Stuart Turnbull’s Blog

My children go back to school at the end of this week (phew!!) so I hope to start churning out my video tutorials at a much greater rate.

Today I have uploaded Video 7  which walks you through the simple process of editing your DNS settings.

You may ask ‘why do I need a video if the process is so simple?’.

I can only speak for myself and tell you that I find it much easier to learn a new process if I can SEE it demonstrated and not just read a list of actions.

This process is second nature to me know because I have done it several times, however, the first time I logged into the control panel I would have been completely lost without a video guide.

I also love learning through video because I am in control, I can pause and watch each action as many times as I like at my own pace, this ensures I get it right first time which saves time and builds confidence.

For the benefit of any new readers, I am working on my latest information product webtraderprofits.com. This is a guide to spread trading the FTSE index. I am recording a video of each step and this series of tutorial videos will build into a guide to creating and marketing your own information product.

If you would like to learn how to create and market your own information product, just go back to the top of the page and pop your details into the box.

As always your comments are much appreciated and valued.

Apologies to anyone who has been wondering where video 6 is, I’ve been on a short family holiday (you know the kind of thing- pack wife, 4 children and several bags into car, drive to  holiday cottage, get rained on for a week and then drive home!)

Here it is!

Video 6 Set Up Hosting explains hosting and walks you through this simple process.

I will get video 7 Edit DNS Settings online as soon as I can.

To recap

• we have chosen a hot niche using ClickBank.
• we have chosen an attention grabbing title and purchased the corresponding domain.
• we have written our eBook in Open Office Writer following Paula Brett’s simple, step by step template.
• we have added hyperlinks and screenshots to our eBook.
• we have set up hosting for our domain.

In the next 2 videos I will show you how to complete the hosting of your domain and how to set up an email address @ your domain (much more professional than @hotmail or yahoo etc.)

My eBook Prints Make Profits continues to make sales and because I have chosen a popular niche (making money on eBay) will continue do so year after year.

Don’t forget that the beauty of selling information products is that you only have to do the creation and set up work once, your work, however, will sell forever!

Don’t forget also that I am sharing how to ‘do it’ absolutely free of charge with no strings whatsoever.

So if you want to build yourself a second income that you can grow into a full time income for a couple of hours work a day jump on board!

Please take the time to submit your comments, let me know what you like, what you don’t like, any problems or things you don’t understand. 

Here is the link for d9 hosting (UK users)

and d9 for none-UK users

Video 5 on Finishing your eBook is now online HERE. Today you will learn how to include a hyperlink in your work which will earn you an affiliate income.

I hope that lots of you are watching my videos and more importantly planning to take ACTION on them.

Remember,  over the course of the next few weeks my videos will build into a valuable FREE resource that will take you from complete beginner to having your own eBook for sale online. I will then show you how to promote it to generate traffic and sales!

Once you know how to ‘do it’ you can repeat the process over and over gradually building multiple streams of online income (I’m beginning to sound like Jim Cockrum!).

The key to all this is YOU.

If you don’t take ACTION nothing will change and your dream of earning a living online will remain just a dream.

Please let me know your thoughts, if there is something stopping you taking action let me know, I have been where you are and I can help. If you need further information or you don’t understand something let me know by leaving a comment.

Finally remember that after the initial creation and set up your eBook will earn you money forever, it may only be $20.00 per day but it is $20.00 EVERY day.

All you do then is repeat the process, imagine having 5 products earning you $20.00 each per day

or 10………… why stop at 10?

The only limit is your own imagination!

The latest announcement from eBay regarding their planned links policy changes is HERE

This is great news for all ’switched on’ eBay sellers who use their ‘Me’ pages to generate leads.

If you are an eBay seller who isn’t using their ‘Me’ page to boost their profits click HERE because you are missing out BIG TIME!!

This post is for the benefit of Jacqueline (see video 4 comments) and anyone else who may have had similar problems.

It is at this stage that I want you to read Paula Brett’s Operation eBook .

I turned to Operation eBook for guidance when I wrote Prints Make Profits and found it an easy to follow, comprehensive guide to information product creation, it is full of inspiration and ideas for people like me who don’t consider themselves writers.

Paula even includes worksheets in PDF and Word format to help you.

I asked Paula if she would give my members a special discount off the normal retail price of her eBook and she came up trumps with a 27% reduction!

If you are serious about making money online you really MUST create your own products and Paula’s eBook is an absolute MUST read, step by step guide that will pay for itself many times over.

Having tried and tested this product myself I know its value to the budding online marketer and urge you to click the link above and read Paula’s website carefully.

I do believe that it is best to write your own material, however, I understand if some of you feel you;

• Can’t write
• Don’t want to write
• Don’t have the time to write

If you come into 1 of these categories I have 2 suggestions:

1. Find a ghostwriter through Elance.com. This is a website where you post your project and freelance writers quote prices for completion of your task. Just like eBay there is a feedback system to help you choose the right freelancer. It is vital that you review the feedback carefully, DO NOT just accept the cheapest quote.
2. Search Google for PLR Material. This is private label rights material which is basically eBooks written by others that you are free to change in any way you wish. It is important to rewrite this material as you won’t be the only person using it and you don’t want disappointed buyers requesting refunds because they already have ‘your’ eBook!

Like I said it is best to write your own material so please only use these 2 options as a last resort.

I will upload video 5 on ‘Finishing your eBook’ in the next day or so.

I’m delighted to say that I finally got video 4 Writing Your eBook Part 2 completed and online.

It’s been a busy time with 4 children on school holidays but enough of my problems!

Video 4 is the perfect solution for all of those people who have been emailing to say they can’t write.

I guarantee that if you follow my advice you will produce an information product to be proud of.

Remember I am showing you the exact methods I used to create my own eBook which sold enough copies in the first month to more than cover all of my creation costs.

Remember also that the great thing about selling information is that you only have to do the work once and your product will earn for years to come.

Once you have learned how to ‘do it’ you can repeat the process until you have many products together earning you a great income.

You need to focus now on the job at hand and get your eBook completed, don’t forget I am available to answer questions or provide encouragement so don’t hesitate to post a comment if the need arises, I will reply to all comments received.

As always I value and appreciate your feedback so please keep those comments coming.

Good luck!

I thought I’d post a little extra guidance on choosing your eBook niche whilst you are waiting for video 4. (It’s nearly ready! and it contains some excellent help and advice aimed at those of you who are struggling to write your own eBook)

Providing Solutions Will Boost Your Profits

Products that solve problems are the most effective items to sell online.  Internet marketers learn early on that following and solving a problem equals online profits.  People search the Internet daily seeking answers to urgent problems.  They are looking for new ways to lose weight, save at the gas pump, stop a foreclosure, or cure heartburn. 

What is the best way to determine what problems people are having and how you can provide a solution?  You have to do your research and pay attention to the trends in your chosen niche.  Begin with researching keywords for your subject.  There are several excellent tools you can use for this task.  SEO Book or Google Labs will help you determine trends based on the latest searches.  You can see new topics arise as trends shift over several days or more. 

Join discussion forums that center on your niche.  Get involved in the conversations instead of lurking about.  Add to the discussion and follow the rules of the forum.  If you go into a group trying to sell something right off, you will find yourself booted very fast. 

Offer recommendations or general suggestions once you have made a few posts and shown that you want to be a part of the community. Pay attention to the discussions.  When you see comments about a particular problem, be brave enough to ask if anyone has a good solution for it.  More often than not, if no one has a suggestion, there’s a chance to develop a new product idea!

Another great way to get a handle on problems to solve is by visiting major blogs like Technorati.  There are sections specifically for “what’s rising.” This is a good spot to stay in touch with what people find important. 

Subscribe to feeds from popular blogs in your niche.  Chances are you will see posts on products that address common problems.  Have a look at these products and determine what you can do to make them simpler, improve them, or add your own twist on the solution.  If it is a high ticket item, perhaps you can produce something that is more affordable. 

Study these products and see if they really do solve the problem.  Perhaps the product is cheap and not very clear with the solution.  That is your opportunity to add to the content and position your product as the superior answer.  Get testimonials from reviewers on how your product solved their problem quicker and easier.

Marketers are earning six and seven figure incomes by solving simple problems.  They pay attention to what the public wants.  Follow these simple suggestions and you can have your slice of this very lucrative pie.

Hello again and a warm welcome to everyone especially those new readers who are visiting my blog for the first time.

For the benefit of these new readers, particularly, this is a short recap on where we are and how we got here.

Back in Feb‘08 I was a complete beginner in the world of internet marketing, I had been operating a successful part time eBay enterprise but desperately wanted to take my business to the ‘next level’.

I knew from being on the mailing lists of many established marketers that the main secrets to success were; create your own products and build your list.

Great! I knew the answers but I had no idea how to ‘DO IT’.

This is where John Thornhill and his coaching program came into the story, John promised to teach everything he knew in an easy to follow step by step course lasting 16 weeks.

Despite my self doubts (I am an absolute IDIOT! when it comes to any ‘techy’ subject!) I decided to take the plunge and was lucky enough to grab one of the 25 available places despite HUGE! Demand from John’s subscribers (John’s list is in excess of 50,000 people!)

Fast forward to today; John was true to his word (I expected nothing less from one of the most respected, trustworthy and straight forward operators on the internet) and I learned everything I needed to know about domains, web hosting, FTP, autoresponders, creating information products, writing sales letters, graphics, ClickBank, promotion  etc, etc. 

Now my debut eBook is making regular sales on ClickBank (multiple, daily sales!) my subscriber list is growing every day and MY subscribers are turning to me for the advice and guidance I myself was seeking just a few short months ago!

This opened my eyes to the fact that many, many people all over the world (I have had contact from people in the US, Spain, Belgium, Singapore, Holland, Australia and back home in the UK) need the help and guidance I myself received.

I have decided to satisfy this need by creating a series of easy to follow videos. I have broken all of these vital techniques down into ‘bite sized chunks’ so even ‘technophobes’ like myself can follow and learn!

“OK, Stuart, so what do I have to do to learn these tried and tested techniques?”

“Do I have to pay you several hundred dollars?”

“Do I have to join a waiting list for a place on your program?”

Well, the answer is ‘neither of the above’

All you have to do is go back to the top of this page, enter your details in the box and wait for my emails.

Each of my easy to follow, bite sized videos will be posted on this blog for ANYONE! to watch and learn from, absolutely and completely FREE!

I really believe that ANYONE! can master and benefit from these techniques, I am living proof!

So don’t click away with the intention of coming back later, you’ll forget about it and miss out on this potentially life changing information.

Pop your details into the box NOW! and join me.

(If you’d like to see an example of what can be produced with these methods click HERE and remember this is from someone who previously struggled to unzip an eBook to read!)

eBay.com have released an update on their planned changes to the ’Me’ page links policy.

Visit http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/changes.html for the details.

It appears to be good news in that the total ban on links from ‘Me’ pages has been shelved.

Please note that this information relates to eBay.com (the US site) although eBay tends to announce changes to this site first with the rest of the world soon following.

I am currently testing different strategies for generating leads from eBay Classifieds and ‘Me’ pages so be sure to pop your details into the box at the top of the page for regular updates on using eBay to grow your list.

You are a lucky lot; you get to listen to my voice twice in 2 days!!

My latest effort is online, click HERE to view video 3.

Apologies for the less than perfect screen capture but I’m learning as I go!

Whilst we are on the subject that reminds me of a forum post I read recently about taking action with your online project.

Is it better to take months producing the ‘perfect’ product or to just get it ‘out there’ and correct/improve it as you go?

I’m firmly in the get it ‘out there’ camp as you can tell from my video efforts!

I know my limitations and I have a tendency to research an idea for too long then try to create perfection with the result often being that I get sidetracked and my great idea gets replaced by another or I just lose interest.

That’s why this time I’m determined to just do it and ‘course correct’ on route. If I’d sat down to plan and produce a series of videos to cover all of the methods I intend to cover I’d still be at the planning stage!

As it is, I have 3 videos online (not perfect, but I think you can follow the messages) and a growing list of people eagerly anticipating the next one.

Following this strategy does require input from the most important group of people in this partnership……. YOURSELVES!

So please don’t hold back, tell me what you want to learn and whether you are happy with the way I’m trying to teach it.

Remember that making money online isn’t rocket science! It is just a case of following lots of simple steps. I learned the techniques I am passing on to you during a 16 week coaching program so don’t expect to see the light at the end of the tunnel after 3 videos! There is a lot more work to be done but I will be here to guide you every step of the way.

Let my success be your inspiration.

By the way, don’t worry if the prospect of writing your eBook fills you with dread!

I have lots of advice and help I will be providing in video 4.

You can use this link for Open Office.