How To Make Money Writing – Selecting The Most Lucrative Ideas

By Author: Rob Colville
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Conceiving the idea: The very cornerstone of your online business. Many folks find the ‘ideas stage’ in deciding what to write about the most gruelling part in their quest to write a book. Fear not. Ever heard the cliché that everyone has a book inside them? It may be a cliché but it is the damn truth! I would like to go on to say that most people have several books inside them.

Consider the transferable skills you have in your profession, career or chosen hobby. If you’re a sales person, you will invariably possess skills in negotiation, reading body language and closing the sale.

Guess what, there are three books there! If you own a successful business or enterprise – you can write about what you did and what the competition didn’t. If you love football, cricket, basketball...guess what - write about it; ‘Explosive training guide to....’ If you are passionate about gardening, you can write a ‘How to Guide’ for every plant species you have successfully germinated. Believe it or not, those niches are the very niches that sell – and I mean really sell! ...
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Remember, as long as you can demonstrate you know more than 1% of any particular subject compared to your average Tom, Dick, Harry, Sharon, Stacey or Mohammed – then you will be in business!

The majority of successful people who write freelance or for a publication are able to draw on their own professional, academic expertise and/or personal experiences of the world and find an angle where they can demonstrate their 1% edge. Everyone possesses knowledge in some form which will be useful to someone else – it just depends on the extent you can find your target audience and market it.


Seize this moment for some introspection. Consider 10 aspects about yourself that spring to mind, and write them down pronto (overleaf)! They will be good fodder when looking at the numerous angles you can get from your proposed subject as well as the profit potential.

What are your interests and hobbies?
What are you trained in?
What is your profession?
How do you think you can help people?
How can you use your most recent experiences to help others?
Have you identified a solution to a problem?

Subjects tend to be broad by their very nature and are most likely to have been written about to death.
That should not be a problem – providing you chose a good angle, spin, focus or bias. Remember, many subjects have dozens of books in them just like every person does, and it is our job to stand out from the crowd. Remember potential buyers/readers want to instantly know: ‘What’s in it for me?’

Once you have a great idea – learning how to make money and how to get published is not difficult. The Words to Riches method will give you the rest. If you are struggling at the ideas stage then Rob Colville’s critically acclaimed Words To Riches method will help you there too visit http://www.words2riches.com