No matter what type of mini E-Book you create, you should have some sort of revenue generation plan in mind, whether it be short term or long term. One excellent way in which you can generate revenue in either the long or short term is by selecting affiliate programs to join.
Some excellent sources of affiliate programs are http://www.paydotcom.com,http://www.clickbank.com , http://www.cj.com, and http://www.linkshare.com. Whether you plan to sell physical products or info products, you will be able to find something for any niche in one of these affiliate program catalogs.
Once you have begun selecting affiliate programs to join from these catalogs, you will also want to think about how you can generate revenue through them. As a long term plan, you could create an opt-in list and a newsletter that contains at least one affiliate link in each lesson. You can then give your mini E-Book away for free and use it to generate viral traffic for your opt-in form.
Another good way in which you can generate revenue after you have finished selecting affiliate programs to join involves conducting an interview with an expert in your given niche. Rather than writing the mini E-Book yourself, you can contact an expert, conduct an interview, and then include the transcript in your mini EBook. As you discuss each of the person's programs or products, include an affiliate link for each of them in your report. You can then circulate this report to dozens of site and list owners in your niche – and suggest that they circulate it to their lists as a free report.
Once your report begins to circulate faster and to more people, you will notice that selecting affiliate programs to join – and then inserting them into your revenue-generation mechanisms – is one of the most profitable systems you can use.