Yes I have made my first purchase with my hard earned cash! (I cashed my first cheque today) venetian-masks.net Yup I’m hitting the venetian masks market – bit of a niche huh? I thought I’d start with something easy to practice my SEO skills. I didn’t think I could find an affilliate product for this [...]
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1st Cheque Arrives
- March 24, 2009
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So my first cheque has arrived – woop woop! The amount is for $72.38 I can’t really buy much with that, so I’ve decided to invest it and use my “skills” to make the investment grow. My idea is to: 1. Choose an topic to create a website about 2. Find an affiliate product to [...]
Using Twitter to keep up to speed
- March 22, 2009
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Twitter is amazingly fast when it comes to reporting major World events, examples include the Mumbai terrorist attack and when Lance Armstrong fell of his bike and broke his collar bone. Both examples resulted in the larger part of the Twitter community finding out before the media could report on it – it really is [...]
Facebook Ad Campaign – No Money :(
- March 22, 2009
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So I created myself a Facebook ad campaign, hoping to bring in more buyers for my book. Unfortunately it was a big disaster – my CTR was 0.17%!!! I got one click in total, I doubted that I would get a good conversion rate so I axed the campaign. So now my total is down [...]
Pay Day!!! IM Balance: £3.84
- March 17, 2009
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Well it turns out someone bought something from Lulu, so they sent me my money! £3.84! I’m still waiting for a few more weeks to request my cheque from CreateSpace – as I’m being charged $8.
How to Choose the Subject of Your Next Self Published Book
- March 14, 2009
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/tagging/cloud Basically its the info behind the demand on Amazon – I’m sure it could be very useful if you are trying to decide on what type of book to write…
Slight Cheating – But not…
- March 14, 2009
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I’ve realised I have slightly cheated on this whole concept, so I’m going to explain myself and also show why I can justify it. When writing the book I had a number of costs: I had to pay to get my proof copy of my book printed and delivered to me in the UK – [...]
Update On Progress $131.60
- March 14, 2009
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So I tried to get accepted for that affiliate, but unfortunately I didn’t – so I’m still waiting on a new affiliate product to sell. In the meantime I’ve sold more books, I’ve sold around 22 books now, and I’ve got $131.60 to play with. I was speaking to a friend of mine at work, [...]
Call of Duty Book Hits 19 Sold Copies
- March 9, 2009
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I know its not many, but its not my family or friends buying them (thank god)! So I’ve sold 19 copies, 2 are with Lulu – which means I won’t get the money from them, the rest are with createspace, totalling $118.86 so far. Not bad, unfortunately I get charged $8 for requiring it in [...]
