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This is a great short little video on how to write an ebook REALLY, really quickly and as simple as it sounds……it truly is that easy. I found the video on the Ezinearticles.com blog - and thought is was worthwhile to re-post here as you can certainly repurpose this idea across just about ANY content creation channel.
Tons of people simply hate to write - and using audio, in combination with a transcription service, is a dead simple way to taking YOUR ideas out of the dimly lit spaces between your ears….and bringing them out to the bright and shiny light of the masses. If you don't think you've got an ebook waiting to be written somewhere within you, think again. [click to continue…]
I was looking for a couple videos on Youtube to post for another site, and came across this on here from the Big Idea With Donny Deutsch (sp?) show.
Now, I'm not a big fan of this sort of show ( as I really only watch Intervention (because everyone loves a funny drunk), Keeping up with the Kardashians ( big Bruce Jenner fan) and occasionally I'll watch Sunset Tan for a little late night intellectual stimulation.
But I thought this video was actually pretty good for a number of reasons, and sort of apropos to the whole online selling space. So many people try to be a complete know it all, and use all of these sorts of formulaic approaches to selling more stuff
( ie - buy it now cause it's going it away soon and there are only 84,48 left, buy it now because everyone else is doing it (( a lesson in peer pressure I should have learned to avoid after a bad batch of peyote in Mexico circa 1998)) buy it now because if you don't you'll never make your mother proud, etc)
Essentially, the whole of art of online selling has sort of shrunk down to the lowest common element of preying on all of our obvious human frailties in an effort to make as much cash as possible. And I guess I'm guilty of the same thing, so I'm really not trying to pass judgment here - but really liked what the first woman had to say on this video for a number of important reasons. [click to continue…]
It's truly amazing how much bad content there is out there, polluting the minds of people who simply don’t' know better with stupid, silly strategies to make money online. When you submit a lot of articles to the directories, you get the benefit of lots of "publishers" re purposing your content on their sites…it's part of the deal ( and theoretically one of the advantages) of allowing your content to be syndicated freely by other site owners.
It also opens a wide window into the wild and wacky world of the many ways people regurgitate other peoples stuff to serve their own purposes. If you do a lot of this sort of stuff – i.e. – article submissions, etc – I challenge you to "follow the links" in your Wordpress dashboard and check out some of the sites that are running ruining your stuff. Sadly, I'm not even talking about the blog spam. I mean – I don't like it…but I guess I understand how my post on improving your click through rates is relevant for a Ukrainian Russian dating blog with a mad lib style content spinner alternating copywriting tips with a travel agency eque sales pitch on why repatriating to eastern Europe for the love of your life is a romantic adventure we all should try. [click to continue…]
Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill…But Dan & Jennifer are Making a Freaking' Fortune
As a passionate advocate of the power of the pen (and pixel), I'm always on the lookout for great sites that sort of embody what I believe makes for a stellar user experience – and exemplifies great marketing to boot: Great content, good design, (for a content heavy site) good flow, lots of user engagement and interactivity, and a great PASSION for the topic at hand clearly evident by the content creators. And askdanandjennifer.com is simply a stellar example of what good content will do coupled with a couple shrewd self promoting ( and in this context, I mean that in the best possible way) site owners who obviously love talking about SEX, which is, the central theme of the site. (And one of the few sites with half naked women and lots X rated content I can tell my girlfriend I really AM looking at just for the articles..:-) [click to continue…]
Since posting a lot of the article marketing experiments last month, I've gotten a whole lot of questions about the intelligence you can glean from utilizing articles in your overall site building mindset...simply as a baseline metric to figure out what works well, and what does not. Interestingly while conventional direct response wisdom will tell you that what works in one market will work well in another, my own experience as has been quite the opposite. Human nature may certainly never change from market to market, but the message you use to seal the deal oftentimes very much does.
John emailed me last week and asked ( and paraphrasing a bit for brevity..:-)
" How Can I tell if my articles are good?"
I can empathize with this question because, like me, I believe all of my articles dress well, and have a good sense of humor. But that still hasn't stopped Megan Fox from threatening a restraining order if I keep sending flowers on special occasions. The truth of the matter is this - [click to continue…]
it's part of the deal ( and theoretically one of the advantages) of allowing your content to be syndicated freely by other site owners.
Great content, good design, (for a content heavy site) good flow, lots of user engagement and interactivity, and a great PASSION for the topic at hand clearly evident by the content creators. And 
Interestingly while conventional direct response wisdom will tell you that what works in one market will work well in another, my own experience as has been quite the opposite. Human nature may certainly never change from market to market, but the message you use to seal the deal oftentimes very much does. 
