Paige Jackson
Paige has spent 10 of the last 15 years working from home. Her love of home-based businesses shows in her writing - whether it's articles, e-books, or books. Paige wants to help others grow their home-based businesses and avoid making the same costly mistakes she made. She hosts several blogs on a variety of topics including working at home, travel, and books/writing as well writing articles for the Create 2 Sell website. Paige authored the "From Suits To Sweats" series of books detailing how to start or grow your home business. You can find her e-books on Clickbank, at the Suits2Sweats e-book store, and on Amazon. You can purchase a hard copy of her books at Amazon starting mid-February, 2009.
Why a Mini E-Book and What Are They?
- By Paige Jackson
- Published 10/25/2007
Two of the top questions that people ask about mini e-books are “what is a mini e-book” and “why is it important in the scheme of my business"? So I thought I’d take a stab at explaining this latest, fast growing phenomenon.
“What is a mini e-book?”
A mini e-book is a small book, typically 5-25 pages - it can be an executable file or PDF document and it is a selling or reference tool to a niche topic.
“Why A Mini E-Book?”
A mini e-book can be used for a number of different purposes, though the most common one is to convey a secret or 'twist' within a niche topic that no one else is sharing. It makes mini e-books a great, low time investment to get your message out there.
So what's the difference between an e-book and a mini e-book? A mini e-book is usually much more focused than a regular e-book because it doesn't aim to be all encompassing. Instead, it is targeted to deliver crucial information about a technique or idea. Successful publishers will often going beyond a preset scope in their mini e-book.
Mini e-books are still salable, through venues such as ClickBank or direct from your website through PayPal or other shopping cart options. The only limit you'll ever encounter is the limit placed on your account by your third party processor.
Additionally, you can use mini e-books to get your name (or business name) out there. You can give them away for free in Joint ventures or in exchange for the email address of your downloader which you can then email with some back-end sale or offer to entice return readers to your site - and perhaps generate sales from new customers.
Now you too can answer the questions why a mini e-book, and what can they do for you? They are short reports, e-books, white papers, or article compilations designed specifically around a focused niche that allows you to generate traffic, revenue, or both. There you go – nothing to it!
Until next time . . .
Write On!
Paige Jackson
Create 2 Sell
http://www.create2sell.com
