Here's One I Prepared Earlier...
Once upon a time on the Internet, it was suggested by a number of marketing guru's that in order to make a quick few thousand Dollars, all you had to do was write about what you know and sell that information as an eBook - using software that they produced of course.
Today, I redicovered an old site of mine that carries one of earlier works - an eBook I wrote about finding a new job.
As I have a strong recruitment and sales background, I felt that I knew my subject better than most and therefore that people would be interested in the subject.
Maybe if I'd have promoted it more, then I could have sold it online.
The problem was that I didn't think people would buy it and so I decided to give it away free and place occasional affiliate links inside the text, just as many Internet Marketers do now.
I didn't earn a penny from my efforts, despite the fact that the eBook was downloaded many times.
Sometimes, just a "thank you" is nice - but sadly, in the online world, even those are few and far between. Rarer than hens teeth in fact.
I'm posting this as a warning for those readers who might feel the need to succumb to the eBook software salesman's pitch.
Grab yourself a free copy of one of my very first forays into the extremely profitable, think yourself rich world of eBook publishing at http://www.job-hunting-tips.com/jobhuntingtips.exe
Just don't reproduce it anywhere - a lot of effort goes into producing unique content!
This is a .exe file that opens the eBook on your pc when you click it - it's perfectly safe and doesn't plant anything nasty on your computer.
Sometimes, it's interesting to revist your older work. I am almost embarrassed by the quality of this thing, but the content is ok and the idea was a good one at the time.
Maybe you just have to be a better writer to strike it rich online. Or perhaps if I'd marketed it more...
Today, I redicovered an old site of mine that carries one of earlier works - an eBook I wrote about finding a new job.
As I have a strong recruitment and sales background, I felt that I knew my subject better than most and therefore that people would be interested in the subject.
Maybe if I'd have promoted it more, then I could have sold it online.
The problem was that I didn't think people would buy it and so I decided to give it away free and place occasional affiliate links inside the text, just as many Internet Marketers do now.
I didn't earn a penny from my efforts, despite the fact that the eBook was downloaded many times.
Sometimes, just a "thank you" is nice - but sadly, in the online world, even those are few and far between. Rarer than hens teeth in fact.
I'm posting this as a warning for those readers who might feel the need to succumb to the eBook software salesman's pitch.
Grab yourself a free copy of one of my very first forays into the extremely profitable, think yourself rich world of eBook publishing at http://www.job-hunting-tips.com/jobhuntingtips.exe
Just don't reproduce it anywhere - a lot of effort goes into producing unique content!
This is a .exe file that opens the eBook on your pc when you click it - it's perfectly safe and doesn't plant anything nasty on your computer.
Sometimes, it's interesting to revist your older work. I am almost embarrassed by the quality of this thing, but the content is ok and the idea was a good one at the time.
Maybe you just have to be a better writer to strike it rich online. Or perhaps if I'd marketed it more...
Yes, eBooks are the stuff dreams are made from. I even bought the software to make a nice eBook cover. The rubbish I've bought along my journey - I hope you're learning from my many mistakes!
It was efforts like this that convinced me that the only way I was ever going to succeed online was to ignore the experts and just go along doing my own thing - selling high value services that have little cost of fulfilment, just like an eBook, but better.
It was efforts like this that convinced me that the only way I was ever going to succeed online was to ignore the experts and just go along doing my own thing - selling high value services that have little cost of fulfilment, just like an eBook, but better.
posted by David Carter @ 10:41
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Looks good. Big need. Does it work on MAC?
IF you master online job search you can really learn Google search. For you learn you don't look fir a job at McDonald's, you look for a job cooking and that you cook hamburgers good- so therefore you don't spam all the sushi places. It's about targeting and keywords.
Someone on Rick's board had a site like unemployment tips (rick has unemployed) they were looking for a product- this is the perfect content for the perfect economy. So many people waste their time with resumes that will never make it past the filters. They don't even format or tag it so they can be found.
Here's some Seth Godin advice on e-books and even taking e-books to real books
http://www.skelliewag.org/how-to-create-and-publish-your-own-ebook-with-a-0-budget-53.htm
http://goodexperience.com/2008/07/following-up-on-these.php
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/06/what-dave-just.html
It will always make us laugh when we look back. All the silly things that we thought will make us rich and famous.
But I think we should be proud no matter what, because we wouldn't grow this big without our past.
Thank you for the story, David!
And the ebook. :)
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