I’m a huge fan of giving away a free report in turn for someone signing up for one of my mailing lists.  Especially if the report looks interesting and valuable (and I really do try and give away good reports). 

For my covers I like to keep things very simple.  I create all my covers in Photoshop myself and then use a free template to make it look interesting.

The first thing I do is find a good image.  Sometimes I can find a free image, other times I’ll pay $1 for an image from istockphoto.com.  Then I’ll add the headline and any other text it needs to be.  Occassionally I’ll add symbols or other design elements, but mostly I like to keep things simple.

It’s really all about your image.  Let’s look at an example.

I created a little mini ebook for one of my niche sites (party plan blogging).  Here’s the cover:  It’s just a very simple design with an image that I thought suited the theme and the title and subtitle – very simple indeed.

First I found an image of a women on the computer with shopping bags around her.  I just did a quick search online for free royalty free images.  I actually think I purchased this one from istockphoto for arouund $1 from memory.  (If you do buy from somewhere like this only buy the tiny picture as that’s all you’ll need for a cover).

I then created a strip of color to add my title using one of the colors from the images so it co-ordinated.  Added my heading in a contrasting bold font and then added my sub heading.

I also added a strip of darker blue at the top and bottom for contrast and I was done!

Then I went and grabbed one of the ebook cover templates (get them free from here): http://www.ebooktemplatesource.com/free-ebook-covers.html

and follow their instructions on how to add your cover to the template: http://www.ebooktemplatesource.com/tutorial-ebook-cover.html

Finally you’ll end up with something like this (I also found a ring binder image online and added it to the template):

I hope that helps you when creating your report / ebook covers.

John Thornhill Personal Coaching – Masterclass

I’d like to share with you a secret for what has made me to most money this year.

Are you ready ..

It was writing my own ebooks.

Now prior to this I was doing ok, but as soon as I started creating my own products my income went from about a few hundred per month to thousands per month.

The difference was huge!

I really encourage you to start thinking about creating your own products.

For me it started earlier this year when I signed up to become one of John Thornhill’s coaching students.

Prior to that I had been selling other peoples ebooks on eBay and doing some affiliate marketing but I just wasn’t seeing huge money
- does that sound familiar?

So I bit the bullet and handed over my money to join his coaching program.

I was very nervous at first, because that’s a lot of money!

But my first ebook, Auction Classified Cash, has made me many thousands of dollars since then and so the course has more than paid for itself.

I think what I like best about the course is that you get PERSONAL coaching from John. He is there for you 24/7 and takes you through step by step on how to create your own product, set it up on Clickbank, and then promote it including how to get affiliates and other people promoting it for you as well.

I really do owe my current success to his teaching.

Now I realise that it is a lot of money but it truly was the best investment I have ever made in my internet marketing career.

Read more about his course at
[UPDATE: John has just upgraded his course to a MASTERCLASS!]
You can get all the details at: John Thornhill’s MasterClass

If it isn’t for you, that’s fine, but if you are looking to take your business to the next level and see some REAL money then you should seriously consider his masterclass course.

Visit: John Thornhill’s MasterClass

To your success,
Tracey

Ok, so now you know the title of my new eBook.

I’m also in the process of making the website, but it might take me a little bit longer to finish everything.  You can have a sneak peak at it: www.300dollarsin30days.com

Not bad huh!  What do you think so far?

In the next few days you’ll be able to get a sneak peak of the first product that I’m going to be listing on Clickbank.  It’s really coming together and I’m getting excited.

For all of you who think that you can’t make money selling ebooks on eBay – I’ve got a challenge for you!

Written for beginners in mind – this product will show you how STEP by STEP how to go from $0 to profit in just 30 days on eBay by selling eBooks.  Get ready for the challenge people ..

I have finished my first product and I was going to send it to someone I trust for review and advice.

However in the course I’m currently doing I have learned that we are going to be starting product creation next week.

So do I release this product now and create a new product for my course, or do wait and use this product as part of my course for next week?  Hmm I need to think about this for a bit before I decide what to do.