Unlike other months, I'll be doing another free Q&A call-in on Thursday, July 17th, at 8:00 pm Eastern, 5:00 pm Pacific time. Log-in to listen via the web at: http://www.InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=3492057.
Phone number to dial for both calls: 218-486-3696 Use this conference ID for both calls: 2092800#
Note: I do these free call-in days as a service. They replace the free consulting I've done in the past answering questions over the phone or via email. Use these times to ask book marketing and book publishing questions of me rather than calling me or emailing me with questions (unless, of course, you want a consulting session). For details on my consulting services, see http://www.bookmarket.com/consulting.htm.
Want to know about how to sell books and other products with a soft sell approach rather than a crass hard-sell approach? Then check out the Soft Topic/Soft Sell Copywriting Secrets teleconference on Thursday, June 18th at 5:30 p.m. Pacific, 8:30 p.m. Eastern. The cost is only $10.00.
If you were to get 10 million eyeballs to see, hear, or learn about you, your book, or your website, here are a few of the things that would happen:
1. The Alexa rank for your website would jump from wherever it is to somewhere in the top 150,000 sites in the world (out of more than 150 million sites and counting).
2. You will get from 60,000 to 200,000 unique visitors to your website every month. Some months your traffic would spike to half a million to a million unique visitors.
3. Based on that many visitors, even if you only convert 1/10 of 1% to customers, that's 60 to 200 sales per month. For a $20 book, that means income of $1,200 to $4,000 per month.
4. Even if you don't sell one book or any services, you will receive $500 to $10,000 every month from Google for AdSense and display ads.
5. If you decide to sell display ads directly to companies that want to reach your visitors, you should be able to generate $300 to $1,000 per page per month from display ads. The richer your website is in content, the more you'll make in ad income.
If you attend one of my Ten Million Eyeball Events in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, or Atlanta -- and follow my advice -- I guarantee that you will generate at least 10 million eyeballs in the next two years and could easily generate 5 to 10 million eyeballs every month within a year or less.
The NW Association of Book Publishers is offering a series of classes for those interested in publishing - but don't know where to start. The classes will focus on the marketing aspects of producing a book. Topics will include: Publishing models, the business of publishing, the 4 P's of marketing, social networking, selling on the Internet, extending your product line and more.
Classes are being held on three Saturday's over the next several months at the Red Lion Jantzen Beach in Portland, Oregon. Various package prices are listed on their website starting at just $39 for NWABP members and $59 for non-members. See http://www.nwabp.org for more information.
Joy Chudacoff, founder of Smart Women Smart Solutions, is hosting a free one-hour teleseminar on the 5 Secrets Every Smart Woman Needs to Know to Double Her Business Growth.
Date: Thursday, April 24 Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Eastern
According to a recent report by JPMorgan, revenue from Internet search ads is expected to reach $30.5 billion in 2008. Global search revenue could rise to $60 billion by 2011.
Have you started using Google AdWords or Yahoo! Search Marketing to advertise your website, ideas, books, causes, etc.? If not, maybe it's time you did.
Many of you might know of Armand Morin's success in producing and selling tons of information products and services, including many that I use in running my Internet marketing business. I can't wait to get his new Information Marketing Explained product myself. It is going to be loaded with information.
For just a hint of what it will contain, read this free PDF book: The Obvious Truth by Armand Morin. This free book outlines the 16 basic and easy steps to building an income-generating Internet-based business.
During this free teleseminar, I gave recommendations on what online and offline services and resources would be best for you and your book. If you want to do publicity, carry out a full-scale Internet marketing campaign, sell your book to a larger publisher, sell to catalogs, or whatever you want to do in marketing your books, I showed where you can get the resources you need to sell the most books.
As part of my normal birthday celebration, I always give lots of stuff away. 21 people received bonus prizes just for listening to this free teleseminar. For details on this seminar and the free prizes that were given away, see http://www.bookmarket.com/birthday.htm.
Randy Moss had a really cool look during the post-game news conference yesterday. I love the look. Not one I could pull off, but one I wish I could. I'm just not a Superman like he is, so he deserves to wear a Superman hoodie.
Meanwhile, check out these two hot sites (both my hobby sites):
Alex Carroll will be hosting a teleseminar on Monday, January 14, at 6:00 p.m. Pacific with Judith Shervin on Bridging Heart and Marketing -- all about soft sell marketing.
If your book or message fall into any of the self-improvement, inspirational or mind/ body/spirit genres, you cannot afford to miss this call. And even if they don't, you still need to hear this message. It will shape the future of all marketing.
Here's the call-in info: 620-294-4000; PIN: 222078#.
Bridging Heart and Marketing is the first-ever soft-sell Internet marketing conference, on February 22, 23, and 24 at the Westin, LAX (that's right next to the Los Angeles Airport). If you've always felt uncomfortable with hard sell conferences, you'll like this conference which shows how you can triple your income with a soft-sell approach.
Besides Judith Sherven and Jim Sniechowski, the organizers, the faculty include Mike Filsaime, Scott Martineau, Jody Colvard, Beth Davis, Donna Fox, and Tom Justin. Even their sales letter page is more soft-sell than most I've seen. Check it out at: http://www.bookmarket.com/softsell.htm.
Listen to this great song from my friend, Tim Peterson: The Angel Song. He's not a great singer, but he is a great songwriter. I wish him all the best.
Listen to this great song from my friend, Tim Peterson: The Angel Song. This is the first video that I've posted to YouTube. Well, it's a beginning. I do wish Tim all the best in getting this song produced and sung by a star.
Here are a few new PDF reports that I've added recently to the FreeBooksForAll.com website. These are really neat reports worth looking at if you want to market wisely via the Internet.
As an NFL fan, I have to say one of the best games of the past ten years was last night's game where the New England Patriots and New York Giants played their hearts out for what is a so-called meaningless game. Thank you for a great game.
On the other hand, I hope the Indianapolis Colts bite the dust in their first playoff game for playing such a paltry, paltry game. They deserve to lose right away. And if the gods of football are fair, they will destroy the Colts in their first playoff game.
I really hate seeing any team give away a game the way the Colts did. If I were the Tennessee Titans and had any pride left, I'd give the Cleveland Browns the last playoff spot.
The Dallas Cowboys also phoned in their game, but at least they played some of their starters through more of the game. Still sad. I do hope that the Cowboys also lose right away.
I wish you a happy new year. But if you fail to celebrate the new year on January 1st, you have more than 100 other new year's days you can celebrate. For details on those, see http://www.celebratetoday.com/newyears.html.
On Thursday, December 6th, Steve Harrison, publisher of the Radio-TV Interview Report, will be hosting two free 90-minute teleseminars on how to have ten times more success as an author in 2008 than you ever dreamed was possible. One call will be at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Pacific. The second call will be at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, 4:00 p.m. Pacific.
The most important New Year's Resolution to make if you want to be a (more) successful author. It's a surprisingly simple habit shared by all the bestselling authors I've known.
The specific strategy 99% of authors never even consider but which has turned books including The Christmas Box, The Celestine Prophecy and The Wealthy Barber into mega-bestsellers.
Why the traditional approach to marketing books is fatally flawed.
A promotional technique which made The Purpose-Driven Life a New York Times Bestseller -- and how you can do it too.
How to become a Million Dollar Author by using the strategies of the top 3% of authors and book promoters.
The one simple strategy that's helped one self-published author sell more than 4 million books and how you can use it too.
A clever way to use Google to get publicity almost automatically.
How to quickly go from feeling overwhelmed and confused to total clarity about your book publishing and marketing strategy.
The hidden skill that bestselling authors develop that has nothing to do with the quality of their writing and which often separates them from all the rest.
How you can make a six-figure income from your book even if you only sell 10,000 copies and never appear on Oprah (not that you shouldn't try!).
This hall of fame honors the pioneer spirit of women who helped to shape the west, from cowgirls and ranch women to writers, artists, teachers, and ntertainers.
Begun in 1955, it has inducted more than 145 honorees, including Enid Justin, Annie Oakley, Sacagawea, Georgia O'Keeffe, Dale Evans, Patsy Cline, Henrietta King, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nellie Cashman, Terry Stuart Forst, Kalyn Brooks, Patsy Montana, Elaine Kramer, Mary Jo Milner, Sandra Day O'Connor, Cynthia Ann Parker, Donna Howell-Sickles, Nellie Snyder Yost, Willa Cather, Texas Rose Bascom, and Alice Van Springsteen.
Address: National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, 1720 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107; 817-336-4475; 800-476-3263; Fax: 817-336-2470. Web: http://www.cowgirl.net.
Originally built in 1880, the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad is a narrow-gauge steam railroad that runs through some of the most scenic country in the United States: northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The train travels from Chama, New Mexico to Antonito, Colorado. It is America's longest and highest narrow gauge railroad.
All trains stop for lunch at Osier, Colorado — roughly the mid-point of the railroad — where a hot meal with salad bar and homemade desserts is included in the fare.
During the winter holidays, the railroad runs the Cinder Bear Christmas Express.
At the National Submarine Memorial Wall of Honor, granite stones display the names of each of the 52 submarines lost in World War II and list the date, place, and names of each sailor who was lost on board these submarines.
These granite stones are engraved with the submarine name and number, date lost, location, patrol number, how sunk, and how many valiant submariners of the U.S. Navy gave their lives onboard.
On September 2, 1994, a Wall of Honor, containing the 3,617 names of the submariners lost during World War II, was dedicated.
Address: National Submarine Monument. Near the point where Bridge Street runs into Thames in Groton, Connecticut, just south of the Gold Star I-95 Bridge, is the USS Flasher National Submarine Monument.
IronStone Vineyards, a Sierra foothill winery and entertainment complex, features great wines, a pipe organ, and a Heritage Museum that houses a 44-pound crystalline gold leaf specimen — the world's largest gold nugget.
