In my last blog post, I shared to you how I started my online business selling e-books. Ang negosyong nagpalaya sa akin sa pagiging empleyado. Read the story here.
Today, I want to share to you “3 trade secrets” about this Internet business and how I sold 24 Million Pesos of e-books in the last 36 months.
Trade secret #1: People will give you money if you help them save time.
People are willing to spend money on e-book not only because of the information it contains but it saves them time.
Instead of them wasting their precious time searching the web, they would rather pay someone else (that’s you) to do all the research for them. That’s why if you go to amazon.com, you’ll find over 4,900 books about “Time Management.”
That’s one of the trade secrets in this business. You’re not simply giving people information but you’re in a business of helping people find a solution to their problem fast.
Trade Secret #2: People will give you money if you give them specific solution.
My success in this business didn’t happen overnight. I had a lot of failures too. Maraming hirap, takot, luha, at sakripisyo ang dinaanan ko.
But I didn’t give up on my dream of owning a business. And through the years, I discovered “the secret sauce”, the kind of information that people are willing to pay for and the easiest to sell.
Ang pinaka-madaling ibenta are “How To” information.
Topics like…
“How To Get Out Of Debt”
“How To Improve Writing Skills”
“How To Train Your Dog”
“How To Become A Better Speaker”
“How To Study The Bible”
Because this kind of information is a solution to a specific problem. Mas specific ang problem at solution mas malaki ang pwede mong i-charge for your e-book.
Some of the best-selling books of all time are how-to and self-help titles. Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, in print since 1936, has sold 50 million copies.
Since its publication in 1970, Richard Bolles’ “What Color Is Your Parachute?” has spent 288 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and has sold more than 8 million copies.
Last week, I typed the words “how to” into Google. The search returned 1.87 billion results. That’s right … 1.87 billion … not million.
People are hungry for information and if you apply what I’ve been teaching you, you can easily sell e-books for $7 to $47 and create as short as 15 pages.
No doubt, malaki ang kikitain mo sa negyosyong ito. Big enough para makapag-quit ka sa trabaho mo or makauwi ka na sa Pilipinas kung OFW ka.
Trade Secret #3: People pay more for this “in-demand” topics.
If you’ll ask me “Jon, ano bang magandang topic for my first e-book?” Here’s the third trade secret for you.
Start with these Top 10 In-demand Topics or Categories:
- Saving and Making Money
- Saving Time
- Sex and Relationships
- Investing and Trading
- Collecting – Collectors are one of the hungriest markets out there.
- Hobbies
- Marketing
- Small Business Advice
- Self-help
- Pets
It’s almost guaranteed that you’ll sell a lot of e-books if they’re in any of these in-demand topics.
Why? Because even before the Internet, a lot of people are already buying this kind of information from a local bookstore.
Obviously, now with the Internet, you have more potential customers. Mas maraming customers, mas malaki ang kikitain mo.
Remember, sa Internet, kahit nasaan sila, pwede silang bumili sayo.
I have customers from over 100 countries.
Can you imagine the opportunity it can give you?
Thank you sir for sharing us your businesses, I’m so much interested in e-books, I myself is an e-book fan, I have experienced the convenience of e-books. I would like to know sir how you sell your first e-book? is it on your own website?
Initially, I joined discussion forums. But when I decided to multiply my income, I put up simple website. You can setup a website now in just like 7 minutes.
How did you set up a payment system for your ebook buyers? Kelangan ba mataas na ung traffic ng website to sell books? Pano kung isang book pa lang nasusulat ko?
Initially, I use paypal. It’s free and it’s a popular payment system online. Paypal will then deposit your money to your bank account. Of course, you have to let them know your bank details.
For the traffic, hindi naman kailangan mataas agad, basta targeted sya. Meaning, kung nagbebenta ka ng recipe book for vegetarian, you just want vegetarian sa site mo.
Thank you 🙂 you’re story of success is very interesting, i love reading them, its inspiring.. and Yes i would love to do the same … i have e-books from SWA ( Supreme Wealth Alliance) more the 2000+, audios & videos .. they have resell rights .. I did the MLM stuffs and i didn’t feel good about it, every time I share the business they’re just not interested & So do I .. It’s doesn’t feel right .. Like you, I read the book of Rober Kiosaki “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”
I’ve worked different jobs: Government employee, Admin officer in Construction firm, worked abroad, call center, MLM …. that was my work evolution
Now, I’m doing self study, i read a lot about self development LOA ( law of attraction) , spirituality , financial freedom etc .. about self discovery & empowerment ..
i want online business & yes an E-book is great idea , yet i don’t have one ( except from SWA product)
My question are :
can i resell them ? how
how to set up a website ?
Thank you 🙂
People are sick and tired of MLMs.
If other people are selling the same products that you have, it will be extremely difficult to sell it.
Kung nagtitinda ka sa palengke ng kamatis at wala kayong tindahan, mahirap umasenso nun.
sir. jon saan mga website mo na share yung mga binebenta mong ebooks
Saan po pwede magbenta ng ebook if you don’t have your own website? Thank you!
There are marketplace like clickbank, but I sell mine from my own website. I get 100% profit and it’s more sustainable business.
Where is your website that I can find your ebooks?
Thanks. 🙂
Pano ba to ginagawa?pano magssell ng ebooks?hope you have a course na pwd kmeng umatend and really study..thanks
Sir Jon..please help us create our own website..I love to read ebooks and wanted to have one written and sell as well.
Looking forward to learn more about your success stories sir Jon. Nakakainspired! 🙂
I signed up for the free webinar on Sept. 25 at 10 a.m. It’s my first if ever and I am excited. So how do you go about it? Do I just go this website? Pls enlighten me. Thanks.
You should receive a link and instructions on how to join us. Just click on that link 10 minutes before the webinar and you’re good. Talk to you soon.
Hi Sir Jon,
Thanks for the very informative blogs about E-book business. I just have one question in mind, is there a popular website wherein I can sell my e-books? The reason is I don’t have my own website.Thanks.
To get the most profit, it’s best to sell it from your own website. It will only take you 7 minutes to set up one. And it’s free. Hindi sya complicated. Sign up at http://www.wordpress.com
sir jon,you have the most impressive and inexpensive business ideas..so inspiring
Hi Sir Jon,
Nag-enroll po ako sa Internet Business Master Class program nyo. 2nd enrollment na po ako umabot nung nagre-open last October 10. I deposited the enrollment fee on the same day, followed the step-by-step enrollment instructions and got an e-mail confirming na enroll na po ako.Pero after that po, wala na po ako nareceived na e-mail as of this writing. I’ve missed po the first class schedule. Kahit sa spam folder ko po wala rin po eh. Don’t know po what went wrong. 🙁
Im from Mindanao mayroon po bang online lang through skype or something na training?.. at kailan po ang next na webnar nyo?..
Sana po ay mapansin mo message ko.. maraming salamat po..
We’ll announce our future training. Make sure you’re subscribe to our site.
Sir jon,im creating my paypal account,sabi dun sa business name ay dapat kaparehas yung nka lagay sa bank..parang ganun….papaano po ba?im very excited to learn from you,i am pastor for over 16 yrs na..im only 32 yrs old,struggling from lack of funds to support my kids and wife…please..help me..teach me…mentor me..im very much willing to learn from you po…