question you have got to organize all of the other questions and content around. Having your info product organized around a highly demanded, clear and urgent desired question sets it apart from all of the others that simply seek to "inform" 2. And Then...come up with an outline of questions for each chapter...Ex. If your ultimate objective is to teach losing weight without giving up what someone loves...you want to have a chapter on 1) Why we gain weight - the factors involved 2) Tackling the stress behind weight gain 3) How much exercise do you REALLY need? 4) The non-dieter's Diet Plan 5) How to keep focus and motivation for long-term weight loss...etc Then, within each chapter, you can use the techniques and places listed above to organize questions your market has falling into each catetory as well as begin collecting the most promising tips, techniques and examples This way - your research is guided as opposed to just floundering around collecting lots of nice info - but wasting allot of time because you didn't start with a plan. This really is the key to getting hot info products out in as little as a few weeks. Jeff
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12-04-2010, 11:56 PM	#8
biosclan Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 66 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Is there any good tricks to gather content for ebook creation? The easiest ways to do accomplish this goal is this. get ebooks in the same niche you want rewrite them *market them better or cheaper You can also use google and harvest as much info as you can on the niche and rewrite write it. Sadly most people that buy reports or ebooks can't be bothered googling a subject. Get paid off their laziness mate.