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Do you have a message you\'d like to get out the world, and you wonder if it\'s possible to get paid for it? It is possible, and it does take work, but not as much as you might think.
And on today\'s episode I\'m going to show you \\xa0seven simple steps to monetizing your message. Also coming up\\u2026
Conferences where I will be attending and/or speaking:
My top must-have travel app, Tripit. \\xa0There are lots of travel apps available, and I have tried most of them. But this one is the hands-down winner that I was willing to pay money for. Here are three reasons why I really love this app:
Do you want to know the magic formula for writing copy that sells? Me too. The fact is, there is no such formula. There are frameworks, and I teach those. What\'s more, I use them. But the truth is the best copy comes from inspiration and creativity. Where do those things come from? That is the subject of this week\'s Copywriting Corner. John Cleese has famously said he doesn\'t know where great ideas come from, but he\'s certain they don\'t come from our laptops. I believe it\'s important to be open to, and fill up on, stimulating, exciting, interesting, moving, and varied experiences. To live life. To give your brain a chance to get away from your projects, so it can do your work. My best copy has never come from following a template or formula. It is come from a flurry of white hot inspired ideation. Yours can too. In the audio version of this show, I expand a bit on these concepts, but for the benefit of you text a files, here are some tips
Spiritual Foundations
How do we know who\'s a true follower of Jesus? Well, first of all, there is no \\u201clitmus test\\u201d they can tell us for sure if another person is \\u201csaved\\u201d or not. Only the Holy Spirit himself knows that for sure. So how do we know, with all the various opinions and doctrines and expressions of Christianity, who the true followers of Christ really are? I think Jesus himself gave us the answer. He said:
By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\\u201d
John 15:35
By far, the most frequent question I am asked is some variation of, \\u201cRay, how do I start a business of my own on the Internet? Can I really make enough money to get by? Or is it just a scam?\\u201d
It definitely is not a scam. I know plenty of people who have made this transition. Of course some of them are quite well known, and have been clients of mine. Some are my friends, and I\'ve been privileged to know a few who are household names. But more impressive, I think, are the people you may have never heard of who have done exactly this. People who do things as varied as teaching massage therapists how to run a business, or teaching how to grow your own medicinal herbs, or unique brand of artful photography, or even dog training\\u2026 It is definitely possible to take your knowledge and experience, what you already know, in turn that into money.
In fact, I\'m teaching a brand-new webinar on this very subject tomorrow night (Thursday, January 30, 2014.) You can register for that webinar by clicking here. It\'s free.
Meanwhile, here are seven simple steps that will help you move closer to learning how to monetize your message.
We are at a significant point in history, unique and exciting. Every person is a media company if they want to be. For less than $100, you can have your own mini media empire. So the question is no longer access to distribution. The question is what will you do with it?
Barak: How do you grow your audience?
Corbin Links: \\xa0How do you overcome a bad book review on an influential site?
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Todd Liles: Where do you find good Infusionsoft campaign templates?
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