I read an interesting article this morning which reinforced an idea I talked about previously.

The article was titled something like ‘2 Income Streams From One Article’, and it talked about how the author used to write articles for his website – which generated money by promoting products – and then print them off and sell them individually as small booklets at seminars or via his website for one or two pounds.

He says that at one speaking gig, he sold out and the staff rushed to have more printed and that he made around £700 that day selling those booklets.

Originally, he printed the articles onto nice decorative paper he bought from Amazon costing as little as 7 pence per sheet but when he sold out, the staff had the venue print extras using just the normal ‘white’ printer paper that was available… and people were still happy to buy them.

Obviously, it helped that he had been on stage speaking and so he had pre-warmed the audience and so when they saw the ‘important’ information they needed to remember broken down and printed onto sheets that were selling for a couple of pounds, they were happy to buy.

I have talked about this before.

Turning articles into short eBooks, guides, blueprints and cheat sheets to sell is a great idea.

Over the period of a year, you can have many digital products published online that could be making you a passive income.

Covers can be made quite easily using the online design tool, Canva, or you can pay someone on Fiverr.com to make them for you.

You don’t want to be spending too much on having covers made for short eBooks that you intend to sell for a few pounds.

These eBooks, guides, blueprints and cheat sheets can be sold on platforms such as Gumroad, Payhip, and possibly Etsy. They can definitely be sold on your own website too.

As mentioned in a previous article, if you become a ‘face’ that is known by people, they may search for your website and it is always good to have products online that they can buy directly from your website.

I recommend having these types of products on multiple platforms so that you can find more buyers. Think of it as having your books stocked in book shops across the world instead of just selling them from your front room.

The point is this… writing a ‘big’ book is time consuming and requires a lot of work, whereas writing articles is easier and a good quality article that is full of useful advice can easily be converted into a cheap eBook or guide.

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