Finished My Ebook! Here's how I finally did it and how you can to!

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So after years and years of making money in the seduction/dating niche for single men, I finished my first ebook which has always been a challenge for me. Wanted to make it 70 pages long but ended up being about 160!

Did I do it for the money? Hell no! I did it for CREDIBILITY.

My mentor Dan Kennedy taught me that when you write a book people automatically assign you EXPERT status. "Oh...he wrote a book? He MUST be good then!" This isn't always true btw. Some people write ****ty books.

You should write one for expert status!

My girlfriend told her mom and then she told everyone in her family. It spread like wildfire. They called her up and were all excited about it. Made a bunch of sales the first day by using copy that I found by Allen Says in the War Room. Thanks Allen!

Here's how I did it.

1) When I sat down to write I just wrote without editing myself. I just let it flow.
2) Then I went back and rewrote things to make them sound better.
3) Then I had a guy on odesk edit it. He's a law student.
4) Then I went back and edited it again.
5) Then I transferred it to a PDF and BAM! I was in business.
6) I want to add a simply framework to help you guys out if you are looking to
make a product/ebook. In each chapter tell them the what, the why and then
the how.

Example: In this chapter I'm going to be discussing ______ (the what). It's crucial
to get this because ____________ (the why). So now that we discussed why it's
important to get your dating life under control, lets talk about how to do it (the how).

Then at the end of each chapter you can do a short summary if you want.

Hope that helps guys! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
#ebook #finally #finished
  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    Thanks for the advice.

    I did complete my first book, I haven't published yet.

    After, I was finished I submit to read proofing and when it is done, I gave it to a friend of mine who is expert in that editing.

    There is always something to modify and improve.

    I do agree with you, credit-ability is important. I will be posting mine soon
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  • Profile picture of the author Murlu
    Thanks for the tips Sephora.

    I've been doing freelancing for a while and got some work to do 7 ebooks for a client (roughly 5,000 words each so only about 15 - 20 pages) and the thing I learned after completing the first was much like you mentioned: structure.

    Many of the books can take on the same structure such as chapter 1 introducing, chapter 2 giving the reasons, chapter 3 being how to, chapter 4 being advanced topics, chapter 5 being motivation and 'from here ...'.

    The experience I get out of this is going toward my other projects for my own sites.

    Btw, awesome to hear that you've got so much done and I really like the idea of doing so much editing especially if you can find highly qualified people to do it for you on oDesk.
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    • Profile picture of the author sephora
      Yeah you've got to make sure that you work with a framework/structure.

      A common mistake is people approach and they just write random stuff. That doesn't work for me. I need a framework, even if it's the what, the why, and the how. Keep it simple.

      ANOTHER HUGE TIP: Call your ebook a BOOK and NOT an eBook. When you call it an eBook it devalues the product.

      If anybody has any other tips, please provide them!
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      • Profile picture of the author webwriter
        One thing that I learned was the importance of writing about something specific. For example, an ebook on "writing" is much too general and too vague. However, writing an ebook on how to make x dollars from writing articles on experiences is much more focused and effective!

        Another thing is to create a quick table of contents before actually writing the book. Hope this helps!
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    • Profile picture of the author jerico
      @ sephora,

      congrats, hope you'll benefit from your new book



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      • Profile picture of the author Jonathanbj
        Great!
        I want to release an ebook soon too, but I always tend to think that the text must be perfect before I move on. Maybe I just should write it all when I have the motivation weither it gets good or not..
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  • Profile picture of the author Onora Oz
    Originally Posted by sephora View Post


    My mentor Dan Kennedy taught me that when you write a book people automatically assign you EXPERT status. "Oh...he wrote a book? He MUST be good then!" This isn't always true btw. Some people write ****ty books.

    And they make millions

    I like Dan's stuff. It's a surefire choice for a mentor. Thanks for the tips
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