I have read a lot of blog ebooks over the past couple of years that are suppose to help bloggers. So here is my list of blog ebooks that have been most helpful to me and may be helpful to you too.
The New Rules of Viral Marketing
Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
Make Money Online With John Chow
The Art and Science of Blogger Relations
Personal Branding for the Business Professional
50 Easy Ways to Promote Your Website
How to Develop Money-Making Niche Sites with WordPress
The Cheats’ Guide to Customizing Blogger Templates
A geek’s Guide To Promoting Yourself and Your Online Business in 140 Characters or Less with Twitter
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Hey Franklin, thanks for linking to “The Zen of Blogging.” BTW, love your tagline and your 7 reasons to subscribe. It worked on me!
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I really did enjoy your e-book. I have actually came along many bloggers who recommend reading your e-book and that is how I finally decided to download it.
Awesome idea for a list! I have only seen a couple of these already, namely John Chow and Yaro. At least judging from the titles there are a handful in there that immediately pique my interest.
I have a whole bunch more if you would ever want me to reveal those later. I don’t know though, I tried to recommend ones that didn’t go over the same information.
WOW! Now that’s an sweet list! Thanks so much for doing the leg work on this one. This is a complete blogging ebook list that could probably help the newbie to even the guru bloggers. I clicked and check out a few…is this whole list complete free ebooks?
Thanks!
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The title says they are all free – so that is great. Although, if these people are smart then I am sure you have to sign up for a mailing list in order to actually read any of them. But that is a small price to pay for the work that went into making it. With all the free e-books floating around now, is there any space for paid e-books? Do you even read paid e-books? If so, which would you consider worth paying for?
Franklin, thanks for including my book on your list! I’m flattered to be among such excellent company.
No problem Michael. I definitely found your e-book as one of the more helpful ones across the web.
Wow, that’s quite a list! I think there may be such thing as TOO much informaiton! But I appreciate the time you must’ve invested in this.
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I know what you mean. There is way too much information out there than I did try to take the 24 e-books that I really found had the best information. Most of them are really quick reads though.
@ James – Paid ebooks often (I say often because it is not always) have better quality content. If you are really good at something then you should never do it for free. Paid eboks and programs will always have a place because if no one ever paid for anything then no one would ever make any money. Just my 2 cents
Makes sense (even 2 cents). I suppose the multiplicity of free offering in some way forces those who wish to put out paid e-books to produce better quality content. After all, I am not going to pay for something that I can equally get for free. Programs are an entirely different story, of course. I understand how, if you are promoting a program, giving a way a free ebook might help entice potential customers to sign up.
Hi Franklin
I’m really enjoying your blog. Lot’s of helpful insights. I’m glads to Seth Goddin in your list. I’ve found his stuff invaluable.
Have an awesome day
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Hi Franklin…I am overwhelmed at this list. It is awesome. I give away reports frequently and sometimes its hard to gauge if people like them or not, that is until you meet one of them in a forum. Thanks for the info…
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No problem. It is very difficult to gauge whether or not if people like them or not like you said. I think if you have readers you might want to just ask them if they like any of the reports you frequently give away.
Great list! I have already read a few of those ebooks and have definitely found them valuable sources of information in my blogging work. I’m always on the lookout for newer and better tips and it looks like there are a few more for me to check out! I will definitely be looking into some of those.
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Yeah, I would give my ebooks away for free (if i had any).
It’s a great way to get traffic – people like free stuff.
Looks like a good list. I’ll have a look at them for sure.
thanks, Sean.
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You are walking resource for sure Franklin. I am glad to see you have Hunter’s THE ZEN OF BLOGGING. I got a lot from it.
It’s one thing to read it all, and another to do the right things for you in the right order for success. I think in the end, you just got to love the process.
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Thanks. That is one of my all-time favorites.
Man o Man as if I didnt already have too much to do and Im getting nothing done. Now I see a list of irresitable reads before me.
Thanks Franklin, I will have to find some time to get some reading done!
I just have to say again that this is a great collection of ebooks! Some of them contain tips and methods that I already use in my work, but I am getting loads of ideas from the other books. I’m going to pass some of these links around. Thanks again!
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I am really enjoying some of the stuff on Michael’s Remarkablogger. His series on starting a business blog and the ebook you linked to here is comprehensive yet straight to the point. Best of all, it might prove useful sometime down the road. So much stuff here…time to explore something else!
James, thanks very much for the kind words! I highly recommend Yaro Starak’s Blog Profits Blueprint and Chris Garrett’s Killer Flagship Content book. Both are incredibly helpful.
No problem – they are well deserved. Thanks for the additional recommendations. I’ve got quite a bit of good stuffed squirreled away on my hard drive now
@Ryan McLean –
Someone would have to be pretty good before i’d consider paying for their ebook. I don’t think it really indicates anything about the quality. It’s more about someone trying to exploit other people. same thing always happened on ebay – people were selling project gutenburg ebooks to people who are too stupid to know they are in the public domain and freely available.
Wow, I guess that really does not surprise me much about eBay. I just did a search on eBay for “e-book” and got 1,519 results. One such listing is offering 5 ‘make money fast’ e-books and the seller writes this near the bottom: “Notice to Ebay Staff: I am authorized to sell this product.” Yeah, okay! I wouldn’t be surprised if people took free e-books like the ones above and then tried to sell them on eBay, too.
I generally get a bad feeling when I find those mini-sites that consist of nothing more than a sales page from some anonymous person peddling an e-book. Sure, they sometimes include their name and maybe even picture – but really – that doesn’t necessarily tell me anything about this person. The advantage, then, of selling an e-book, if that’s what you want to do, through a blog is that you can establish your authority through your writing, connect with your readers, and gain their trust. Nothing seems slimy about it.
Well John Chow’s exploits in the business are quite legendary so his ebook is definitely something that is worth checking out. I checked out the link and he makes no bones about making money off the ebook by traffic building, so he is in fact offering this ebook for free. With everything that he has written about the industry over the years, I’d think that there are some valuable pointers to pick up here.
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Chow’s was the first of any e-book on this topic that I downloaded. It is actually a very useful guide for anyone just starting out. At least in terms of setting up Wordpress and promoting/monetizing the blog. Although I think that the $27,000+ month that he makes is an unrealistic goal for most people with just these strategies.
I downloaded “Make Money Online With John Chow” this book , later i download others too, they seem to be interesting books.
Wow great list. Thanks for putting it together Franklin. Time to do some more reading!
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I think yaro ebook is a good one.
thanks for the compilation.
Wow Iam so glad I found your blog. I am new to blogging and your information has helped me alot. I plan on applying the informaion as I read and learn thank you again.
Sherry