The book we’re giving away this week is a copy of Poor Richard’s E-mail Publishing: Creating Newsletters, Bulletins, Discussion Groups and Other Powerful Communication Tools by Chris Pirillo.
Same rules as before. Basically, just leave a contextually substantial-enough comment on any Wordpreneur blog post (really, doesn’t take much), and you’re entered. More comments, more entries!
The winner will be randomly selected from among all comments made between now and Sunday, April 6, 2008 (process is described in this post). The winner (and another book to given away) will be announced next Monday.
Good luck!
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…Nancy Geiger, who is also the author of A Bride’s Cookbook or Surviving Your First Year. Congratulations Nancy!
This was, as I said, a random selection. Granted, the pool of possibilities was pretty small this time around, but it was random nonetheless.
In case you want to do something similar for your blog or site, here’s how I do it:
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Some of the best advice come in small packages, like this brief, classic Wordpreneur piece worth more than its weight in gold in been-there-done-that pro writer wisdom. — EES
By Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
1. Make your goals achievable.
By achievable, we mean realistic and attainable. You might unconsciously have set a goal even others will have a hard time achieving, even if they had the means and the time to do so.
Here’s what you can do: Break down your goals into small, realistic goals set against reasonable time frames. Oftentimes, you’ll achieve your bigger goals if you work on achieving the smaller goals leading to those. The important thing is making your goals as realistic and as achievable as you can.
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Stuck? Don’t know what to write about? Today’s vintage Wordpreneur article reprint may help you get unstuck very quickly by revisiting work you’ve already done! — EES
By Cathy Stucker
Today’s phrase that pays is “repurposing content.” That means taking intellectual property you have created and using it in another way. For example, turning a book into an audio program, or excerpting parts of the book into articles.
Repurposing content can help you reach a brand new audience with your ideas. One advantage of transferring your existing information into new formats is that you can meet the needs of people with different learning styles. This can help you to reach a larger audience with your message, as well as increasing your profits.
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Big thanks to Michael Werner and Dosh Dosh for helping bring this nifty writer’s tool to my attention. I’ve been looking for something like this for my PC for the longest time!
What I wanted was a word or text processor for my PC that behaved and looked much like the MS-DOS word processors many of us grew up with did — black screen, green (or amber) text, monospaced screen font, and probably best of all, minimal distractions (no color, windows, icons, blinkies and other attention-seekers), leaving us with just our words and writing.
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Check out this report by 24/7 Wall St. (a financial news and information blog for investors). They put an actual dollar $$$ figure to what a blog is worth, which is tough considering that these babies are all privately-held.
But they calc’d it up, and here’s 24/7’s list.
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My friend Michael Werner just announced on his Dream Jobs Dialog blog that his day job company’s giving away three free courses for teachers on podcasting technology — from podcasting basics and simple-to-understand terminology to integrating podcasts in the classroom.
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PREVIOUSLY: Who’s Running the Show?
Test #3: How Many Other Affiliates are There?
Assuming the affiliate program you’re interested isn’t brand spanking new, then it should have a track record. And if it does, I wouldn’t be interested as much in total sales but in how many different affiliates there are actually promoting the program.
Sales figures you really can’t verify — practically-speaking the merchant can pretty much give you any number it pulls out of a hat.
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Writing and publishing this blog is fun. But you know what would be even more fun? Reading and responding to your comments, questions, feedback! Although my logs show a nice amount of regular traffic coming in, seems that you guys are for the most part a quiet bunch. So…
…let me see if I can give you a little oomph to get things rolling.
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Here’s another good piece we ran a ways back. Time for a refresher. Dina’s advice, by the way, is good for all freelance writers, not just copywriters. — EES
Article by Dina Giolitto
Are you a freelance copywriter working from home? If so, you’ve probably been on the project bidding war sites, like eLance. You’ve probably seen ads like this:
“Need 50 Articles Ghostwritten. 500-800 Words. Budget: $250-$500. Timeframe: one month.”
“How insulting!” you think to yourself, and yet sheer curiosity lures you to the bidding area. What do you see? Lowbrow bidders losing their minds… chomping at the bit for this embarrassing offer: “Bid: $500.” “Bid: $300.”
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