VIP Access: Earn Six Figures with Teleseminars
December 3, 2008
How to Create your own Financial Bailout
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re more than
aware that America (and several other countries) are in the
midst of a recession.
I am being inundated with requests from the media asking
questions about how people can stay up during these
challenging, uncertain times.
I will share with you a few of the strategies that work for
me and those who triumph over circumstance at will.
1. Control the inputs of what you’re allowing into your
brain. For example, when you first wake up in the morning,
are you turning on the tv or radio news, which is 90%
negative? You may as well as punch yourself in the stomach
because that is how you will feel the rest of the day. Instead,
begin your day by inputting something positive, encouraging,
motivational or educational. I have done this for the past
15+ years and it gives me the boost I need for whatever
comes my way. The world’s outer economic climate may not be
within your direct control, but your own attitude, outlook,
emotional and mental climate ARE.
2. Set some new Goals or recommit to old ones. This gives
you something positive of your own choosing to focus on
throughout the day. Then really go after them. Do something
every single day. Notice I didn’t say to wait until the
economy improves to go after them, I mean right now, today.
The millionaires of next month, next year and beyond are laying
their foundation today, now. If you wait until the economy
rebounds, you’re only delaying your own success and growth.
Besides giving yourself the daily spark of going after your
dreams, you will put yourself in the best possible position
for the future as well. Opportunities exist today that are
ripe for the picking because much of the population is frozen
in fear. Don’t be one of them. Give yourself every advantage
by taking decisive action every day to advance your Goals.
Winners planting seeds now will reap the greatest rewards
today, tomorrow and beyond.
3. If you are one of the many who are paralyzed by fear,
hire a coach to hold your hand and guide you through it. Even
today in this economic climate, dreams are being born,
businesses are being started, growth is happening and A LOT of
money is being made. You were given 24 hours today. How much
of your time did you invest in making your life better?
Take charge. Empower yourself and go after what you want.
Don’t wait for a handout or a bailout, create your own destiny.
Napoleon Hill taught me “You become what you think about.”
For some of you, now is your test. How bad do you want it?
Think about your Goals, Dreams and Ambitions. Focus on
what you want, it’s a lot more empowering than being helpless
and worrying about what might or might not happen. Create what
you want in your life. Don’t shrink in the face of challenge,
rise up to meet it and conquer it.
Now is the time to invest in yourself. Now is the time to
decide what really matters in life and as Rock Balboa says,
“Go for it!”
4. Invest in yourself. If you have ever dreamed of starting
a business in the area of your passion, or if you already own
a business and want a solid road map for exponentially growing
it in any climate, I have a great training for you.
DotComPreneur.com is co-sponsoring a very special teleseminar
with a Mystery Millionaire who went from slaving his life
away at a NY Madison Ave Advertising agency to following his
dreams, now earning Millions of dollars per year. Just a
few years ago, his wife was unhappy with his long hours at the
office among other things. Having no safety net, he left his
high paying job, moved across the country and set out to live
life on his own terms, taking control of his own destiny. He
started a home business, and now working mostly from his telephone,
has turned his expertise and passion into a $ Multi Million
dollar a year income. He sets his own hours, has tons of time
with his family and in my humble opinion, lives a very admirable
life. He is positively impacting the world in powerful ways.
Oh, and he’s also one of MY coaches. I hired him to help lead
GoalGuru.com into 2009 and beyond.
I hope you will join us Thursday here:
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Don’t worry if you cannot make it live, a recording will be
made available to all registered guests.
See you Thursday
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If you want a bigger life, if you want a bigger income, more
certainty, more financial security, set bigger Goals and
surround yourself with others who are actively doing it.
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Live Your Dreams,
Jill Koenig
Founder of http://www.DotComPreneur.com
ps. I have personally utilized teleseminars to generate more than $ 25 million dollars in sales
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Finally, Bloggers Learn How to Create a Video Sales Letter all through the Magic of a WordPress Theme!
June 4, 2008
Bloggers can now use WordPress to create an endless amount of Video Sales Letters, thanks to DotComPreneur expert contributor and Internet Genius, Ben Cope.
Ben is the creator of numerous WordPress themes and can help you get your Video Sales Letter set-up, installed and ready to go. Whether you are a blogger, small business owner or internet marketer, you already understand the power of video. However, if you are not putting video on your websites, blogs and sales letters, you are missing the most important component that can make your message and web content much more effective.
You Don’t Even Have to Be a Master at Copywriting
You can create a video sales letter that is just as effective, if not more effective than any written sales letter on the Internet and you don’t have to be a master copywriter to do it. You can use the same proven steps that wildly successful internet marketers use to create money-making, written sales letters to make your video sales letter just as wildly successful. The fact is - video sells!
Video allows you to do so many things that the written word or audio just won’t accomplish.
Video gives you the ability to make a connection with your viewer. By putting yourself on the video, you are able to build a relationship with the viewer. It lets them get a better feeling of the ‘face’ behind the website. You are able to demonstrate your enthusiasm, knowledge and credibility all in one single video. If you are putting video testimonials into your video sales letter - it lets your prospects see first hand that you have already helped people just like them. It lets them watch and hear the excitement and enthusiasm in your current customers that in turn will pass on the excitement to them a well. People by nature get easily sucked in and persuaded by TV shows, commercials and infomercials… and you have the power of that same medium right in the pages of your own blog … using VIDEO.
All You Need to Do is Answer
The majority of people on the Internet are looking for answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. If you can show your site visitors that you are the answer - you will make money! A video sales letter will help you accomplish just that. You could utilize video in so many ways. You can teach people how to do something by making a video tutorial, you can do a weekly video newsletter, you can answer your subscriber’s questions, and so much more. Your Video Sales Letter gives you the medium to include your attention getting message, your personality, credibility, social proof, customer testimonials, offer, call to action and guarantee all in the same powerful video.
The fact that you are reading this article, tells me that you are an entrepreneur that is dedicated to your own success on the Internet. You know the importance of video and the benefits of building relationships with your customers and website visitors. Every new customer adds to your bottom line and makes you even more successful. It all starts with taking action - so begin using video as a sales tool more - starting today!
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How to Earn Money with Your Parked Domains
May 23, 2008
I see it everyday among my fellow DotComPreneurs.
You are deeply immersed in working on your business and a new product or business idea suddenly appears before you.
What happens next is fairly routine.
You come up with a catchy name or multiple moniker that adequately represent your new bright shiny idea.
Next (usually within seconds or a few minutes) you head over to your favorite registrar and check to see if the domain is available.
Most DotComPreneurs have at least a few great ideas on the back burner.
I know I do.
Which means you may have dozens, hundreds or perhaps even thousands of unused domains just sitting there while you’re working on your other high priority projects.
If you’re like most newbies, the domains you purchased but haven’t put to work yet are parked on the domain registrars default parked page. This happens automatically until you either host your domain someplace else or forward it to one of your other web sites.
The domain industry’s dirty little secret…
What you might not know is that your domain registrar earns money every time someone visits your domain and clicks on one of the relevant ads displayed on their default parked page. The links on the page are targeted based on the words contained within your domain.
Some registrars generate more revenue on these ads than they do on domain name sales.
Something else you might not be aware of is that YOU, the owner of the domain can take advantage of any possible type in traffic and earn money per click just like the registrars do simply by utilizing a strategic parking service.
In the domain parking industry, the top rated domain parking service is Domain Sponsor
You may be surprised at the value of click through traffic of your parked domains. This week, on one domain, I earned $ 7.96 in revenue from only 7 visitors. That’s more than the price I paid to register the domain.
The fastest way to find out is to stop giving your traffic to your domain registrar and park them and take a look at what kind of traffic is coming your way.
1. Go to Domain Sponsor and set up your account.
2. Follow the instructions for adding each domain to your Domain Sponsor account.
3. Park the domain on the servers as listed.
Don’t forget to type in your domain into your web browser to ensure that domain directs to the new redirected page.
*WARNING: Do NOT click on links on your page or type any phrases in the search box*
That is considered to be click fraud since you are being paid by the advertiser for any clicks and your account will be shut down. (you can look but don’t touch or click on the page).
Do NOT link to any of your parked domains from any of your other web sites. That is against the rules my friend. If you are caught posting new links anywhere, kiss your entire account goodbye.
If there were existing links directing to your domain, that’s fair and will generate revenue, but do not try to outsmart the system.
There are a variety of factors that will determine how much money you can earn from your domains:
* The Domain Name itself. Is it keyword rich? Does it receive any type in traffic. If your domain is www.2kewl2Btamed123.com, don’t expect much traffic. That doesn’t qualify as keyword rich.
* Past use (if any) If there are old incoming links, you may get considerable traffic.
* If your Domain is similar to a high traffic existing domain. For example, I have several parked domains that are two words: XxxxXxxxx.com but someone else owns the same words separated by a hypen Xxxx-Xxxxx.com Guess who gets an aweful lot of click throughs? Yep.
* Most people when typing a URL of a web site unconsciously type in a .COM after the words. I owned a domain name for several years when imagine my surprise, a TLC television show was created with the same name and keywords. Since I owned the .COM, it generated thousands of visitors and considerable click through income until that party purchased it from me. I did have plans to develop the domain, but when approached by the buyer, whom I admired and respected, I let it go so it could serve millions now instead of later when I got around to it.
Publicly listing any of my domains would lead to traffic surges so while I can’t do that, I can tell you of the results of a few of my parked domains and you can let your imagination run wild.
Last year one of my real estate domains received 1,995 visitors and earned $ 468.54
Another domain received 9,063 visitors and earned $ 269.84
A diet domain received only 255 visitors and earned $ 179.23
I could purchase 130 more domains by reinvesting that $ 916 in revenue…park them… reinvest the revenue from those…and keep growng my portfolio.
Remember I set it and forget it - all I am doing is parking my unused domains on this service until I develop them. There are DotComPreneurs making millions of dollars each year by investing strategically in expired domains specifically for the purpose of earning revenue this way.
Note: It may take a few months for the keywords to aggregate. Each time a visitor clicks on a link or types in a search phrase, the system collects that data and modifies the words on the page accordingly so your success ratio will generally increase over time and so will your monthly checks.
Remember, those domains were previously earning the registrar that revenue. I did nothing except spend 5 minutes once to redirect them and renew the domain each year for $ 7. As you can see from just a few of my examples, it adds up.
More on domains coming soon but in the meantime, after you get set up and redirect your domains, I would love to hear about your results.
Here is the link to Domain Sponsor
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Stop- Have You Tried These FREE Traffic Tricks?
May 9, 2008
In this article we are going to take a quick look at some free traffic tricks that are incredibly powerful, VERY underground in terms of awareness and application, and so simple that they can be implemented in one short afternoon. (All while generating boatloads of traffic, often on autopilot, for days, weeks and months to come) Read on as we dare go a bit beneath the tired and tepid terrain of the average blogger, and look at some things the leaders of the pack are using to drive HUGE incomes while most of us scrape for scraps!
Amazing Adventures in Aggregation
Here is all you need to do to turn your default Wordpress install into a veritable powerhouse, cash crunching, affiliate marketing monster machine of infinite imagination.
Your Very own planet
Install a free plugin that will aggregate past, present and future posts from a variety of sources in and around your niche, auto updating your site with relevant content that is being called, culled and collected from any number of unique sources that you select.
Convert a Catalog
You then take a catalog, or what is commonly called a data feed, and parses all of the information in the catalog into RSS, and imports it into your simple blog administration area. Now you probably WILL need external software outside of Wordpress to do this effectively, but it is very cheap, and VERY powerful.
What is the net effect? Simply stated, depending on the parameters you set up, you can have an auto updating, auto publishing maniac monster of a blog, pulling outside content on a daily basis to FEED your blog with relevant niche information, as well as an ONGOING supply of perfectly formatted products being posted on your blog, directly from the Catalog items that you converted to RSS. It’s amazing stuff, and with a nice template on your blog, you can have a professional grade affiliate site, selling REAL products and services that updates for YEARS to come on automatic autopilot.
These are things that ONLY the elite level people are playing with, almost entirely “underground”…and are so disarmingly easy to emulate, YOU can do the VERY same thing simply by following the above.
And STOP Looking for the Magical Solution Out “There”.
Focus on the magic within. You have it, I know you do. We ALL do. The one certitude online is this: Content is king. And creativity is coveted. Show you have lots of both in areas that you care most about, and people will beat down your door to revel in it. They do for me, and I guarantee the same for you as well. Life is short, and the journey of 1000 miles begins with one simple step. What are you waiting for?
Want to see how we make money Blogging?
FREE Blog Marketing Strategies revealed so much fun & effortlessly easy, it almost feels like stealing -Ian Hollandar http://karmicconsulting.net/go/blog/
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Alexa’s New Ranking System
April 27, 2008
Alexa recently modified their web site rankings system that most DotComPreneurs utilize as at least one measurement of their web site popularity.
If you asked 10 different people what Alexa is or how a web site’s rank is calculated, you would get 10 different answers. Ultimately the traffic tracked by Alexa was registered only through computers who used the Alexa toolbar.
Alexa states that a web site’s Alexa ranking will now be based on more sources of data (although they did not reveal specifically what those sources are) and that we will now have an even better indicator of a web site’s popularity.
Right now the Alexa rankings cover a time frame of only 6 month max while they recalculate the historic data for each site. When the data reappears, it will reflect the new criteria for web site popularity and you will once again be able to look back approx 5+ years. Go here to read Alexa’s April 15th announcement and find out what other improvements they are working on.
You can’t improve what you don’t measure.
Remember there is no substitute for tracking your website and business’ daily traffic via your own tracking systems, whether that’s Google Analytics or some other web tracking service as well as whatever indicators are relevant to your niche, ie ezine subscribers, blog feed subscribers, along with the gazillions of other performance indicators we can measure.
Jill
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How to Establish Business Credit in 90 Days
April 24, 2008
By Paul McDonald, MBA
Business Credit—every small business needs it at some point in time. Unfortunately, the age-old rule so often seems to be true—the only way to qualify for a loan is to prove that you don’t need it.
But that isn’t necessarily the case… here are some simple strategies that will help any small business move toward a good, strong credit relationship with a bank.
I am speaking from experience here. One of my major mistakes early on in business was not creating and working a plan to have established business credit. Had I taken these measures I could have avoided some hard times through the early years of my business.
Be a Good Customer of Your Bank
Remember that if you apply for a business loan at a bank where you have your business checking account, the first thing that the loan officer will do is call up your checking history. If it is constantly in a state of overdraft or is very low, they are unlikely to consider a loan proposal any further. However, if your account shows a regular inflow of cash from many customers, that is much more appealing to a loan officer.
There is another reason to have an account at the bank where you are taking a loan—you can have several months payments at that bank ready to be transferred over at any time. Make arrangements with your loan officer to set up such a program if you can—this can help you to avoid late fees from forgetting to make a payment.
Have Great Financial Records
Get your financial records in shape. Have a nice summary booklet prepared to show to your banker. Include a brief confidentiality statement. Also, have a brief description of what you do, how business has been, and what your future plans are for your business. Include some photos of your business and work. While these measures aren’t really required for a bank loan, they do show that you are serious about your business and help the loan officer to more understand your business.
Letters of reference also help a lot. Ask a few of your best customers to write letters for you to include in your record book. Ask them to state that they intend to continue to do business with you in the future, and at what level they expect to do business. Letters like this will go a long way to convincing a lender to work with you to set up a line of credit.
Most loan officers like to see at least six months history for new businesses, but one banker commented that two years is much better. But wherever your situation is right now, be sure to show summaries for every year you have been in business—even the “bad years.” This disclosure goes a long way to helping a loan officer make a decision about lending to your company.
Establish Secured Loans
This method is widely taught to help people establish credit. You’ll need about $1,000 to start—go to your bank and set up a $1,000 Certificate of Deposit (CD) and use that CD to secure a line of credit for the same amount. You can then use that money borrowed to complete the same move at a second, and then a third bank. You’ll have $3,000 borrowed at with $3,000 on deposit to secure those loans.
Pay the loans as agreed and in about 90 days you should have a good working relationship and history with three banks for your business line of credit.
If you want to improve your position, start with more than $1,000. In fact, one banker I spoke to suggests starting at $3,000. “Most banks do not like small loans (under $3,000 to $4,000) because they are not very profitable.” Because of the fixed overhead of the loan, smaller loans tend to have higher rates even when secured by a CD. The banker concluded by saying: “One $3,000 loan would probably be better, especially if it was paid off early.”
If you don’t do anything else, do this step.
Establish a Floor Plan with Wholesale Suppliers
I’ll be the first to admit that this isn’t always the best idea. In fact, I know of several businesses that went completely under by having too much money and profit tied up in their “floor plan” of products with their vendors.
That’s the key phrase, though… “too much.” If you are in a business that sells products that can be acquired by a floor plan, those items in your inventory are used to secure the credit. While I don’t recommend having 100% of your inventory on a floor plan, it is a good idea to establish some credit with one or more wholesale vendors.
Buy a Company Car on Credit
Sure, if you have cash then sometimes it is a good idea to pay in full for a car… but this isn’t about being debt-free, it’s about establishing credit. Get a company car from a dealer and arrange the financing through your business. Many automotive financing companies and banks will issue business loans for automobiles because the loan is secured by the vehicle.
Leasing a car is sometimes better than buying a car for a business. You can generally write off all the lease costs which is usually greater than depreciation and deducting the loan interest. Business owners considering this move may want to ask their accountant which option works best for them. However, there is no need to worry about which option is better for establishing credit. Leases are usually reported the same way bank loans are for credit purposes.
Include a photo of the vehicle in your financial statement.
Get a Line of Credit Established BEFORE You “Need It”
This is the most important step. You have to be prepared in advance. Establish business credit before you need it for your business. Have a strategic plan to establish credit for your company and work that plan. Don’t be afraid to meet with your banker and discuss the plan—their job is to loan money to good credit-worthy low-risk businesses.
I have never found a business of any size or profitability that didn’t need credit at some point during its growth stage. Plan ahead, establish your business credit as soon as you can and you will not regret it.
Work with More than One Bank
In his book Sharkproof, author and businessman Harvey MacKay explains one of his business mistakes. He had given all of his banking business to one and only one banker for many years. When the market turned hard on the bank and on his business, his one and only bank had pulled his line of credit and it severely hurt his company’s operations.
He continues to explain that he “should have taken his own advice” and spread his business around to several banks. While you may not have a company the size of Mackay Envelope Corporation, it’s still good advice for something as critical to your business as banking relationships—spread the business around.
But remember not to go too far with this idea. It is a good idea to have a couple of banking relationships, but too many makes the other banks nervous. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, but don’t have too many baskets either!
Refer Business to Your Bank
When you go about your daily business, it is not uncommon to find people who have moved to the area or are unhappy with their current bank. Recommend your bank to them. Write them a great note and tell them how you really do like your bank. Include a business card of your banker for them to contact. You then should send a copy of that note to your banker with another note attached stating that you are truly happy with them and that you are always looking to help their business as well as your own.
Is this sneaky? Maybe. Do it anyway—your banker will love you for it and will remember you when the time comes for you to increase your business with that bank. One banker I know made the comment that referring business to your bank is a very good idea and will pay many dividends to the person making the referrals.
Summary
Not every strategy listed here will work for every company and with every banker or lender. Nothing works 100% of the time, but these eight ideas are enough to get any profitable business started toward establishing good business credit.
Paul McDonald, MBA has been a financial advisor for 20 years and lives in the Kansas City area with his wife Kristine. He enjoys cooking new recipes, reading new books, and fishing. Paul maintains several active blogs on his favorite topics and makes them freely available for syndication worldwide. People who read his work find it entertaining and educational.
Paul can be reached at 1-877-711-1264.
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Six Things You Must Do to Get the Exposure Your Video Deserves
December 4, 2007
It seems that people are finally starting to wake up to the reality that video on the internet can be powerful. Whether you use video for selling your product or service, or whether you use it to promote items for sale, you’re still faced with one significant problem. How do you let others know about the video you produced?
Not much has been written about video distribution. Perhaps some figure there’s no need considering the wealth of video sharing services popping up all over the Internet. Well, I submit to you that video sharing sites might provide one avenue of distribution but, even those sites will not help you get the word out about your video if they are not utilized properly.
Here are a half-dozen tips and tricks you can use to maximize the exposure you receive from your video. Again, it doesn’t matter whether you’re promoting a product or service or whether the video itself is the product. Each of these methods, or a combination of them can work wonders in getting the recognition your video production deserves.
1) Use long-tail keywords that describe the service or product your video is promoting. You need to place these keywords in the keyword tag portion of the website the video is on and anywhere else that requests “tags” for example at YouTube.com
2) Place your main keyword in the h1 tag of the web page you have your video on and also place it in the title tag of your web page.
3) To promote your video, you can of course upload it to the video uploading services. But simply uploading it won’t do you any good unless you follow Tips #1 and #2 above. Also, you’ll want to make sure that the description you give your video contains the keywords you are targeting.
4) Write an article about the subject of your video and in the resource box encourage readers to watch the video you’ve produced about the subject. Once the article gets picked up by the search engines, the spiders will find your optimized page and video on it too.
5) Produce your video as an .exe file and upload it to software sharing sites such as Download.com. Just produce 1/2 of the video so that the viewer is forced to come to your site to see the other half.
6) Set up a free account at FreeIQ.com. They are actively looking for video content. This website is run by Brad Fallon who is a popular internet marketer and knows how to help distribute video content all over the web. Again, once you’ve signed up for a free account, go ahead and post 1/2 of the video forcing the viewer to go to your website to see the remaining half.
That’s a half dozen useful tips you can put to use right now to get the exposure your video production deserves. Start with those and I’m certain you’ll see significant traffic results.
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How to Optimize Your Video Specifically for YouTube
December 2, 2007
YouTube is getting larger with each passing day. It has become one of the most popular destinations on the net. The site does its own Flash conversion that is very tough with digital video garbage handling. Some of the videos on YouTube simply look better than others because they came from better sources. With a little know-how, you can prepare your optimized video for YouTube.
The first step to take is to ascertain the format of video you are starting with. Most digital cameras today shoot video, as do most phones, which is a great cheap way to start. It is irrelevant from where your video comes; the responsibility lies on you to make it breathtaking. Basketfuls of editing tools on the Internet are available for you, to be used on any platform as per your desire; the latest computers already have these tools along with the basic install for just such editing requirements.
It is advisable to avoid the use Windows Movie Maker. If you are using a cell phone video source, it’ll give you a hard time with no results. QuickTime plays nice with all sorts of formats. YouTube supports certain formats for input, so it is the time to be cautious. It is better if you make a .mov or .mp4, so be sure your editor has the capability to handle that format efficiently. If it is not capable of doing so, don’t go in for a conversion, and that’s not funny, you may lose information during the conversion, so it is better to get an editor capable of handling that format.
The video should be set to the YouTube recommended size of 320×240 QVGA. Your camera may have shot the video at a different aspect ratio than the 320×240. So be prepared for some exercise but do not stretch or pull the frames. It is advisable to make your video as bit-rich as you can. You can use a bit rate around 1000 kbps. Around 1200kbps it would probably overkill and take the video longer to process. 700kbps and 1000kbps should be the ideal range, you should be looking for. Once you are ready with size, codec, and quality set up, it is time for the selection of your audio format. It is better to use the MP3 audio codec, which should be standard on your editor.
Take the output of your video file as .mov or .mp4 and before you move further it is time to have the preview of your video file. It should look nice. If you are satisfied with the outcome, go ahead with uploading your video. After your video is uploaded to the servers of YouTube it can take up to an hour or so to get actually published on the site. As YouTube formats your file and encodes it for their flash streaming. This process is fully automatic. Now all of your efforts would produce a real gem a really optimized video that looks better than others.
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Run and Grab Your FREE Copy of Camtasia 3- No Kidding
November 26, 2007
One of the features we are going to be utilizing more at DotComPreneur.com and our other web sites is screencasting, or web videos. One of the leaders in software for capturing screenshots and creating tutorial videos is Camtasia.
They are unveiling the new version Camtasia Version 5 but for a limited time, you can install the older Camtasia Version 3 (a $ 300 value) free of charge. I just downloaded mine. Click here to download Camtasia Version 3 for free and when you’re done, Click here to request a registration key
Version 3 does not have all of the features of the brand new Version 5, but you will have the opportunity to upgrade for a discounted price if you decide you need the new features. This is only available for PC users.
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Podcasting for Profit - 3 Ways to Generate an Income Through Audio or Video Podcasts
November 13, 2007
There are dozens of ways podcasters are earning an income through audio and video podcasting beyond advertising and sponsorship. Discover how you can podcast for profit using 3 methods - direct, indirect and integrated.
Direct Method = Tools to use to monetize your podcast content
You would get paid for playing an audio advertisement, for mentioning a product, for selling your premium content or by asking your audience for a donation. While having an audience is a key ingredient to how much you can charge, you’re making money from directly selling your content to others or asking others to subsidize the cost of producing your podcast content.
Examples of the direct method are:
Advertising
Sponsorship
Tip Jars
Donations
Premium Content
Paid Subscriptions
Licensing
Selling Archived Content
Grants
Indirect Method = Opportunities that help you monetize your podcast knowledge and skills
You would make money by being hired to speak or teach others about podcasting. Whether you get a book deal or sign a TV contract, whether you lead a workshop or speak in front of an audience, you are making money indirectly from podcasting simply because your skills and expertise is in hot demand.
Examples of the indirect method are:
Speaking Engagements
Book or Music Deals
Presentations
Consulting
Teaching
Job Opportunities
Movie or TV Contracts
Integrated Method = Techniques to monetize your audience by turning them into customers
You use your podcast to generate leads and turn your audience into paying customers. This is especially effective for those who sell products and services and need a way to turn that valuable podcast audience into clients.
Examples of the integrated method are:
Affiliate Marketing
Selling Services
Selling Products
Selling Memberships
List Building
Contests / Surveys
Merchandise
Leesa Barnes teaches insider tips on how to use podcasts to open doors, generate leads and make more-money. Leesa has helped hundreds of businesses worldwide make money podcasting using her simple seven step process. If you want to learn how to generate an income using a podcast, visit http://www.leesabarnesbooktour.com to download 2 free chapters of Leesa’s book, Podcasting for Profit.
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