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Make a name for yourself as a freelance writer or other business professional in 2008 by accepting the quarterly Lieurance-King Article Challenges, and build your platform all year long. Not sure it's for you? Click here to read the FAQ.

Our current article challenge, the Lieurance-King New Year's Article Challenge, began January 17, 2008. Listen to a free teleseminar about how to succeed with article marketing with Suzanne, Kristen, and Jeff Herring, The Article Guy.

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Feb 07

Recording of Last Night’s Teleseminar on Monetizing Your Articles

Information products, Ebooks, Building your platform, Monetization, Article Marketing, Article writing tips, Teleseminar, Article challenge, Special offer1 Comment

Teleseminar on Monetizing Your ArticlesLast night’s teleseminar with Jeff Herring was fantastic. We had a nice group with some good questions, and I think we all learned a lot. I know I did!

Highlights

  • Direct and indirect ways to make money with your articles
  • Three methods for creating an e-book
  • Turning e-books into teleseminars and e-courses
  • Overall tips for success in article marketing

Listen to the recording or download it to save for later. Be sure to stay to the end for a special offer from Jeff!

Thanks again to all who turned out. I hope we’ll see you at the next teleseminar!

And if you’re not yet signed up for the New Year’s edition of the LK Article Challenge, which runs to the end of the month, there’s still time. Just enter your info at in the handy-dandy form at the top of the page and you’ll be all set.

- kk

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Feb 04

Free Teleseminar on Monetizing Your Article Marketing, Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST

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Free Teleseminar on Monetizing Your ArticlesLadies, gentlemen, children of all ages, please join us Wednesday night at 9 p.m. EST for a free teleseminar by article marketing expert Jeff Herring for the LK Article Challenge. Jeff will discuss ways to monetize your article marketing efforts.

Name: "Turning Your Articles into Cash: The Top 7 Ways to Monetize Your Articles"

Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at 9 p.m. EST

From Jeff: I’ll talk about how many people will tell you how you cannot make money with your articles and I’ll then show you just how wrong they are. With both indirect and direct ways to monetize your articles, you can generate multiple streams of article income.

To register: E-mail Kristen with your name and your time zone, and check your e-mail for an official invitation with dial-in instructions. Be sure to RSVP so I can make sure we have enough phone lines reserved!

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Feb 04

Ebooks: The Easiest Way to Start Internet Marketing

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by Ray Johnson

Ebooks: The Easiest Way to Start Internet MarketingYou might be considering becoming an internet marketer. But I’m sure you have some trepidation. You are probably thinking that you don’t have anything to sell. That’s the easiest problem to solve. You can start with the easiest item to sell, ebooks.

Ebooks belong to a product group called information products. There are several types of information products. Along with ebooks, there are audio products and video products. They are called information products because that is what they contain, information about some subject that a specific group or niche is interested in.

Ebooks are an easy way to start out online for a number of reasons. They are readily available. You can find collections of ebooks that come with resell rights. When you purchase ebooks with resell rights, you can sell them and keep all of the proceeds for your sales. There is no royalty or anything else you have to pay. Whatever you sell them for becomes your money.

Another reason ebooks are a good way to start an online business is because there is no physical inventory. You do not have to store ebooks. They reside on your computer, they are just computer files. Once you have them, you have them, no need to restock. You will never run out no matter how many you sell.

If you were selling a physical product, you would need to ship it out when a sale is made. That means that you would need to pack it, post it and take it to the post office. Ebooks require no effort on your part to deliver to your customers. The entire sales process can be automated so that you don’t have to do anything when a sale is made. The automated system will send an email to the buyer with the ebook attached or the system will send an email with instructions explaining to the buyer how to log on to the internet to download their purchase.

Ebooks can be sold a number of different ways. You can set up your own website, with your own domain, and sell them from there. Just starting out, it might be easier not to have your own site. The easiest way to start selling ebooks is on eBay.

EBay is the largest marketplace in the world. EBay claims that during any month, one third of all internet traffic stops at eBay. Ebay may also be the largest ebook marketplace. Approximately two thousand ebooks are sold on ebay each day. Forty six percent of all ebooks listed sell.

It is very easy to set up an eBay selling account. You can do it in minutes and be online with your ebooks for sale almost instantly. Ebay also makes it easy to set up your own ebook store. You could list literally hundreds of ebooks at practically no cost.

If you really want to get into online marketing, the easiest way to do that is to sell ebooks. The fastest way to get up and running is to sell ebooks on eBay. You can literally have an ebook business up and running in minutes. So what are you waiting for!

To find out how you can INSTANTLY receive your own product, and follow a successful and highly profitable system to making money online, talk with Ray Johnson - Google.com No.1 Ranked eSeller: http://www.ezsellebooks.com

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ray_Johnson
http://EzineArticles.com/?Ebooks:-The-Easiest-Way-To-Start-Internet-Marketing&id=941590

Feb 03

This Week’s Challenge Theme: Monetizing Your Articles with Ebooks

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Monetizing Your ArticlesThis week of the LK Article Challenge, we’re focusing on how to monetize your articles. Wednesday night at 9 p.m. EST, Jeff Herring will treat us to a great teleseminar on turning your free articles into money. To that end, stay tuned to the blog all week for some great advice and articles on how to sell information products.

First up: Ebooks!

-kk

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Feb 02

Article Writing Tip to Get You Going & Keep You Going

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Article Writing Secrets - A Simple 4 Step Formula
for Writing Lots of Great Articleslk article challenge, article marketing, jeff herring, by Jeff Herring

Many people wonder, “How am I going to write my first article? How am I going to write enough to make this worthwhile to get enough traffic?”

Here’s how. I’m going to give you five simple words. It’s a four-step formula. The first step has one word. The second step has one word. The third step has two words. The fourth step has one word.

Step 1: Begin

Remember, I told you this was simple and powerful and profound when you use it. Just begin, start. Write your first article and get it out there. So start, begin. You’ve got to if you’re going to do anything with this.

Write this down, especially you perfectionists out there.

You don’t have to be great to start, Keep Reading »

Jan 28

Article Marketing 101: The Perfect Author Resource Box

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by Christopher Knight

If you want to really make your article “SELL” then you’ve got to craft the perfect RESOURCE BOX. This is the “author bio” that is below your article body and it’s also known as your “SIG” (short for SIGnature).

Here are the essential items that should be in your RESOURCE BOX:

  • Your Name: You’d be amazed at how many folks forget to include their name in the RESOURCE BOX. Your name and optional title should be the first thing in your resource box.
  • Your Website Address: in valid URL form. Example: http://Your-Company-Name.com/
  • Your Elevator Pitch: This is 1 to 3 sentences that encapsulates the essence of what makes you and your offering unique. Also known as your USP (Unique Selling Proposition).
  • Your Call To Action: You’ve got them warmed up and now it’s time to lead them to BUY from you or visit your website. This is where you “Ask For The Sale.” Best to only give (1) specific call to action.

Here are some optional items you could include in your RESOURCE BOX:

  • Your Ezine Subscription Address: While getting your interested visitor to surf your website is nice, capturing their email address can help you begin the confidence/trust process. If you’re going to do this strategy, include a URL for your ezine subscription address and do not use an email address for the “join” address.
  • Your Contact Information: Such as your business phone number or how to reach you for interviews or your press/media kit. Keep in mind that article marketing is a timeless strategy and you may not have an easy ability to retract what you put in your article once it hits major distribution.
  • A Free Report: This could also be part of your call to action or your free bonus report that further enhances your credibility as the expert on the topic of your article.
  • Your email autoresponder: I’m not a big fan of this strategy due to the fact that spammers will text-extract your autoresponder address and add it to their spam list. Perhaps this strategy was best for the 1990’s and has now run its course.
  • An anchor URL that is related to one keyword or keyword phrase that you want to build SEO strength for. Example: if I wanted to build search engine relevance/strength for the term “Article Marketing,” I’d link up that term in my resource box to my website. This is an intermediate to advanced level strategy and should not be abused by over-doing it. Keep it simple.

What NOT to include in your RESOURCE BOX:

  • A listing of every website you own. There is no faster way to dilute your credibility than by posting a half dozen irrelevant URLs that have nothing to do with each other. Best to only post ONE URL that is related to the topic of your article.
  • A listing of every accomplishment you’ve achieved to date. No one cares. Keep your resource box brief and to the point. Yes, your resource box should be benefit oriented so that the reader finds value in reading it rather than your ego being justified.
  • Advertisements or pitches for products that are not relevant to the topic of your article.
  • Keep the size of your resource box so that it’s no larger than 20% of your total article size. Too often I see resource boxes that are 50% of the size of the total article and this is abusive.

Your Perfect Resource Box Conclusion:

The BODY of your article is where you “GIVE” and the RESOURCE BOX is where you get to “TAKE” for your article marketing gift of information. The resource box is the “currency of payment” you receive for giving away your article. Be sure to include your name, website address, your unique selling proposition as briefly as possible and a simple call to action.

About The Author:

Christopher M. Knight invites you to submit your best quality original articles for massive exposure to the high-traffic http://EzineArticles.com/ expert author community. When you submit your articles to EzineArticles.com, your articles will be picked up by ezine publishers who will reprint your articles with your content and links intact giving you traffic surges to help you increase your sales. To submit your article, setup a membership account today: http://EzineArticles.com/submit/

(c) Copyright - Christopher M. Knight. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

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Jan 26

Write Your First (or next) Article this Weekend…

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article marketing, jeff herringand it’s quick and easy to do with the free template you’ll find at

http://www.YourFirstArticle.com

BONUS for those that do it this weekend -

send me your article and I’ll give it a look and offer any suggestions I have for making it even stronger!

Here’s to a great weekend!

Jeff Herring
Internet Article Guy

PS - After you write your article, visit

http://www.TheArticleGuyTeleSeminars.com

and register for our upcoming teleseminars.

Jan 22

Article Leveraging & Article Re-purposing

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article marketing, jeff herringHere are a couple of tips for writing articles when you are really busy and still get alot done:

1. Re-purposing - Let’s say you have written an article on re-purposing your articles, and then you take that same article and break it up into 2 separate blog posts, one on re-purposing your articles and one on leveraging your articles. That’s re-purposing.

2. Leveraging - This one is best explained with an example. Right now much of my focus is on the March launch of the next Article Writing and Marketing Secrets TeleCourse and the four modules of writing, submission, marketing and income. So most of my articles, teleseminars, speaking engagements, and being a guest on teleseminars will be focused on those four modules of content. That’s leveraging - being busy and focused on one thing and getting the most out of it when you use it in other places.

Both re-purposing and leveraging allows you to write more articles and continue to build your web presence even when you are busy. What you will notice happening as you are re-purposing and leveraging is that many more articles ideas come to mind.

Hmmmm, I wonder if I could turn this into an article…?

Go use this stuff!

Jeff

Jan 19

Need Additional Help with Article Marketing?

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Hey, article marketers,

We’re here to help you in any way we can to write effective articles and use them to market yourself and your business.

Jeff Herring, the Internet Article Guy, is a wonderful resource for all of us.

Jeff Herring
Just look at all Jeff has to offer article marketers.

Click here.

Throughout this challenge, Jeff will post additional offers, tips, and answers to your questions about article writing and article marketing.

Thanks, Jeff!

Suzanne & Kristen
Co-hosts The Lieurance-King New Year’s Article Challenge

Jan 17

Go!

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StartWelcome to Day 1 of the Lieurance-King New Year’s Article Challenge.

This challenge runs from today, January 17, 2008, to February 29, 2008. The challenge for you is to write a total of 30 new articles to submit to article directories during this time.

If you have not already done so, read yesterday’s post (below) and use the link to sign up for our discussion group for this challenge. That way, you will be able to communicate with all the writers who have accepted the challenge. You’ll also receive periodic updates about the challenge.

If you’re brand new to article marketing, and don’t even know what we’re talking about, be sure to read our free e-book, 21 Tips: a 21-day course in Effective Article Marketing, which will be available to everyone tomorrow.

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