I write this post as a favor to a lot of you out there. I’ve read my fair share of eBooks when I first starting trying to make money online and the one thing I’ve learned is that eBooks are never worth it! DigitalPoint is becoming more croweded with eBook sales every day, I often take a look at the threads, but never buy them anymore. Here are some reasons you shouldn’t buy eBooks:

1. eBook Authors are Writing the eBooks to Make a Profit - If you had a method that was earning you a couple grand a month, would you write an eBook and sell your idea off to everyone on webmaster forums for $10 a copy, or would you work on your method, and hope to earn more money with your method. Thats right, I’m sure you would choose the latter. eBook authors are out there to make a profit, I guarantee you they are writing the eBook to earn themselves money, not “help share their methods with others” as they will claim to you. This is why people never earn the amount of money eBooks claim you will.

2. eBook Methods Become Saturated - I have seen a few good eBooks out there, one of which had to do with selling virtual items. The author suggested that you use adwords to advertise your virtual goods, and that since the keywords aren’t being used, you can get a CPC of $0.05. My friend tried this method out, once a few people (maybe 3-4) started trying this method out, their CPC had to be raised to upwards of $1 per click before they could restart their campaign. The same thing goes with 99% of methods out there. If an eBook tells you to do some trick to get affiliate leads, if you have 50 people trying the same trick, you will earn a lot less.

3. eBooks are Usually Time Consuming - In addition to the amount of time spent reading the eBook, people trying the methods in the eBook will usually spend a lot of time setting the method up. A proxy network which earns $1000+ a month will require a lot of work and advertising, certainly not 10 minutes a day. I read one eBook which claimed you could earn a lot of money very quickly, I got a review copy of the eBook and found out that you had to make your own videos to work the method.

On a final note, most eBooks which sell well are the ones that guarantee quick and easy income. While I think a quick buck is sometimes nice when you need money fast, I think everyone should start a few major projects in which they plan to keep working at for a long time. Remember, the more creative you can be, the more money you will earn. If you go and follow other peoples methods, I guarantee you won’t earn as much as you could if you thought of your own idea and stick to it until you succeed.

My advice to you is that if you get an idea and you believe in it, go with it, and work it until you succeed. I think a quote by Lord Chesterfield, a British Statesman would best suit the ending of this post.

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

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