Reminder – Monetize Your Content

When it comes to publishing content, many of us just get stuck in publishing mode. We keep publishing content because it’s supposed to help us grow our businesses. And you bet it can do that.

However, even though content itself is very important, it can’t grow your business without the help of a monetization strategy.

Most of us know this, but we often forget. Or we get lazy. Or we just figure we can get back to it later.

So with that in mind… Read more…

Content That Actually Sells Stuff

As you know, content can serve a lot of different purposes. It can showcase your expertise, generate traffic, serve as a relationship-builder and so much more. As a reader of this blog, we’re pretty sure we don’t have to tell you this.

But one thing we really hope from our content is that it helps us directly increase our sales. While all strategically created content can help us grow our businesses, there are certain types of content that lend themselves best to actually selling products and that’s what we want to talk about today.

Here are 5 ideas for you… Read more…

A Copy Conversion Checklist

Want your content and copy to produce more subscribers and customers?

Here’s a quick checklist that might come in handy.

It’s an excerpt from one the checklists at DIYplr.com and we thought it might come in handy for you as well.

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4 Things You Need to Know to Make Content Build Your Business

I always fancied myself to be a writer. Teachers  told my parents I wrote great stories and poems. I even won an award once. I got A’s in English and in my Grade 12 Creative Writing class. I even got mad at my teacher when I got a B on a particular short story. How dare she?!

You might be a great writer too, but is it really enough to build a business around?

Maybe. Maybe not if you don’t have additional skills to go with that writing talent. See, making a living publishing your own content isn’t quite the same as writing stories for class or articles for the school newspaper. I wish it was, but it just doesn’t work that way.

If you want to make a real go of this, here are 4 thing you need to know to make content work for you… Read more…

Why Selling Early Might Make Sense

The other day I was talking to one of our 30-Minute Bootcamp students (she’s a great student, by the way…asks lots of good questions and takes plenty of action) and I gave her some advice on how to start making money from her list more quickly.

She told me that she had been approaching things from the point of view that if she gave tons at first, she’d be in a better position to sell them something later. I think it’s advice that is given a lot online and I also believe that advice can definitely work. After all, giving can create a stronger bond between subscriber and publisher, plus it fosters an environment of sharing and spreading the word about what you have to offer.

Well, I think you can have the best of both worlds in a way that is manageable and very profitable… Read more…

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