•Affiliate Revenue – Part 4
The last few weeks have been taken up with preparations for the launch of my latest online venture.
You may recall in a recent email how I started to dabble in affiliate reselling and met with immediate and albeit unexpected success.
Now I am taking the experiment a quantum leap forward with the launch of a portal website featuring 12,000+ ClickBank products plus a sprinkling of the best of the latest affiliate reselling opportunities.
Window dressing the storefront
I have already tweaked...
•Can You Really Sell Your Writing Output On Radio?
Can You Really Sell Your Writing Output On Radio? by Jim GreenI had never given the matter much thought in the past but after an experience I enjoyed lately, I am now rather of the opinion that you can.It happened this way…Coinciding with the launch of my latest book ‘Your Retirement Masterplan’ (How To Books ISBN 1857039874) I participated in eleven 10/15 minute live interviews on local radio over a period of just five days. These promotional interviews were arranged by my publisher’s media...
•Do You Long To See Your Books Published And Selling From The Major Chains?
Do You Long To See Your Books Published And Selling From The Major Chains? by jim GreenTo have your work accepted for hard copy publication is a thrilling achievement but to have it bomb at the bookstores is to see your reputation go down the tubes simultaneously.And so to avoid this unpleasant scenario, I have developed over the years a series of 160 vital steps; steps that not only get my books published and into the major chains but selling online and offline as bestsellers in their...
•Fleshing out the Mystery Ingredient that Leads to Multiple Editions and Bestsellers
Fleshing out the Mystery Ingredient that Leads to Multiple Editions and Bestsellers by Jim GreenWhen my first book "Starting Your Own Business" was published way back ten years ago, I thought that was it. I reckoned I’d never write another one. But I was wrong. It has enjoyed many reprints, multiple editions, and proceeded over the years to generate another seven disparate titles from the same topic. Towards the end of last year I completed the draft manuscript for a commemorative fourth...
•How I Cracked The ClickBank Code And Saved Myself $2401!
How I Cracked The ClickBank Code And Saved Myself $2401! by Jim GreenClickBank offers a magnificent service.I’ve always used it as my prime payment processor.It’s fast, efficient, and above all, universally accepted.However, if you promote a multitude of digital products it has one much-heralded drawback.Either…1.You are required to fork out another $49 every time you introduce a new creation on a disparate location or…2.You are required to host all of your merchandise on one website.Not any...
•How to Craft a Series of Bestselling Titles from
During the past ten years I have authored seventeen traditionally published niche non-fiction books, all of which (save one) have achieved bestselling status in their respective genres.
Here’s the thing though; I have used only 2 topics to produce 16 bestsellers.
How do you do that; craft a series of titles from a single topic?
It’s a little-known technique that dates back to the dawn of literature and is used by all bestselling authors either consciously or unwittingly.
And when you know...
•How to Feed the Spiders and Grab the Top Spots
Over the years I have created 24 fully operational websites and as an experiment this evening (30 November 2005) I did a progress check on the very first site I ever launched: writing-for-profit.com.
5 years on and here is how this site is ranking today on the top six major search engines
Google No.1
Yahoo! No.2
MSN No.1
AOL No.1
AltaVista No.2
AllTheWeb No.2
Using the keyword phrase ‘writing for profit’ check out for yourself the veracity of these...
•How to Test Market for Free from Your Own Web Site
How to Test Market for Free from Your Own Web Site by JIM GREENHere’s a novel way of test marketing new produce for free from an existing web site. Maybe the idea is not so new but it’s new to me and I know for a fact it works - because I tried it out and the results were spectacular.In a nutshell…Recently I developed five new interlinked products which I was loath to thrust upon an unsuspecting public without some idea of their uptake potential. I looked at several online test marketing...
•I Never Made A Dime From Affiliate Reselling Until…
A friend in Atlanta sent me a private email directing me to a website he thought I ought to check out. He knew I was disillusioned with affiliate marketing and had all but chucked in the towel.
And with good reason; I had never earned a dime for all my efforts spanning almost three years. But I’d spent money; money I’d accumulated from marketing my own produce, loads of money on this and that piece of software promising to get me out of the rut and into the money.
But it never happened.
That...
•Marketing Your Books Can Be Fun And Profit Making
Marketing your writing output can be fun, exciting, creative and profitable.
It can also prove very frustrating and expensive if you do not know how to evaluate cost effective methods of viral marketing - offline and online.
Over the years people have come to know me for my ability to develop low cost and no cost strategies for marketing and promoting a business, product or service; strategies that have realized handsome returns over the years.
Here is a recent example of what I...
•My Free eBook Will Get You Started On Writing for Profit
My Free eBook Will Get You Started On Writing for Profit by Jim GreenI make my living as a writer in the niche non-fiction genre, churning out traditional and digitally published titles that consistently feature in the bestseller lists. (Don’t take my word for this statement though: check me out at Amazon.com for examples of my hard copy produce). As a consequence of my endeavors I’ve picked up more than a few wrinkles on the art of producing work that readers want to read and now I am...
•Old Habits Die Hard in the Third Age Years…
Old Habits Die Hard in the Third Age Years… by Jim GreenI spent a lifetime in retailing and I’m still at it in retirement; albeit virtually.You know how it goes.You put up a web page and throw in some stock.Your page begets another and another and another until one day you’re looking at a site that’s got more stock than Bloomingdales.But you can’t stop…The old sourcing skills are making a comeback, sharpening their talons, and coaxing you to duck and dive, bob and weave to find still more...
•Realizing the Potential of Your Writing Output
Realizing the Potential of Your Writing Output by Jim GreenAchieving publication for your extra income ideas is removed from the improbable dream category and becomes instead a calculated certainty when you follow the strategies contained in my 'Writing for Profit' tutorial. That's the beauty of niche non-fiction: it lends itself to formula writing techniques where commercial nuances are seamlessly interwoven into practical expression without disturbing the flow of the creative dynamic. You...
•The Affiliate Payments Keep Rolling In…
I posted an article recently on how I had never made any money from affiliate reselling until a friend recommended I look at a new resource on the subject.
After the first flush of success on breaking my duck I reckoned it would only be a matter of time before my new-found money spinner ground to a halt.
But I was wrong…
The affiliate payments just keep rolling in and I am now averaging $40 per day.
This might not seem much to you but for someone who had never made a dime in affiliate...
•The Bestseller Lying Dormant In Your Mind – And How To Access It!
The Bestseller Lying Dormant In Your Mind – And How To Access It! by Jim GreenThere is an age-old adage that is as true today as when it was first mooted."Everyone has at least one good book in them"The problem is that most people never get around to writing it because they hamper progress by cluttering their thoughts with mental blocks. Little do they appreciate that there already is a bestseller lying dormant in the mind - nor do they know how to access it. Could you extract the book...
•The Plain Man’s Guide to Making Money Online
The Plain Man’s Guide to Making Money Online by Jim GreenI’m a plain man who uses plain thinking in devising strategies for making money online.I do not spend obscene mounts of money attending high ticket web conferences nor do I rush to purchase the latest collection of web casts at outrageous prices.What I do instead is dissect what the high fliers do; pick the best; discard the rest; and add my own innovations.In the process I create new dimensions to the standard online marketing...
•The Questions People Ask About Writing Niche Non-Fiction
The Questions People Ask About Writing Niche Non-Fiction by Jim GreenHere is a list of questions that people frequently ask me on the topic of writing for profit in the realms of niche non-fiction. Hopefully you will find the answers helpful but if you have any questions of your own please feel free to contact me. WHAT EXACTLY IS NICHE NON-FICTION?Simply put, it is the narrow focus a writer employs to position his work above the norm in published produce of a specific non-fiction topic. For...
•The Timeless Secret to Creating Bestselling Niche Non-Fiction
It is quite an achievement when a niche non-fiction book remains consistently at the top of the bestseller lists for a period spanning six months; an achievement that is all the more difficult to fathom when you consider that the subject matter has nothing to do with sex, drugs, rock and roll or the like; subject matter that might even be regarded as mundane in the extreme.
What is the secret?
o What drives a book with a commonplace topic to the top of the lists and keeps it there for...
•This Piece of Software Does It All
This Piece of Software Does It All by Jim GreenI make my living as a writer (hard copy niche non-fiction books and online instruction courses) and I use the internet to promote my wares. For years I searched for a piece of software that would free up my time to concentrate exclusively on writing; software that would register my domains, build my sites effortlessly, host them, locate the power keywords the search engines lap up, submit, track, and optimize my submissions on a regular basis,...
•This System Works Even Better When You Apply It To Real Websites
I posted an article recently on how a spoof website I set up temporarily grabbed 3217 email addresses in a matter of weeks.
I was testing out a new system that claims it can seduce the spiders to visit any website, and in the process of my experiment, the following also happened.
1. The site had an Alexa ranking of 198.
2. It had captured the No.1 Spot for the core keyword phrase on Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, Lycos and Ask Jeeves.
3. My hosting service traffic stats reported 18,945...
•Time is Money in Online Marketing…
Time is Money in Online Marketing… by Jim GreenWe all do it.Spend time and money sourcing those vital pieces of kit to get the best from our endeavors.On the final day of 2004 I engaged in a little exercise, the results of which filled me with shock horror.I discovered that over the previous 12 months I had spent an inordinate amount of time gathering together ever-evolving information and software essential to helping me do what I do well online even better.Moreover I’d spent a bundle in...
•Time-Saving Skills to Get More from Your Writing
Time-Saving Skills to Get More from Your Writing by Jim GreenAs you set out to create your first niche non-fiction book (and hopefully your first bestseller), you will be supported by a strong motivation to keep your mind focused on the essential business at hand i.e. complete the project, achieve publication, and hit the bestseller lists.Before that can happen though, you’ll need a plan to get you underway.MANAGING YOUR TIME TO SPEED THE PROCESSThe only time constraints are those of your...
•What Happened When I Allowed The Mad Hatter To Take Over My Online Marketing…
What Happened When I Allowed The Mad Hatter To Take Over My Online Marketing… by Jim GreenReturns had been steady since I created www.howtoproducts-xl.com back in December 2004. Steady, but not spectacular, so I decided to conduct a survey.What I did was to mail those visitors who had taken up my freebie offer but hadn’t made a purchase. They were presented with three optional price bands for each of ten products and asked to tick the one that best reflected value for money for each...
•What to Do When You Are All Over the Place Online…
For years I have been all over the place online (dozens of websites, hundreds of web pages) but no focal point of reference.
Recently I received a sharp reminder from a loyal subscriber regarding this omission when she complained it was becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of my activities.
So now in response to the lady’s timely admonition, I have rectified the situation by building a central information hub providing access to everything I do; a virtual anthology containing my...
•When Amazon.com Ranks Your Book No.3 out of 27,376 Competing Titles...
When Amazon.com Ranks Your Book No.3 out of 27,376 Competing Titles... by Jim GreenYou know you're doing something right.NEWSFLASH: 11 January 2004One of my bestsellers, "Starting an Internet business at Home" (Kogan Page ISBN 0-7494-3484-8) is currently ranking No.3 out of 27,376 competing titles at Amazon.com under keywords 'starting an internet business'. It was first published in 2001 and is still selling like hotcakes. Writing for Profit: You can do it with my tutorial even if you've...
•Why How To Products Excel in the Race to Keep Pace with Online Marketing
Why How To Products Excel in the Race to Keep Pace with Online Marketing by Jim GreenThe day you stop learning about online marketing is the day to start your closing down sale.You can never learn enough let alone too much about the enigma that is online marketing.Change is ever in the air and when it strikes, it strikes like lightning, and leaves no calling card. New technologies appear overnight; old systems vanish into the ether just as quickly. Obsolescence pulls the rug out from under...
•Work at Home and Make Money Writing for Profit
Work at Home and Make Money Writing for Profit by Jim GreenWhen you work at home to make money writing for profit you do it in your own time, your spare time. What spare time do I hear you yell at me? Time is what you make of it and if you try (really, really try) you can always allocate a little for yourself to express self-initiative, develop your great extra income idea and make money writing. You might even qualify for some public sector assistance by way of government grants.There again...
•You Need the Amazing Power of Articles to Become Successful Online
Whether you are a newcomer to online marketing or you’ve been in the trenches for some time, you need to learn how to write zero cost articles and harness their amazing power to drive hordes of visitors to your website and email inbox.
You will miss out on a goldmine of potential buyers if you do not…
You need an all-in-one kit that:
1. Allows you to be in total control of operations
2. Countermands the ever-changing search engine vagaries
3. Outstrips all other forms of web...
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