How to get someone else to write your ebook for you
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Loading ...I loved today’s interview. I was finally able to lure out of hiding Debbie Dragon – the ghost writer to the gurus. Debbie has written literally thousands of articles, ebooks, reports, blog posts and assorted other writing projects. Debbie is also the ghost writer we rely on every week to transcribe our interviews, write summaries and ghost write articles to be submitted to article directories. She has an incredible wealth of knowledge about how to work with people to create quality books that will sell.
I’d like to share with you a few of the things we learnt today but first let me tell you how Debbie is looking after our members. Please visit Debbie’s website for a free report on writing an ebook with a ghost writer. You can find it here:
Special offer for GOLD members
While you’re there you will see that one of the services that Debbie offers is a transcription package. This includes transcribing of an audio with definitions added, summary page created like the ones we use to help our members find info in a transcript quickly and an article. This usually costs $115 but GOLD members of Wonderful Web Women receive a $30 discount for as long as you remain a gold member. Remember this is with a quality writer so you will not have to spend another hour editing and doing quality control.
How To Get The Best Quality E-book Written By An Expert Ghost Writer
Here are the main steps to follow when working with a ghost writer. The main point that carried through Debbie’s call today was the importance of clear and honest communication. As long as you are working with a professional, the quality of your finished book depends very much on the quality of your communication. These tips will help
1. Be clear on your target market
It is not enough to say “poker players”. The writer needs more information to be able to pitch the book at the right level. A better example is “Poker players who have played at casinos for years”
2. Give a clear outline
The more detail you can give the better. Debbie talked about how much info is needed to write a book but the clearer you can be, with a table of contents and clear outline, the closer your book will be to what you are looking for.
3. Research
Be clear on how much research the writer will need to do. Usually the writer will research the book for you. Debbie gave a good tip about how to be sure that the information the writer provides is accurate. Amongst other things – insist the writer give you a list of all the sources they used for information so you can check.
4. Be clear on the size of the finished product
Some of our listeners shared stories of contracting writers for a certain number of pages and then finding that half of the pages were contents lists, headings and titles. Debbie suggested contracting on word count rather than page count. She also went into quite some detail on the number of words needed for articles, blog posts, ebooks and reports. Too much detail to include here but take the time to check out the interview recording as well as the mastermind recording as Debbie stayed behind for ages to answer detailed questions.
5. Work to Milestones
Nothing could be worse than receiving the finished book and it is completely different to what you wanted. Insist on the first chapter to be delivered so you can make sure you are both thinking along the same lines. It is better to rewrite this first chapter a few times rather than have to rewrite the whole book.
6. Capture your voice
Let the ghost writer know if you want the tone of the book to be formal, casual etc. If you have something else you have already written, send a copy to the ghost writer so they can write in your voice.
The Tip Of The Iceberg
As you can imagine, with a 60 minute interview and then almost another 60 minutes of questions and answers this is just a little of what Debbie shared with us today. The recording of the interview is already in the gold members area for you to listen to and the transcription (yes, done by Debbie) will be available within 2 weeks, usually sooner. I’d love to hear of any experience you have had with ghost writers or writing ebooks. Leave you ideas here on the blog or go over to www.wonderfulwebforum.com and discuss this topic with other members.
Cheers
Janet
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7 Steps To Build An Internet Empire With Tracy Repchuck And Wonderful Web Women
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I’m always amazed at how much our guest speakers share and Tracy Repchuck gave amazing value today on our call. Tracy asked for me to allow 90 minutes for our interview and I can see why. She shared more about internet business building strategies that you get on many paid courses and she gave an incredibly generous offer to help selected members to get their web business up and running and ready to succeed in just 10 weeks.
You can see Tracy’s offer by clicking on the following link:
http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/tracy1
Tracy has offered a huge discount and $23,000 worth of bonuses just for Wonderful Web Women. The discount is only valid for the next 2 days. As we saw on our call today, Tracy is definitely a woman of action and she challenges you to be too.
Here are the 7 steps that Tracy guides her coaching students through. They are the 7 steps that she has identified as essential to building any sustainable internet empire:
Step 1. Identify Your Niche
This is such an obvious step but one that many people rush through or think they have worked out – but for the wrong reasons.
Tracy stressed the importance of really finding out what gets you excited because you will need this passion to keep you motivated to build your business. Contrary to the hype you hear all the time, there is actually a lot of work in setting up a successful internet business so you need to make sure you have chosen a niche you love, rather than one that you think will make money. Late at night you need more motivation than the prospect of making money (believe it or not!).
Step 2. Use a Web Site Model That Will Make You Money
There are so many different ways you can approach creat6ing a web site. Tracy teaches a combination of:
- Landing Page
- Sales Page
- Blog
I have to agree with Tracy here as in most product launches I have been involved in, this combination has worked best.
Step 3. Set Up Autoresponders
This is the essential step for automating the relationship you build with your prospects and customers. Tracy shared the frequency of emails that she has found to be best as well as the different programs you can use. She recommends only sending emails that you have written from the heart and that are in your own unique voice.
Step 4. Create Products Quickly
Once you have a system for collecting email adresses you need to have a free product you can offer them to entice them to subscribe to your list. Tracy helps her students to create all of these. Tracy recommended a few sources to use to create products but here are some ideas to get you started:
- Interview someone (or have them interview you) and record the interview.
- Look for copy right free books to use as your own
- Compile a free ebook from articles from other authors they have submitted to ezine directories.
Step 5. Get Traffic To Your Site
This is a huge topic and Tracy has a list of all the different ways you can get traffic to your site. She concentrates on methods that she knows work. Here are the main ones:
- PayPer Click
- Search Engine Optimisation
- Article Submission
- Press releases (she shared her 2 prong approach on the call)
- Comment on Blogs
- Talk Radio
Of course this is just a summary. On the call (the recording is already available to listen to) she shared the best ways to get traffic using these methids and shared some great web sites.
Step 6. Joint Ventures
Tracy managed to get her first book to Amazon best seller status using the power of joint ventures. She gave some great advice on how to build your business quickly through joint Ventures. She has a free report to share with you on the 7 steps to successful JVs including JV etiquette. You can get it here:
http://www.wonderfulwebwomen.com/recommends/tracy1
Step 7. Maximise Your Marketing Funnel
This is the step that makes the difference between a $100,000 internet business and a $1,000,000 internet business. Tracy talked about creating a funnel that is 9 miles deep rather than 9 miles wide. She shared a few of the techniques you can use to do this though of course goes into a lot more detail in her coaching course.
Tip Of The Iceberg
This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what Tracy covered today. Instant Teleseminar Web Cast software caused problems again with our webcast and try as I did, it wouldn’t reconnect. Sorry to those on the call who missed out the second part of the webcast. I don’t want you to miss out on this opportunity to learn from Tracy as it was an amazing info-packed call.
So I have made the recording available to free and gold members in the free audios section of the web site for 1 week only. Then it will be moved to the Gold Member area. The call is quite long and also includes an excellent question and answer session at the end.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on what Tracy covered today. Why not leave your comments on the blog?
Cheers
Janet
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