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How to Get Your Blog Published on Amazon’s Kindle

By Merle in Featured

When Oprah announced on her show that she “LOVES” Amazon’s Kindle, millions of people rushed out to get one. First introduced in 2007, the “Kindle” is Amazon’s electronic replacement for books. It’s a portable, wireless device that allows you to download books, magazines, newspapers, even blogs instantly and take them with you anywhere.

Since the Kindle can hold over 1,500 books, that’s like carrying around an entire library in the palm of your hand.

The wireless connection is built in and provided at no charge by Amazon. There’s also a built in browser for viewing websites and reading emails.

Amazon’s Kindle Store has over 230,000 ebooks to download, plus U.S. and International newspapers, magazines, even blogs. Almost all of the ebooks sell for $9.99 or less. The latest model is a larger more improved Kindle DX which was made available this year. Boosting a bigger screen and longer battery life, it can even read to you out loud. Now that makes for a nice bedtime story. It also holds over 3,500 books and sells for about $489.00.

The Kindle can also display PDF’s which you can transfer from your computer with a USB cable. The older versions of the Kindle could read PDF’s and Word documents, but they had to be emailed to Amazon first to convert them to a format readable by the Kindle. This option is still available as well.

So what does all this mean to you? Well, if you’re a blog publisher you can now publish your blogs in the Kindle Store where users can subscribe to them for a monthly fee. This is a great way to make some money and increase your subscriber base all at the same time.

First you’ll need to go to http://kindlepublishing.amazon.com to set up an account and submit your blogs for approval. Once approved your Blog “goes live” in the Kindle Store within 12 to 48 hours.

The Kindle gives the user full text and images from the blogs they are subscribed to, which unlike an RSS feed only gives you the headlines.

When submitting your blog for approval here’s the information you’ll need:

• Blog Title
• Blog Tagline
• Description
• Image from top of your blog (banner or masthead)
• Screenshot of your blog (optional)
• Posting Frequency

It’s really pretty simple to get your blogs listed.

So how does the payment process work? Good question, nice to see you’re paying attention. You’ll be paid 30% of the monthly blog subscription price. Amazon sets the price, not you. It’s priced on what they think is a “fair value” for their customers. For example, my two blogs were set at $0.99 a month.

All blog subscriptions are free for the first 14 days. Then they’re billed at the monthly subscription price. Blogs are wirelessly updated throughout the day.

You’ll be paid by check or EFT, your choice. Electronic Funds Transfer has no charge, but if you opt for a paper check and live in the U.S. you’ll have an $8.00 fee attached. Payments are sent once your earnings reach $50.00.

If you publish a blog I’d strongly encourage you to get it listed in Amazon’s Kindle Store. It won’t cost you a thing but a few minutes of your time and makes for great free exposure..

By Merle- The pay-per-click Authority when it comes to paid search engine advertising. With helpful articles, how-to’s and tips that will help you make the most from your advertising investment. Download a FREE “How To” ebook by subscribing to our ezine at http://www.PayPerClickResearch.com

The $7 Product – Myth, Reality, Or Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

By Mike Adams in Featured

You may have noticed the explosion of $7 products and the $7 script phenomenon. You could hardly miss it!

This all started when a well-known marketer released an ebook in which he contended that $7 was the perfect price point for impulse buys. He claimed that if a product was $7 or below, people were more likely to buy because the price was in the ballpark of what they would pay for other impulse buys, like going out for lunch. And of course he then released a $7 script designed to sell things for, you guessed it, $7.

The next thing you knew, products that were previously selling for $19.95 or $27 were selling for $7. $7 products were everywhere.

Now most direct marketers will tell you that if you that if you have a good offer and good copy, you are usually better off selling for more rather than less. Logically, it makes more sense to sell a $97 product than a $7 product. Theoretically it’s the same amount of work.

I have noticed though, at least with my lists, that there really does seem to be a dramatic increase in sales when the product is priced at $7 or under. I often get as much as an 8% conversion or more at $7 compared to a 1-3% conversion at $27. That seems weird to me. After all, $27 isn’t really a huge price tag either in today’s economy. But with that difference in conversion, a product may actually produce more dollars in total sales at a $7 price point than at a $27 price point!

So is there really something magical about the $7 price point? I think there is. But I think it’s the magic of expectations. You see, so many people bought into the $7 phenomenon that tons of products were released for $7 each. So it’s become a self-fulfilling prophecy. People are used to seeing ebooks priced at $7, and even collections of multiple ebooks priced at $7.

People are so used to it that when they receive an offer priced at more than $7, they subconsciously feel like it is overpriced. They could be getting 30 ebooks of 100 pages each for $27 – less than $1 per ebook. The problem is that with so many people selling things for $7, it starts to feel like a bad deal whenever the price of anything is more than $7, even though logically they would never expect to be able to purchase books so inexpensively in a bookstore.

I have noticed that even at $9, conversions can drop precipitously. There can be much more of a change than one would expect with only a $2 difference. After noticing this repeatedly, I can only assume that the $7 phenomenon has become an expectation, a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So the question becomes what to do about the $7 phenomenon now that it has become such an expectation. The easy way out is to just price things at $7. And I must admit that I often do that, as it makes for easy fast sales. But I don’t always do that, because I’m not sure it’s good to feed the expectation of such a low price point. Most good products really are worth more than $7.

Maybe it’s time that someone comes out with a report extolling the magic of the $97 price point! After all, I would much rather be getting an 8% conversion at $97 per sale than $7 per sale, wouldn’t you?

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Mike Adams is the owner of Gigantic Resale Rights. Looking for tons of resale products to feed your $7 (or $97) sales? Get all of the resale rights products you will ever need with a membership at Gigantic Resale Rights.

Gift Horses, Scrooges And The Small Child Within (The Simple Marketing Power Of Promotional Gifts)

By Titus Hoskins in Featured

Internet marketing techniques have always fascinated me. For years I have been searching for the most effective tools and methods for marketing in this so-called Internet Age. What tools, what methods should an Internet marketer be using to bring in the most traffic and the most sales?

Since becoming a full-time online marketer around four years ago, that question has taken on much more significance because my very livelihood depends upon it. Not only that, discovering the most effective marketing tools and methods has really become my full-time job. It’s what I do!

How to Create Ebooks and Avoid Writers Block While Doing So

By Cory Threlfall in Featured

There are many different forms of online writing assignments which web content producers take on these days. Ranging anywhere from one page articles to academic papers of 100 pages or more, there is a wealth of opportunities available to web content writers. One type of web content production which more and more individuals are expressing an interest in is ebooks. For those who are new to the topic of ebooks and are curious how to create ebooks while fending off any potential episodes of writers block, the following will provide some helpful hints on the subject.

Write About a Subject Which Is Not Too Obscure

One of the ways in which writers block can strike an ebook writer is when the individual chooses a topic which is simply too obscure in nature. Perhaps the topic is so new that it hasn’t been published that often or perhaps it is simply something which many are not that interested in. This is not to say that you should choose a topic which is overtly mainstream, simply keep the fact in mind that obscure topics may lead to writers block and frustration throughout the process.

Brainstorm Prior to Writing the Ebook

When wondering how to create ebooks without being susceptible to writers block you should keep the tip in mind that brainstorming prior to starting to write the book is a wise idea. By brainstorming about your topic and taking notes on your findings, you will discover that you have a wealth of information right at your fingertips. Should you ever come to a lull in the writing process, simply take out your notes and continue with the writing.

Read Up on the Subject

The more information you have when you are creating an ebook the less likely you are to experience writers block. Therefore, when wondering how to create ebooks without the nagging episodes of writers block, remember to read up on the subject matter both before and during the writing process. Having new ideas in your head and really knowing the truth behind your topic will help you to avoid writers block. With that said, you should always produce an original ebook yet gather pertinent information to give you a good background on your ebook topic.

When You Think of New Information, Write It Down

Some individuals who write ebooks have to be at their computer desk in order to construct new ideas and subject matter for their virtual book. On the other hand, creativity may strike others at any time. For the latter group of individuals, it is extremely important to stop what you are doing immediately and write down your ideas once they come to you. This will help to provide you with fresh and pertinent ebook material and prevent you from becoming the victim of writers block while sitting at your desk.

No matter whether you are lying in bed at night or shopping in a store when an ebook subject matter idea strikes you, try to find a pen and paper in order to write down your thoughts. This will pay off in the long run should you find that writers block occurs and you are unsure of what to write.

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Using Rebrandable Ebooks to Build Your Opt-In List

By Willie Crawford in Featured

Webmasters and ezine publishers scramble daily to find fresh content on hot topics for their websites and ezines. They want to give, or sell, this information to their insatiable audiences.

Knowledge grows exponentially, and there is a huge demand for the latest of that knowledge to be summarized into digestible pieces. Ebooks are a great way to distribute that information while creating a list-building virus.

Ebooks are big with website owners and ezine publishers. They have a much higher perceived value that just articles although ebook are often little more than collections of articles.

How To Make Money On The Internet By Selling Ebooks Of Your Own

By admin in Featured

It is incredible what lengths people will go to in an attempt to have success online without using any of their own ideas or products.

People are willing to go out of their way to buy pre-made web sites, purchase or find free ebooks to promote, and place affiliate links on their site to sell other people’s products. But if you really want to make money on the internet, try selling ebooks of your own.

I discovered this very fact out for myself. Much like many other entrepreneurs on the internet, I was moving along ok and making a few bucks here and there, but I certainly was not making the BIG bucks.

And that is when I realized what all of the top internet marketers were doing!

If you pay attention closely to some of the top internet marketers, you will notice that they all have their own products and ebooks to promote. i.e. They are all selling ebooks of their own.

There is no secret to their success. They were willing to put in the time to create fresh and enticing products.

There are far too many sites on the internet that have created duplicate content that is written in different wording. Unfortunately, most internet surfers can identify the same content that has been slightly altered. But if you can create something new, something that nobody else has touched on, or give a subject a different slant, you can have success.

There is nothing wrong with taking an idea that has already been created and going in a different direction with it. In fact, this can give people a different view of the topic. But the important thing is that you include new information and fresh tips and techniques on how to do something. If you can do this, you will sell ebooks that can bring you in a very tasty second (or even main) income.

Once you have ebooks and info products of your own, you can open up a whole new world of internet marketing. These are your ideas you can promote meaning nobody else has touched on them in just the same way. There are not hundreds of other people already approaching the idea in the same way as you are. But eventually there could be hundreds of other people promoting and selling YOUR ebook.

It is a completely different story once you have people promoting and selling ebooks for you because you are getting the credit.

Selling ebooks that are not yours can be difficult because you are selling other people’s ideas. It certainly is not easy coming up with fresh ideas and creating an ebook, but it is far more rewarding and much easier to sell.

So the secret behind selling ebooks is writing your own first. While it can be difficult creating your own ebook, (unless you have a good teacher), it can be even more difficult to sell someone else’s.

Save yourself the trouble and gain more recognition by writing and selling your own ebook.

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