Monday, September 1, 2008

Ezines And Content Nurturance

Ezines And Content Nurturance by: Scott Lindsay
Did you know that of the 25 million people in the United States that consider themselves writers only 5% of them will ever be published? If that seems an astonishing figure it should also point to an opportunity for those who create business or industry related ezines. How is this an opportunity? If you are like most business owners you may have trouble locating fresh content. You may borrow from industry publications (with permission of course), you may try your hand at writing content yourself from time to time or you might use a free-article directory to make your ezine sparkle. However, you can also work to foster an atmosphere where struggling writers can add to their portfolio while providing fresh content for your ezine. How can you do this? Well, this can be accomplished through multiple avenues. Let’s take a look at a few. 1) Posting a classified notice within your ezine. Let your subscribers know you’re open to receiving reader content. If they are reading your ezine they probably already have an interest in the subject matter you address. You may have one of those multiplied millions of writers just looking for an opportunity reading your online publication. 2) Visiting a writer’s forum. In many of these forums you can post a freelance opportunity alerting writers to the fact that you have a need for material. You can determine what you can pay and either state it in the body of your need or let the writer know when they contact you. If you are not able to pay the writer then you should consider providing a byline and website link as a way of thanking them for their contribution. 3) Go on an intentional search for a writer. Many writers’ websites will feature writing samples from members. Look for a style you’re interested in and a writer who may have some understanding of your industry. It’s possible to nurture writers from these three sources as you seek to grow and diversify your ezine. Many of these volunteer writers may have creative ideas to make your ezine better. You might even suggest a writing contest as part of the ezine. This can be enhanced with the offer of free gifts and or business products. Many individuals respond very well to contests and, as evidenced by the opening statistic, there are a lot of aspiring writers looking for the type of opportunity you can provide. Ezines can be both informative as well as a spiffy looking tool for marketing your business. Why not use the development of an ezine to help you fulfill your dream of an upwardly mobile business while offering an aspiring writer the opportunity to fulfill a few dreams of his or her own. The result can be mutually beneficial. Inviting others to share in your dream can benefit your business and help lighten the production load. The diversity in the content can allow you the opportunity to improve readership and instill a greater sense of interest in your ezine. Nurture the inner desire most writers have and provide an avenue of publishing that can help them reach their goals.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

BUSINESS CARD

How to Print Business Cards
So you’ve got your new business up and running, the customers are starting to call, but you really need some basic marketing tools, such as business cards, that you can give away to customers. You’re busy running a business, so you just want to print business cards and get it over with fast. Here are a few tips to make the process as painless as possible:• Go to the professionals - Yes, you could save some money by printing your cards yourself, but you will probably not save any time. Plus, until you’ve mastered some design basics, your cards will probably have an amateur look and feel to them.• Have your logo on file - If you have a corporate identity or logo that you use, have it on a CD or at least be able to e-mail the logo. Keep it in a place that you can access quickly. You should also always have the file in a couple of different formats: JPEG, BMP, and TIFF formats are very popular and easy to use.• Have your information ready - If you have several employees, and you want them to have their own cards, have all of their names, phone numbers, and email addresses ready. Nothing is more frustrating than printing cards where you spelled the last name of one of your employees incorrectly or have the wrong phone extension on the card.• Know what your customers expect - Most of the time a simple business card design is fine. But some businesses, especially those in creative fields, should consider something a little more radical. If you are a creative firm, your customers probably expect a creative card. But professionals such as attorneys, doctors, accountants, and the like should consider a simple, clean look.Following these tips will keep you out of most problems and maintain your headaches to a minimum. When you are ready to print business cards, understand that the local print shops often require a minimum quantity. These minimums usually range anywhere from 250-1000 business cards at a time. So, this makes it all the more important that you have your information together and to make sure that you get it right the first time.
About the Author: Kaye Z. Marks is an avid writer and follower of the developments in print business cards industry and its benefits for small to medium-scale businesses.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

FOUR SIMPLE WAYUS TO MAKE YOUR MONEY WITH E-BOOKS

Make More Money From Your Ebooks - 4 Simple and Easy Ways
So you've written an ebook. Now what?Ebook writing, like book writing, can be a lucrative way to sell your products and services, as well as vary the offerings on your website.The advantage of selling ebooks is that you can automate the process from start to finish. Once you've written your ebook, all you have to do is create a sales page, set up your payment processing, and you're in business.You probably know already that you should write a press release, as well as articles, and submit them to the appropriate directories. These two techniques will help you get the word out about your new ebook.However, have you considered these techniques?1. Submit to Ebook DirectoriesThere are at least 20 different ebook directories on the internet. This doesn't include the directories you can submit your ebook to if you are selling your ebook.You can create a sample chapter or a sample of your ebook and submit it to the free directories. This will help you build backlinks to your website, as well as give your ebook a better exposure.2. Sell on Lulu - If you want to use the real power of leverage, you can sell your product on Lulu. Lulu allows you to upload unlimited manuscripts for free and set them up to sell them. You can also offer a print version of your ebook, as well as audios or videos. This allows you to expand your product line very easily.Lulu handles the sales process from start to finish for you and sends you a check each month. Lulu takes a 20 percent commission on each sale and you get the rest. For a small fee, you can use global distribution and get your ebook in all of the major online bookstores.3. Start an Affiliate ProgramAn affiliate program is another powerful form of leverage you can use to sell your ebook. By using an affiliate program, you can build your own sales force to sell for you. Although you will need to pay commissions, this is a passive form of sales for you, and you make money from the efforts of others.When you use the right affiliate program management software, you can build valuable backlinks to your website. This will raise your rankings in the search engines and maybe give you some extra traffic and sales.4. Get ReviewsThis is actually a combination of affiliate programs and joint ventures. Depending on who you ask to review your new ebook, you could walk away with all of the profits.Some sites are looking for new material to talk about, not join your affiliate program or joint venture. By finding reviewers for your new ebook, you can build backlinks, create a buzz about your new ebook, and further increase your network of passive traffic.When looking for sites to review your ebook, use a site like Alexa to help you find high traffic sites on your topic. Search the sites for reviews and contact site owners.

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E-BOOK PROFIT

Make Profit From Free Ebooks
Have you ever wandered how those marketers that give away ebooks and reports actually benefit from doing so? It might seem a little strange that someone would put their time and effort into creating a quality product and then just give it away for nothing but there is an excellent reason for marketing this way, you see, those free ebooks will generate sales and leads for years to come, all on the backend.What is the purpose of a free ebook?The purpose of a free ebook is to drive traffic to a website that will result in sales, subscribers, adsense clicks or any other goal you may want to achieve. The main purpose for a free ebook is presell/generate leads for a paid product, you would presell by explaining advantages and benefits subtly in the ebook and generate leads by providing links within it.How do I create one?let's say you have a product about gardening that you sell for $47, you could then write a short report that would compliment that product such as a review, a short extract of it, a short report about gardening that would not go into as much detail as your paid product, the point is that it is very relevant to your paid product but does not have as much value, I mean you don't want to give away a free ebook that reveals all the methods contained in your paid one, you just want to generate interest for it.How do I distribute it?You can distribute a free ebook in a number of ways such as in your signature file at forums, to your email subscribers, free ebook directories, your website, arranging joint ventures with other marketers, there are many different ways to distribute your free ebook, you just have to find where your target audience is and offer them your ebook, most people love to get stuff for free so you shouldn't have to much trouble trying to get them to take it.How do I get my ebook to go viral?This is one of the most powerful ways to market online, viral marketing, you want your ebook to spread as far as possible and to reach as many prospects as you can so you should give people a reason to pass your ebook on to others for you. This can be done by allowing people to "rebrand" your ebook, basically you allow them to replace the links to your products with their affiliate links, therefore the people who pass on your ebook can actually make money doing so. If people have a good reason to pass your ebook on, then they more than likely will.Free ebooks can be an extremely effective way to advertise your website and products and if you can put the effort in and make a great product, then it is possible it will generate you sales and leads for years to come.

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ONLINE REAL CASH

Guaranteed Extra Cash Online by: Peter V. Ruble
For college students and other people who feel burned out trying to balance paying the bills and living at the same time, ads like these can prove to be irresistible. Many of them make perfect sense and easily hook you based on good concepts. Unfortunately, many times the product or service does not match the brilliance of a great idea for making money from home or through the Internet. As I’ve learned myself, the further you go down this road, the more excited you get. You basically get hooked, and if you aren’t careful, you will end up working hard and falling further into debt than you can imagine. Much like gambling, the lure of easy money and independence can make just about anyone fall prey to work at home scams that feed off your dreams to get to your wallet so they can go on to the next victim. Hopefully, you will never fall victim to these scam artists. However, the fact of the matter is that these scammers would not be wasting their time if they were not making any money. And as long as people continue to get mixed up in this business, these scammers are going to stick around to trick more and more people. The best way to keep a scammer’s claws away from your credit card is to do thorough research on each opportunity that you are considering. This means doing much more than simply reading a bit about it online. In my personal experience, I have been taken by companies who were savvy enough to pollute the Internet with staged testimonials, guarantees, questionable references to big name endorsements, and even appearances in the Better Business Bureau. A colleague of mine who invested in vending machine placement services even went so far as to physically go to the manufacturing plant to tour the warehouse as well as contact the Better Business Bureau of that state. What he received, in return, were twenty malfunctioning candy machines with a list of local businesses who had apparently agreed to receive them. Not only did none of these businesses know what he was talking about, many of them were hostile when he showed up to place them. What you want to do is check message boards such as the ASK section of Yahoo.com. Another simple method of weeding out the scams from the genuine opportunities is to go to a search engine and simply type in the company name followed by the word "scam". If you do this, and you are barraged by an endless list of complaints, you my friend have found a nugget of gold in a sea of mud. In terms of the Better Business Bureau, it is best to contact them directly to ask about any complaints, and also find out how long a company has been listed. The Better Business Bureau operates state by state. They will be able to tell you if they have any complaints on file. If they do, you will want to avoid the opportunity at all costs. But if it appears that a company is doing business the right way, you can continue your own research. Being in the Business Bureau is not necessarily that hard to accomplish. Many scammers can use their money and connections to set up a front to initially qualify for the Better Business Bureau just long enough for them to collect their cash from unsuspecting victims, close shop, create a new identity and start again. Before you decide to do anything, attempt to get in touch with the company that you are interested in. Can you get a human being on the phone? Do they have an actually physical address? How long does it take them to respond to your e-mails, if at all? If you cannot even talk to the company before you start, there is not chance that they will be around when you really need them. I once made quite a bit of money selling vacation vouchers on auction sites. The marketing plan was sound, and the money saving vouchers was a hit. Only problem was, I could never get in touch with their customer service department to handle my customer inquiries and complaints once I realized that the promises that existed in writing on the vouchers were misleading at best. This proved to be such a problem that it took me over a year to recover from the negative publicity on my auction site. Of course, there are legitimate home based businesses out there. With the Internet and all the low cost, web producing tools available, there seems to be a renaissance in entrepreneurship. Basically, just find a product or service you can market online, and do your research. Sell on EBay if you don’t want to build your own website. You can have a website their and all search engine marketing is already done by EBay. The Small Business Association has an office in downtown Tacoma and contains invaluable information on their website http://www.sba.com. Since small business is the backbone of our country economically, sources such as these are eager to help you create a plan with realistic expectations. However, like anything else worthwhile, you have to do your homework and work hard at it. The problem is that too many people make you think you can practically go online and make money just clicking on a mouse. You want to steer clear of any business that asks to you to pay for their "Top Secret" e-book that will teach you how to make an automated income." Think about it, if you are in dire need of cash, can you imagine any other situation in which you would not only work for free, but pay for the privilege to work. There are no magic formals or secrets worth paying for. All of the information in these e-books can be found for free through your own research if you have common internet skills. If you don’t want to work hard and just make a few easy extra bucks without donating your blood or volunteering to be a guinea pig, it is possible to make some good extra money filling out online surveys or through mystery shopping. There are real opportunities out there which require no fee to get started. Not only that, several of them will even give you a $5 bonus just for signing up. If a company such as this is legitimate, they would be making lots of money through the success of its members. Companies that require that $49.97 start up fee only make money through the fee and only want to teach you how to get other people to do the same. The products are all useless lists and general information that anyone with a functioning mind could figure out on their own, or get for free by doing their own research. In 12 years of trying to make a living on the Internet, the following are the best companies I have ever encountered for making a few extra bucks filling out surveys, playing games and mystery shopping. They probably won’t pay the rent, but if you’re interested in making an extra $400 or $500 a month or eating out at nice restaurants and going to movies for free, you may want to check these out: Mystery Shopping Providers Association: ." target=new>http://www.mysteryshop.org/shoppers/">. This site contains all the information you will ever need on starting up as a mystery shopper. It is also a portal for the best sites to go to for mystery shopping jobs online, and they don’t require that you invest a penny. InboxDollars.com. (you can sign up for free and get $5 just for signing up. You can make a few hundred dollars in one day, theoretically, if you are willing to use a credit card to sign up for free or paid trials. Just make sure you have the patience to fill out the long surveys and keep detailed records so you can remember to cancel your free trials before you get charged. Also, you can fill out surveys to make a dollar or two which are completely free. I’ve made about $400 with this site. http://www..sendearnings.com.(almost identical to InboxDollars.com) http://www.treasuretrooper.com. (a lot of free surveys and cool games). http://www.tiktikcash.com. By far the best of the survey sites. The free surveys are tremendous. You can make a dollar or two in one minute. This site has the shortest, most painless surveys. I made over thirty bucks in less than after signing up.
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8 Tips To Make Money With An E-Book
You probably think that you need to have some professional writing experience to succeed in the lucrative field of writing e-books. Well, let me tell you – you couldn’t be further from the truth! You have probably noticed how popular e-books now are – which means that you too can profit from this market and build up a niche opportunity for yourself with just a few simple tips.
Tip 1 – ‘Think’ yourself an expert. I can’t emphasise enough how important this is. Believe you can do it and you WILL!
Tip 2 – Search to find a niche – choose a topic or idea that you enjoy and it will seem less of a chore. Now is your opportunity to show your expertise in a hobby or interest – but make it a popular one!!
Tip 3 – Read up on what other people are doing in your niche. Don’t copy obviously but look at style and presentation. Read, read and read some more and you will eventually know as much as the experts in your field. Your aim is to become ‘The Expert’.
Tip 4 – If you really can’t write yourself – then find someone to do it for you e.g. a college student, through an advert or farm the work out to a web based company.
Tip 5 – Who are you writing to? Adopt the right tone and style for your audience. You need to find the ‘right level’.
Tip 6 – Divide your book into simple chapters and check spelling and grammar thoroughly.
Tip 7 – To create a professional image – you might need to use a designer to create an attractive cover for your product. Remember, appearance is everything.
Tip 8 – finally, you will need find a medium to sell your product whether through a sales letter and/or website – the choice is yours. Hopefully, these tips will set on the road to success and help you as much as they have helped us. If you want to see an example of a successful e-book, then please look at the following site: www.online-goldmine.com

About the Author: Michelle Williams and her colleague Samantha Owen are both businesswomen and budding online entrepreneurs.
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