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Best of all while it is important that you can write clearly and coherently you don’t have to be a great writer to do this. And you can get started making money today before you even write a word.

If that sounds a bit far fetched to you I don’t blame you for being skeptical.

After over a decade struggling to make a living as a writer I wouldn’t have believed it either.

But there really is a way to write a steady stream of ebooks that sell and to get paid good money before you even start.

Let me share some fundamentals with you.

First you have to understand that you only get paid for the value you create when you write.

If you can write an ebook or a report that generates tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales or business it’s reasonable to expect to be paid a good percentage of the profits you generate.

That’s why it’s so much easier to make money writing an ebook or a report in the business how to niche than it is to make money writing a fiction book.

But there’s an even more important fundamental you need to grasp if you want to write an ebook that sells immediately.

Before you turn on your computer and start writing you must have a hungry market to sell your ebook to.

The only way to guarantee your ebook will sell is to know at least one person will buy it…before you write a word.

And here’s my real secret to writing an ebook that sells.

I don’t try to write ebooks for the general market. I don’t even try to sell them myself.

You can make an exceptional income by writing ebooks and reports to help local businesses sell their products and services.

If you were working with a pool and spa installer you might write an ebook with the title “The 7 Most Costly Mistakes You Can Make Installing Your Home Spa (And How To Avoid Them)”.

It doesn’t have to be a long ebook either. Just one to ten pages that lead to the obvious conclusion for the prospect that he should be getting his spa installed by your client.

I’ve been paid many thousands of dollars to write simple 3-7 page reports.

And my clients pay me 50% of my fee in advance. That means I get paid a substantial amount of money for my ebook before I even write a word!

Study Your Market- The easy route would be writing an ebook that thousands of sellers are already feeding to the public. No one needs another, “How to become a millionaire” product. In fact, you can find a lot of those for free on the Internet. A good researcher doesn’t just rely on the obvious, but studies the market for new interest. One way of doing this is visiting some of the top social networking sites such as Digg and Reddit. What information are people hungry for at the moment? Another way to look for good topics or ideas for your next writing is asking the question, “What is going on the world today?” For example; we are now facing a recession. Most people are turning to the Internet to make money and support their families. You could find a new and interesting way of making money online without investing any money. This e-book will surely sell through the roof! In conclusion, make sure to pick topics that can be beneficial to a reader.

Develop A Good Sales Page – I cannot tell you the amount of times I have found horrible sales pages. Of course, you do not have to be a copywriter to write a decent sales page, but you should learn some basics. When I first started selling my goods online, I would just look at another copyright page and use it as a template for my own. Of course, you will have to add your own words and ideas. Using clean and clear cut pics is also a good idea to pull in the potential customer. I know a lot of sites online offer free sales page templates without costing anything. Pick one and start creating the perfect ad grabber!

Study Your Keywords – Your selling page should be full of low competition keywords. These are words that your potential market will be looking for through the search engines. As I have stated before, you can search for low competition keywords using a free tool called, Google Adwords Tool. All you have to do is type in a keyword and choose a long tail word with the less green shaded in the bar to the left. The whole idea is to get the most visitors from the search engines without working too hard.

Create a Good Cover – A good e-book cover is not hard to develop. You can make a free one using Powerpoint in Microsoft. There are free guides online that will show you step by step how to do this. It has been proven that people with a good cover make more sales. This has a lot to do with the fact that most people are visual and make purchasing decisions based on how professional and colorful ads are! So keep this in mind the next time your create a cover for your informative product.