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!

 

Can you "think" your way to internet marketing success? Jim Edwards apparently thinks you can. He’s giving his ebook, appropriately entitled, "Guaranteed Success Thinking" for FREE.

What’s the catch? Jim would like you to buy "5 Steps to Getting Anything You Want" for $97 plus shipping & handling. And there are lots of links to his other products in the FREE ebook too.

Although this is another example of giving away something for FREE as a marketing strategy to get you to buy something not free, you can’t hurt yourself by reading what Jim has to say about thinking your way to success. Go ahead and give it a read.

Ed

 

Jim Edwards has a confession to make.

He’s FAT, Forty and fed-up with whining about not getting results … so he’s got a lesson for all of us as he embarks on his personal journey to drop 50 pounds and reach his target weight of 190 lbs. (Whoa Jim – you really are 240?) by December 31, 2008!

I get it. Sitting on your butt in front of a computer all day raking in money from your internet businesses can really cause unsightly weight gain. Boy, do the rest of us know that feeling.

Good luck Jim! I’m with you (in spirit) on this one.

 

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Cashing In Fast With "Mini" Sites

      – by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
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I’ve gotten a plenty of questions lately about why I think "mini" sites, simple 1-2 page websites, are better than "traditional" websites you might learn to build in school or from a website design course.

In fact, I believe "traditional" websites represent a complete waste of time and end up making small and home- based business owners give up on the Internet before they even have a chance to get started.

If you want to cash in fast on the web, stop thinking about making "web" sites and start thinking about "mini" sites.

Basically, traditional sites try to be all things to all people.

If you go to somebody’s website and you see:

"Sign up for my newsletter";
"Buy my product";
"Check out these links";
"Check out our article archive";
"Click Here for the article of the day";
"Subscribe to this RSS feed";
"Visit our blog!"

…. it just creates confusion.

In other words, visitors arrive at the site and either go nuts figuring out what to do next or, more likely, they simply click their back button – never to return.

I once had a sales manager who told me, "A confused mind always answers ‘No!’ Never give people more than two choices in a sales talk."

He was right!

Traditional websites give people too many choices and they fail miserably at it, usually before they ever get off the ground.

On the other hand, mini-sites succeed wildly because they have one purpose: to force someone to make a decision!

Mini-sites typically fall into one of four main categories:

- sales letters
- newsletters
- affiliate presales
- intelligence gathering

Virtually every mini-site you ever see will fit one of these categories. Let’s take a look at each type.

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#1 Sales Letter Mini-Sites
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One-page sales letter mini-sites represent the most recognizable type of mini-site on the Web.

A sales letter’s primary purpose should be obvious: to sell somebody something!

Typically one-page sales letter mini-sites sell ebooks, software, physical products, services and more.

Virtually anything can get sold with a one-page sales letter mini-site.

The decision you want a visitor to make when they come to your sales letter mini-site is also simple: buy or don’t buy.

You force them to decide right there on the spot. Just like any good salesman, you force the decision by the prospect.

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#2 Newsletter Mini-Sites
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Newsletter, or forced-opt-in, mini-sites make up the second type of mini-site.

Their primary purpose is to entice people to sign up for your list, newsletter, or ezine.

But frankly, if you looked at some people’s newsletter sites, you would think their purpose was anything but getting people to sign up for their newsletter!

Once you understand that the primary purpose of your newsletter mini-site is to get a signup, you can eliminate everything else that detracts from that purpose.

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Affiliate Pre-Sell pages make up the third type of mini- site you can use.

Numerous ways exist to "pre" sell people on an affiliate page, persuade them to make a decision, and then take the specific action you want.

Some common types of pres-sell pages include: product reviews; pre-sell videos; audio postcards; forced opt-in pages and more.

Most people think that the primary purpose of a pre-sell mini-site is to have somebody click an affiliate link, but I disagree.

I think that the main purpose of your affiliate pre-sell page should be to get a prospect to give you their name and their email address.

Once you get that information you can sell them several things over time.

If all you ever do is refer traffic without building a relationship, you’ll miss out on lucrative back-end opportunities.

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The fourth type of mini-site is used to gather marketing or other intelligence from your target niche.

Here you actually use a mini-site to get people to tell you what they want to buy, try, see, give their opinion on a topic, etc.. I call it "Your Most Burning Question."

You use this type of mini-site to gather information about what people want to know, their overall interest level in your topic, and as a means to get ideas for newsletter and blog content.

The bottom line with an intelligence gathering mini-site is to get people to tell you what you need to know in order to make money selling them something later.

So now the obvious question: Which one do you start with?

The answer: It depends on your purpose right now in your business!

Need to sell your existing product or service? You should set up a sales letter mini-site.

Don’t have a list of subscribers? Set up a newsletter mini- site.

No product to sell? Build an affiliate pre-sell mini-site.

No clue what your target audience wants or if they even want anything at all? Set up an intelligence gathering mini-site and find out what you need to know BEFORE spending months creating a product.

Mini-sites are all about saving time and maximizing your effort through clear focus and purpose.

Once you know exactly what you want to get done online, mini-sites create the fastest, easiest pathway to success.

Hope this clears up any misunderstandings about mini-sites and why they’re so effective… no matter whether you’re a fresh-faced newbie or a battle-hardened online business veteran.

 

In this timely article, Jim Edwards offers his suggestions about how you can keep your online business profitable even in a down economy. You know the economy (that’s most of us!) is seeing some tough times right now, unless of course, you are rich.

Warren Buffet, ever the Sage, says, "If you can’t afford to lose 50% of your investment, you should not be in the market. " And who among us can’t afford that.

– Ed

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Recession-Proof Your Online Biz

      – by Jim Edwards

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Ok, unless you live under a rock and get you news by carrier pigeon, most people know the USA currently teeters on the brink of recession.

Though I maintain my own opinions about what this will actually mean to the average person, there’s no denying that the economy may slow down and sales may slack off a bit.

So, in order to prevent this possible downshift in the economic engine from affecting you, I offer the following advice to help recession-proof your online business.

*See It To Believe It*

No matter what you sell, you can use video to demonstrate either what you sell or the results customers should expect.

Product, service, software – it doesn’t matter. You can either use full motion video or screen capture video to "show and tell" people why and how your offering helps them.

In a down economy people try to make every dollar count. Thus, consumers will spend more time on research and comparison before buying just about everything.

Use video to set your business apart as every online playing field gets more competitive.

*ASK What They Want*

Ask the people who buy from you, or are considering buying from you, what they want most right now – then figure out a way to sell it to them!

Too many online businesses assume they know what their customers want and need. But in a down economy you must maximize the value of every customer for your business.

You can do this quickly and easily with a survey via email where you ask them about what they need and want as it relates to your area of business. I personally use www.OneMinutePoll.com to conduct my surveys.

*Become Invaluable*

Find a way to go beyond just selling a product, service, or software.

Become invaluable to your customers. Become the last thing they would ever throw overboard if their economic ship started to sink.

You can often do this by combining whatever you sell with information and news they can’t easily obtain elsewhere.

The easiest way to do this is to include special reports, ebooks, videos, or articles on your website, with purchases, or in an email newsletter.

If you sell the same thing everyone else does, you’re just a commodity judged on price.

If you provide added, demonstrable value to your customers, you transform into a "resource" they can’t let go.

*Stuck In Traffic?*

Most online businesses lapse into one or two main sources of online traffic generation (no, this doesn’t include "hoping" for traffic).

Whether using pay-per-click, banners, email or some other method, we all tend to gravitate towards what "worked in the past."

Unfortunately, in a down economy, those traffic sources may dry up, increase in cost, or stop converting (or all of the above). But, as the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens somewhere else.

You must constantly look for and test new sources of traffic because you might just find one that could revolutionize (or save) your business.

Make it a priority to find and test at least one new source of traffic per month.

Recession-proofing your online business is easier than you think.

It simply comes down to discovering what enough people want, effectively demonstrating you provide it, and making yourself an indispensable part of their lives.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by- step and click-by-click how to finally create your own money-making mini-sites…

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