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Apr 29 2008

Does Your Book Get the Attention the Author Deserves?

We live in an attention economy today. There is no doubt about it.. so much information, you’ll never keep up.

For your book to stand out, you need to do something more than YELL THE LOUDEST.. no, yelling usually doesn’t work and is annoying.

The secret is.. we all really want more information. There are readers out there that want what your book offers, if only they knew about you and how the book fulfills their perception of needs and want.

Many author come to us hoping that our blast to millions of readers will click, and in fact, a few million emails sent to opt in readers of other newsletters and blog will get you to the best seller lists. However, the vast majority of reader will not get that day’s email blast.. they don’t subscribe or don’t resonate with the message.

But they do want to read, learn, grow, solve problems or enjoy your book.

So how do you reach them?

Go where they are looking for information. Hundreds of thousands a day are joining social networks, millions are sending text messages (to each other.. please don’t spam us) and having conversations on Twitter.com, Utterz.com and many others.

“But I looked at Twitter and just don’t get it”

Joining a online community is not like buying an ad. You can’t just place a message and hope that the phone rings. (and today, who has time for more phone calls<g>)

Think of these communities like a party. If you go to the event, stand in the corner and wonder why you aren’t invited to dance, you probablly won’t due as well as the people that get involved in the conversations already going on.

Here’s how to get involved quickly and find out if the conversation is right for you…

First off, accept the fact that not every party (social network) will work for you. But you won’t know until  you try.

I’m going to use Twitter.com as an example here because it’s so easy to join, use, and extend through technology. If you have a cell phone, laptop or public terminal handy, you can send a “tweet” (that’s a 140 character or less.. 10 to 15 words) that tells your followers what’s up.

  1. Join the network http://Twitter.com
  2. Find some people to interact with.. Use http://Twitter.com/warrenwhitlock to follow me. All you do is look for that box under my photo that says FOLLOW and click it.
  3. Likely many people in your address book use Twitter.

Written by Warren Whitlock · Categorized: blogging, internet training, networking, online promotion · Tagged: author promotion, social networking, twitter.com

Apr 15 2008

The $1 Offer. Is it Too Good To Be True?

I’ve been profiling the new deal and promotion of millionaire author Matt Back and recommending you give $1 to Habitats For Humanity while receiving access to all the materials of Matt’s $5500.00 course on Internet Lead Generation and Marketing.

Naturally, the question comes up.. Is this too good to be true?  Why would someone give away a course that was selling well?

Has Matt really lost his mind?

The offer page here has a 57 second video that explains Matt’s motivation. But is that all?

I think anyone can guess that a 30 year old entrepreneur likely has plans beyond this. Read his page, and you will see that he still has a monthly newsletter and other products. In fact, he throws in a monthly complimentary subscription, knowing that most people who get it will want to continue to receive the cutting edge marketing and promotion strategies he shares.

Successful authors know that any income from the first book or information product that you buy is only a small part of running a successful business based on your book. We know that people like free samples and pack as much powerful information as we can into those samples.. knowing that it’s an powerful introduction to who they are and what they do.

What about you?

Do you have a business model where know the real lifetime value of each new reader?

Calculating the average life time value of readers using this simple equation. Take the total sales from a group of readers, with your best estimate for the time they will keep purchasing if you take good care of them. Then divide that number by the number of books sold (or readers added to a subscription list).

When you know the lifetime value, you can do some very interesting promotions. You can likely afford to pay more than your competition for advertising, you can add bonuses with real value and increase customer service.. knowing that when you take better care of new readers, they will be even more likely to stick around and buy again.

Best of all, no matter how obvious this common sense advice sounds, MOST authors and businesses don’t know their lifetime value numbers. They are left to guess on what they should spend, get scared about marketing costs, and cut corners on customer service and become easy to beat.

I’ve watched Matt Bacak’s customer service over the years. I have seen him buy $50 steak dinners for 50 strangers at a conference (Hs sales at that conference were through the roof). I’ve been to his office and seen the elaborate fulfillment and customer service systems he’s set up. Last month, I joined 132 of Matt’s happy client for a bonus refreshers course. Sitting at dinner with them (Matt’s treat of course) I heard story after story of their successes.

I’d imagine that there are nay sayers who think that all marketers are trying to pull something, but I’d rather look at successful models and find role models that can help you build your own information empire around your book. Whenever I watch Matt use the same principles that I teach every day, I learn something new because he’s a master of implementing simple marketing strategies that can grow your business rapidly.

So please, go take a look at Matt’s promotion. Spend a buck and see all the details behind the curtain. If you decide you don’t totally love the newsletter, I can guarantee you that you can drop it and never spend another dime.

My bet is that you will see at least several ideas that will turn into profits.

My guess is that you will be like me.

What do you think? Take a look at the promoiton now and post a comment.

Written by Warren Whitlock · Categorized: book marketing, internet marketing, internet training, make money online · Tagged: author training, average customer value, book business, information marketing, internet marketing, matt bacak

Apr 14 2008

Get a Millionaire’s Wealth System For Authors.. Now Just #1?

I’ve been telling you about Matt Bacak, the millionaire who build his business teaching the principles in his first book (which we made into a best seller).

Now Matt gone crazy.. I think he’s really flipped

Watch the video on this page to see what I mean

In my opinion, with all the content he added to the course, and with the popularity growing as more and more authors wanted to learn Matt’s system.. Matt should have raised his price to $7500 to get an author online.

Instead, he just announced that he’s giving it way!

Okay, technically, he’s not giving it away. You have to pay a dollar that he is giving to charity (Habitats for Humanity)

This can’t last for long. Matt giving away a $5500 course for $1. Grab it now while you can

Technorati Tags: wealth system, internet training, make money online, book marketing

Written by Warren Whitlock · Categorized: book marketing, internet marketing, internet training, make money online, online promotion · Tagged: internet training, make money online, matt bacak, online marketing

Feb 10 2008

All Your Wildest Dreams Come True on the Internet

The interwebz explained.

Fax us your email address now.

Written by Warren Whitlock · Categorized: book marketing, internet marketing, internet training, make money online · Tagged: email, internet scams, newbie, online marketing

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