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Articles and Autoresponders
Writing articles to market a product or service is an excellent way to build business. The articles should be very informative, providing the reader with information that is relevant to a specific topic. The article usually includes a link to a webpage for more information. The webpage, of course, is designed to sell a product or service that relates to the topic of the article.These articles are commonly submitted to article banks, websites, and ezine publishers. This is one of the most effective ways to market a service or product on the Internet, and it can become even more effective when it is combined with the use of an autoresponder.Begin by setting each of your articles up in your autoresponder. It is important that each article have its very own autoresponder address, so you will need an autoresponder service that will allow you to do this. Next, make a master list of your articles, with the autoresponder address for each article listed beside the title. You can even add descriptions of the articles on your master list if you want to.Advertising your articles one at a time can take a great deal of time…but advertising one autoresponder address – the one for the master list – won’t take very much time at all. Simply put it in your newsletter and on your website. You can even allow other ezine publishers to use this is

r the rather righteous comment from the editor quoted above that you should sit down and write your novel and that getting fans on the Internet is useless? Well, it isn’t, as the following will show:

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

So I use the Internet presence to test the waters. This gives the writer instant feedback. I hope some of you can recognize how lonely it is to write a serious book, a novel or otherwise, and now the Internet allows a writer to communicate with an audience a lot more quickly. I have a following again. No one has commented negatively on what little I have shown of the Jesus Novel. That's good. The numbers of over 3000 listeners says 'good' also.

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

Any way you can get one is feedback on your ability to communicate. So I say to anyone who wants a presence on the Internet, use whatever possibilities there are for your style of communicating and telling a story.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

No one can tell you a presence on the Internet won't help you. That would be arrogance. Why? Because the Internet is fast evolving and so everything is so new in this new style of communicating, and who is to say about its future?

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If

Lead Generation Programs
When you have a business, you want it to be as successful as possible. That often means doing thing such as cold-calling and sending mass e-mails. Unfortunately, both these methods aren't looked upon favorably by the recipient unless you can find what are known as 'quality leads.' Lead generation programs are designed to help you find quality leads to help you gain new customers.Your first step in finding lead generation programs is to do your research. Factors to consider when looking for options include your price range, your industry, and how many leads you need overall. To find the information you need to make a decision, you can use the Internet to do the bulk of your research. Read product reviews on different consumer review sites and ask questions in business forums and news groups. You can also ask business owners at marketing events. After you find a few lead generation programs that look good, you can research them a little more thoroughly to help you make a decision.Once you purchase the lead generation programs that are best for your needs, you are ready to start using them to gain potential customers. This may take a lot of research, and you may need to hire an expert for help. You don't want people to perceive you as annoying. You are just an honest person trying to make an honest living. Lead generation programs, if used correctly, should help you generate a lot

-THE ISSUES-

Should you spend all your time possible on ‘writing a damn good novel?’ Or should you also spend time to see if you can develop a following in one of the Internet venues, such as MySpace, youtube, podcasting or writing an almost daily blog?

Should you start getting a following now on the Internet of those who like what you say? Or wait possibly years while you write and rewrite an eventually successful novel, should that ever truly happen?

We see from the following excerpts from comments on a writer’s forum the issues highlighted in the commentator’s own words.

-FROM A WRITER’S FORUM-

A Wanna-Be-Published Writer: I have a page on myspace which we know is huge and can be a very valuable networking resource. I am trying to build a fan base even before I become published, that way if publishers see I already have a following they may be more likely to offer a contract. I post excerpts and works in progress as blogs. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on how to generate more traffic to my page especially to my blogs? And also how I might attract a few celebs to my page. Thanks in advance. -- A REPLY: MySpace is not a good place to build a fan following of the kind publishers really care about.

Then again, neither is anyplace else. Publishers aren't really interested in fan following, they're interested in books that are well-written, that have good, memorable characters, and great dialogue.

If you can do this, you don't need to build a fan following first. If you can't do this, all the fans in the world aren't going to help.

-THIS ARTICLE WRITER’S OPINION-

I just started with myspace and don't know what will happen. But I have eight months with Libsyn.com doing around fifty podcasts and getting after eight months 40,000 listeners. The rate of increase is 1000 a week and rising. At this rate I will have anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 listeners by the end of next year.

I continue my comments, trying to stay with my actual experience.

The question still is: should a writer who wants to be professionally published spend time developing a fan presence for his expression and views on the Internet?

The point of view of a long-time commentator, who also works as a editor: he considers developing a strong presence on the Internet a waste of time for a serious novel writer.

Is it? And how can we evaluate the issue and decide for ourselves as writers? I continue my remarks:

-WHY I NEED AN INTERNET AUDIENCE EVEN IF I PUBLISH BOOKS-

While I realize that my novel or memoir has to be well-written, the fact that 100,000 to 200,000 actual people will have listened to me one year from now does count for something.

I have read statistics that one out of ten published fiction books sells and makes money? Is this because publisher-editors can't tell what good, readable fiction is? I just don't know. Or are the figures off?

COMMENT: Here in the above I suggest that publishers and their editors are not so hot. This means that they cannot show a high success rate for publishing printed books that sell well. Surely publishers should have an eighty percent success rate? My success rate in university was more at the ninety percent level. To continue my forum response to our opening issue:

I only know that from the Google advanced search that 18,200 know my name and work, and from the podcasts 40,000 right now.

A publisher or editor who does not put some value on an author being known to the public I would hesitate to publish with.

-ONLY WANT AN INTERNET SAVVY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER-

COMMENT: The truth is that I would not go with an editor or publisher who did not highly regard a strong Internet presence. The Internet is looking really good these days for establishing outreach. But I go on:

My total count of books sold is around 350,000 over the years. This is significant since it says that what I write sells. With Simon and Schuster, when the Dream Cards were in print it was over 70,000 in sales in the United States and over 40,000 in sales in seven other languages.

So I can write serious books in non-fiction. Now I switch to fiction and see what I can do.

COMMENT: As a writer this is my current big issue, at which I spend a lot of time. Can I switch from non-fiction to fiction and be successful? I am already age 72 and how many years left do I have to learn novel-craft at a high and successful level? Back again to my original forum entry:

What I have gained so far in an internet presence is market testing, not in sales but in interest. 40,000 listeners in only eight months? That shows some talent to communicate, and relevance to modern people hungry for information and stimulation.

Any writer who narrows down to just one form of communication is more likely to fail than succeed. A writer is a communicator, not a machine. If you get any kind of large audience you can capitalize on that if you find the right forms for you.

I don't know if I can write good novels or memoirs yet, since it has taken me over six years study and writing my half million pages so far. I have put the results of this study into my The Writer's Interface, which is just starting to sell to other writers. Who knows how it will all work out?

Maybe don't get stuck on the old forms of being a writer, like writing a novel that is supposed to go big. Be a communicator instead and build on that.

-BUILD AN AUDIENCE ANY WAY YOU CAN AND START NOW-

COMMENT: This may be a major point. Only time will tell. For you, for me, not whether we will build a presence on the Internet or not, but more, how shall we do it?

-IS THE INTERNET BECOMING THE MAJOR PUBLISHING SOURCE FOR ALL WRITERS?

Many blogs and experts are saying that the Internet is now becoming the major source of information that people turn to. Couple this trend with the recent trend that people are now willing and wanting to do their shopping on the Internet, then you do have the Internet being the Information Storehouse of the world. How will we as writers take advantage of this new trend, and maybe make more money on the Internet than we ever made as a whole with paper book publishers?

Writers in today’s world should realize that publishers today and in earlier years never paid writers a fair share of the money publishers earned with a book. Getting only ten percent of cover price for a book never enabled most writers to earn a living publishing their writing.

Today on the Internet it may be possible for many writers to publish and self-publish their work quickly on the Internet and earn more money than they ever did or would do with a paper book publisher. Why? Because as an Internet publisher you get more of the price of your writing and there are less expenses to publish information on the Internet electronically.

Back to my original forum comments:

A chapter of my Jesus novel is up as a blog and a podcast and has over 3000 listeners so far. I like to think that with the complete book there will be a lot more buyers and listeners.

COMMENT: Remember the rather righteous comment from the editor quoted above that you should sit down and write your novel and that getting fans on the Internet is useless? Well, it isn’t, as the following will show:

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If

Dream Jobs Demand Smart Looks And Decent Etiquette
Often luck is called the only obstacle blocking an individual’s career advancement and growth for which you had been toiling day and night but still the most alluring of all rewards, a promotion awaits. Such a situation pushes you towards the search for executive jobs but then; again the same luck factor comes into play.But luck is not the deterrent denying you a rendezvous with your dreams. A few tips about the relevant factors would ensure you a seat in your dream office.1.Kill with your looks: “First impressions are last impressions” will come to haunt you forever if you missed your appearance as one of the key factors that could make your day while applying for the executive job. Absence of smart appearance might easily kill your chances of sailing through the sea.Even while applying for the job, dress as if you have made it and carry yourself accordingly. Adds to your confidence level and puts you in the right executive mode which the job demands. The probability of the dream turning into reality increases manifold.2.Highlight your specialization: First rule to remember before implementing this tip is that your specialization is in the field that you are applying for. You are not a Jack-of-all-trades with mastery in no field. A candidate knowledgeable in the areas concerning the job requirements makes your career track appear coherent. 60% people end up with

ght months 40,000 listeners. The rate of increase is 1000 a week and rising. At this rate I will have anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 listeners by the end of next year.

I continue my comments, trying to stay with my actual experience.

The question still is: should a writer who wants to be professionally published spend time developing a fan presence for his expression and views on the Internet?

The point of view of a long-time commentator, who also works as a editor: he considers developing a strong presence on the Internet a waste of time for a serious novel writer.

Is it? And how can we evaluate the issue and decide for ourselves as writers? I continue my remarks:

-WHY I NEED AN INTERNET AUDIENCE EVEN IF I PUBLISH BOOKS-

While I realize that my novel or memoir has to be well-written, the fact that 100,000 to 200,000 actual people will have listened to me one year from now does count for something.

I only know that from the Google advanced search that 18,200 know my name and work, and from the podcasts 40,000 right now.

A publisher or editor who does not put some value on an author being known to the public I would hesitate to publish with.

-ONLY WANT AN INTERNET SAVVY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER-

So I can write serious books in non-fiction. Now I switch to fiction and see what I can do.

Maybe don't get stuck on the old forms of being a writer, like writing a novel that is supposed to go big. Be a communicator instead and build on that.

-BUILD AN AUDIENCE ANY WAY YOU CAN AND START NOW-

COMMENT: This may be a major point. Only time will tell. For you, for me, not whether we will build a presence on the Internet or not, but more, how shall we do it?

-IS THE INTERNET BECOMING THE MAJOR PUBLISHING SOURCE FOR ALL WRITERS?

Back to my original forum comments:

A chapter of my Jesus novel is up as a blog and a podcast and has over 3000 listeners so far. I like to think that with the complete book there will be a lot more buyers and listeners.

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If

General ECommerce Issues
Having recently worked on several eCommerce websites in a row, I wanted to mention a few issues that should be considered if you are planning to sell anything online. Although I have a current favorite eCommerce package, I've attempted to make these helpful hints independent of any particular software.PicturesMany software packages only have the built-in ability to handle one picture per item. If you want more pictures, make sure you have some sort of work-around in place.Also, some of the more popular software packages require that each picture have the same aspect ratio. In other words, they all have to be a square or a rectangle that has the ratio of 2:3, etc.Your best bet, if your software is like that, is to just use the defaults of your camera. A typical digital camera takes pictures in a 4:3 ratio. Just make sure you take all your pictures with your camera oriented the same way. In other words, all horizontal or all vertical.A workaround, if you don't want to take all your pictures oriented the same way, is to add some "white space" to each picture. In your specific case, you might need to use some color other than white, so it will blend into your website well.Your best bet is to know the limitations of your software prior to taking all the pictures. That way, you can work within its limits to achieve the best results.Invento

>-ONLY WANT AN INTERNET SAVVY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER-

So I can write serious books in non-fiction. Now I switch to fiction and see what I can do.

Maybe don't get stuck on the old forms of being a writer, like writing a novel that is supposed to go big. Be a communicator instead and build on that.

-BUILD AN AUDIENCE ANY WAY YOU CAN AND START NOW-

COMMENT: This may be a major point. Only time will tell. For you, for me, not whether we will build a presence on the Internet or not, but more, how shall we do it?

-IS THE INTERNET BECOMING THE MAJOR PUBLISHING SOURCE FOR ALL WRITERS?

Back to my original forum comments:

A chapter of my Jesus novel is up as a blog and a podcast and has over 3000 listeners so far. I like to think that with the complete book there will be a lot more buyers and listeners.

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If

Case Study; Improving Managerial Efficiency of Owner Operator Franchisees
Managerial efficiency is often the stumbling block for older operator franchisees in large franchise systems such as; mobile carpet cleaners, mobile screen repair, mobile auto detailing, Mobil oil changing or even mobile decorating and interior design. No matter how hard you work to train your franchisees once they are out of field often they are overwhelmed with business and fall down in either scheduling or sales.In our franchising company we were able to fix this problem using creative tactics and royalty reduction incentives. From an abstract standpoint is very similar to tax incentives to give small businesses and middle-sized businesses to body from certain types of industries or to help allow for a change in overall policy by government. Below is an excerpt from a speech that I gave to a regional franchisee association within our company in an effort to help them help them selves in improving managerial efficiency;“. . .Also on the royalty reduction list will be the full cost of a Franklin Day Planner, with pages and binder. If you already have a binder go buy new pages for your Day Planner, whatever brand it is. Send us a copy of the receipt. If you use an electronic version like a Palm PC, then we will trade this reduction for a copy of Microsoft Publisher for your computer (send copy of receipt).”Additionally, we always had our franchisees write out their

being a writer, like writing a novel that is supposed to go big. Be a communicator instead and build on that.

-BUILD AN AUDIENCE ANY WAY YOU CAN AND START NOW-

COMMENT: This may be a major point. Only time will tell. For you, for me, not whether we will build a presence on the Internet or not, but more, how shall we do it?

-IS THE INTERNET BECOMING THE MAJOR PUBLISHING SOURCE FOR ALL WRITERS?

Back to my original forum comments:

A chapter of my Jesus novel is up as a blog and a podcast and has over 3000 listeners so far. I like to think that with the complete book there will be a lot more buyers and listeners.

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If

Telemarketing Do Not Call Lists
Do-not-call lists are playing spoilsport to any and all of the various telemarketing initiatives out there. These lists are compiled in a central database and filled by people who have called in and place their own names on the list. In addition, there can also be do-not-call lists for single companies, if that person expressly calls in and asks them not to call. These lists must be adhered to as closely as possible. The agencies planning telemarketing campaigns now find quite an uphill task thanks to do-not-call lists. The consumers play a big role in setting up do-not-call lists. They give telephone numbers that they want to be included in the lists. There is no denying the fact that telemarketing do-not-call lists are bad news for telemarketing companies.Those who believe in making cold calls to potential customers should now think of opting for another viable telemarketing strategy. However, from the consumers’ point of view, telemarketing do not call lists are blessing. People who do not want to receive these calls simply put their phone numbers on the list. To give the customers a fair degree of opportunity, majority of the states have come up with an extensive National Do Not Call Registry. Both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission have found several consumers signing up for the telemarketing do not call lists.So it has become compulsor

-USE THE INTERNET TO TEST THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR WRITING-

A writer-communicator needs to have an audience.

-IT’S ALL FEEDBACK-

I found that one of my audio podcasts, Loving Laurie, has the second highest listener response rate: 2600 listeners. That's significant because of the title and content.

Thus I make sure I also write the Loving Laurie memoir. I am now forming the outline for doing a complete audio book to sell online with some free chapters to listen to.

If I can succeed at telling this story effectively enough that readers buy the audio, then I will put it into text form as well, and present some agent or publisher with the statistics. If they see potential in good statistics then that is probably a publisher I want to be with.

In the meanwhile I have tested the market quickly for my writing by going Internet. That gives me feedback as a writer-communicator. Hope this helps.

See Rachel Vater's blog on agent evaluating writers. She is Miss Snark at raleva31.livejournal.com. She's a wonderful example of building an internet following through publishing in her expert field. And she gives you what it's like out there in the current publishing world. She will write paper books someday maybe as well. Right now she edits and agents them.

-BE A COMMUNICATOR AND NOT JUST A BOOK WRITER-

My conclusion is more that the new, modern writer going into the future has to have communication success both on the Internet in one of its forms, and in the old paper world of the past, which is paper book publishing.

You want to be a professional communicator? Build your audiences wherever and whenever you can find them.

ACTION TO TAKE: Stay positive. Listen positively to negative people and views if they seem expert enough. What they say might dampen your enthusiasm, but it might also ground you in reality.

Yet to be positive is to believe something new and of greater value can happen for you if you pursue it. Look at how you can accomplish much more than look at what can make you fail.

Also, test your plans where it is easy and grounded to do so.

Internet publishing is largely free information these days as what is most popular. Yet, people won’t take free information if it is lousy information, poorly presented. Get some kind of numbers feedback to confirm where you are with your communicating and writing.

-READERS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN AGENTS, EDITORS, EXPERTS AND PUBLISHERS-

A so-called expert or professional advice is only one person’s view of things. Don’t put your trust in editors, agents, experts and publishers. Don’t pay for professional readers and editors.

Create an audience of readers of your work. Only the reader, or listener, is the reality test of your work. Editors don’t buy your books. They expect you to give them to them. Readers who must pay are paying hard-earned money usually to own your work. The best vote is the dollar!

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