Step-by-Step Guides – An Easy Way to Make Money Online

Creating step-by-step guides is a quick and easy way to make money online. All you have to do is document how to use a particular service or product, add your affiliate links to the report and distribute it.

One aspect of step-by-step guides is if you target newcomers to internet marketing. For example you can explain how to go about starting a website and in your step-by-step guide show exactly how to go about creating a hosting account, set up a blog etc.

Chances are the newcomer will join the hosting you are promoting because they will be too scared to get hosting through another company in case the explanation in your guide won’t apply.

Distributing free step-by-step guides is a great way to build a list to which you can promote other related products.

Why Bother with Step-by-Step Guides?

Experienced internet marketers often say the way to make money online is by selling information in the form of ebooks and reports, but writing and publishing them is not as easy as it seems. Good writing skills are necessary to keep readers interested, and even good authors often struggle to get the point across to readers.

Step-by-step guides on the other hand are easier to write. Many believe all that is required is to list the exact steps necessary to accomplish a particular task.

But, and it’s a big but…

A series of listed instructions can quickly turn into a disjointed mess, making readers even more confused and frustrated. They quickly lose interest, give up and even worse, could ask for a refund. It’s a recipe for disaster, and credibility is lost.

Instead of listing the steps required to accomplish a particular task, a great way to spice up a step-by-step guide is to include images created by capturing relevant areas of the screen and adding instructions for each step to the images.

My new report titled Easy “Step-by-Step Guide” Creation which shows you how to quickly create and promote step-by-step guides (which look professionally produced). Guides which your customers will often refer back to. Some will even print the guides and give them pride of place with other treasured information.

Creating your own step-by-step guides is quick, easy and a great way to build your credibility and reputation

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