The article "Mining The Treasure Chest" is about ebooks, it has been written by B.G. Holte.
So you’ve sat down at the kitchen table, wrote ideasfor an ebook down on paper,found one you liked and thought “Where do I go from here? ” The answer is simple, visitthe forums that relate to your subject. Now don’t get allexcited yet young grass hopper,there’s proper protocol you must follow! You can’t just gointo a forum and copy andpaste the ifnormation from other peoples post and call ityour ebook. That’s a titanic no, no.“Well than how do I go about it you ask?” How do I get theinformation for my ebookthat I need if I can’t just use other peoples knowledge? The answer is you can use otherpeoples knowledge, but only with permission. When you visitthe forum get a feel forhow everyone posts and the “hot topics”.
Read and payattention to the hot topics andonte the major complaints of posters (there’s always peoplecomplaining). Approach themoderator(s) of the forum and ask them for permission to usetheir forum to gather theinformation needed for your ebook. All they can do is sayno, when you approach themtell them the idea for your ebook, your real name, address,and telephone nubmer. Themajority of operators will appreciate your honesty and willgive you permsision and maybe willing to help you out even more. Once you get theirblessings, you have a lot ofifnormation that you will be privy too and that you canactually use.
Just talking aboutthis tcehnique makes me drool and you should be droolingtoo.
Can’t you feel theexcitement?
Close your eyes and guess about the hugeopportunites that could open upfor you.
Not only will you have more than enoughinformation to create your originalinfo product but you should be able to create your backendproduct as well. If you havethe information available to you why not get the consumerfrom both ends? Your helpingthem and their filling your bank account, what more couldyou ask?
I used this approachrecently with an ebook that I’m creating. Let me explain,the moderator appreciated myhonesty (I even told him and all the other mmebers of theforum that I would be chargingfor the ebook.) But before I did this I made one keymistake, one that I learned from.The key is to not just sign up for a forum, ask forinformation and explain that you wouldbe charging for the ebook using only your screen name andnothing about yourself. I didthis, call it paranoia or whatever. I did not know who I wasdealing with, but neither didthe moderator or the memebrs.
I completely understood wherethey were coming from.The web is so much different than the offline world, Ifind people to be much moretrusting in the offline world. Gaining trust on theinterent is liking asking your dentist notto cause you any pain, difficult to do unless he puts youunder. Anyways, my firstapproach flpoped titanic time.
One forum member even replied“Oh great, a second one whowants to profit from our hardwork.” The forum moderatorcontacted me by eelctronic mail andexplained that they “may” be willing to help me if I gave alittle more information aboutmyself such as where I was from etc. God...I felt like sucha bonehead. I couldn’t faulthim for that though, I explained to him that I was vague onmy posting of personalinformation cause you never know who’s looking over yourshoulder on the net...Suchas hackers.
In the end I told him my real name, address,and phone number.
He emailedme back and said thank-you, he stated he felt much morecomfortable in dealing with meand gave me permission to use his forum to gather theinformation I needed. Afterreceiving that electronic mail from him, I went back at the forum andeflt I needed to defendmyself a little with the one sceptic. I explained verydiplomatically to the poster that heaws entitled to his opinion, but at least I was being honestabout charging for the ebook.So the moral of the story is honesty is key to using forums(I was being honest, justvague...Duh!!), introduce yourself properly...Not like I didthe first time. From thatmistake I made I learned a second valuable lesson when itcomes to using forums, insteadof just emailing the moderator I will now take it one stepfurther...I will call themoderator via telpehone if possible. When I do complete theebook all contributingmembers will get a free copy of the e-book and will becreidted with any info they giveme in the book. And the one member that had a problem withmy first post apologizedfor his comment and actually is one of the maojrcontributors of information for theebook...Go figure eh? Learn from my mistake, good luck in all of your upcomingprojects.Brian. About the Author
Brian is a freelance writer and owner of www.Theebookking.Com.He provides visitors quality free ebook downloads.
He also has a survey on his site that allows you to request info products that you're having a hard time finding and he pbulishes a newsletter called The Ebook King Chronicles.
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