Profiting From What You Know!
by Jim Turner, MBA
(c) 1999


Believe it or not there are people who will pay you for what you
know!

One of the most frequent questions that I get from folks who are
either new to the 'Net or they have thoughts of starting their
own business is, "Jim, what do I sell?"

Another very similar response is, "I'd love to start an online
business in my spare time Jim, but I don't have the slightest
idea what to sell."

My typical answer to these ambitious entrepreneurs is, "Yes, you
do have a product. You just don't realize it." The product that
I'm referring to is your knowledge; people will pay you for what
you know... if you ad value to it.

The way that you can add value to what you know is to present it
in such a manner that others can use it to satisfy a "want" or
solve a problem. If what you know does not solve a problem for
me, you can bet that I, nor anyone else is going to pay you for
it.

During all periods of time, information has been crucial to the
existence of society. Go all the way back to ancient times; they
recorded important information on the walls of caves.

Later, the invention of the printing press made information more
readily available and it revolutionized the spreading of
information around the globe.

Now we have the Internet and it has taken the availability of
information to a level that has never before been witnessed.
Anyone who has ever had to desire to publish what they know has
virtually run out of excuses for not doing it. There are people
online, producing information products in the morning and making
money off them that night. This is unprecedented!


How Can You Profit from this New Technology?

The Internet and recently developed software has made it
possible for you to produce your own book in digital format,
making it possible for you to by-pass the more traditional method
of going through a book publisher to get your book on the market.
It has also changed the process of self-publishing your own book.
Their is no longer the requirement that you go through a book
printer. Let the buyer print it on his own printer, saving you
time and of course money. This results in BIG profits.

It is very easy now to take information that is already in your
head, just waiting to be extracted, and put in the form of an
ebook and have people buying from your within a matter of hours,
with virtually no intervention on your part.

This makes your job easy -- and is a great benefit to your
customers too. You see, people like instant gratification. They
like the idea of getting a product instantly after you've
intstantly taken their money via their credit card or check.

I have become very spoiled as a result of info products that are
produced as ebooks. I simply do not want to wait for a 2nd day
delivery anymore. If I see a product advertised that is going to
help me in my business or assist me with a project that I'm
working on... I want it now, not two days from now. Many other
netizens are the same way today.

One of the best success stories I've ever read was about the 15-
year-old with a six-figure annual income. His product? An ebook
titled "How I Win At the Game?" This kid was a whiz at a
popular video-game. He learned "hundreds" of tricks to getting
the "top-score" every time he turned on his computer.

One day he sat at his computer using a word processor and started
typing out all the secrets he knew about that game. He then
assembled them into an ebook. He gave away the first few chapters
and sold an unlock code to get the balance of his information.
The young man earned over $100,000 in profits in one year!

He sold what he knew! What information do you know (or can you
learn) that others might pay to get from you? That's the best
product you can market on the Internet!

I'll give you another story that's not so dramatic and maybe it
will be more believable to you. Maybe!

This story is about a lady who knew a lot about writing ebooks.
She began to notice that on a daily basis she received numerous
questions from other writers regarding how to make and sell
ebooks. She was instantly 'hit' with the bright idea of writing
an ebook on that topic.

She started typing at 4:00 p.m. one afternoon and did not stop
(except for one bathroom break, she says) until 10:00 p.m. that
night. The editing was done the next morning. Later in the
afternoon, she ran an ad in her newsletter to writers about the
book.

Over the next three days she received orders totaling over
$1,000! Not bad for six hours of work. She now consistently makes
over $4,000 per month from sales of the many ebooks that she
produces.

The lady I'm referring to is Angela Adair-Hoy. She has two Web
sites related to writing ebooks: http://www.WritersWeekly.com
and http://www.BookLocker.com You can find out more about her
success story at those sites.


Why Not Turn Your Knowledge Into Your eBook?

Do you know how to do something that a lot of other people would
love to know about and derive benefits or solutions to their
problems?

Have you heard friends, relatives and associates wish out loud
that they knew how to do something, that you realized that YOU
knew inside and out?

Do you have a hobby or a cause that you have developed into a
burning passion? Have you learned some special knowledge and
developed some skills over time that would qualify you to write
a book for the next person who wants learn about that hobby or
cause?

The more thoroughly you know your subject matter, the easier
and less time it will take for you to produce your book. Also,
being very knowledgeable makes the writing easier and quicker --
the words just flow from you and onto your monitor.

Don't get the idea that I'm talking about writing a set of
encyclopedias. I'm referring to a book that would be any where
from a minimum of 50 pages to less than 100. There are
entrepreneurs online profitably selling such books from
$19.99 up to $49.99 each... and more! And so can you. Check out
these resources to find out how you to can Profit from What You
Know!

http://www.booklocker.com
http://www.new-project.com
http://www.web-source.net
http://www.ebooknet.com

Jim Turner
http://www.WebProfitSource.com/
mailto:admin@webprofitsource.com


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