Writing Ebooks for a Living Can Allow You to Avoid the Commute and Work From Home!

Working from home is a dream goal for many people around the globe today. This type of work means saying goodbye to traffic problems, associated travel, parking and fuel costs, expensive business clothing and laundry costs, eating out for breakfast, snacks and lunch costs, office water cooler gift costs, childcare costs and more.

This type of work also means working on your own time more. You can enjoy time with your family during the day, if you like, and work early mornings or later in the evenings, as you like. Plus take on the workload you'd like, part time or full time, as your own schedule and life allow, increasing costs as you can, too, for your own raises and adjustments for the economy.

To get started or grow your own ebook writing business, here are some basic points to cover for your own business:

1) Set up a cyber shop; aka portfolio, even if it's just one free web page on a social networking site like MySpace.com or Squidoo.com that tells all about your services. Include work samples - some articles you've written, your resume, contact info and pricing ranges, if you have info available. Then grow this online portal for yourself over time, adding more work samples, client testimonials, ebook packages (like selling articles to go with them for promotional purposes), etc.

2) Go into business and advertise for yourself, seeking help from the Small Business Administration site at SBA.gov for help as needed.

You can advertise online and off, using direct mail campaigns to local businesses, classifieds ads - even free ones like on Craigslist.com, print postcards, email marketing and more. Always include a link to your online portfolio and invite bidding opportunities on current and upcoming projects, so that you can help your prospects and clients out now.

3) Always seek referrals, too, even if the people you contact in #2 above have no work at this time. They may know someone who needs help now.

4) Also seek joint venture opportunities. Try to team up with others in your fields of interest, checking to see if they need ebooks ghostwritten and published, for example. Place ad in newsletters of groups you belong to, network at church and with your neighbors.

5) Continue your writing education. Always seek improvement in your craft, honing skills via local courses and online workshops like at Virtual University (vu.org) for cheap, like $15 for up to 3 courses.

6) Reach out to writing groups, online and off, and forums in your industries of interest to meet up with people in need of ebooks written in their industry.

These groups and forums can introduce you to valuable leads as well as additional educational and networking opportunities, paying contests, online freelance bid boards where you can seek opportunities to bid on writing projects, and much more...again, all online and off.

Don't let a day go by without writing. Writers write. So write: books, ebooks, articles, press releases, tips, advice, forum posts, emails, sales letters...you name it, write it. A little a day can bring money your way!