My first thought was to title this, “Research Your Competition”, but I decided that sounded all wrong. If you recall, back in Part 5 of the How To Make A Living In Your Pajamas series, I said:
The only thing missing now is an actual web site. In the old days, that would have meant hiring a designer and spending lots of money and time developing a nice-looking site. Those days, luckily, are...
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An author bio is a short, descriptive paragraph about you and your expertise. Generally, anyone who submits articles to article directories will be given the option to include two or three sentences about themselves at the end of the article. An example would be:
Jane Doe, a graduate of Harvard Business University, is the founder and CEO of Acme Corp., a worldwide business and technology consulting firm....
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Let’s start with what a tagline is. A tagline is a short phrase that sums up the tone or topic of your site or blog. Emerging from the cocoon to break free… is the short phrase within the logo of this blog. It sums up both the logo design as well as the point I’m often trying to make in my posts. My goal is to help others break out of their cocoon (that 9-5 office cubicle), and find...
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Lately, I’ve been guiding you gently into the process of creating a decidedly Web 1.0 flavor of content creation – ebooks. Because the world is comfortable with ebooks, you should be comfortable creating them. But Web 2.0 has brought about a plethora of ways that you can create unique, profitable content that goes way beyond the old-fashioned ebook, and you should explore them and use them as...
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Recently, I showed you how quick, easy, and free of cost it could be to create your own eBook. The problem, of course, is the content! You have to actually write something in this eBook of yours, now don’t you?
Part of the procrastination process is fear. We are afraid to try something new. We are fearful that what we attempt to create will be inadequate. I say, SO WHAT? Do it anyway. Start...
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I was reading my horoscope today and it had some words of wisdom that can apply to you and your business of making a living online. It said:
There are many ways to connect with others, but the most effective method is the one that puts you in the most comfortable frame of mind. You need to feel relaxed in order to make other people feel that way. So if you don’t like noisy, crowded bars, don’t...
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Trust is an essential component if you hope to make a living online. There are certainly people who can make money without having the trust of their users, but I definitely DO NOT recommend ignoring the importance of trust.
It is vital, in my opinion, that you prove yourself worthy of being listened to. If you are recommending a product, especially an affiliate product, your readers need to feel that...
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Many a business person will tell you that networking, and the contacts you have available to you, is a huge key to success. That applies to the one-person, online, work from home business as well. The difference, however, is that much of that person’s networking will be virtual and online. I have a huge network of contacts to draw upon, but I’ve never actually met 99.9% of them face to face....
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When it comes to making a living online, I do things my own way. I don’t tend to follow another marketer’s lead, and the information I give out here reflects how I do things. Still, I’m not the only person in the world who has made a living online. There are lots of others, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t absorb information from other reliable sources as well. Of...
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Download and install OpenOffice (free) if you haven’t already. If you already use OpenOffice, you can skip this step.
Download a free OpenOffice book template. Sometimes this link doesn’t work, sometimes it does. If it doesn’t, then try downloading this free OpenOffice ebook template instead. I kind of like it better anyway.
Import the Template you downloaded into OpenOffice...
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