SYWON: Your Free ContentBee Blurb
If you’re a Sell Your Writing Online NOW (SYWON) member, please don’t forget to send us your blurb for ContentBee.
It’s a free link, and will kick start traffic to your site. The info is in Lesson # 3, so please do it, if you haven’t done so.
Further on your blurb, you can use it in many ways.
* As a byline (shortened):
* As a profile (anywhere on the Web, particularly Google and forums, or offline);
* As a signature file;
* As part of a press release.
Your blurb may take you a few minutes to write, but those few minutes pay off big over time.
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Write For The Web: Content Writing When You’re Not An Expert In a Topic
Want to write for the Web? Web writing can be very lucrative indeed.
You’ll be writing in many different areas, often on topics which are totally unfamiliar to you.
So — how you do write about something when you know nothing about it?
Big tip: realize that you don’t need to be an expert. You simply need to familiarize yourself with the topic.
In a recent article, I said:
Before you start writing, you need to become conversant with your topic — familiar with it, in other words. You certainly don’t need to be an expert.
It’s fine to cover a topic if you’re a beginner. Journalists know this. They aren’t experts in most of the areas they cover, and they don’t need to be. They do ensure however that they know enough so that they can ask intelligent questions of experts.
You can do the same: become conversant with a topic before you write about it. If you’re a total beginner in a topic that’s fine; most of your readers will know less than you do.
Curiosity is your most powerful weapon. Ask questions, and find the answers.
Let’s see how this works. You’ve taken on a content writing job: writing articles about anti-aging cream.
You know as much about anti-aging cream as you do about marine corals, but you’re game. You’ll familiarize yourself with the topic. Expect to spend at least a couple of hours, maybe more, on this. If you’re aiming to write quality content, you’ll research more.
Start by estimating how long this research will take you.
Tip: sometimes a writing job just doesn’t pay enough for you to spend time familiarizing yourself with it; the client doesn’t want to pay for your research time. Pass the job by. Not every writing job is for you.
How to become conversant with a topic
1. Start by asking questions. Write them down. Use Who, What, Why, When, Where and How.
2. Find the answers. Check the Web, forums, Amazon, company websites… I encourage you to place a time limit on your research. Remember, you simply want to become conversant with the topic.
3. Write down the answers you’ve found. Writing them down ensures that you’ll remember the answers.
Another tip: remember your aim isn’t to become an expert. Usually, you’ll be writing for general readers, who know little about your topic.
On the other hand, if you’re writing for experts, you’ll need to interview experts. Don’t try to become an expert. Becoming an expert in anything takes years. You don’t have the luxury of time.
In your Web writing career, you’ll write about hundreds of topics. You don’t need to be an expert. You can write for the Web, and write well, simply by familiarizing yourself with a topic, and writing for a specific audience.
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Product Creation Success: Develop a Powerful Product Funnel
If you’re growing your product creation business, you need to develop a powerful funnel. Your ebooks and other materials are more powerfully attractive to your customers if they fill their growing needs.
Your marketing funnel also keeps your customers loyal to you.
If your funnel has been properly constructed, your customers will buy not just one but many products from you. Let’s look at how you might develop a powerful product funnel.
Think about what the funnel looks like. It’s quite broad, slopes down, and then narrows quite sharply. This illustrates that when you develop your funnel, you need to have one or several low-priced, popular ebooks to offer your customers. These ebooks (or other materials) should provide great value.
Here are some tips which will help you to develop your funnel.
1. Go Beyond the Obvious: Add Value
When creating your funnel, especially the first products which will be low-priced, you need to go beyond the obvious and make those products huge value.
Buying the your ebook should be a no-brainer for your target market.
There are various ways to add value. For example, you can add a video program to any book, or you can create the entire package as a course and send it out on DVD and with hard copy as well.
You wouldn’t make very much money on this initial offering. However your aim with these high-value initial offering is not to make a huge profit. It’s to build your funnel.
2. Your Next Product Helps Your Customers Take the Next Step
When you’re constructing a funnel, you want as many customers to enter it as possible. All your customers should be in the same niche. That is, if your first ebook is in the health area, you wouldn’t expect those customers to be interested in a business ebook.
Ideally, you’d plan your entire funnel before you created the first product. However, most product producers don’t think in terms of creating a set of materials.
If you’ve already created several ebooks, think about how you could convert them into a product funnel.
3. Boost the Value With Coaching
Many people buy information in ebook form and never get full value. They find the ebook too challenging, and because they don’t have someone who’s willing to help them, they give up on their dream.
Therefore, customer service needs to be a huge part of your business. Your customers are buying your materials for a reason, and you need to help them to get the results they want.
Have your customer service set up well so that you respond in a timely manner to any enquiries. Add additional materials to help your customers, and your customer list will grow.
All your materials can work together. Once you’ve got your funnel set up properly, you’ll just need to promote your initial offerings to ensure huge success.
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Writing for Money: Little Jobs, Big Success
Want to write for money? There’s a huge amount of writing work available at the moment. You’ll soon get hired, but you may not be targeting the best jobs for you. In this article I’ll talk about the little jobs which can grow your career into a huge success.
Cash flow counts. Experienced writers know that you need to have money coming in regularly. Therefore, it makes sense to accept lots of little projects.
Larger projects always take more time than you expect, and because you’re working with other people, can absorb a lot of your energy. Much of that energy is wasted, because the extra work has nothing to do with the writing itself.
With little jobs on the other hand, you’re usually working alone, which means that you can get more done, with less fuss.
Here are some tips to help you.
1. Everyone Wants Content: Relish the Little Jobs
These days it seems every business is on the Web and every business wants content for its website. This means that there’s a huge number of little writing jobs available which you can accomplish quickly.
For example, you’ll often be asked to write several webpages for a website; this is relatively quick and easy to do.
2. Cash on Delivery? Maybe, but Get a Deposit
I’ve often shared my theory that little jobs in the aggregate pay better than larger projects. However, when they’re working with many clients, new writers often end up chasing slow payers.
There’s a simple solution. On ultra-small jobs, which pay you less than $500, ask for the full amount up front. If the job’s worth more, and you’ve taken a deposit, always send the client an invoice, which is payable immediately, as soon as you send the final draft.
You’re a small business person, and you can’t afford to carry anyone. This means that if somebody owes you money, you follow up on it rigorously. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Remind them that the copyright remains with you, until you’ve been paid in full.
3. Create a Checklist: Your Process Keeps You Sane
You need a writing process. Your process is a set routine which you follow on each and every job.
It helps to have a checklist. Keep a checklist as a template, and create a new copy for each job you undertake. As you complete each task, mark it done on your checklist.
New writers fret when I mention checklists. They believe that a process will somehow harm their creativity. On the contrary, you’ll find that you’re much more creative if you’re not wondering what the next task is. With your checklist in hand, you’ll know exactly what you need to do next on every project.
4. Bored? Great, You’re Growing
Occasionally you’ll become bored. This means that the type of writing that you’re doing has become too routine for it to challenging. Switch to a different form of writing.
When you make the switch, let’s say from blogging to copywriting for example, initially you won’t be making as much money as you were. However, your regular clients will still be sending you work, and this will cover you until you have built a reputation in the new area.
You should be pleased if you feel bored. It means that you’re growing as a writer and are becoming more skilled and proficient.
Enjoy your professional writing, and remember that little jobs can lead to big success.
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Write an Ebook: How to Sell More Copies of Every Ebook You Create
Want to sell more copies of every ebook you create? You can; if you have a strategy to follow. Use the tactics I’ll show you below, and your sales will not only increase, but you’ll sell more with each week that passes.
I’ve been creating and selling information products for a decade. It’s a wonderful business for anyone who wants to work from home, setting their own hours.
It’s also a lucrative business model. Bestselling ebooks sell millions of copies. However, even modest sales will provide a great income for you.
Let’s get started.
1. Get Eager Buyers With a List
Your first and most important tactic is to create a mailing list for everyone who’s interested in your topic. Your mailing list is the hub of your strategy. It allows you to contact people at will.
You need a list because people need to hear your product mentioned several times before they buy. Think about your own buying habits. When you hear of a new product, your curiosity is aroused, but you won’t buy until you’ve considered the product carefully, and have decided how you’ll use it.
A tip: use a commercial autoresponder Web application to manage your lists. You’ll have better delivery and open rates if you do.
2. Give Some of Your Ebook Away to Your List
Create a list as soon as you start work on your ebook. You can discuss your upcoming ebook, and give snippets away to arouse curiosity.
You can also educate your list members on the topic of your ebook.
Remember to treat your members well. Give them information, and entertainment. You’re aiming to build relationships which will endure over time.
You can turn members into fans of your brand. Chances are that over the years, if you treat them well, each member will buy several of your products.
3. Develop a Blog As a Launch Pad
When you start working on your ebook, create a blog for it. I’ve noticed that those of my information products which have an accompanying blog, do much better than those which do not.
This makes sense. Every blog post you write becomes a page on the Web, and is another opportunity for buyers to find your product once it’s launched.
4. Make It Easy for Readers: Launch Your Ebooks in Several Formats
Your ebooks can sell for many years. Therefore, offer them in several formats. In addition to PDF, consider additional electronic publication formats, such as that for the Amazon Kindle.
You could also consider creating an MP3 of your ebook’s content.
Survey your list members and blog readers. Ask them which formats they would prefer. This is one of the benefits of creating a platform for your publications: you’ll sell more, because you’re giving people exactly what they want.
You don’t need to offer every format on your product’s launch. Add additional formats over time.
If you feel that your ebook would benefit from paper publication, you can use a Print on Demand (POD) service, and offer it on Amazon other other online bookstores.
Ebook writing and selling can be a very lucrative business. With a little thought and creativity, you can sell more of every ebook you create.
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That’s the Way You Do It: Money for Nothing
Want to be a blogging millionaire? Here’s how. First you create one blog, and then another, and another…
This article, I Can Has Funding: Cheezburger Raises $30M For LOLcats, FAIL Blog And Other Memes, reports:
“Founded in 2007 by former journalist Ben Huh, Cheezburger has grown from a small site to a network of fifty sites that have brought internet memes and tech culture mainstream. Cheezburger’s network of sites has a total user base of 16.5 million people who upload more than 500,000 pictures and videos as well as view 375 million pages and 110 million videos each month.”
Reading that post reminded me of Dire Straits 1980s hit, Money for Nothing. (The content on the Cheezburger sites is user-created…
Still one of my favorite songs…
Write Articles and Get Paid: Three Creative Ways
If you want to make money writing, you’ll have noticed that there are endless writing jobs. Unfortunately, the sad fact is that 95 per cent of the jobs pay a pittance.
(Actually, “pittance” might be praising them too highly.)
I’ve been writing for 30 years, so here’s a few words of advice.
STOP taking these “jobs.”
You can do better.
Here are three simple ways.
1. Create Packages of PLR Articles and Sell Them
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Many Sell Your Writing Online NOW SYWON members make their first real Web writing income by writing PLR.
PLR content, in the form of articles, ebooks and Web content lets you leverage the time you spend writing.
This is essential, because you need to get away from trading hours for dollars as soon as possible.
2. Write Articles for High-Paying Markets
Also, as soon as possible, stop writing for markets which pay you a pittance.
Of course, to write for $1 a word and more, you’ll need to lift your game.
Where do you find these markets? They’re everywhere. Most major sites pay for content. However, please understand that they don’t advertise this. Why would they? They’d be inundated with unsuitable material.
So, you’ll need to content the editors at these sites.
3. Develop an In-Demand Specialty
Markets which pay well want experts, rather than “writers.” However, they don’t want REAL experts. (Real experts in an area generally can’t write.) they want writers who know an area very well — who’ve researched and have written about a specific area.
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Writing Articles: How to Write Less and Earn More
You can promote almost anything online using content marketing — this is, by writing articles. Unfortunately, many people try it, don’t get the results they expect, and give up. That’s a shame. You need an effective workflow. Once you have that, you’ll be able to write less, and earn more.
I’ve been writing articles for promotion for a decade. Over the years, I’ve refined my own workflow, and I’ll share it with you.
Here we go.
1. Have a Reason for Writing an Article
Before you start writing, decide what your end goal will be. What are you promoting? What links will you use? It’s usually a mistake to send a flow of traffic to the home page of a site — ensure that the page you send the reader to is directly relevant to readers, as well as to your goal.
For example, perhaps you’re promoting an affiliate product. In this case, you’d send the readers to a review of the product, or some other page on which you could presell them.
Please don’t skip over this step. It’s essential. There’s no point in creating content without a goal in mind.
2. Provide Solid Information
You expect the reader to spend a minute or two of his valuable time reading your content. Those are minutes he’ll never get back. Reward him for reading.
Not only is this good business practice, it makes sense too. Here’s why: if readers click away from your content in disgust, you’ll receive a black mark from the search engines. When you receive enough of these, your content just won’t appear in the search engine results pages.
3. Tell the Reader What to Do
You’re writing articles for a reason. Make sure that your resource box tells the reader what he should do once he’s read the material.
You need to make it as easy as possible for your readers to take action.
4. Promote Your Articles
You’ve written great material. Unfortunately, that’s not enough. You need to promote your material too. The more you promote, the more readers you’ll get, and the higher your search engine rankings will rise.
It’s the old story — the rich get richer.
You can promote your articles in many ways; just don’t ignore this vital step.
So there you have it: four simple steps to writing fewer articles, and earning more income.
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Keyword-Rich Domains: Happy Days, or Disaster?
Everyone wants traffic. And not just traffic, they want CHEAP traffic.
This is why you’ll see a lot of advice encouraging you to opt for “keyword-rich” domains. The idea is that you’ll find a low-competition keyword and will snatch it up as a domain name with a scream of triumph and joy.
You’ve just won thousands of dollars worth of traffic for the price of a domain name — $10…
But have you?
Consider that the keyword-rich domain name may get lots of traffic, but few conversions (buyers for whatever you’re selling.)
The keyword may also shrivel and die, as your customers start using different search terms.
You may also have a tendency to relax, thinking that you’ll get traffic for nothing. As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Even with a keyword-rich domain, you’ll still need to promote.
So don’t sweat domain names.
Read Why Exact Match Domains Are Not As Important as Many SEOs Believe | SEO Book.com which has an excellent take on your domain-name options. As the article says, when you’re buying a domain name:
“It is basically a choice of short-term vs long-term goals:
* do you want to pick a specific keyword & try to sell something relevant today (with less flexibility going forward)
* do you have the assets available to build a brand that will remain flexible under changing market conditions?”
The market is always changing. When it comes to a domain name, if I have a choice between a “keyword” domain, and a name which precisely targets a market, I’ll choose the latter every time.
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Writing an Ebook: 4 Simple Secrets to Success
Are you writing an ebook? It’s an exciting time to be a writer, because your opportunities have never been greater. Today there are numerous sales channels on which you can publish your digital book with confidence.
I’ve been creating info products since 2000 and in this article I’ll share four simple secrets which will help you to success.
1. Before you start writing, research to discover the best market.
It’s best to decide on several topics, and then explore the marketplace for each before you settle on your best idea.
Your first step is to ensure that your market is actually online. The easiest way to do this is to check whether there are any discussion forums for people who are interested in this area. If there aren’t any forums, these people aren’t interacting online, and therefore won’t be available to buy your creations.
2. When you’ve decided on a topic, commit to marketing your ebook immediately.
Yes, that’s right: market your ebook while you’re writing it. This builds an audience, and not only does this help you to make more sales, it also motivates you to write because you know you have readers.
3. Create a writing schedule.
Your book can be short, but you’ll still need to fit writing into your daily life. Rather than looking for broad swathes of time, write whenever you have a spare half hour.
4. Decide on your distribution channels.
You can certainly sell your ebook directly from your website, but these days there are many other distribution channels open to you.
You’ll want to consider Amazon’s Kindle, as well as other channels. However, limit yourself to a maximum of two or three channels. If you publish your ebook on every available platform, not only will this take up a lot of time but it will also make your marketing more complex than it needs to be.
Writing and selling ebooks is a wonderful business. With the explosion of new distribution channels it promises to be highly profitable in 2011.
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