You need a website or a blog
People use the internet like the yellow pages.

A website address is today’s business card or brochure.

Think of your web address like your office. You need to be listed.

These are the two most widely used blogging programs

http://wordpress.com/

https://www.blogger.com/start

There are thousands of themes to choose from. To see just a few, go here.

http://themes.wordpress.net/

They are free and signing up will take about 15-20 minutes.

You may have heard the word “niche” marketing.
This is what is exploding all over the net.
 “Successful websites and blogs that attract like minded people with the same interest”.  

What is the difference between a website and a blog?

A blog is actually a website. The word blog comes from “Web log”
I set up my clients with a website and a blog, linked together.
Having both doubles your exposure online.

Websites tend to be more static; once they are set up they don’t have
daily activity as far as the content and design.
You may change some things, but you would usually not be doing that daily.

When you run a blog, this adds a vibrant and living component to your

website and web presence.

Search engines love blogs, and a blog will usually come up in a search before

your website.
The reason is fresh content is what search engines look for and index.

When you have a blog, you don’t have to know anything about running a website.
You log in to your blog and write when you have something to say.
You can upload photos and add photo galleries to your blog using programs like flickr, or  
have your webmaster add a gallery for you.

Tips for successful blogging.

 1.  Write a new post at least once a week.
 When blogging, more is better. Search engines “spider” or “crawl” web pages daily. 
 Updating and placing you higher in the ranks when you add fresh content or posts.    
 As you blog, you will develop an awareness of your voice and a connection with what
 you want to say. This improves your writing skills and is very powerful.

2.  Read other blogs. This will show you all the variety and styles. You will find this sparking your own writing and creativity!

3. Spend some time learning more about blogging.
There is every kind of blogging support forum you can imagine. Find a community that shares your interest and passion and join. You will be amazed how much fun and support
you will find. People want to help you. Let them!

Putting your book or product on the web.
”Nothing great was ever produced in isolation” Yo-Yo Ma

Questions about Ebook Publishing

Q. What is an ebook?
The definition of an ebook is a book in a format that can be downloaded on a computer.
Most ebooks come in the PDF format.
Q. What is the advantage of publishing an ebook version of a book?
One of the biggest advantages to publishing ebooks is that ebooks can be delivered instantly. When people are looking for specific information, getting it instantly is often a strong selling point.

Ebooks also offer a low-cost way to put a book into the market. Aside from creating the file ebooks cost an author nothing. That means profit margins are high.

If you have your book finished in your word processing program, you can convert it to a PDF file. It will convert the photos, links, graphics and anything in your document.

You may have to play around a bit with the pages, but you can actually edit and work

with it in the PDF file to get your finished product like you want. You convert by simply

Using the print file button and it converts it into a PDF placed on your desktop instead of actually printing it. This is a free excellent PDF converter program. http://www.primopdf.com/

You can then email it to anyone to read.

Where do I sell my ebook?

On your own website/blog

eBay

BookLocker.com

BookLocker pays 70% royalties for ebooks priced $8.95 or higher and 50% royalties for ebooks priced lower than $8.95. All royalties are based on the list price of the book. BookLocker also offers POD and will sell your book in print and ebook form.

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How do I price my ebook?

What I suggest, is you do some research on the web, and see what books similar to yours in the ebook format are priced at.

The profit margin is almost 100% since it is an electronic file sent or downloaded via computer.

How do I promote my ebook?

If you publish fiction, place the first chapter of your book on your website as a free read.

If you publish non fiction, place the first page of each chapter as a free skim, so they can see what you are offering.

Submit articles to online article services.

You can submit this to several major ezine websites like

http://ezinearticles.com/

They have good standards and allow you 3 links back to your website/blog or sales page and they link your name to a profile page with all your information.

Some Ideas for uses of products in an ebook format.

Tip booklets
Business Brochures
Free reports to encourage people to sign up for your newsletter
or mailing list.
Recipes
Travel ideas and advice
Hobbies
Anything you have some information to offer people can be turned into an e-book!

Good luck and see you on the net! J