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Project 1 done, suggestions for project 2 please!

by ryor
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Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to making money online and after browsing the forum for a while, I took two pieces of advice:

1. When you are starting out, just try one of the money-making ideas suggested on the website and do it properly before trying out the next thing.

2. Try writing a short e-book and put it on fiverr, perhaps with some affiliate links in there.

So I set about writing the e-book. It took me a while, and I went way overboard (it's about 40 pages) but I think I did it properly. I have just finished it and have put it on fiverr, so now I can wait and see if anyone buys it.

The reason for my post is that I am hoping for suggestions from you guys for project number 2. I don't have a whole lot of money to play with (until my e-book takes off :-) but am happy to do something on a small scale.

Thank you in advance of any suggestions!
#project #suggestions
  • Profile picture of the author Mike Mendell
    Instead of moving on to something completely new, why not focus on your existing ebook? Continue building it up. Create a website for it and start driving traffic to it.

    You took the time and effort to create it, so leverage that work by selling copies of it.
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    • Profile picture of the author mezner
      Originally Posted by Mike Mendell View Post

      Instead of moving on to something completely new, why not focus on your existing ebook? Continue building is up. Create a website for it and start driving traffic to it.

      You took the time and effort to create it, so leverage that work by driving traffic to it.
      That's what I was going to suggest as well. Start a squeeze page and sell it. Learn SEO so people come to your site and keep working, so you will eventually get more and more people. You can sell it for a lot more than $5 as well.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Mendell
        Originally Posted by mezner View Post

        You can sell it for a lot more than $5 as well.
        Yes I forgot to mention that as well.

        $5 for an eBook is way too low. It will kill your advertising costs really quick. Try selling your book anywhere from $27 to $47 and see how it does.

        Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryor
    That's interesting. The reason I haven't gone down that road already is because all of the information is available for free on the internet without *too* much trouble searching for it.
    But what I have done is put it all in one place and added nice screenshots and examples etc. I think that that work alone is worth $5, but I'm not sure it merits much more than that!

    Also, if a person who buys the book uses a code of mine that is in there, I will make $30 - this is another reason why I don't feel too bad about just selling the book for $5.

    I will certainly give it some thought though. Although if I was going to sell the e-book properly, I think I would definitely have to make some improvements.
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