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A review of 20 Ways To Make $100 A Day Online by Paul
Hooper-Kelly

This new e-book has been created by some of the members of The
Internet Marketing Inner Circle, under the guidance of the
founder, Willie Crawford.

I joined the Internet Marketing Inner Circle just too late to
contribute to this fine work, but I do have to declare an
interest, right away: I’m so jealous I didn’t write it myself!
But I will cast aside the green eyed monster to tell you why –
whether you are a newbie or a seasoned operator — you should
own this book.

For a start it is no skimpy 30 page report, but a full blooded
247 page book, tightly written by several of the members of the
IMIC — all experts in their own particular expertise.

Whenever I get my hands on a new e-book, I first look to see if
they have bothered to put in bookmarks. If you are unfamiliar
with these, they are interactive links, which appear on the left
hand side of the Adobe Reader, when you click the “bookmarks”
tab. The presence of these indicate the writer cares about their
reader and has not neglected these in the rush to get the
product to market and the money in the bank in the shortest
possible time. This first test was passed with flying colors: a
very detailed interactive bookmark list all to rarely seen,
these days, and a good omen for the care that has obviously gone
into the contents.

In his introduction, Willie Crawford sets out the ethos of the
book, expressing the hope, instead of leaving it to slumber on
your hard drive, you review it often and act on its advice.
Sound sentiments indeed, because — as complete as this book is
– you still need to inject that vital spark of your own
decisive action.

In many ways, internet marketing is a double-edged sword.
Because of the ease with which an internet marketing business
can be started, normal business considerations, such as a proper
business plan are hardly ever considered. Therefore one of the
most powerful aspects of this book is the overview of various
business models. Ways of producing profits in the short, medium
and long term are all looked at in some detail and — if
followed diligently — will surely save many wannabe internet
marketers from early disillusionment and a premature exit from
the business.

Now for the contents themselves: I was immediately impressed by
the section on the vital aspect of “The Right Mindset”, written
by none other than Dr Mani. Most books on business success
ignore this aspect, yet having the right attitude and the inner
toughness to carry on when things get tough is vital to your
eventual success.

Nor does the book neglect that other important aspect of
business success, with a section by Patrick Pretty on branding.
If you have yet to hear of him, you certainly won’t forget
meeting him for the first time within these pages. He will show
you how to give your business a distinctive and memorable image.

Another refreshing change about this book is its honest style.
There is none of the “This is so easy you’ll be able to retire
by Friday”, so often a feature of other money-making
publications. As respected ghost writer, Bev Clement, rightly
says, in her section about ghost writing, this can be a very
satisfying and rewarding business which can — eventually –
make you $100 a day. But it does take time, a certain amount of
skill and plenty of attention to detail.

The book then gets down to the practical aspects of discovering
a suitable niche, including the essential art of keyword
research, which is very well set out in a very easy to
understand, “paint by numbers” style.

Just as Bill Gates is obviously fascinated by computer operating
systems and Donald Trump loves real estate, you’ll thrive more
easily working in an area you enjoy. So this book covers
multiple aspects of on line moneymaking from selling on eBay to
even creating your own software, via multi-level marketing,
affiliate marketing, teleseminars, resell rights, membership
sites, greeting cards and even off line to on line selling.

Speaking of selling, that most central function of any
successful business justly gets full and detailed attention –
including article marketing, e-mail marketing and forum
marketing: all highly effective methods for attracting high
quality traffic to your web site for free or very little outlay.

I am not an affiliate for this product, so this review is
entirely unbiased and from the heart, because I think it should
have pride of place on any serious internet marketers bookshelf.
To call this product a mere book is an insult. It is so
comprehensive as to be elevated to the status of a home study
course, at the very least. So complete is it, the only thing
missing is what only you can supply: the action.

Regards,

Paul

Get 20 Ways To Make $100 Per Day Online at
http://20Ways.org




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One of the most successful ways to bring in new subscribers to your blog is to give away a bonus when people sign up.

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If you’re like most people, you haven’t had time to write a great book to give away as a sign-up bonus. Well, today I’m going to show you two very easy ways to get such a book:

  • Create your own with an e-book template
  • Use someone else’s book that is in the public domain (you’d be amazed how many great books are out there for free!)

Create Your Own eBook In 48 Hours With An E-book Template

About a year ago I stumbled across these excellent e-book templates which were being given away by Eben Pagan (he is a successful internet marketer and deserves all the credit for these, I didn’t create them!)

They have a professional design in nine different colors, come with instructions, and make it super easy to get a book done quickly.

ebook.png

Here are the steps which I’ve personally used to create an eBook in less than 48 hours:

  • Use a “top 10″ formula. Writing a book from scratch sounds hard but anybody can come up with 10 tips in their niche. Even if it ends up being only 20 or 30 pages that’s ok for an eBook.
  • Create a catchy title based on the top 10 theme, such as “10 Ways To Raise Your Grades By Studying Smarter, Not Harder” or “10 Secrets To Making Money Online”
  • Come up with the 10 tips by brainstorming and looking at the best posts on your blog.
  • Put the tips in a logical order and include several sub-points under each one.
  • Now plug your tips and sub-points into the template and write a paragraph or two under each one (copy and paste text from blog posts you’ve already written when appropriate).
  • Summarize your main points in an introduction and conclusion and you’ve got a book!
  • Use Adobe Reader to convert it to a PDF for distrbution.

bookcover.png

You should also familiarize yourself with Microsoft Word’s “styles” to keep your formatting consistent. If you want to change how a subheading looks, for example, you shouldn’t change it manually. Instead, you should edit the “subheading style” and it will apply your changes to all the subheadings. This will save you a lot of time down the road.

Finally, upload your PDF to your server and find a way to automatically send your eBook to new subscribers. In Feedburner you can include this link in the confirmation email (login to Feedburner and go to Publicize -> Email Subscriptions -> Communication Preferences). Similar options exist for Aweber and other newsletter providers. Some people also include the link in the bottom of every RSS post.

Second Option: Get Free Books To Give Away!

The second, and perhaps easier, method is to use a book that someone else has already written.

There are an amazing number of books in the public domain (and also under the creative commons license, more on this later) which you can give away on your site. For example, in my niche of entrepreneurship, I paid good money for three books years ago that I heard were excellent: Think and Grow Rich, The Richest Man In Babylon, and The Way To Wealth.

Imagine how surprised I was to discover that all three of these books were now available online for free! I found PDF copies using the method I describe below and started giving them away on my website. My subscribers started going up immediately!

So how do you find these books? Well, according to Wikipedia

In the United States, all books and other works published before 1923 have expired copyrights and are in the public domain. In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain…

Many books which are not in the public domain can still be found under the creative commons license. The Creative Commons license is somewhere in between a full copyright and a public domain work. Many times, the work can still be given away for free, but you are not allowed to sell it and you must pay attribution to the original author. This still works fine for our sign-up bonus however.

c-cc-pd.png

I’ve had the most success finding public domain and creative commons works at a site called Scribd.com.

They have tons of PDF’s of various works. And it’s easy to see the the copyright at the bottom of each page. Many of them use the creative commons terms like “attribution” (meaning you must keep the original author’s name in there) or “non-commercial” (meaning you can’t sell it). It’s probably a good idea to familiarize yourself with these terms by visiting the creative commons definitions page.

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Once you’d found a PDF you like, you can download it directly from Scribd.com and use it in the same way described above.

Conclusion

Now you have no excuse NOT to give away a great sign-up bonus for your new subscribers! Set aside some time this week to get this together, and start watching your subscriber numbers climb!

To get more tips like these, check out Brian Armstrong’s blog at StartBreakingFree.com. It’s full of great advice on how to quit your 9-to-5, start your own business, and achieve financial freedom. He’ll even send you 3 of the top 10 books ever written on building wealth for FREE when you subscribe, instantly delivered to your inbox!

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One of the most successful ways to bring in new subscribers to your blog is to give away a bonus when people sign up.

signupbonus.gif

If you’re like most people, you haven’t had time to write a great book to give away as a sign-up bonus. Well, today I’m going to show you two very easy ways to get such a book:

  • Create your own with an e-book template
  • Use someone else’s book that is in the public domain (you’d be amazed how many great books are out there for free!)

Create Your Own eBook In 48 Hours With An E-book Template

About a year ago I stumbled across these excellent e-book templates which were being given away by Eben Pagan (he is a successful internet marketer and deserves all the credit for these, I didn’t create them!)

They have a professional design in nine different colors, come with instructions, and make it super easy to get a book done quickly.

ebook.png

Here are the steps which I’ve personally used to create an eBook in less than 48 hours:

  • Use a “top 10″ formula. Writing a book from scratch sounds hard but anybody can come up with 10 tips in their niche. Even if it ends up being only 20 or 30 pages that’s ok for an eBook.
  • Create a catchy title based on the top 10 theme, such as “10 Ways To Raise Your Grades By Studying Smarter, Not Harder” or “10 Secrets To Making Money Online”
  • Come up with the 10 tips by brainstorming and looking at the best posts on your blog.
  • Put the tips in a logical order and include several sub-points under each one.
  • Now plug your tips and sub-points into the template and write a paragraph or two under each one (copy and paste text from blog posts you’ve already written when appropriate).
  • Summarize your main points in an introduction and conclusion and you’ve got a book!
  • Use Adobe Reader to convert it to a PDF for distrbution.

bookcover.png

You should also familiarize yourself with Microsoft Word’s “styles” to keep your formatting consistent. If you want to change how a subheading looks, for example, you shouldn’t change it manually. Instead, you should edit the “subheading style” and it will apply your changes to all the subheadings. This will save you a lot of time down the road.

Finally, upload your PDF to your server and find a way to automatically send your eBook to new subscribers. In Feedburner you can include this link in the confirmation email (login to Feedburner and go to Publicize -> Email Subscriptions -> Communication Preferences). Similar options exist for Aweber and other newsletter providers. Some people also include the link in the bottom of every RSS post.

Second Option: Get Free Books To Give Away!

The second, and perhaps easier, method is to use a book that someone else has already written.

There are an amazing number of books in the public domain (and also under the creative commons license, more on this later) which you can give away on your site. For example, in my niche of entrepreneurship, I paid good money for three books years ago that I heard were excellent: Think and Grow Rich, The Richest Man In Babylon, and The Way To Wealth.

Imagine how surprised I was to discover that all three of these books were now available online for free! I found PDF copies using the method I describe below and started giving them away on my website. My subscribers started going up immediately!

So how do you find these books? Well, according to Wikipedia

In the United States, all books and other works published before 1923 have expired copyrights and are in the public domain. In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain…

Many books which are not in the public domain can still be found under the creative commons license. The Creative Commons license is somewhere in between a full copyright and a public domain work. Many times, the work can still be given away for free, but you are not allowed to sell it and you must pay attribution to the original author. This still works fine for our sign-up bonus however.

c-cc-pd.png

I’ve had the most success finding public domain and creative commons works at a site called Scribd.com.

They have tons of PDF’s of various works. And it’s easy to see the the copyright at the bottom of each page. Many of them use the creative commons terms like “attribution” (meaning you must keep the original author’s name in there) or “non-commercial” (meaning you can’t sell it). It’s probably a good idea to familiarize yourself with these terms by visiting the creative commons definitions page.

example.gif

Once you’d found a PDF you like, you can download it directly from Scribd.com and use it in the same way described above.

Conclusion

Now you have no excuse NOT to give away a great sign-up bonus for your new subscribers! Set aside some time this week to get this together, and start watching your subscriber numbers climb!

To get more tips like these, check out Brian Armstrong’s blog at StartBreakingFree.com. It’s full of great advice on how to quit your 9-to-5, start your own business, and achieve financial freedom. He’ll even send you 3 of the top 10 books ever written on building wealth for FREE when you subscribe, instantly delivered to your inbox!

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