How To Turn Your Talks or Articles into Books, eBooks, CDs and More You may be writing a monthly newsletter. You may have written some short articles or reports. Or you may have the scripts for several speeches or talks youve delivered. And if you have a Web site, youre more than halfway there. Where is there? Your destination to becoming an information product money machine or info guru. You probably know some. Theres Robert Allen, Brian Tracy, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra to name a few. They send you several e-mails a week and a monthly newsletter, they use lengthy sales pages and have a product list as long as your armbooks, eBooks, tapes, CDs, videos, teleclasses, e-courses, seminars, coaching... They may be a specialist and focus on a narrow niche like how to make more money as an entrepreneur or they may be a generalist in the business or self-help arena. You are a specialist in your field. Youre an expert in the service you provide, whether selling real estate, personal coaching, cutting hair, nutrition and health, etc. If you give talks or have a newsletter or Web site, you have specialized knowledge or information in written form. If you were to take a years worth of monthly newsletters, youd probably have enough to compile a bookat the least an eBook. Producing information products is something youve been meaning to get around to, but frankly, who has the time? Sure, your competitors have some products and youre envious, but how did they ever find the time to write those books or record those tape sets? The initial answer to that is they didnt do it alone. And secondarily, they didnt do it overnight. Well, youre not alone in this anyway. You can partner with someone who loves to write and share the profits. Or you can hire a ghostwriter and have them write and produce your information product empire. And although you wont do it overnight, you can do it quicker than you imagined. If you want to take a stab at this yourself, then here are some helpful hints to get you started NOW! 1. PLAN create a master plan of all the products youd like to produce and possible titles or subject areas they will address. 2. FOCUS choose the theme for your first project based on your greatest area of interest or expertise and especially the interests and needs of your clients and prospects. 3. GATHER assemble all the written materials you already have, including computer files, notes, research, other peoples articles, and all your newsletters, talks, etc. 4. ORGANIZE create an outline for your initial project, which could be chapter titles for your eBook or tracts for your CD. 5. COLLATE code your materials as to what goes into each chapter. If something is not appropriate for this project, create a file to save it for a future project in your overall plan. 6. INPUT start putting the appropriate data into its appropriate place in your outline. 7. ENHANCE fill in the empty spaces from articles youve saved or do some research on the Internet or from books on the subject. 8. WEAVE mesh everything into the format of a book, eBook, CD or other information product. Have some examples to use as samples. 9. EDIT review your project several times from the perspective of the author and the reader or listener. Have some respected friends or business associates offer feedback. 10. PRODUCE youre finished creating, so now its time to put that eBook, tape, etc. into form for others to learn from and for you to enjoy passive income as an info guru! Are you waiting or creating? The perfect time to create your information products is NOW! |
