One of the most profitable ventures to do on the Internet is to write ebooks on valuable topics and then sell them online.

But writing an ebook usually takes months to research and write.

The next best thing is to write short reports on in-demand subjects.  They do not have to be as long as ebooks and are much more easier to put together.  How do you make money?  You can write free reports on valuable topics and sell your own products or services within the report.

In order to create a hot selling report, you need to find out what people want.  It is smarter to first find out what people want rather than writing a report and realizing that nobody is interested in it.

You can find out what people want by visiting discussion boards, chat rooms, taking a survey of your customers, reading other newsletters, magazines, etc.

The title of your report will be the most important factor in determining the success of your report.  If your title is poor, it doesn't matter how good your report is because know one will want to download it.  Create an eye-catching title for your report.

When you design the outline of your report, you should break it down into sections to help you design the flow of the report.  Breaking your report down into sections will make it easier to develop ideas and prevent writer's block.

Your report should be of quality content and should be focused on educating the reader rather than a pitch for a product or service.  Don't overload your reports with blatant ads.  Use a more subtle approach and weave your ad into the content.

For example, you may write a report about proper care for your dog.  If you sell dog leashes, you can write about the various dog leashes available in the market and write a small paragraph on how you offer dog leases and how readers can order them.

This is much less obtrusive than pitching a 500-word ad in your report.  If the quality of you report is good, most readers will not even notice your sales pitch.

If you do not have a product or service that is the same topic as your report, you can easily find an affiliate program that you can endorse in your report.

Here are a few places to find targeted affiliate programs:

http://www.associateprograms.com
http://www.refer-it.com
http://www.associate-it.com

Now, how do you get your report into the hands of thousands of people?  Here is a few ideas:

1. Pay Per Click Search Engines
2. Message Boards
3. Ezine Ads
4. Free bonus
5. In-house mailing list
6. Pop-Up boxes
7. Thank you pages

One of the best resources on writing money making reports is Jimmy Brown's "Profit Pulling Reports."  You can get a copy by going to:

http://www.freecoolcash.com/cgi-bin/lnkinlte.cgi?l=ppr

It doesn't take long to write a money making reports and once people start downloading it, you will see an increase in your sales and affiliate commissions.