Job Situation

Today I have to visit the Occupational Health dept. My senior manager recommended that I attend due to the present situation in relation to my job situation. Ever since my intended return at the end of March, the union and management have had verbal agreement that I would be placed into a position that would be financially damaging as my present situation of being £15k down.

I was sent to a smaller non-profit, on secondment, to show my present employers that I could manage a bigger portfolio at a smaller establishment. As stated I was sent back to my present employers due to financial constraints. But since them as you all know nothing. I was as stated sent back with glowing reports.

In all our partner organisations you constantly here that Joe from xxxx is leaving and so is Mary from yyyy. Then next you here there posts have been filled. Some of these jobs are of a higher grade and lower than my present position. However I feel that because I'm on the official redeployment list to move me you have to cross all the t's and dot all the i's.

That is why I feel like a asylum seeker and I'm frustrated in my present position.

I am trying to seek alternative employment however the non for profit organisations are facing a financial squeeze at the moment. I would move further afield however my eldest son is facing a major schooling year so moving lock, stock and barrel is out until this time next year.


Just a sub note: I have just been referred for counselling. A colleague stated if they the management spent as much time sorting out my job, instead of sending off to meet all these people, there would no need for counselling. What a stupid situation. But what the hell!

Blogs

There are many ways that you can monetize your blog. As an affiliate marketer, you can take advantage of these different programs and use them to make more money with very little effort other than promoting your blog.

The goal here is to do the work one time and get paid over and over. Thus, you are leveraging your time to earn more money.

The best thing about using most of these systems is that once you set it up, you don't have to hassle with it anymore except to make a few tweaks to get more from your ads.

To properly monetize your blog, you need to know a little HTML. Don't let this scare you though; it's really a little more than cut and paste.

Also, once you've added your ads to your blog, make sure you preview your blog in both Internet Explorer and Firefox. About 35 percent of users online now use Firefox, and if your blog is hard to read, these readers will click away.

Please click one of the links to read the full report.

Moving on

I'm at the stage now that I have decided on my schemes and I am trying to move them on so that I'm in a position to make money.

I feel that I have a few things that may interest buyers etc.

I have acquired the resell rights to quite a few ebooks, I have my ebay account set up, just need to photo my goods, and then that's set to go. I have signed up to a couple of affiliate marketing schemes and I have chosen my goods to promote.

I'm passionate about the product's that I chosen however I appreciate its easier to promote one item at a time. So that's want I must do.

Job Situation

I am waiting patiently for a week on Monday. That's when I'm suppose to have my meeting with management to discuss and agree a date to move to another section. It's not the final answer, however it's a step in the right direction.

My union rep is on holiday for the next fortnight however I have been advised to contact the union by Wednesday if I have heard nothing from management.

As you can see I have been changing the look of my blog.

I hope it meets with everyone's approval.

Affiliate Marketing

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E books

As I have stated I am seriously looking at ebooks and I found this informative and well worth a read.

In my last few articles I've been discussing creating your own ebooks. In this article, as requested by one of the subscribers to this newsletter, I'm going to explain how I would promote a newly created ebook, step-by-step:

1) Get a Mailing List:- I know everyone seems to be harping on about the importance of getting a mailing list. My opinion is - "If you want to sell digital products online you HAVE to get a mailing list together". This is the first thing I would do when promoting my new ebook. If you don't yet have a mailing list then head over to Aweber and sign up. After this you need to start getting subscribers on your list. This is a topic far too detailed to be covered in this article, but here's a basic summary of how to do it. First, you need to create a page with a web form allowing people to sign up for your newsletter (this is called a squeeze page). On this squeeze page you need to offer something of value that is related to what you are trying to sell. It could be a free report or a free chapter from your newly created ebook. If you want to get an idea of what a squeeze page should look like you can take a look at one of mine by Clicking Here. Once you have your squeeze page you then need to get traffic to this page using promotional methods including; article submission, Google Adwords, etc, all of which I outline later in this article. You also need to make sure that you offer your subscribers regular, free, quality content so that they trust you and also so that they know you provide good material that is worth paying for. I would recommend you get a mailing list before you launch your product so that you have a list of subscribers ready for the product launch. Anyway, as I said before this is not an article on list building. Above is a VERY basic summary and I would suggest you do further research into this area. However, the point still stands that you need to get a mailing list if you want to launch a product online.

2) Offer the Ebook to your Mailing List First:- Before launching your ebook to the general market, first offer it to your subscribers. This offer should be an exclusive offer that will not be available when the ebook is launched to the general market. For example, the ebook could be heavily discounted or you could include free additional content which will only be available to newsletter subscribers. Make sure that the offer is time sensitive and not repeated. If the offer never ends or it's repeated then it's not really an offer at all. By introducing a time limit and not repeating the offer your subscribers really are getting an exclusive deal.

3) Release the Ebook to the General Market:- Once the time limit for the subscriber offer has expired you can release your ebook to everyone. I would recommend you set up a website to sell your ebook and list the ebook in your eBay store. Again if you don't have all of the above you're going to need them. I use 1and1 for my websites and you can get an eBay store by Clicking Here.

4) Write some Articles:- The topic of these articles will be dependent upon your ebook subject. Sticking with the theme of weight loss I mentioned earlier you could perhaps write articles such as; '10 Foods that will Burn More Calories' or '15 Easy Exercise Tips'. Whatever the topic, make sure the articles contain quality content but at the same time do not give away the entire contents of your ebook.

5) Send an Article to your Mailing List at Regular Intervals:- Once the articles are written you want to be sending them out to your subscriber list on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. This provides your subscribers with free quality content. In between messages make subscribers aware that your ebook is available for purchase. Using the weight loss theme again you could perhaps send an email a few days after one of these articles saying; "I hope you found the recent article on '10 Foods that will Burn More Calories' useful. In my ebook 'Wonderful Weight Loss' I discuss even more foods that increase the rate at which calories burn and include a full diet plan."

6) Alter the Article Slightly and Submit to Article Directories:- You need to alter the article because the way you address subscribers will be different to a proper article. Once amended submit the article to relevant article directories including http://www.ezinearticles.com/ and http://www.goarticles.com/. Then in the author bio box include a message that promotes your ebook. Sticking with the weight loss example you could use; "Bob has studied weight loss for a number of years and has come up with the ultimate weight loss plan. If you want to check out the full details of 'Wonderful Weight Loss' visit..."

7) Set up a Blog and Post your Articles:- You can set up your own blog for free at http://www.blogger.com/. Once set up, alter your articles slightly and then post them to your blog with a link back to your ebook sales page.

8) Make Regular, Valuable Contributions at Relevant Forums:- With this tip I am not advocating that you SPAM any forums. However, many forums allow you to have a signature which links back to your website. If you make your signature link back to your ebook sales page and answer relevant questions then you are likely to get a few clicks from potential customers. For example, if someone is asking which foods help burn calories then you could use information from your article to post an answer.

9) Submit your Sales Page to the Search Engines:- Submitting to the search engines is free so it's definitely worth doing. Your sales page will get indexed eventually but manual submission speeds up the process. You can submit your page to Google .

10) Sell your Ebook through ClickBank:- ClickBank is one of the Internet's largest digital product retailers so you really want to have your product selling here also. By selling through ClickBank your ebook is listed in the ClickBank marketplace and affiliates can promote your product for a commission that you determine. You can sign up for ClickBank by Clicking Here.

11) Start a Google Adwords Campaign:- Like mailing lists Google Adwords is a topic that is beyond the scope of this article. However, when you do it right the results can be great. If you are thinking about doing a Google Adwords campaign I would personally recommend reading Perry Marshall's The Definitive Guide to Google Adwords which I have reviewed at http://www.theebookcavernreviews.co.uk/.

12) Repeat Steps 4-11:- It's important that you are constantly promoting your ebook and the best way to do this is repeat what is already working. Keep writing new articles & distributing them, keep building your mailing list & stay in contact with your subscribers and keep contributing to relevant forums. So that is how I would go about promoting a newly created ebook. I would also be promoting my eBay store (which contains a listing for this newly created ebook) using my About Me page, eBay Reviews & Guides and more but overall the above is what I would do step-by-step.


About the Author
Tom Parker is an eBay Ebook PowerSeller who sells ebooks and software at http://stores.ebay.co.uk/theebookcavern. To receive free tips from Tom regarding selling ebooks on eBay and a free collection of ebooks sign up for The Ebook Cavern Newsletter at http://www.theebookcavern.co.uk/newslettersignup/.

e BAY

From my previous posts I am seriously looking at ebooks and ebay.

I found this link for all aspiring ebay-ers. Myself included.


"The newbie guide to eBAY riches"

http://tinyurl.com/2nnf5m

Is ebooks the way to go

Is this the way to go?

Finding niche markets for info products can be an absolute nightmare if you don't know where to look. Whilst publishing niche ebooks is a proven business that can make you a lot of money, finding niches to exploit can be both time consuming and disheartening if you struggle to find any good markets.
Thankfully there's hope. In this article I'm going to show you a simple strategy you can use for finding as many niche markets to sell ebooks to as you could want.
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
This is the first fantastic resource and won't cost you a penny to sign up to. Go to the above site and simply type in any number of niche markets that interest you. If you had an interest in golf you'd simply type in "golf" and at the last try you'd get back over 71,000 sub niches. Then all you need to do is make a list of the more popular sub niches (those with the greatness number of searches) within the general niche of golf. These are all potential niches that you can exploit
www.dummies.com
This is a great resource as it practically hands you niche ideas on a plate. The Dummies Company has made creating niche products an art form in its own right. Search through their titles in general niches that interest you and jot down potential ebook topics.
www.amazon.com
The bookselling giant amazon.com are another great resource for finding niche markets you'd never have thought about entering. Go the web site and in the search bar select "books". Then type in a niche you'd like to create a product around. For example type in "fishing". Go through the results and start jotting down all of the niche markets that jump out at you, in this case fly fishing, course fishing etc.
When many people hear this technique they immediately think "wait a minute how can I compete with Amazon?". You won't be of course you'll be catering for a different market. When people buy from Amazon they have to wait days for a book to arrive. As ebook publishers we can offer instant fulfillment as our customers get our info products straight away as a download.
Another great thing about downloadable info products is bizarrely they are seen to have a higher perceived value. You might be able to charge fifteen dollars for a book selling it via Amazon. However if you sell a downloadable info product you can charge up to fifty dollars. Crazy but true.
www.goarticles.com
Article directories are, in my eyes, the best way to find subjects to create ebooks around. The directory Go Articles is just one of many in which you can go to the site, type in a niche subject in the search bar and get literally hundreds and hundreds of ebook ideas.
The important thing here and with any of the other resources I have mentioned, is to just make a huge list of potential topics, and then when you're done go to http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/ and type in your topics. If there are people searching for information on the subject (at least five thousand a month) you've just found an ebook topic that could turn into a very lucrative home based business.
I want to quickly dispel a myth about the internet. Don't for one second think you can just throw up a site, sit back and become rich. Many would have you believe the internet is just one huge get rich quick scheme. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Done properly ebook publishing can change your financial situation dramatically.
We're not aiming to become a millionaire here. We want to build a network of mini sites that each make about 1K a month. Being able to come up with an endless amount of niche product ideas is the key here, then all you need to do is create the product.
I know what you're thinking. "All you need to do" is create a product. They're hard to create right? Well no actually you don't need to write a single sentence of your ebook. You can hire people to do so at elance.com. For around five hundred to seven hundred bucks freelance writers will create the entire book for you.
You are an internet marketer, not a writer. Have one product created, set up pay per click campaigns, write a press release and blast a few articles over the net on the topic of your ebook. Then have another one created, and so on.
Multiple streams of autopilot income is the secret of wealthy entrepreneurs from around the globe. Now thanks to ebooks and the internet, anyone can set up streams of income that sends money into their bank account even whilst they sleep.
About the Author
Gary Webster is an information publisher specialising in helping people start their own home based business. You can read up on how to create your own info products in one day without writing a single word by going to http://www.online-prosperity.net

Job Situation

Been advised by the union that they have achieved a minor victory for me in relation to my job situation.

My rep quickly told me everything had been sorted to a degree. They haven't been able to get back all of my drop in salary although they have recouped some. With the promise from management to still look for alternative employment for me and a review of my salary.

Am I an Asylum Seeker in Disguise?

As you are aware that within the last 6 months I have to take a £15k salary cut or be made redundant.

Well over the last few days everything in my opinion is slowly getting worse. Management or the union to me are not telling the whole truth in relation to my job situation.

I work for a non profit making organisation and three and a half years ago I left to go and help at a nearby non profit making organisation, with the full recommendation of my director and senior manager. Well it’s nearly 4 years now taking into consideration the time I have been back.
During my time at this second organisation the way all non-profit organisation are funded and can administer their services changed. So after the three and half years I was sent back to my original employer because of the financial hit that this smaller organisation would take if I remained there. I tried to explain to the director and senior management team of this second organisation what my situation would be if they made me return to my original employer.

Upon my return instead of returning to my original department as the whole company had undergone a complete reorganisation I was asked to report to another department. I also found out that the members of senior management who had allowed me with their full support to go and help out this other organisation have all left the company. So when I returned instead of returning and feeling like a Red Square trying to fit back into red circle it had moved to blue circles. That’s why I feel like a asylum seeker who has been deported back to the own country but while I was away there has been a coup as well.

I also feel that if I were coloured, homosexual or disabled in anyway I would not be treated the way I feel that I am at the present moment.

I am seeking alternative employment and would happily move however at the present moment there is nothing hitting the job papers that appeal to me and fully utilise my skills and competencies.

During the recent meeting management have even expressed to me that I look and sound stressed therefore they have referred me to Occupational Health. Just to rub salt further into the wounds after 6 months my employer can move down the lines of constructive dismissal and offer redundancy. Which means that they have sent to me a redundancy letter that is roughly a third of a year’s salary. Not like you get usually in private industry which amounts to an amount to live on for a year or two while you seek alternative employment.

Only 2 people in the last 12 years have left via this route.

You are generally moved about doing dead end jobs which makes forces you to hand in a resignation letter which is very much what is happening to me at the moment.

Job Situation

Very weird last 2 days I have spoken to both my union and management and both the union and management had a separate meeting. That had my situation as part of the agenda amongst other things.

When I spoke to both parties involved the gave me different answer and he I contacted my union to advise them what management had said they said not is what was agreed the other day.

Therefore I still don't know what my overall job situation is? Therefore as you should now appreciate the stress is finally getting to me.

This has of course affected my working from home ideas. It will not stop me at the end of the day however the uncertainty of my job doesn't help.

Job Situation

A couple of big are ahead in relation to my job situation. Tomorrow I have got a meeting with the unions who had a meeting with management on Friday in the department where I work.

Then on Tuesday a meeting with human resources to see if they can offer me a job somewhere in the whole company.

I could be walking with my head held high by the end of Tuesday or banging my head against a brick wall wondering what to do next.

What next in affiliate marketing

Affiliate marketing is all about building relationships. Anyone can do it you just sit at a computer type up a few ideas and bingo. Just working for 10-20 minutes a day you are already earning.

I don’t think it’s quite like that at all. I am a newb and I have been researching numerous sites etc. To gather as much information to make this affiliate/online marketing a real go.

I have found this article informative plus I’m sourcing information on guide books to affiliate marketing, link trackers, hit counters, auto responders and finally writing articles myself instead of using other peoples. Although a lot of the ones I do read are brilliant and informative.

However if I submit articles myself it will be seen hopefully by thousands of people, who will see my link at the bottom.

That first product is part of the relationship building process.

1. You’re not going to make a killing on the first product, you trying mainly to break even. That’s right, you read correctly. If you make profit off your first product, you’re doing extremely well. Your profit comes from your 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on. But without the 1st, there is no 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Work hard on the 1st, but expecting to at least break even will put you in the right mindset.

2. Make sure your first product is of good quality. Don’t just pick anything because you think it might make for some good cash in your pocket. Make sure it’s a good product because you’re setting the table for what can be expected of you. If your first product stinks, they’ll assume your next few will also.

3. Make sure your first product isn’t too expensive. Since this is an introductory product, you don’t want to introduce something that is a huge investment!

4. Giving them a reason to buy from you sweetens the deal. This is where bonuses come from. Find quality products, e-books, and special reports, whatever. Make sure it’s of good value to them and it works along side the first product. Search on the internet and you’ll easily find products and bonuses to give out.

If you’re marketing an e-book about improving your golf swing, don’t include a bonus on how to make a feature film on a shoe string budget! It should work hand in hand.

If you can’t find these products, you can always create your own bonus products. Creating an e-book or special report using the PDF format requires only time and patience.

There are several free PDF makers online, so you won’t have trouble doing a search for them. The problem with them is that they often have trouble handling website links. If you’re going to have links in your PDF, you’ll need something that can handle it. If you have Adobe Distiller 5.0 and above, this won’t be a problem for you, you can use that program.

Here is a site run by adobe, where you can create a PDF online.

http://createpdf.adobe.com/

A final idea for finding bonus products is to approach another online entrepreneur and work out a joint venture deal, where you two share interests and products. Make sure you have the joint venture idea planned out and then propose it. This makes it easier for the deal to happen, because then they simply only have to say yes.

To your success!

Lee

By: Lee Torres

Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com

Lee Torres is an online publisher and knowledgeable source on creating a profitable online business. Make sure to visit his site, The Online Marketing Success Journal. It’s loaded with valuable online marketing tips and advice.

Agloco

I recently joined AGLOCO because of a friend recommended it to me. I am now promoting it to you because I like the idea and I want you to share in what I think will be an exciting new Internet concept.

AGLOCO’s story is simple:

Do you realize how valuable you are? Advertisers, search providers and online retailers are paying billions to reach you while you surf. How much of that money are you making? NONE!

AGLOCO thinks you deserve a piece of the action.

AGLOCO collects money from those companies on behalf of its members. (For example, Google currently pays AOL 10 cents for every Google search by an AOL user. And Google still has enough profit to pay $1.6 billion dollars for YouTube, an 18-month old site full of content that YouTube’s users did not get paid for!

AGLOCO will work to get its Members their share of this and more.

AGLOCO is building a new form of online community that they call an Economic Network. They are not only paying Members their fair share, but they’re building a community that will generate the kind of fortune that YouTube made. But instead of that wealth making only a few people rich, the entire community will get its share.

What's the catch? No catch - no spyware, no pop-ups and no spam - membership and software are free and AGLOCO is 100% member owned. Privacy is a core value and AGLOCO never sells or rents member information.

So do both of us a favor: Sign up for AGLOCO right now! If you use this link to sign up, I automatically get credit for referring you and helping to build AGLOCO. http://www.agloco.com/r/BBFH7828

Where to from here?

Ok since I have been on vacation/holiday I have been thinking a lot o how to move my internet business along.

I feel that a complete revamp is in order and that I need to look at multiple income streams. ie ebay selling, a betting consortium etc. Not I will start up on anything, just look at the bigger picture.

I feel more confident in relation to my job situation after I spoke to her the other day! However I still have not received anything in detail or written.

I found this snip it which is an interesting read.

Reaching the Turning Point in Affiliate Marketing

A lot of affiliate marketers reach a turning point in their careers where they move from making a little bit of money to making a sizable income from their marketing efforts. Jeff Mills joins Affiliate KB to talk about his turning point, how he uses video to increase his conversion by 400%, and the importance of meeting people who have already experienced success in marketing.

Job front and other thoughts

In have still had no further news in relation to my job situation. I have also being jotting down a few notes/ideas of how I feel my online work is progressing.

These are just notes and at the moment in no real great order.


Frustrations of a Newb

I have given myself 12 months to see if I can make any money as an Internet entrepreneur I am allowing myself four to six months of learning and working to start to making extra income. I am also not scared off by hard work.
I have signed up for clickbank and have decided what affiliate programs that I am going to promote.
So much so that I have signed up to promote multiple products and will possible add more and promote through blogs. Then along the way I will probably add a website or 2.
I have to promote my sites and get to people to purchase what is on offer. Through research I have learnt that I must relate to the products that I am promoting and also post regularly on the topic in my blog. The situation is I only have a certain budget and I regularly read that you should add/ recommend an email automatic responder, pay per click or whatever.
I am not frustrated as the moment through the lack of sales I am slowly getting the hits on my sites so the sales hopefully should follow.
As a newbie I know how discouraging it can be beginning your career in this business and seeing numerous ads stating I have earned $20,000 (£10,000) a month. I want to encourage everyone to continue in our endeavours.
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The point I trying to make is there are numerous e-books, dvd’s etc to purchase to show how to be a success in this business. However they all cost money to purchase. Money that I really haven’t got. If I do decide to purchase x plan what if I decide it’s not for me. I have to sell it on and start again! It is a vicious circle.
There is so much information out there that you are able to purchaseat a cost. However as I have stated I am not made of money and what can I do to decipher if what is being promoted really works.
Allowing my present life situation remain at the status quo is a definite no starter. I want and need to grow as a person and also my income.
I have as I have stated a few blogs. You are can post comments if you wish in fact I would welcome them
I will not jump on every offer that comes available.

Holiday

I know I have been away for a while I have been on holiday/vacation. Since I have been away there has been no really great changes if course on my working from home ideas. Well I have been thinking of different ways of approaching some of my ideas .

There of course definitely been no changes on my job situation!

Although there is one piece of information that I have found since I have returned.

http://www.affiliatekb.com/article/717/turning-point.html

Mark Daoust is the owner and founder of Affiliate KB. If you have not done so already, check out the web's best site.http://www.affiliatekb.com/717index.html

The more I talk to successful marketers and entrepreneurs, the more I hear that at some point these marketers had a “turning point”. Where they were first losing money on a regular basis, all of a sudden things turned around and they started to make money. What do you think caused your “turn around” and what was your first successful website?

The turning point for me was when I finally found a successful mentor who was willing to pour his knowledge into me. Most 'gurus' at the time, were just regurgitating something they read out of the latest e-book, but were not making the kind of income or using the strategies in their own businesses, therefore they were frauds. So I found someone who had built a sizable network marketing business and who was able to teach me how turn around and make the principles work for me. I learned the power of tele-coaching, which I had never heard of before. I would get on the phone with my mentor each Sunday and be able to ask questions and learn. Having a solid marketing mentor was the big turning point for me, and the moment my business went from negative cash flow to positive cash flow.

http://www.affiliatekb.com/article/717/turning-point.html