Here's an infographic from Don Campbell about hiring someone to write for you. This looks realistic to me so I thought I'd pass it on to you. You are just not going to get decent content from fiverr.  

     –Ed

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Kindle Direct Publishing (kdp) is a way for you to self-publish your writing and possibly make some money as well if people decide to buy your work to read on their Kindle. Recently there has been a lot of hype about how you can get rich with Kindle publishing – see the word hype. Jim Edwards has a warning [ Jim Edwards Kindle-Lie ] for you about how to do it right – and avoid doing it wrong.

I think I can write fairly well so I set up a kdp account for myself. If you are an aspiring author/writer and want to put your work out there, here is how to set up you kdp account. There's more to learn, but that's for another lesson.

Cheers,

Ed

This lesson shows you how to set up a Kindle Direct Publishing account with Amazon.

Step 1. Open the kdp web page in a browser. URL: kdp.amazon.com

Open the Kindle Direct Publishing Page in a Browser. Click the button that applies to you. Sign in to your Amazon account, or create an account if you don't have one.

Step 2. Sign in to your amazon.com account

In this case, I already have an Amazon account.

Step 3. Read the kdp terms of service

If the TOS is agreeable to you, click the Agree button. If not, click the Cancel button and go back to whatever you were doing before you decided to sign up for kdp.

I advise you to note in particular these sections of the TOS. These are listed here to attract your attention and you should review the TOS for complete information.

4.1 Eligibility. In order to participate in the Program you must: (a) have an active Program account; and (b) be at least 18 years old or the legal age of majority in your place of residence.

5 Digital Book Distribution Rights.
5.1.1 Delivery. You must provide to us, at your own expense each Digital Book you desire to distribute through the Program. We will not return to you any electronic files or physical content or media you deliver to us in connection with the Program. You must deliver all electronic files free and clear of viruses, worms and other potentially harmful or disrupting code.
5.1.3 Digital Book Rejection. We are entitled to determine what content we accept and distribute through the Program in our sole discretion.
5.3.1 List Price. You will provide a list price for each Digital Book you submit to us in accordance with the then current Program procedures for list price submission ("List Price").
5.4.1 Royalties. If you are not in breach of your obligations under this Agreement, for each Digital Book sold to a customer (i.e., an end user) through the Program, the Amazon party that made the sale will pay you the applicable Royalty set forth in the Pricing Page, net of refunds, bad debt, and any taxes charged to a customer or applied with respect to sales to a customer (including without limitation any VAT or sales taxes).
6 Ownership and Control of Amazon Properties/ Feedback. Subject to the authorizations you grant to us under this Agreement, as between us and you, you retain all ownership rights in and to the copyrights and all other rights and interest in and to your Digital Books.

You may not include in any Digital Book any advertisements or other content that is primarily intended to advertise or promote products or services.

Step 4. That's it! You're done opening your kdp account.

Read about KDP Select if you want. The next Step is to add your literary work so people can buy it and download it to their Kindle. Click the Add new title button to get started.

If you don't have a book to add at this time, just Sign out. Sign back in when you're ready to continue.

Step 5a. If you see this …

Click the Update Now button. Your account window will open. You will be asked for address, tax, and royalty information. Edit as necessary and Save.

Step 5b. Royalties

Choose how you want to be paid. Click the + button. The choices are check and EFT (electronic funds transfer).
Checks are sent about 60 days after sales – See TOS for details.

Step 5c. Payment by Check example

Note that all Amazon.com royalties are paid only in USD$.

Step 5d. Payment by EFT example

Click Add a bank account. This is the account to which your royalties will be sent without using paper. Who has paper money anyway, right? OK, let's not go there.

Step 5e. Add a bank account for EFT

Fill in the blanks with your bank account information. You can delete or change this account as necessary.

Click Done. Finally, check over the information you entered to ensure it is complete and correct. Then click the SAVE button to update your kdp account.

Step 6. Return to the KDP Dashboard

Click the Bookshelf link at the top of the page. You're now ready to add your book!

 

Here's a New Year's Tip for You

I can't tell you how many times I've looked at an opt-in or sales page for an internet marketing or home business product, and decided not to buy.

Then I get a popup or popover or pop-this telling me I can get it cheaper – apparently because I just said no. Sometimes saying no to that next offer brings an even cheaper one or a free report that might interest me.  [BTW free reports typically have one or more links back to the product I didn't buy on first look. ]

The Marketing Strategy

There's a marketing strategy that says potential customers should not leave empty-handed, and by just saying no to the first offer, you trigger that strategy with reduced cost for you and me if we then decide to give the product a try.

So Just Say No and see what happens. If the sales page just goes away with no downsell offer and you really wanted to try the product, don't worry. Internet marketing and home business offers always come back to life again.

Would You Believe $1,997 to $29.95?

One product I looked into actually went from the first offer of $1,997 all the way down to $29.95. "Worth $1,997, but you won’t pay that, not $997, not $197, today only $39.95", or maybe $29.95 if you didn’t take that bait and just said no. Hard to believe, isn't it.

But if you saw this kind of deal, you might think like I did that this must really be a piece of internet marketing space junk and then feel really sorry for anyone who actually paid $1,997 for it.

Here's an example of a downsell offer I saw today. It's the kind of offer you can expect to see if you just say no to the first offer.

Happy New Year
  –Ed

I am an affiliate for this product and could earn a commission if you buy from my link.

 

Richard Pearce has put together a nice series of free videos on website planning that is especially valuable for neophytes, newbies, and beginners. You will discover the importance of not skipping that very first step in building your own website.  –Ed

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"Avoid the number one web development mistake by planning a website in just 2 hours that will exceed your goals, be within budget and destroy your competition. I have seen a lot of projects fail because of a bad (or non-existent) web plan." Save time, money and prevent frustration by watching Richard's free website planning videos.

 

Internet Marketing NanoTip

Here's a nanotip I hope you find helpful.

Use the search engine of your choice to find training courses

Before you impulsively add more debt to your charge card because you are seduced by the latest internet marketing must-have next-big-thing product, you can do a simple Google/Bing/Yahoo search to see what's out there that might even be better and more rewarding.

For example

You just have to have that $77 mobile marketing course from ClickBank because the slick marketing campaign is making the irrational core of your brain drool. First, try a search for "mobile marketing training course" and you'll be able to make some semi-rational comparisons. Might even lead you to the internet marketing product that is really right for you. Bing returned 105,000,000 results!

Cheers,

Ed

 

Do the research FIRST!

I know all those make money fast and easy offers are tempting. I've swallowed my share in the cause of making other internet marketers wealthy. So it took me an embarrassingly long time to learn a simple lesson.

IM Report Card Could Save You a Lot of Grief

I recommend that you start with IM Report Card. It's free. You can check reviews and ratings of both products and people before you buy. That information will help you make a more rational decision about where to spend your money.

Cheers,

Ed

 

Cancel your 1and1 hosting account by email

If you ever want to cancel your 1and1 hosting account via email instead of calling and talking to a human, here is what you have to do.

I initiated the process by sending an email to the billing department so the first item shows the email I received in response. I've blanked out sensitive information about this account. In Step 8, it took about 30 minutes to receive the email with the cancellation link. The response to clicking that link was nearly instantaneous.

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Email reply from 1and1 billing responding to a request to cancel an account.

Dear Customer:

Thank you for contacting us.

If you wish to cancel your 1&1 package, feature, or domain please visit https://cancel.1and1.com and use your Customer ID and password to login.

At the end of the process you will need to activate your request. In order to do so, you will receive an e-mail message with a special link which you will need to click to complete the process.

If you do not receive the e-mail with the confirmation link e-mail within a few hours of completing the cancellation, please notify us ASAP.

Please note that if you do not receive this e-mail and click on the link within (7) seven days of the request, your cancellation request will not complete and your services will remain active.

Any refund will be based on our refund policy per the terms and conditions of your account and will be processed within 14 days of your cancellation requests effective date.

If you have any further questions do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely
Jobelle Duazo

Billing Department
1&1 Internet Inc.

You can also contact us via phone at (877) 300-8316 from 9am till 5pm EST Monday to Friday
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You have to jump through these hoops to cancel your account, and I'm sure the process is tedious to keep someone from maliciously deleting your work.

 

Step 1. Login to your account

The first step is to log in to cancel.1and1.com. You'll need to have your account login information.

 

Step 2. Cancellation Options

Click the Cancel text under Options on the left.

 

Step 3. Select your package

Your hosting packages are shown and the Cancel text is bolded. Click on the package you want to cancel.

 

Step 4. Cancel and Continue

Click the radio button and then Continue.

 

Step 5. Cancel entire contract

In this case, the entire contract is being cancelled. Choose a cancellation date and click Continue.

 

Step 6. Finish request

Repetition is good in this case …

Important: You will shortly (sic) an e-mail containing a specific website link. To activate your cancellation request and complete the process you must follow the link e-mailed to you. Your cancellation will not be completed until you have confirmed the cancellation request by following the special link emailed to you. If you do not activate your request within the next 7 days, your cancellation will be discarded and your contract will remain active.

 

Step 7. Activate cancellation request

When you get to this screen, you can now Logout. To process your cancellation request, you MUST respond to the email.

Please note: Your cancellation will not be completed until you have activated your request by accessing this website link and confirming the cancellation request. If you do not receive an e-mail with the cancellation confirmation link, please contact our Billing Team at billing@1and1.com.

 

Step 8. Cancellation Email

When you click the link in the email, your browser should open the page below in Step 9.

 

Step 9. FINISH – Cancellation processed

Finally! You're Welcome

 

 

The Law of Attraction

You’ve probably heard of the Law of Attraction. This is the idea that you attract what you think about. If you really want something and truly believe it’s possible, you’ll get what you want – or the idea that your thoughts determine (not influence, but determine) how your life goes. Think positive and positive things happen to you. Think negative and … OK so much for the BS.

The Law of Distraction

This law really works. If you think you are going to make big bucks in internet marketing or your home business by trying everything that comes along, you won’t. Simple, the Law of Distraction dictates that the more things you are trying to do, the more distracted you become and the less productive. You end up accomplishing nothing. Well, something – you kept yourself busy being distracted. And you aren’t going to make any money!

The Lesson

If you are constantly buying or trying the latest product launch, internet marketing ebook, home-based business opportunity, webinar, marketing course, coaching program, internet marketing scam, etc., and you have them stacked up like cord wood on your bookshelf and your computer is so full that it is about to throw up on your keyboard, you have become a victim of the Law of Distraction.

You’ll have a lot business ‘expenses’ and no business ‘income’.

I could not emphasize this too strongly because I know from experience. Try one thing, one program, one coach, and stick with that one thing until it works at least a little, or until you thoroughly understand why it doesn’t work for you.

In the process, you may find the kind of internet business that really fits you instead of squeezing yourself into a mold that doesn’t.

 

I‘m just testing this out. You might want to take a look to see if it’s something that interests you. You have to sign up for an account but it’s basically FREE.

In essence it’s sort of like Adsense but for Clickbank products. You insert CBClicks code on your website and it displays Clickbank products for which you could get paid if someone buys from your link. That’s all I know at this point.

You design the code to fit your website using the tools provided at CBClicks.com. Here’s what you will see – and what I used to design the ad that appears below. And the banner above came from the Marketing Tools menu on the CBClicks website.

 If I can do this, I think you can too. You might even get paid by Clickbank!

 

70% Conversion Rate ! ! !

Are you having a devil of a time getting people to opt-in to your squeeze page?

Eric Graham is offering you really outstanding tips about crafting squeeze pages that make people want to opt-in. Would you believe a 70% conversion rate? Watch the FREE video.

Beginners and Experienced Marketers All Benefit

If you don’t know what "op-in", "squeeze page" or "conversion rate" means, then you really MUST watch the video or your internet business will suffer needlessly. If you don’t know this stuff, that’s why you should do yourself and your business a favor and WATCH THE VIDEO. Sorry I didn’t mean to shout – it’s just that Eric’s analysis of how to do a squeeze page is as good it gets. You won’t find better anywhere. Especially not for FREE.

Don’t Wait

I don’t know how long Eric will keep this video up so – Watch it now!

Cheers