Archive for November, 2006

The other day I received an email telling how an author sold 6000 copies at one time of her “niche” book on animals.
Selling 6,000 copies in a year would be a dream come true for most authors.
So how does one sell 6000 at one time?
By bundling the book with another product that already has an [...]

Usually “experts” have less difficulty in attracting people who seek out their opinions. That means customers may flock to you depending on your business. “Expert” status can confer a continually expanding stream of free publicity, unsolicited referrals, and people seeking you out for your help and willing to pay.
How does one achieve this exalted status? [...]

I get emails asking me to promote certain CPA or Cost Per Action offers.
Here’s some things you should evaluate before choosing a particular offer.
(This assumes you’re confident you’re going to get paid of course! But assuming it’s a good operation…)
First, decide what type of offer to promote.
Are you being paid to generate a lead or [...]

In the evolution of blogging, ReviewMe.com has the potential to help serious bloggers become professional bloggers. That’s why I’m writing this paid advertorial for the site and - if you’re a blogger or want to be one - I urge you to check out ReviewMe.com for yourself. Get in now, and you too can be [...]

Technology continues to drive down the price of doing business while in some ways also limiting one’s options for doing some businesses.
Google’s CEO is now proposing that folks be able to use cell phones for free… as long as they’re willing to us ad sponsored cellphones hosting Google’s ads of course.
Should this unfold, entrepreneurs may [...]

It’s Reuters this time. The Austin, TX Business Journal reports Reuters is investing $7 million dollars in a Blogging/Social Networking firm.
The firm, Pluck, will help Reuters stay ahead of the curve (or at least with the curve) as the world transitions to the “new media”.
So keep blogging boys and girls, it might really pay off [...]

I was notified today that one of the Kiva.org loans I helped sponsor has been funded. The send me emails whenever the local agency administering the loan posts to their blog.
Nambafu Kevin is a married woman of 45 years with 7 children and 4 dependants. She started this business with 40 bags of coffee and [...]

Susy Foreman emailed me about her new site… Business Card Land
She’s adding new templates weekly and soon you’ll be able to download templates via portable document file format.
Sounds like a good place to bookmark.

Sudden interest in alternative fuels such as ethanol are causing corn prices to skyrocket and sending some windfall profits back to America’s farm communities.
The Renewable Fuel Association said it projects total corn used for ethanol production to increase from 1.6 billion bushels in 2005 to nearly three billion bushels by 2015.
The industry group said the [...]

Bardin Video Services creates personalized digital videos for their customers.
They digitize photos, certificates, documents, 8 mm film, slides and keepsakes to tell stories for anniversaries, retirements, scholarships, birthdays and other special events.
 
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