Simple Tips to Get More Time in Your Day

We've all been there. You know you have to get something done but you just can't. Whether it's writing that article or launching a new product, if you don't organise yourself you just end up procrastinating. Fast forward a couple of hours and you've gotten the title done and spent the rest of your time on Facebook stalking your ex-girlfriends profile. Sound familiar? In this article we will tell you how you can increase your productivity and get more time in your day, not literally but getting more efficient. 

Internet marketing has its own charm which can never be neglected, but after choosing it to earn money from it, the thing which needs to be dealt with is the productivity aspect. With running your own business you don't have no-one to answer to while this is a good thing, it can get slightly de-motivating and you can become lazy. At first, it looks really charming to take any assignment to work on but in the long run the same thing becomes a headache to maintain. Many of the successful internet marketers are the people who used to work on full time in offices and started to switch to internet marketing in their leisure time or part time. Even if you are a full time internet marketer, you still need to learn the basic things to maximize your productivity and to gain maximum profitability from your time.

Learn Time Management:

This is one of the basic and most significant things to learn; you are supposed to learn and manage your time of each day to make sure that each and every single second of your work is getting fully optimized. You might be wasting more of your time in checking emails or doing the things which are not important at all for the time being; make a timetable and act upon it strictly. Try to start your work as early as possible with a fresh mind. 

Try waking up earlier as well. There are many benefits to waking up earlier such as becoming more proactive and planning your time more effectively. Getting up earlier will make you feel better as well. Try it and I promise that you will get more time in your day. Just  put your alarm clock on for the morning and you should wake up. A good tip is to put your alarm clock away from you so you can't hit the snooze button and go back to sleep. This way you'll have to get up to turn it off.

The other positive thing which can be adopted is to set time for a specific job and try your best to finish it before the time runs out. It will keep your mind away from any other diversion and your productivity will increase dramatically.

Plan Each Day - Divided into Small Goals

Plan every day of yours each time you you start working by setting some goals for the day and let your devotion prove that you can do the set goal in the given time frame; it will increase your interest and concentration towards your job. These small goals will determine your day in a positive way, and you will end up with a very positive outcome as your day would be going on a perfect way to end with maximum productivity.  

If you split them up into small manageable tasks, they look less scary and daunting and you will be able to get tasks done. Another great thing is if you love what you do you will automatically increase your productivity because you will want to do that certain task. So fall in love with what you do and make it into your passion.

Do you have tasks that you hate doing? Consider outsourcing these tasks out to people who can either do the job better or like doing that task. There are a lot of outsourcing websites and virtual assistance websites out there. You can use Odesk, Elance, BrickWorks and Guru. If you don't know anything about Outsourcing, click here to find out more.
 Making a timetable for yourself and planning your day will help you get more things done throughout and day and will let you know what you have to do next.

Video explaining How to Organise your Life from LowBudgetLeanMuscle

Emails eats you time – limit it

Have you ever noticed how much time it takes to check emails every day? In my opinion, it is the biggest hurdle in your internet marketing career as you waste most of the time in checking your inbox again and again. The best way to keep your mailbox up to date is to keep checking it twice a day maximum. You can close your email service provider page to get less distracted; this act will make your day much more productive than ever as you would not be thinking and checking for the new mails in your mailbox.

Another big problem for many people working from home is that they easily get distracted by the internet and often just go onto different websites rather than do there work. Using Freedom will help you to get your work done. Freedom blocks the internet for however long you want and until the time is up you can't use the internet again. Freedom helps beat distractions and has been featured in many top publications and newspapers such as New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Many successful authors also use Freedom such as Tim Ferriss and The Four Hour Workweek.  There is a charge to using Freedom but it is well worth the price.

Avoid Distractions

Do not let your mind take advantage of the type of your job; it's true that you are working at home but this work needs dedication like any other work, and, for that purpose, you are supposed to avoid all the daily life distraction like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social media site. If you can't control yourself from using Social Networking sites use Anti-Social. Anti-Social helps block sites off like Twitter and Facebook so you don't waste any time doing.

In our daily life these things are the most time taking things as it might seem that checking the notification takes only a minute, but these minutes pile up to several hour at the end of the day. Stay away from these distraction as much as possible.

When working from home it can be easy to get distracted like picking up kids from school or people coming in from to talk to you, but if you stick to a timetable and have strict working hours then you will not get distracted. For example you can tell people you are working from 11 - 3 and for no-one to distract you while you are working .

Search Engine Optimization

Let’s talk about some technicalities to increase your productivity to the maximum by working strictly by the rules of Search Engine Optimization. What it does is that it makes your internet marketing struggling career more shiny and attract the attention of even more people. A well-optimized marketing strategy can bring you on the top of search engine and can make you one of the most famous and attractive sight for the visitors. Different tools can be chosen to make your work easier as they show you all the related keywords and their ranking in the search engine and make it easier to get you rank up by using the relevant key words. You can be a successful internet marketer by acting upon all the above said things which will bring your career to another level.

Conclusion

It can take work quite a lot of work to change your lifestyle and become more proactive. However if you follow the tips contained within this article I'm sure that you will change your life, get rid of procrastination and start to get things done.

If you become proactive and plan your tasks ahead of when you actually do them, you will be able to complete things that you have been putting of for ages.

Thanks for reading this article and I hope you enjoyed reading this. If you have any of your own tips then please leave a comment below. If you enjoyed this article, then please share it. Also remember to subscribe to our RSS Feed for all our latest updates. Like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter.

Our Favorite Blogs of 2013

Blogging has gone from a platform that people used as an online diary to now having blogs about almost anything from health and fitness blogs to technology blogs and anything in between. Now that 2014 is in full motion, we thought we may as well write about our favorite blogs. There are a lot of blogs to learn from and you can get inspired to bring change to your own blog or even start a blog. In this article we will look at our favorite blogs and we makes them so good.

Our Favourite Blogs

Each of these blogs are very good in there own way and you can learn something from each of these blogs.

The people behind these blogs have put in a lot of work into their blogs and that is what makes them successful.

JohnChow.com

John Chow makes an extraordinary amount of money online and he posts exactly how to do it. He is one of the top bloggers online and is also one of the top earning bloggers. 

John Chow has receive loads of accolades and features in various publications and national television for his success with blogging.

His posts have great ideas on how to make money online and is just an inspiration for others.

Lesson Learned: John offers great content to his users. He puts a lot of work into his content for his visitors and this is something that you should learn to emulate. Great content means more visitors. Once your visitors like your content they will be more inclined to buy your products.

Smart Passive Income

This is another great blog that shows and teaches you how to make money online. Pat Flynn owner of this blog also shows you his monthly income and is fully transparent on how much money he makes a month and how much his monthly expenses are.

Pat regularly makes over $50,000 a month, which is truly mind-blowing and with the introduction of his new projects like iPhone apps and eBooks his monthly income just keeps on increasing! 

SPI is truly a very inspiration blog and by visiting his blog you will learn a lot.

Lesson Learned: Be Transparent. Pat is completely transparent with his blog including what resources he uses, what techniques he has used and how much money he has spent and made. This is one of the reasons why Pat's blog, SPI is so popular. Pat also has a podcast series which is very popular and does helps bring traffic in. If you want to learn how to create your own podcast, Pat has some great articles that you should check out.

Project Life Mastery

Project Life Mastery is a self improvement blog that helps people to change their life and become more successful. 

Stefan Pylarinos shows his readers how to set goals and achieve goals, get more out of life, health and fitness and much more. Stefan also posts videos on his website and Youtube which are popular among his audience and help him bring in new readers for his blog.

Stefan also does post about different methods you can make money online and his own efforts.

Lesson Learned: Stefan utilizes YouTube a lot and YouTube does bring him quite a bit of traffic as his videos are popular. If you use videos on your website or blog it helps engage your audience much more. Also using video sharing websites like YouTube help bring in much more visitors.

Engadget

Engadget was a blog started in 2004 by Peter Rojas. Engadget's popularity increased so much that Weblogs Inc (Part of AOL) bought it out. Engadget mainly covers technology, gadgets and electronics. 

Engadget is pretty powerful as a blog, they reported that Apple would have a delay in releasing the iPhone reportedly from an email by Apple. As soon as they published the article, Apple's share prices fell by 3 per cent.

The design of the blog is excellent and everything is very well organised and everything is professionally done.

Lesson Learned: Engadget is a massive blog and one of the main reasons for that is because it has amazing content and they regularly post content on the blog. They also have a full team dedicated to the blog. Make sure you regularly post awesome content and your blog will grow in no time!

My Blogger Tricks

My Blogger Tricks is a great website that has many tips and tricks to show you how to create great blog. It has some great tutorials and the owner of the blog, Mohammad Mustafa Ahmedzai, is very insightful and helpful.

Mohammad has some great widgets, sidebar tools and gadgets that you can put on your website or blog and the great thing is, he doesn't charge a penny for it! They are absolutely free!

He only has some great tips and article on how to make money and monetize your blog, which is very helpful. He has a team of people writing great content and articles, this is one blog you do not want to miss.

Lesson Learned: One of the reasons that My Blogger Tricks is so popular is because it gives free content and free stuff away. Something that they could easily charge for, they just give away for free. This is a great way to get traffic and loyal readers who will keep on coming back. So if you want to increase your traffic, give away stuff for free, whatever it is; an ebook, wordpress theme, audiobook, etc. It is a guaranteed method to get more traffic.

Money Saving Mom

The good thing about Money Saving Mom is it offers coupons, discounts, free stuff and great money saving tips. But that's not all if offers. Crystal Paine, owner of Money Saving Mom has a great writing style that is both upbeat and humorous.

She also shares personal stories and anecdotes which are always pleasing to read. She has gone on to grow the blog massively and now employs people to help her run the blog.

The blogs design is great  and very appealing and Money Saving Mom is very active on all the major social networks.

Lesson Learned: People like it when a blog has some personality. Money Saving Mom shows Crystals personality and shows that there is a real person behind the blog. Readers love to read a blog in which they can have something in common with.

Being active on Social Network sites like Facebook and Twitter helps bring in new audience and also updates your current readers. If you want to learn how to increase your Facebook likes check this article out. For more Twitter followers, check this article out.

Young House Love

The reason Young House Love is one of our favourite blogs is because it is a simple concept but still really enjoyable to read. Young House Love is about DIY, transforming your house and anything in between. Its also cool to read about their family life and find out about all the funny stuff that they get up to.

The blog is updated regularly by Sherry and John however the main star of their blog is their three year old daughter who provides fun and entertainment.

They have some great tips in their blog and also have published which made the New York Times Bestseller and was named the Amazon Book of the Year. You can get the book by clicking here. Its an awesome read with some great ideas in it!

Lesson Learned: To get your blog known write a book that is named a New York Times Bestseller. No, but all jokes aside you have to put in a lot of hard work in your blog and include pictures to make it stand out. You can tell that Sherry and John have put in a lot of work in their blog and they are reaping the rewards now.


All of these blogs are really awesome. They have amazing content and some incredible resources. There are some astounding things you can learn from these blogs and they all have some pretty amazing people running them.

Obviously there are a lot more great blogs that haven't been mentioned that should be included in the list however if we were to include all the great blogs then this list would be never-ending as there are thousands and thousands of awesome blogs out there.

Do you have any of your own favorite blogs that you enjoy reading? Post in the comment section below and let us know what blogs you enjoy reading!

How Billionaire Tycoon & Fulham FC Owner Shahid Khan Become Successful

One of the richest men in the world and the richest person of Pakistani origin in the world. An estimated net worth of over $3.8 billion which is more than Donald Trump who has a net worth of $3.5 billion and Oprah Winfrey who has an estimated net worth of $2.9 billion. Shahid Khan or Shad Khan as he likes to be known is ranked 122nd in the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans and is the 490th richest person in the world.

Khan made his money from automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate based in Urbana, Illinois and also the owner of American Football side Jacksonville Jaguars and England Premier League Football Club Fulham. The charismatic billionaire works hard to make sure he is on top of his game but he has faced his fair share of adversity and had to overcome many challenges. It hasn't always been easy for Shad Khan.

Born in a middle class family in Lahore, Pakistan while his family were involved in the construction business and his mother a now retired professor of maths. Shahid Khan as a child was exceptionally motivated and wanted to do well for himself. He wanted to succeed. He would do anything to succeed. Shad Khan saw education as a way out of Pakistan saw it as a way he could bring success to himself. So when he was 16 he was looking for colleges to attend. One of the colleges that stood out to him was in Illinois. He set of to America with only $500 and a dream.

"I wanted to study engineering. We researched and applied to a couple of schools. The first letter that came was from the University of Illinois and admitted. So there I went. "

It was difficult for Shahid when he got into Illinois because he was in a foreign country with foreign people and he was only 16. By the time he made it to America, the soles of his shoes were torn. Khan came to America in 1967. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign while studying for a BSc in Industrial Engineering, he graduated in 1971. When he first came into the USA his first job was working as a dishwasher for $1.20/an hour. Khan was more than pleased with this wage because according to him this was more than what most people were earning in Pakistan. He also spent his first couple of nights in the local YMCA for $2 a night. It was pretty difficult for Shahid at first as he did have difficulty speaking the language but then again to be successful you have to be able to overcome any obstacles and challenges.

"That area had almost a centuries worst storm. A blizzard about 30 inches of snow. So the air traffic was shut for days. So when I got there I’d been travelling for several days. And they’d drop you off at night and you’d be looking at snow. And where do you go? So I went to a couple of places and finally winded up at the YMCA that night. And it was ‘Wow. This is really different.’ I kind of wasn’t expecting this. "

While at university he joined the Beta Theta Pi fraternity to mix in with as many different people as he could. Beta Theta Pi was a highly selective house that was compromised of largely white students and Khan was the first Pakistani student in the fraternity.

While he was studying at the University of Illinois, Khan was working at Flex-N-Gate, an automotive manufacturing company that specialised in making bumpers for cars and other car parts. This would be his first step in success. It was here he learned a lot of things about business and becoming a success. When he graduated he was hired as the engineering director for the company.

"Then I started engineering school which was hard, and then I’d be saying ‘I can make this kind of money without a degree why should I even be going to engineering school.’ But then you discover the good things of America, the social life. I pledged a fraternity and most of the guys had convertibles so I had to get a car which meant you need another job. You get on that American Dream very quickly. "

In 1978, he started his own company, Bumper Works which made car bumpers, he started the company from a $50,000 loan and the rest from his savings. This was the start of something big for Shad Khan. In 1980 he bought out Flex-N-Gate from his previous employers. He turned Flex-N-Gate into a massive company supplying most the big car manufacturers such as Toyota, Honda and Chrysler. Shad adopted some key philosophies into making Flex-N-Gate successful; continuous improvement and respect for people and employees. This is key to Khans success and one of his principles for a successful company.

Shad grew Flex-N-Gate to a billion dollar company, he employs over 12,500 employees and has over 48 plants in the US and other countries. Since his takeover he has grown the sales from $17 million to over $3 billion, which is truly spectacular and an outstanding result.

Taking over the NFL

After the success of his automotive company, Flex-N-Gate, Shad Khan wanted to expand his portfolio of companies and move into American Football. Khan was a big fan of the NFL. His first attempt to move into the NFL was in 2010, when he tried to acquire 60% of the St. Louis Rams however the minority shareholders, exercised a clause which matched any proposed big thus cancelling Khans' bid.

His second attempt at buying an NFL team came the next year in 2011, when he wanted to purchase the Jacksonville Jaguars from previous owner Wayne Weaver. Shad Khan purchased 100% of the share prices estimated to be worth $760 million, thus making Shad the first person of ethnic minority ever to purchase and own an NFL team.

At Jacksonville, Shahid is not just a typical owner and he doesn't just sit on the sidelines. He meets the fans, interacts with them and tries to 'sell' tickets. His charming and charismatic personality makes him a fan favourite at Jacksonville Jaguars.

Khan knows that the fans are the ones that make the team and even though Jacksonville are playing pretty disappointing but on a positive note there performance is improving and they are winning some games. Khan's philosophy on investing in his employees is still used in Jacksonville  as he has invested vastly in his teams locker room. In the locker rooms he has put in TV screens, swimming pools and spa baths, everything in which the team can relax after a hard game.

Shad Khan acknowledges the support and loyalty that the fans give him and he thanks each and every one of them. He promises to invest into the team and make the fans proud.

Khan had his few fair racial remarks and racism from fans because of him being a Muslim but this never put him off or deterred him.

Making his Mark on the Premier League

With the purchase of his NFL team, Khan further added to his portfolio of companies with the purchase of English Premier League side Fulham. In July 2013, Khan agreed to purchase Fulham from previous owner Muhamed Al Fayed for an estimated £200-£250 million although an official price was not disclosed.

"There were two sides, business and football. Business I understand. It was pretty obvious to me what we had to do. But the football side was like the Holy Grail."

Shahid Khan with Former Fulham owner Muhamed Al Fayed

 

 

 

 

Fulham is a football club based in Southwest London and they are currently in their 13th consecutive season in the top flight Premier League season. Fulham FC's ground, Craven Cottage is very historic as they have been playing their since 1896.

 

Khan plans to grow the club through a long term consistency plan.

 

When asked why he chose to buy clubs such as Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham he replied that it was fate and luck or 'kismet'.

 

 

Shahid Khan's Principles of Success

 

Shahid Khan has used many principles to bring success to himself and build a billion dollar empire. There are many key principles that Shad used to succeed in life and in business;

 

Persistence

He never gave up. In business you must have persistence, you will face challenges but like Shahid Khan you can overcome them and have to keep on going. Khan faced many adversities and challenges such as moving to a completely foreign country or not having enough money but he learned to overcome them and change them to success.

 

Believe In Yourself

 

He always had belief in himself even when times got hard, he never gave up believing. He realised that If your not going to believe in yourself then no-one is. To succeed you have to believe in yourself even when the going goes tough and people say you can't do it, you have to prove them wrong.

Continuously Improving

This is something Khan believed in a lot. He believed you had to continually improve yourself and your staff. He believed that without continually improving yourself or others that worked for you, you wouldn't become successful. This is something that was made famous by automotive manufacturer Toyota and their philosophy 'Kaizen' which is Japanese for improvement.  

Invest in your Employees

Employees are key to any business. They are the backbone of any company so it is important to look after them and invest into them. Shahid Khan knew it was important to invest into his employees, that is one of the reasons he became so successful.

 

 

Khan gives back  to charity and also back to the community. He has gave a lot of money to the university that expected him while also paying for a tennis center and donating to the entire athletics department. He also lends his plane to them for recruitment purposes. He has donated more than $1 million to the YMCA, the place that first sheltered him when he came to the United States.

 

Shahid Khan's success story is truly extraordinary and inspiring and is truly a motivating story for any entrepreneur. But if you really want something badly, then nothing is impossible to achieve.



How Christmas Came to Exist - Why do we celebrate Christmas?

This post is going to be slightly different. Because of the festive season, we wanted to write an article that is more Christmas-sy (if that's even a word). Many people do not know the story of Christmas and why it is even celebrated. In this article we will discuss why Christmas is celebrated and how it is celebrated in different parts of the world.

Why do we Celebrate Christmas?

Christmas is the celebration of Jesus Christ's birthday and literally means Christ's Mass. Christmas is celebrated all over the world by many people including non-Christians. While the birth of Jesus Christ is generally unknown, historians believe it to be around 7 and 2 BC. Many people are confused about the exact date of Jesus's birth. Around the time of the 4th century the Western Christian Church had Christmas on December 25.

Father Christmas/Santa Claus is always associated with Christmas, but why and where did he come from? It all started a very long time ago in the 4th century AD in a place called Myria (which is now Turkey). It started with a man called St. Nicolas who was a bishop, his parents died when he was young and left him all of their money therefore making him a rich man. He was known for his kindness and giving out gifts. One day there was a poor man who had three daughters, he wanted to get them married however he did not have enough money to pay for the dowry (a sum of money which is paid the the groom's parents). St. Nicolas dropped a bag of gold down the chimney during the night and it fell into a stocking that was being hung to dry. This is was enough money to get his daughter married and this is why we use stockings for Christmas.

There are many different stories about St. Nicolas some true and some false however he was a very extraordinary man with a very big heart. St. Nicolas died on 6 December 343 AD in Myra. Over the years St. Nicolas has been transformed into a jolly, over-weighted man with a white beard who wears a red suit giving out presents.

Christmas is usually celebrated in a spectacular fashion which includes a meal that depending on which country you are in, compromises of; Roast turkey, roast potatoes, mince pies and yule log. There is also gift-giving, caroling and Christmas music.

However many people have forgot the true meaning of Christmas and it has become very commercialized and many people just buy things for each other while forgetting why they are actually celebrating Christmas.

How is Christmas celebrated around the world?

The festive holiday is celebrated in different ways around the world. In South American countries like Argentina, Christmas begins very early in December and houses are decorated with bright lights and white flowers. On Christmas Eve at night, the skies are filled with 'Globos' (similar to Chinese Latterns). Some people spend all night on Christmas Eve chatting to friends and family and spend most of Christmas day sleeping. In Brazil it is normally celebrated in a fashion similar to the UK and USA.

In China since many people aren't Christian, only a small amount of the population celebrate Christmas but the number is increasing every year. Many people give Apples to each other on Christmas Eve and going to midnight mass service is becoming popular. In France a nativity crib is usually used to decorate the house while the main meal of Christmas is Reveillon and is eaten on Christmas Eve/Early Christmas morning after people come back from the midnight mass. Another great tradition in France is that 13 different deserts are eaten!

In the UK and USA it is normally celebrated in the same manner. People decorate their houses with a variety of different lights and some even use statues of Santa Claus and Snowmen to decorate their house. Like a lot of countries Nativity Plays and Carolling services are very common. The traditional meal is usually Turkey with cranberry sauce and Roast potato.

Boxing day is the day after Christmas which is on the 26th of December, it is only celebrated in a number of countries. It is a tradition that started in the UK over 800 years ago during the Middle Ages. On this day the alms boxes and collection boxes that are kept in churches for the poor are opened and distributed among the poor.

We hope this article has helped you learn more about Christmas. We should all remember that this should be a time to be grateful for what we have and spend time with our loved ones. We should also remember to help the less fortunate ones and help the poor.

Merry Christmas to everyone from The Marketing Guy and we hope you have a Happy and prosperous New Year. Remember to subscribe to our Mailing list for all the latest updates, offers, discounts and articles from us.

Clueless about Facebook: How to Create a Kick-Ass Facebook Page Available on Amazon Kindle

We have some great news to announce. Our first official book is now available on Amazon Kindle. You can read the book on any Smartphone, Tablet or Laptop/Computer and any other compatible device.

 

If you are new to Facebook or don't know what Facebook is, this book explains it all. This book will also explain how to:

• How to create a Fan page
• How to create a Group
• Make Money from Facebook
• Monetize your Facebook audience
• How to Engage with your audience
• Get more traffic to your Fan Page

Clueless about Facebook is available for free right now for a limited time only. Take advantage of this offer today and download it now.

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Find out the Secret to Making Thousands of Dollars a Month on Amazon Kindle Selling eBooks Online

Making money on the internet can be kinda difficult at times. Especially with no guidance or even worse following the wrong guidance. You will just waste a ton of money on bullshit. Its a good job that we're here. In this article you will learn how to make money on Amazon, specifically with the Amazon Kindle.

What is Amazon Kindle?

Amazon Kindle is an online eBook publishing platform from online book and retail giants Amazon. People visit the Amazon Kindle Store to purchase ebooks that they can read instantly on their tablet, laptop, e-reader or other platform.

Amazon Kindle is a very good platform to make tons of money on. Amazon Kindle market and distribute your book on their website and you receive money if your book sells. It could not be any simpler. It is very easy to get started on Amazon Kindle.

Getting Started

The first thing you would need to do is register an account on the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) website, this would involving registering your personal details as well as entering in a bank account in which Amazon can pay you. Once you have your account set up you are good to go and you will be able to publish mind-blowing books.

There are many advantages to selling ebooks on the Amazon Kindle, the first one being it is very simple to use and its even easier to upload your content on. You get to keep full control of the book and just with one click you can publish your book globally and it will reach readers worldwide.

You choose between two options for royalty payments. The first option is you receiving a 70% royalty fee if your book is priced between $2.99 and $9.99. The second option is if your book is priced between $0.99 and $200 then you receive a 35% royalty fee. I would recommend using the 35% option at the start and price your book at $0.99. This is because your book is relatively new and it will bring people in as $0.99 is not much of a financial investment as a higher price such as $3.99. More people will buy your book and thus you will get more reviews and more profit. Once your book is more established you can raise your price up to $2.99 or higher to receive the 70% royalty fee.

Reviews are very important when it comes to establishing your book and making it successful. Reviews help a customer decide if they want to buy the book or not. A good way to receive good reviews is to enrol your book into the KDP Select programme. The KDP Select programme is an promotion that Amazon designed which is basically Amazon let users download your book for free for a selected period of time. If you enrol your book into the programme you will get more people to download your book. This means if your book is good, (which it will be) people will want to share it with their friends and recommend it. They will share it on social network websites like Facebook and Twitter. That means more positive words about your book and you receive free advertising. Enrolling your book in the programme will also mean more people will have the chance to post positive reviews about the book.

Check out the video below from our new YouTube channel which tells you how to make money on Amazon Kindle. In the video Annie explains how effectively make money on this platform. For more great videos from The Marketing Guy be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel

Finding a Profitable Niche

Ok, that's enough of our shameless self promotion, now back to business. You might be thinking what shall I write about? Write about your passion. Something you are passionate about helps because you will enjoy writing about it and you'll be knowledgeable about it (if not research about it on the internet). Your passion can be anything from cats and dogs to football or cars. You can teach people how to look after their dog properly or how to play golf properly. You can even write about fiction books and create the next Harry Potter. You could write children's books, romance novels, thrillers, anything that you want.

You also have to make sure the niche you have chosen is profitable, there is demand for it and it has low competition in the chosen niche. To see what is popular browse the Amazon Kindle Most Popular section or go on eZineArticles for some inspiration.


If you can't be bothered to write your book yourself then you can always hire someone to write it for you. You can find someone on freelancing websites such as Elance or Odesk and get them to write for around $30-$40 for a 60 page book. All you have to do is make an account and post a job, which are both free of charge. Make sure you specify all the details you would like to include in your instructions to your freelancer.

Make sure the book you write or get written for you is of high quality. This is very important as you do not want to receive a negative review for your book. Remember feedback and reviews are very important and you do not want to get bad ratings.

Next you will need a design a good looking front cover that will attract buyers. You could design it yourself if you have good skills on Photoshop or you could hire someone on Fiverr. Fiverr is a micro-jobs website and people charge only $5 to make an excellent looking front cover.

A good tip for making extra money from your book is to include affiliate links in your book. If you would like to learn more about Affiliate Marketing click here and here. Inserting affiliate links will make you extra money. Want more help with Affiliate Marketing? Read the review of the Online Affiliate Guide here. Don't overdo it and only put affiliate links in where you need to otherwise it will just look spammy. Also dedicate a page to writing down a copyrighted notice that protects your book like this.

Getting your book on Kindle

Once you have done this you can upload put your book and front cover together and convert it into PDF format. You can do this on Microsoft Word. After you have done that you can upload it onto Amazon Kindle. You also have to correctly format your book in the correct Kindle format. You can use AK Elite Bookmaker Software to correctly format your books in the correct method. You can also do it yourself by following the Amazon Kindle Formatting Guidelines Log into your Kindle account, click add title, set the price of your book and you are good to go. Make sure you make use of the description and the title. Write a good description as this is one of the main things that sells your book. Make sure you tell potential customers what the book is, what you will learn, why you should buy the book and any other information they need. The description word limit is up to 700 words so make sure you use all of them. Insert keywords into your title. So for example if your book is teaching people how to play golf then you could call your book:

Learn how to play Golf like a Pro - Step by step guide to play Golf

Play Golf like Tiger Woods - The Ultimate Guide to Playing Golf

 

Promoting your eBook

So you have now successfully published your book on Amazon Kindle. Well done. Now you need to promote it like crazy! Make social media pages for your book on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus and also post content that promotes your book. Get people to share it on their Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. Create a blog for it. Make a video that promotes your book and post it on Youtube. Get bloggers to review your book. Anything that spreads the word of your book.

You could also give it away for free to people. Post it on Facebook groups and fan pages about your niche. In our golf example you could post it on Facebook and Twitter pages that are similar to your niche. You can gift the book to chosen email addresses therefore getting people to give verified Amazon reviews.

Submitting your book onto your website to get it more popular. The main aim should be to make the book viral. Posting it on book websites like GoodReads and LibraryThing. Get the Ultimate eBook creator, it also lets you publish to Apple iBookstore and Barnes and Noble. Click here to find out more about it.

Put a link to your website in the footer of your book on each page, this way people can visit your website. It will bring more traffic to your website or blog as well.

By following these steps and using a 'Repeat and Rinse' process you can create an eBook empire that brings you in thousands of dollars of passive income a month without you even doing anything. All you have to do is repeat this process and carry on publishing books.

Want to learn more about Kindle and find out how to make passive income month after month? Click here to find out.

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Bruce Lee : The Think and Grow Rich Story

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. - Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was one of the most famous martial artists and movie stars in the world. He was a true pioneer of Martial Arts and was the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Mr Lee made many famous blockbusters like Fist of Fury and The Big Boss. Bruce Lee was very clear in what he wanted to do like many famous and successful people. He was a very focused and driven individual who would do anything to achieve his goals.

At the age of 28, Bruce Lee was a very driven and talented Martial Artist who already had two children by then. However at that age he was not a known martial arts actor. The only thing he had was the hunger for success and the belief in himself that he would make it. Bruce Lee is one of the greatest success stories. 

He wrote a mission statement at 28 in the year of 1969. At the time he was a minor TV star in the USA. He featured in a small number of shows which included the short lived The Green Hornet TV series. He had no financial support or income and had his second child recently born. Bruce Lee wrote down exactly what he wanted to achieve (see the note he wrote below).

Bruce's success came from reading the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Check out the Review of the book from us. In the book Napoleon Hill writes you have to clearly visualize a goal to achieve it. Imagine you have already achieved your goal. This is what Bruce Lee did to achieve his goals of becoming such a powerful man. I encourage you to buy and read the book Think and Grow Rich, it will make your life better.

Transcript

My Definite Chief Aim

I, Bruce Lee, will be the first highest paid Oriental super star in the United States. In return I will give the most exciting performances and render the best of quality in the capacity of an actor. Starting 1970 I will achieve world fame and from then onward till the end of 1980 I will have in my possession $10,000,000. I will live the way I please and achieve inner harmony and happiness.  

Bruce Lee

Jan. 1969 

Bruce Lee sharing his wisdom

Thank you for reading this article. I hope this has helped you and you have enjoyed reading this article. If you follow Bruce Lee's techniques you will surely achieve success. Make sure you read the book Think and Grow Rich as this book will help you on your path to success.

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As you think, so shall you become. - Bruce Lee