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April 25th, 2008

Copywriters Are Not Content Writers

And I’m sure many of you know that already :)
A real copywriter - someone writing sales and marketing copy. Content writers - depends entirely on the subject matter. Sales letter writers are copywriters but called “direct response copywriters.”
[Quote compiled from two resources - Digital Point and “Writers vs. Copywriters”]
Here are some places you can find […]

By Mark -- 5 comments

April 24th, 2008

Might Makes Right - Amazon/Booksurge/Nation

Therein lies the overriding, lawless attitude and it has sadly pervaded our society because the powers that be are in full accord. What is a writer or home worker to do? We’ll figure it out! There is an answer, somewhere. In the mean time…
Reminded by “Author” at Deborah Woehr’s post, that Might Makes Right is […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

April 18th, 2008

So, You’re Hogtied To One Payment System?

And one of the first few thoughts are whether or not that is fair, legal, greedy or monopolistic?
Down under, they are concerned with eBay Australia’s requirement that sellers only offer PayPal as a payment processor for their auctions.
eBay Australia Sellers React to PayPal-Only Policy
“eBay Australia made a decision to remove direct deposit, money orders and […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

April 17th, 2008

Barnes and Noble [There Are Others]

Although I personally do not know if this is a viable alternative to Amazon I thought it would be an idea to post information that might be of help…
Getting Started With B&N;
If you are a publisher who would like to sell your books through Barnes & Noble.com, you must become a Vendor of Record with […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

April 12th, 2008

Another Job Board Addition

Its been a little short of a month and I just happened on another job board.
In my search for new information on the Amazon/Booksurge flap I wound up at mediabistro.com. [I don’t know, I just arrive in places :)]
Without further adieu;
mediabistro’s Job Board: “Jobs and recruiting for media professionals in journalism, on-line content, book publishing, […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

April 3rd, 2008

eBay’s Digital Download Ban [CDBurnerXP Pro - Free!]

If you’ve given consideration to the production and sale of physical digital products to maintain your business in light of eBay’s Digital Download ban, here is a resource for your serious consideration. And it’s Free!!!
CDBurnerXP Pro
CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

March 31st, 2008

eBay’s Digital Download Ban [Workarounds Arrive]

Unless and until eBay changes their now current policies I’m deciding that the shipment of a physical product is allowable and correct, as evidenced by some posters online…
The Warrior Forum (again).
Wherein we find links to a few excellent resources I’ve had the pleasure of discussing elsewhere :)
One is CafePress. From their Audio and Data page;
Tags: […]

By Mark -- 1 comment

March 29th, 2008

Somebody’s Missing! 25 Most Valuable Blogs?

Anna Maria Virzi at ClickZ refers us to 24/7 Wall St. where The Twenty Five Most Valuable Blogs have been posted by Douglas A. McIntyre.
And there are obvious, missing considerations…

The Gawker Properties: $150 million.
MacRumors: $85 million.
Huffington Post: $70 million.
PerezHilton: $48 million.
TechCrunch: $36 million.
Ars Technica $15 million.
Seeking Alpha $15 million.
Drudge Report $10 million.
Mashable $10 million.
GigaOm: $8.4 […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

March 28th, 2008

eBay - Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only

Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only
Brian Burke, Director Global Feedback Policy, says;
Hello…This is Brian Burke, Director Global Feedback Policy. Digital goods are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller. On eBay, this creates the potential for Feedback Manipulation (both real and perceived). To preserve the integrity of the Feedback system, […]

By Mark -- 5 comments

March 28th, 2008

Deal Breaker? Amazon - BookSurge - POD - No Choice?

Duncan says: “Amazon has announced that it will only sell print-on-demand books printed by its own print-on-demand service BookSurge.”
I didn’t see his source for the announcement so I did a little digging…
Jumped over to Crunchbase and found a link to Techmeme then another link to paidContent and finally found reference there to WritersWeekly. I might […]

By Mark -- 15 comments

March 19th, 2008

New Clickbank Initiative - Platform Globalization Released

With a hat tip to Adrian Ling…
ClickBank is pleased to announce the launch of phase one of Platform Globalization.

“The first phase of Platform Globalization allows you to expand your reach and capture additional sales by offering products in Spanish. Also, it will allow affiliates to target an even larger audience when promoting products. Lastly, customers […]

By Mark -- 0 comments

March 17th, 2008

The Job Board List Lengthens

With a hat tip to Simone at Second Life Pros;
Simone posted about Virtual Jobs and led us to “Virtual Worlds News” which leads to the “Virtual Worlds Jobs” job board.
Then, by following a link you find - Simply Hired (“We eat, sleep and breathe job search”), who have a publishers’ job board program…
“Simply Hired’s publisher […]

By Mark -- 3 comments

March 11th, 2008

Don’t Tell Anyone - It’s A Secret - [Add Your Own Job Board]

Lotsa hat tips for this one…

Anne Wayman at The Golden Pencil. Anne adds her Freelance writing jobs often as does Deb Ng (who also commented over at Brian’s pad).

Brian Clark, the perpetrator. Brian introduced his new job board so its all his fault.

Garrison - a commenter at Brian’s Copyblogger

Which motivates me to introduce another opportunity […]

By Mark -- 3 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Out Of Work? Looking? Discouraged?

Eilene Zimmerman has a nice piece posted today on the Career Couch. There’s even some methods for networking online!
Still Looking for a Job? It’s Time to Refocus
Q. You have been out of work and looking for a job for several months and feel discouraged. How can you re-energize yourself and your search?
“When a job […]

By Mark -- 2 comments

February 27th, 2008

International Chargeback Reports Agency

If you’re selling anything, anywhere, online, this has the potential to be a valuable resource for you…
International Chargeback Reports Agency
“International Chargeback Reports Agency is a non-profit organization designed to help sellers around the globe report illegal chargebacks and fraudulent Internet sales. It is 100% free to report and to search. For the first time, international […]

By Mark -- 0 comments