If you are a blogger or podcaster, or have e-books or special reports you use as opt-in bait for list-building, you're going to love this!
My friend and colleague, Penny Haynes, has just developed the coolest thing I've seen in a long time for us bloggers, podcasters, infopreneurs and content creators.
It's a new service called RSSZine that lets you take your blog or podcast feed and turn it into an Adobe PDF file that includes live links, and/or a Flash "turning pages" e-book that is viewable on your web site or burnable onto a CD or DVD.
And best of all, RSSZine is offered at a fraction of the price that such services typically cost.
Penny Haynes is a smart, hard working small business owner just like you and me, but I was skeptical until I saw her work her magic to bring new life to my free e-book The Treasury of Infopreneur FAQs (CLICK HERE to see it in all it's 3-D glory), and she's doing the same with my hit infopreneur podcast What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast.
As you know from my work on What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM) I'm all about leveraging your unique knowledge and original content for maximum audience and revenue, and this new RSSZine service is one of the ways you can do just that!
Your blog can become a cool PDF e-book (like my Treasury Of Infopreneur FAQs), or an e-book whose pages turn that can be viewed on your web site, or can be delivered to a customer who prefers physical content, as a CD or DVD.
Your podcast---especially when you have a whole bunch of episodes (42 and counting like I do for What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast)---can now be more tangible to those who understand "read a page" and then click to listen, vs. the whole iPod or Zune thing.
NOTE: If you want your actual podcast content transcribed for the PDF before the Flash, page-turning e-book treatment is given, you'll want to ask for help from the good folks at NewMediaTranscription.com to transcribe your episodes. The RSSZine service will just include the posts from your podcast blog for each episode with a link to the audio file for each, rather than the full content of each podcast episode.
By the way, when you join their list, NewMediaTranscription.com gives you a new customer welcome coupon that saves you 10% along with some informative bonuses on list building and making money fast from transcripts. They're the only ones I trust with my precious infopreneur podcast and infopreneur teleseminar content--well worth a visit.
You can use the PDFs as opt-in bait, or to sell outright (especially if you've had full podcast episodes transcribed by NewMediaTranscription.com, you could certainly sell it as an e-book). The Flash "page-turning e-books" are also a great way to get people to stay on your web site for awhile and wow them to opt-in to your list or open their wallets to make a purchase. Or a "for sale" or promotional CD or DVD could make sense for your content too.
And if you already have an e-book or special report in PDF format, you can simply have the RSSZine service give it the cool Flash "page turning" treatment to give it some pizazz like I did.
The RssZine service is not going to break the bank at just $100 for the full RSS feed to PDF to Flash "turning page" e-book service. Certainly you can figure out lots of ways to monetize this low, low investment in all that great content you've pumped out already in your blog and podcast, and in your information products. I know I am :)
To get your RSSZine package, go to: http://budurl.com/RSS2PDF2Flash
This is a true no-brainer if you value your content and are serious about maximizing your audience and revenue for your work. Know someone who could use this new RSSZine service? Please refer them to this blog post and do them a huge favor!
And now I'd like to invite you to learn more about infopreneuring (creating original content information products and services from your unique knowledge) and get your all-access pass to my What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know" Free Infopreneur Teleseminar Series. The next few months are going to be jam-packed with free events, and the only way to get access to them is to be a subscriber to my e-mail list. CLICK HERE
I'm also going to be a guest speaker and trainer for many top events, and as a subscriber, you'll always be in the know about those learning opportunities too.
Happy Infopreneuring!
--Melanie R. Jordan, Everybody's Infopreneur Coach, Author of What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know™ - Achieving The Life You Were Meant To Have By Making Money From What YOU Know! and Host of infopreneur podcast What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM), The Podcast Available 24/7 at: http://www.WhatYouKnowIsWorthMorePodcast.com
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New Credibility For E-Books Thanks To Arnold Schwarzenegger
E-Books are getting new credibility courtesy of the governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger. They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and with the California budget crisis looming large over paradise, that's never been a more truthful statement.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his Digital Book Initiative, is in the process of phasing out traditional
science and math textbooks to California schools in favor of "digital versions" (a.k.a. e-books). Besides saving trees and $300 - $400 million dollars, this whole concept should get you vey excited as an infopreneur. Why?
Think about it. We online types have always gotten the fact that there's no need for a book to be a print book in order for it to contain valuable knowledge and to be a hot sales item. And there's no better way for a book to be kept up-to-date, than for it to be in digital format as an e-book. I still remember when I was a kid getting history books that were several years old with key events missing!
Now with California backing e-books as suitable for classroom use, it gives new credibility to e-books as a serious reference source. Plus, it will now mean future generations in California (and hopefully this will expand to every state school system, as well as institutions of higher learning) will grow up on e-books, so they won't think twice about asking for a print book version. That saves production costs, production time and production expense for those of us infopreneurs who smartly appeal to those segments of our audience who want good old fashioned print books, so we produce both e-books and print books as information products offered.
And if their kids are reading e-books in school, maybe it's not too late to teach parents some new habits :)
And now I'd like to invite you to learn more about infopreneuring (creating original content information products and services from your unique knowledge) and get your all-access pass to my What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know" Free Infopreneur Teleseminar Series. The next few months are going to be jam-packed with free events, and the only way to get access to them is to be a subscriber to my e-mail list. CLICK HERE
I'm also going to be a guest speaker and trainer for many top events, and as a subscriber, you'll always be in the know about those learning opportunities too.
Happy Infopreneuring!
Don't miss a post--subscribe to this infopreneur blog What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know - The Blog For Infopreneurs feed. It's easy! CLICK HERE
Follow me on Twitter
Join my new LinkedIn Group Make Your Own Job! What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM)!
Friend Me On Facebook, What You Know Is Worth More Than You Know(TM) Facebook Fan Page
NEW! Join me on The Circle.org where I'm a mentor in the Become An Infopreneur section posting content, answering questions and encouraging you to reach your goals!
Check out more of Melanie's empowering publications on work-at-home lifestyles, healthy eating and foreclosure investing, and learn about her Marketing and Infopreneur Coaching Services at http://www.SunLoverPublishing.com
Check out Melanie's Other Blogs:
The Healthy Food Review where healthy eating with favorite comfort foods is deliciously possible! at http://www.TheHealthyFoodReview.com
Vegas Inside Scoop--for Las Vegas locals and visitors at http://www.VegasInsideScoop.com
Copyright SunLover Publishing LLC 2009
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