Infopreneur/Information Products Business

How to Start an Information Products Business/Become an Infopreneur

From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money with Books, eBooks and Information Products (John Wiley & Sons)

By Stephanie Chandler

Everyone is an expert at something and that expertise could generate tremendous income from information products. The following items are a sample of info products that you can create to launch your infopreneur business:

• Books
• E-books
• Special reports
• Audio recordings
• Teleseminars
• Video/DVD programs
• Training courses
• Computer-based training (CBT)
• Workbooks
• Tips booklets
• Seminars
• Workshops

“From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur: Make Money With Books, E-books, and Information Products” by Stephanie Chandler

WEBSITE AUTOMATION RESOURCES:

Payloadz provides automatic electronic document distribution (sell ebooks, special reports, audio downloads, etc.) and shopping cart services and will even list your products for sale on eBay. We use Payloadz for our info products!

1Shoppingcart.com provides a suite of services including shopping cart software, merchant card processing, auto-responders, and ebook delivery.

Visit PayDotCom to set up your own affiliate account and offer compensation when others sell your products. You can also access other business affiliate links and earn money whenever someone you refer makes a purchase.

E-BOOK RESOURCES:

The Ebook Community on Yahoo is an active group of ebook publishers and provides great resources on all aspects of publishing ebooks.

Lightning Source is the premiere provider of ebook distribution to Amazon.com.

List your ebook in the free directory from 1ChapterFree.com.

List your ebook in the free directory from Wisdom eBooks.

The International Digital Publishing Forum is the international trade and standards organization for the digital publishing industry.

List your ebooks for sale in the directory and sales venue provided by ebookmall.com.

Access forums, blogs, and articles for ebook authors at eBookAuthors.com.

OTHER RESOURCES:

Host your own teleseminars and produce audio recordings for resale with Great Teleseminars.

Promote teleclasses through Conference Call University.

Audio Acrobat is an excellent tool for recording teleseminars, podcasts, and other downloadable audio files.

Seminar Announcer allows you to list and announce your events.

Learn how to produce and sell tips booklets fromPaulette Ensign’s great site:TipsBooklets.com.

Publish workbooks, books and other products at great prices fromLulu.

Create your own unique merchandise such as t-shirts, mugs or calendars through Cafe Press.

SeeJoan Stewart’s Publicity Hound site for an example of a professional infopreneur who sells special reports and audio programs.

Visit Dottie Walter’s Speak and Grow Rich site for another example of a professional infopreneur who sells audio programs, books, and a magazine subscription. This is also a great resource for professional speakers.

If you want to learn more about using video for your business, visit John Easton’s Multimedia blog.

• Find info products from BusinessInfoGuide.com.
• Visit BIG’s Guide to Publishing (including self-publishing)
• Visit BIG’s Guide to Public Speaking

BOOKS & SOFTWARE FOR INFORMATION PRODUCTS: