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Making Money Online and Writing Part Three
Jul 24th
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who matter don’t mind, and those that mind, don’t matter.” ~Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
So, you are committed to writing daily, perhaps you already are writing daily. Where do you write? I’m not asking about the physical location where you invoke the muse; I am talking about where you are going to be making your writing visible to the online world. Here is what I have learned so far – from my own experience and from my coaches:
- You need a blog – almost certainly a WordPress blog – and you should be posting blog entries to this at least three times per week – five would be better in the beginning.
- After you have gotten into the swing of posting blog entries, then you also need to be micro-blogging on Twitter. To ignore this tool, as I did for so long, is foolish.
- After you have gotten into doing these two writing platforms consistently, then you need to add posting comments on other blogs, writing to Facebook, working with LinkedIn and eventually YouTube. I haven’t decided which of these that I am going to add next, but we will all know shortly and you follow my lead. (I promise to be an example – either a good one or a bad one, but I will for sure be an example!)
Your Masterpiece
All along of course, you should be writing on your manuscript, your masterpiece, the first baby of your imagination and expertise that you will release to the world. You don’t know what that is yet – fine. Then start to write down some of the things that you love to do – even pay to do now – probably there is a great place to master and write about in that. For me, I started by writing down all of the things that I speak about in my seminars and that gave me a great place to look for potential products – information products, books etc. – that I could create and release.
What am I working on Today?
- I am making a blog post.
- I am finishing reading Richard Branson’s book “Losing my Virginity” to see what business skills and beliefs I can model from this exceptional achiever.
- I will make a few micro-blog post – tweets – about my day.
- I will work on my manuscript for my goal setting product that I intend to be the first things that I release to the online world.
- I will be working on some consulting proposals for the fall.
Till next time…Happy Writing!
Jack
“There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.” ~Bo Bennett
Online Success and Writing
Jul 21st
“It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.” ~Robert Benchley
So, you want to make money online? Me too! Here is some of what I have discovered so far about this goal:
- You need to be visible – people need to easily find you and whatever it is you want to sell online.
- You need to be credible – people need to believe that you know what you are talking about.
- You need something to sell – this can be your own products or the products of someone else or a combination.
- You need a following – people that care about what you write and say.
- You need partners – in Internet terms, you need affiliates, that will sell your products for you.
Over time, I am going to discuss each of these five points in great detail and you can watch and follow each step that I take to successfully launch a product focusing on each of these points.
In the most basic sense, those are the overall pieces that you need to make money online. ( But wait, I have skipped tons of other ways to make money right away you say? It’s true, I have. I know there are lots of different ways to make money online. For example, I make good money now from my online efforts because I get hired to speak or coach or consult – but my mission is to make money from products online and this will be the main focus of my efforts and the main focus of these articles that follow my efforts.)
I know that this is way to basic for many of my readers. Thank you for your patience. I will get to material that benefits you very soon, I promise 
. What I am actually going to be doing for the next few months on this blog is making a written record of exactly what I doing to launch my first product online. I am going to be talking about what I am doing on a daily basis and why and you can watch the entire show, from product idea to (hopefully!) successful product launch.
Here is the lesson (and question) for you to take home from today and ponder: are you willing to write five days per week for about two hours each time if you knew that this amount of effort could make you an online success?
Here is what I am doing today:
- I am writing a blog post.
- I am going to tweet perhaps three or four times online to my followers.
- I am going to transcribe notes that I have written regarding my first online product.
- I am going to try to figure out some of the many features on the newest Apple Iphone that I am picking up.
- I am going to be rereading some of Dan Poynter’s excellent book: Writing Nonfiction.
Till next time…Jack
“Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.” ~Truman Capote
What You Should Do Right Away!
Jan 7th
“All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
You should find a local writing group that feels right and then you should join it! I am speaking now to the many readers of mine that are small business owners or coaches or consultants of some kind. As I have talked about before, it is wonderful to have some product or service for sale that is yours and yours alone. A product or service that you created, a product or service that adds credibility to your business, a product or service that you offer that makes you different than all of the others out there doing basically what you do; this is a critical piece in this highly competitive business market.
As I have also talked about before, I have never worked with a client that did not have at least one book or seminar or downloadable mp3 worth of unique knowledge. In fact, after a few probing questions, most every one of my clients actually has a number of books worth of material rolling around in their heads! How about you?
Now I am speaking to me. I have gotten away with not having a book for sale for years. I have gotten away with it because I am a great speaker. I have gotten away with it because I am a great coach. But have I really gotten away with it? More >
Becoming a Published Author
Jan 6th
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ~Sylvia Plath
Tonight I am continuing my mission of becoming a published author. I have found a local writing group that seems like a good fit and I am heading out right now to see what it is like. I will give you an update on what the group is like in my next entry (and why you might consider finding or joining a writing group).
Till next time…Jack
“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very;” your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ~Mark Twain