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!
esources
Friday, 31 August 2007
Wednesday, 29 August 2007
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.
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.
Saturday, 25 August 2007
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.
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.
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Affiliate Marketing
How to Perform Keyword Research
Keyword research methodologies are some of the most closely guarded secrets by affiliate marketers. Knowing how to mine for low-cost, high revenue keywords is the key to affiliate success for anyone who wants to use any type of search in their marketing. This article reveals how Brian Edmondson performs his keyword research. This is actually a leaked chapter from a book that he co-authored, "Adsense Arbitrage Voodoo". In this article he shows how he is able to find low-cost, high traffic keywords that no one is bidding on - even in one of the most competitive industries.
Your Link to this Article: http://www.affiliatekb.com/article/717/keyword-research.html 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/.
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/.
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
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
I found this link for all aspiring ebay-ers. Myself included.
"The newbie guide to eBAY riches"
http://tinyurl.com/2nnf5m
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