How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit: Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, DVDs, and Other How-To Content
Experienced how-to writers strive to write clear instructions with sufficient details to enable the reader to perform the function or complete the task. You should do the same. If you can figure out a way to get to the highest level and do some or all of the work for your readers, they will love you for it.
Robert W. Bly • How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit: Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, DVDs, and Other How-To Content
Having a “fan base”—a group of people who follow you and faithfully buy everything you write—is an important part of your success strategy as a how-to writer. And your fan base does not have to be huge for you to earn a handsome living from your how-to writing: If you have 10,000 online subscribers who spend on average just $100 buying your books a
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book, you’ll learn how to become a multifaceted how-to writer who disseminates information in many formats, including traditional books, e-books, special reports, workshops, magazine articles, newsletters, blogs, and more. Some of your works will be published by traditional publishers— book and magazine publishers—while some of it will be self-publ
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A good rule of thumb is that the narrower and more specialized your niche, the more in demand you will be and the more you can charge for your writing, speaking, and other communication products and services.
Robert W. Bly • How to Write and Sell Simple Information for Fun and Profit: Your Guide to Writing and Publishing Books, E-Books, Articles, Special Reports, Audio Programs, DVDs, and Other How-To Content
Matters of voice By “voice” in how-to writing, we mean the writer’s expertise in the topic matter and status in the field