Friday, April 21, 2006

Time to talk about making some money

It's been a while since I last posted to my blog, simply because I've been up to my neck in work. So far this year I've taken on 11 new clients and I'm involved in 3 new joint venture projects. Because I've been burning the candle at both ends recently, I've taken on some extra help to cope with the publishing side of my business (anglox), which for some reason has become a real bustle of activity in recent months.

So what's happening? Well, firstly there's obviously many more people interested in making money online. And secondly, they're doing it by creating their own unique products, which is great!

Here's a few examples of some of my new client's products:

1. An ebook explaining how to earn a six-figure income from other people's property. This is a fabulous product, which has been written by a property consultant based in the UK. He's selling around 10 books a week but could easily increase this number to 20, if he could just sort out his marketing. I'm working on a strategy for him, which will include articles, PPC and offline ads.

2. An Internet Marketing course for beginners. This is a JV and I've been extremely busy writing up the modules, the sales letter for the website and the ad campaign. This online training course will cover just about every conceivable aspect of marketing, from designing a website and creating products to exploiting the ever increasing niche markets.

3. Another JV I'm involved in is a 'Buy Property in Spain' project. The attraction here is the large commission payouts, which run into 4 figures for just one completed deal. The goal is to complete 4 deals a month. I wish I had got involved in this project much earlier, although it looks as if there's still a considerable market for overseas investment and retirement properties.

4. One of the main topical interests of the moment is the worldwide spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. My client has been quick to seize on the fears of infection by producing a survival guide. This particular guide is geared towards a UK market only. We carried out a marketing test soon after a dead swan was found in Scotland, which was confirmed to have had the H5N1 virus. Within 3 days, the website received over 1000 unique visitors and a few sales were made. The project has now been put on the 'back-burner' until another outbreak in the UK has been confirmed.

5. A new client from the US contacted me and asked if I was interested in writing a health book for him. The 50 page book was duly written and submitted for approval in both MS Word and pdf formats. He then asked if I could write a sales letter for his website, which I did. It turns out that he didn't actually have a website yet, so my team designed and constructed a site for him. And arranged for a domain, plus hosting and a full SEO campaign together with a full marketing plan. Basically we did the lot! And now we're discussing the next venture.

My work as a copywriter and Internet marketer can be quite varied, which means there's never a dull moment as I'm kept continually on my toes. The upside to this situation is that I'm always looking to find the very latest marketing strategy for my clients and my own online businesses.

Over the coming weeks I'm going to reveal some of my findings right here in this blog. I promise you it will be riveting stuff!

In the meantime, and due to endless 'cries for help', here's a few suggestions about making money online. These are for anyone looking to set up an online income stream, full-time or part-time, and can be operated from their own home office.

My first suggestion is to try our very own Publishing business opportunity. Becoming a home publisher has never been so easy and the profits are endless. The products don't cost anything and you get to keep 100% of the profits. Here's a link to the affiliate version, which means you will not only make some easy money from operating the system, but you can also make 50% profit from reselling it to others. A real win-win opportunity. License2Profit.

To sell anything successfully online, you'll need to master the art of writing effective sales and ad copy. If it was that easy, I'd be out of a job. But to help you understand the principles of this extremely important marketing aspect, I've written a very useful guide (Word Power). It comes with resale rights, so again here's another opportunity to make some money by reselling it to others.

For anyone looking for easy work at home jobs and other great products and services, check out the wide selection offered by Jack the Reaper.

Hope you find something useful among this lot.

Until next time.

Bill Knight
www.knight-writer.co.uk