A Virtual Assistant Can Help You Write and Publish Your E-Book

You are giving some serious thought to producingyour e-book won't sell. So if you haven't written it
a well written, informative e-book that will raiseyet, it would really be in your best interests to
your credibility and trust ratings with clients orhave a Virtual Assistant do market research.
customers. You want to get your message outAdditionally, she can take a snapshot of what's
about your niche services to help you createalready on the Internet. This way, you will know
ongoing, lifelong multiple streams of income forwhat your competitors have to offer and, more
your online business services.importantly, what it is they lack in their e-books.
You have the idea for your first e-book. In fact,Don't ever let competition stop you. Your voice is
you have more ideas than time or the necessaryyour own and that is what you have to offer.
technical skill to get it done. However, in thisStep 2 - Virtual Assistant Helps You Write
electronic age, newsletters and ezines are not theContent
only things that you can publish without recourseIf all you have time for is an outline, then you can
to a big name publisher. Now anyone can publishfind a Virtual Assistant who specializes in content
their own book.writing to ghostwrite the e-book for you. Many
But... And here is where the list of reasons why itVA's have unique backgrounds and previous work
doesn't get done takes on a life of its own.experience that might prove to be an ideal fit for
your project. The VA will also be able to pull
1. You are too busy.together the content you already have - articles,
2. You have little or no confidence in your writinginterviews, blog posts, even e-mails - to use in
skills and find just blogging on a regular basis ayour e-book. If you prefer to do your own
chore.writing, you can have your Virtual Assistant edit
3. You have no earthly idea how to format anand proofread your draft; verify all the facts and
e-book to deliver it to your market.figures; confirm that all the resource links work;
4. You don't have a list to market the book to.and compile information for the resources section.
5. You don't have a PDF maker and even if youStep 3 - Virtual Assistant Builds Your Audience
did, you wouldn't know how to make hyperlinksYou can spend thousands of dollars buying banner
clickable in your document.ads and running pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns to
6. You don't work in Adobe Photoshop or anotherpromote your upcoming e-book. Or you might
graphics editing program so making those terrificbuild a loyal audience ready to pounce on your
books covers has to be outsourced.offering.
7. And what about Creative commons licenses?If you choose the latter, your Virtual Assistant
What are those and why do you need one?can help you set up a blog, write content for it,
8. You don't know how to distribute the book andand build the buzz about it by harnessing the
don't have any real techniques for doing so oncepower of social media. (This is a topic that I will
you decide where you want to distribute, andgo into much deeper in future articles.)
whether it is a free or paid download.Step 4 - Virtual Assistant Manages Your List
9. Your social media marketing strategy is notYou've heard it many times - your e-mail list is
fine-tuned to handle this.the single most effective tool to convert your
10. And on it goes...blog readers into buyers. Whether you are
Even with this list of potential roadblocks, if you'vestarting from scratch or already have a sizable
never thought of yourself as a book author, thenlist, a Virtual Assistant can help you set up and
my question to you is - why not?! You aremanage all the opt-in forms, autoresponders,
passionate and knowledgeable about yournewsletters, blog broadcasts, and other e-mail
business. You have great ideas and unique insightscommunications.
to share. You already know your audience, itsStep 5 - Virtual Assistant Helps You With the Big
needs and problems.Launch
In short, if you are not putting your hard-earnedGoing beyond your e-mail list can send your
knowledge to work in an e-book, you are missinge-book distribution literally through the roof. That
out big time both in terms of positioning yourselfis, if the launch is done right. Of course, doing
as an expert and building an additional stream ofthings right usually means quite a lot of work
income.upfront. Once again, your Virtual Assistant is here
But you undoubtedly know all this already. Moreto help you. She can take care of pre-launch
than that, you might already have an outline orannouncements; create a stream of content on
even a draft of your e-book stashed somewhereblogs, forums, in social media; coordinate your
on your computer's hard-drive. And you would'veappearances on blogs and podcasts and take care
probably published by now if not for one or moreof many tasks required for a successful e-book
of the issues listed above.launch.
Most business owners have way too much onPlus, by working with a Virtual Assistant who has
their plates. Their to-do lists are endless andweb development experience, or who is
oftentimes frustrating. And frankly, launching anotherwise highly technically savvy, you don't have
e-book, even if the draft is ready, is no smallto worry about setting up squeeze pages, sales
task. But do you know that you can outsourcepages, shopping cart software, etc. And if you
much of the e-book creation and distribution tochoose to run a pay-per-click campaign to boost
your Virtual Assistant?your sales even further, a Virtual Assistant can
Yes, a highly competent and technically savvyhelp you set up and run that campaign as well.
Virtual Assistant can help you with every step ofDon't let lack of time stand in the way of
creating and launching a successful e-book.publishing an e-book. Your Virtual Assistant is here
Step 1 - Virtual Assistant Takes Care ofto help you transform your valuable knowledge,
Researchexperience and unique insights into a
You can employ all sorts of marketing tactics andmoney-making authority-building e-book.
PPC tricks, but if there's no interest in your topic,