Archive for December, 2008
Happy Holidays!!!
I’ll be out of town for a few days for the holidays, and although the Net will be where I’m going, I don’t think I’ll have much of a chance to do any posting. But it won’t be for more than a week or so… I’ll be back soon enough!
Although of late I haven’t really been posting my own stuff, it also won’t be for very long. My writing projects are progressing quite nicely, and if everything proceeds as planned — knock on wood — I’ll be back wordpreneuring full swing.
In the meantime… it’s gift time!
Thank you for being a Wordpreneur reader. Here’s a small gift from me to you, a pretty informative ebook that you may find useful in the coming year. Totally free. No subscriptions or forms to fill out or any such inconveniences; although I’ll probably kick myself later for passing on this opp to build my mailing list, what the hey, just download away!
Note that i’ll likely take this down as soon as I get back, so get it now while it’s up and available. Tell your pals too, while you’re at it (easiest way to do that is to use the “Share This” link at the bottom).
How to Write Short Reports to Build Your Internet Business and Increase Your Online Visibility
Unedited Guest Article by Connie Ragen Green
Writing short reports is an excellent way to get your information and message out to the world. They can be anywhere from about five to 30 pages, so you can complete one in much less time than it would take to finish an ebook.
3 Ways to Make Money Flipping Blogs
Unedited Guest Article by Jeff Schuman
Are you familar with house flipping? There are a lot of shows on t.v. showing how people do it. Today people are doing something similar and flipping blogs to make money online.
This is a way to make a few hundred dollars a month, or maybe even more. Here are three ways you can make money with blog flipping.
How to Write Copy That Sells Itself
Unedited Guest Article by Darin Blue
Whenever advertising your company, product or business opportunity in anything from a 3 line text ad to a full page sales letter, it is critical to write effective, motivating sales copy to influence people to take action. People will make split-second decisions based off your ad when they perform a search and see your ad.
How I Got My Book in a Celebrity Magazine’s Hot Sheet!
Unedited Guest Article by Sally Shields
About 6 months before my book was published, I had this dream of getting listed as “Hot Book of the Week” in a major celebrity magazine. So, I made a phone call to the editor and told her about my book. She seemed pleasant enough, as I mentioned that several A list celebrities were mentioned in the book, as well as the fact that 15% of the proceeds would be going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation®.
Over the months, I’d let her know, via email, the progress of the book. I’d get pleasant little responses, here and there. I knew that getting in this magazine was a big deal, and rather a long shot, as most of the featured books are those by celebrities themselves, or #1 bestsellers that are put out by major publishers. My book was simply self-published via POD, and I knew that this was going to take a miracle. But I kept affirming that this was my goal — to get listed as HOT BOOK of the Week!
Blog Traffic Secrets – Increase Traffic to Your Blog With These Guarded Secrets
Unedited Guest Article by Fabien Tan
What do you expect after you make a blog? You would like to ensure that the traffic increases to your blog so that your can receive and send messages. Listed below are a few tips to increase traffic to your blog.
1. It’s Good to Set Up a Description
If you wish to drive traffic to your blog, you first need to establish a bloglet. A bloglet is ideally meant to attract attention to your blog and has a subscription from which is informative about your content and it also contains an invitation for everyone to join for free. You may invite your friends, associates and business as well as non-financial clients over.
The Number One Place to Promote Books
Unedited Guest Article by Yvonne Perry
Writers and published authors need to take advantage of the number one method of book selling-the Internet. The Internet is the greatest selling and marketing tool available to an author. There are many opportunities and different ways to do achieve this. Here are a few online marketing tips for new authors.
One the simplest, most cost-effective ways to reach a broad online audience with your product and urge the reader into action is social networking. I’m referring to sites and online places where people share friendship and information. I love Goodreads and I get a lot of response whenever I post an event on that site. I am signed up not only as a reader, but as an author, which gives me a profile and the ability to promote my products. Other sites such as Ning, and Plaxo are also places you can let others know about you book, blog tour, or other marketing events.
How to Rework, Reuse and Recycle Your Writing to Make More Money
Unedited Guest Article by Douglas Robert
If you want to use your writing to generate income and plenty of it, observe what successful Internet marketers do. They take an idea or concept and turn it into an ebook. Then they use the same basic information and create multiple products of greater value.
The advantage of taking a marketers’ approach to your writing projects is that it gives you multiple products at various price points. So you gain extra sources of income, attract more customers into your business and boost your profits significantly by simply repackaging and re-purposing the same information you already assembled.
Blog With Purpose for Maximum Success
Unedited Guest Article by Ted Demopoulos
For maximum blogging success you must know why you are blogging. Now not everyone needs a single concrete reason, but at least a direction and a purpose. Your blog’s direction and purpose may evolve over time.
When I started my first blog, I had two goals. The first was to experiment with blogging as I thought perhaps there might be some business value. The second reason was that I wanted to reposition myself as a consultant who had both business and technical skills. Traditionally, I was a technical guy and many of my older clients purely hired me for my technical knowledge, but I had developed a lot of business acumen as well.
Use Resell Rights Packages to Develop Best Selling Products for Niche Markets
Unedited Guest Article by Avril Harper
Niche markets represent the very best places for which to write and otherwise create ebooks and other information packages. But you must be careful. These tips will help you get started.
1. You must be sure a niche market actually exists for your book. If the interest is too remote, highly unusual, or interests just a handful of people, you’ll find too few people to buy your book.
So ‘Octogenarians! How to Make Love Ten Times a Day‘ might have fewer takers than ‘Investment Planning for Farmers’.
Fiction Book Marketing Tips to Help Authors Build a Bond With Readers
Unedited Guest Article by Phyllis Zimbler Miller
In order for readers to spend their money on a novel, they must have the desire to spend time (plus their money) in the world that you the author have created.
To encourage readers to want to do this, you should provide information that helps them enter into your world.
One way to do this is to provide the first chapters for free on your website so that prospective readers can get a good feel for the story and characters. You can do this with PDF downloads or audio or video recordings or all three methods.
Internet Marketing – Copywriting for a Client-Attracting “About” Page
Unedited Guest Article by Cathy Goodwin
Often prospective clients decide to hire you only after they’ve read your About page. They’ll wonder, “Will he be qualified to help?” or, “Will I be comfortable working with her?”
Your “About” page is especially important if a) you’re still trying to brand yourself as an expert in your field; b) your service calls for you to develop a personal connection with your client as a coach, consultant, healer, lawyer or attorney (rather than, say, a techie software developer); and/or c) clients in your market demand credentials and expertise.
A Librarian’s Perspective – Getting Your Book on the Shelves
Unedited Guest Article by Eric Brasley
Your book is complete, bound, and back from the printers. How do you get a self-published book onto the shelves at the library?
Kimberly Knight, a selection librarian in a moderately sized library system, has been approached by self-published authors to purchase or add gratis copies of their books to the library collection. Honestly, she has accepted a precious few of these offers. With limited time, budget, and shelf space in the library, she needs self-published authors to sell her on the quality, timeliness, and appeal of their work before acquiring it for the collection. From her perspective, here’s what you can do to improve your chances of seeing your book on the shelf at the library.
Blogging About Your Book
Unedited Guest Article by Rick Frishman
The Blogosphere, the wonderful world of blogs, is now upon us. Blogs, which are online diaries, journals, or logs, are one of the hottest and most influential book promotion techniques. The word blog is a contraction of the term Web log, and blogs are written on an endless array of subjects in an equally endless number of styles, formats, approaches, and viewpoints. As we go to press, some 120 million English-speaking blogs are estimated to exist.
Blogs and Blogging – The High-Paying New Market for Freelance Writers
Unedited Guest Article by Angela Booth
Freelance writers are discovering a massive new writing market: blogs.
Blogs which attract lots of readers need frequent updates, so blogs are word-eating monsters. Writers who write for the most popular blogs generate an amazing amount of material, anywhere from two to ten or more blog posts (short articles, which may consist of anywhere from twenty to several hundred words) each and every day. This means that every blog needs writers, and because blogs are becoming so popular with Web sites, many businesses and publications are actively looking for freelance writers who know how to blog.
Test the Waters Before You Write and Publish Your Next Book
Unedited Guest Article by Danny Stooksbury
here are two extremes of niche book writing. On one end of the spectrum are the could-be authors. They come up with idea, but procrastinate and make excuses for never completing (or usually even starting) their manuscript. On the other end of the spectrum are the have-to-be authors. These writers blindly rush into their book project without ever taking the proper steps to ensure their manuscript will be well received.
Money Blogger – The Right Way to Blog for Money
Unedited Guest Article by Panah C. Rad
Blogging has become very popular these days. Most folks are either starting a blog or have already done it. It’s true that most folks start with a personal blog. But there is money to be earned in the blogging world. In fact, blogging is one of the best ways to get out of the 9-5 race.
In order to make money blogging, you need to find a niche that is broad enough for you to gain enough traffic to make a living. At the same time, you will need to feel somewhat passionate about the topic. Nobody can survive writing about a topic that she dislikes.
How to Write a Newsletter – 7 Effective Newsletter Writing Tips and Tricks
Except for the third person thing (I’m firmly in the “it depends” camp), really good, solid pointers here. — EES
Unedited Guest Article by Megan Tsai
So you’ve decided to write a newsletter? Good for you. Newsletters are one of the most effective communication tools whether you run a business, manage a non-profit organization or organize a community group. Business owners find newsletter help boost sales and improve employee morale. Community groups and non-profits find they increase member involvement and enhance fundraising.
Writing a newsletter can be tough at first, but with these seven tips for effective newsletter writing, you’ll be on your way to creating a quality newsletter in no time.
YouTube Videos Pull in Real Money
While checking around for some current info on using YouTube to help drive interest and traffic to one’s blogs, I came across the following article at The New York Times. Definitely got me to stop thinking mere “promotion” for a tad.
117 Magazine/Media 2009 Predictions
So, what’s going to happen in the magazine/media industry in the coming new year? Who the heck knows. But that’s not stopping a “diverse cross-section” of the industry — “publishers, editors, dealmakers, designers, bloggers” — from doing the crystal ball thing and taking a stab at it.