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Create a publishing empire from your home
Do you have content you would like to share with an interested audience of existing and potential customers? It’s never been so easy to package your content in a stylish way, and distribute it in a cost-effective way. Home business expert Emma Jones gives some advice on how to enter the age of home publishing.
It used to be that if you wanted to publish a book, magazine, newspaper or show series, you could only do so if you had access to large (and expensive) capital equipment and a workforce of hundreds. Not any more. Web-based applications are freeing up the imagination and putting home business owners in control of how content is distributed. Here are some to get you started.
Books
always wanted to write the authoritative guide for your industry/sector? Want to show off your portfolio of photographs or handmade goods in a coffee table style book? Now you can with self-publishing sites Blurb and Lulu. You can also check out Amazon Kindle direct publishing.
Magazines
Digital magazines are becoming increasingly sophisticated with embedded links to buy products alongside video clips and interactive forums. Take a look at Yudu. According to digital publishing service, nxtbook media, advertising in digital magazines is more trusted than online ad banners so for your sponsors and advertisers offering a presence in a digital magazine and on your site offers a good rate of return for them.
Audio
Speak to your audience by producing a podcast and inviting in guests who can be interviewed using Skype or zoom.
Video
Publish content of you making your product/service or customers saying nice things about your product/service, and build your own youtube channel to share these. You can easily make a video using your smartphone – but buy a tripod and a desktop light to get the best quality you can!
Online
Share content and your expertise in the form of an online slide show using Slideshare.
Make the most of earning revenue from charging individual subscriptions or secure a sponsor who would like to be associated with your content and the viral way through which you’ll distribute it. Before you know it you’ll be publishing online, in print, and in audio/video, to an audience of interested readers/watchers/listeners. What a business to run from the comfort of your own home!
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