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Desperate Buyers Only - by Alexis Dawes

Name: Desperate Buyers Only
Creator: Alexis Dawes
URL: www.desperatebuyersonly.com
Purpose: Learn how to create e-books for people who actually want them.

The ultimate guide for profiting selling e-books and short reports, with a focus on finding markets with buyers who have pressing problems and are willing to spend money to solve them. A great book for any person struggling to find a profitable topic to begin their quest to earn a living from the Internet - but does it provide all the answers?

Desperate Buyers Only Review

At the start of Desperate Buyers Only, an e-book by Alexis Dawes, is the following -

How To Choose Topics That Attract Buyers Like Bee’s to Honey - (It has NOTHING to do with “Doing What You Love”)

Online infopreneurs fail for 3 main reasons–

1) They focus on general topics.

2) They focus on so-called ‘hot’ niche topics.

3) They follow the all-time favorite, and frequently quoted, adage, “Do what you love and the money will follow.”

Nice. Very nice.

I found a book that teaches only what you need to know about the making money part of selling online. Forget anything about loving the topic, or having a passion for what you do - this is the book for those lost souls who are passionless, money-hungry, wannabe information sellers.

Okay, maybe that’s too harsh.

This is the book you need if you are still struggling to find a way to make money online and you need help picking a topic that has profit potential, despite it being the most dry and boring topic ever.

I come from the world of “do what you love” but I’m well aware there’s no point doing what you love when you can’t make money from it, at least if you want all the trappings that modern society offers. The harsh reality is, for some people - “what you love” is not going to be profitable.

It could be because you don’t have the marketing skills, maybe your passion is a saturated market or maybe what you love is not something that people spend money on.

For whatever reason, some people have to find ways to make money and what they love simply won’t cut it. In this case, no amount of passion for your topic can put food on the table.

Ideally, we all want the holy grail combination of passion and profit, where you make great money and love the work, which is why I direct my students towards looking at passions first. An important factor is motivation and, as I know from my own experience, sometimes the only way you stay motivated long enough to realize results, is to a choose a passion-based topic.

Thanks to Alexis and her e-book, you can use her techniques to chase the dollar by focusing on “desperate buyers”, people ready to spend money to solve urgent problems. Your motivation is your desire to make an income and if that is enough motivation for you to do the work (and it was for me when I first started Internet business), this is a book that offers a straight-to-the-point blueprint for turning on the cashflow.

The Challenge of Topic Selection - Solved

For most newbie Internet marketers, topic selection is the greatest challenge. Desperate Buyers Only provides an easy to follow breakdown of how to find topics that can make you money.

Here’s a rough breakdown of Alexis’ methodology for locating a profitable topic -

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I just had a great weekend. It was the Australia day public holiday here on Monday so I hosted a traditional Aussie BBQ housewarming party at my place. It was nice to have friends over, eat some good food, play some cards and then head to the park for some running around.

Now of course, it’s back to work!

With the profile of this blog I’m constantly sent reports and e-books to look at and unfortunately nowadays I have little time to read them, but I try to squeeze some in when I can. Today I picked out a few of the best to recommend to you and they are all free!

5x Profits Secrets by Dr Mani

Dr Mani is blogging like crazy on his Money Power Wisdom blog. He knows his stuff, so it’s worth adding his feed to your readers if you are interested in blogging and Internet marketing, the Doc has been in the game for a long time.

Dr Mani is a real doctor and much of his Internet business profits are used to fund heart surgery for under-privileged children in India. That’s a pretty noble cause and one worth supporting.

His new report - 5x Profits Secrets - reveals some of the fundamentals of successful marketing, including:

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Fran Kerr is my web assistant and helper with Blog Mastermind and a partner in a new eBay lead generation venture we are working on (can’t talk about this one yet!). She’s also a guru at natural skin care and runs a blog, High on Health.

Earlier in the year I asked her to have a play with the social bookmarking software Web2Submitter to see if it’s worth using as a tool to help bloggers get more traffic from social marketing. Here’s what she had to say about the program…

Automate your social marketing activities with Web2Submitter - Submit your content to Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Propeller, etc automatically with this software from Jack Humphreys.

Product Name: Web2Submitter
Creators: Jack Humphreys and Brandon Hall
URL: http://web2submitter.com/
Price: $47.00 USD
Reviewed by: Fran Kerr

I was really excited when I received a copy of the Web2Submitter, because it promises to make social bookmarking so much easier.

Web2Submitter is a software package that has the intention of saving you time and increasing your traffic by automating most of the process of submitting your blog or website articles to social bookmarking services. The idea is to submit to as many services as possible, with very little effort.

So, How Does It Work?

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Web 2.0 Wealth System is a series of training videos by Alex Sysoef designed to teach people how to create profitable blogs, with the claim that if you follow the step-by-step instructions you will begin earning money within seven days.

Product: Web 2.0 Wealth System
Creator: Alex Sysoef
Website: www.web20wealth.com
Purpose: This product is intended to help you increase or start generating blog income using a simple system that takes minimal time to implement.
Price: $67.00*
Reviewed by: Bryan Clark

* Until December 1st 2007 Alex has offered a $20 discount to readers of Yaro’s blog, so you can get his product for $47.

Alex created this product with the intentions of making sure that anyone who bought it wouldn’t be a member of the “one and done” blogging group. Statistics show that most bloggers blog consistently for approximately one to three months before giving up. Why do they give up? They are overwhelmed!

I’ll tell you, as a newer blogger myself (that’s me, Bryan Clark, not Yaro), there are many ways to get overwhelmed when it comes to trying to decipher all of the blogger “code” that comes with the territory. Simple things to experienced bloggers can be a headache to the newbies. Terms like RSS, SEO, PPC, Affiliate, CPC, and more, can all seem like a foreign language to a new blogger.

Alex Sysoef stepped up and has offered a product designed to help people new to blogging get over the beginner curve quickly. His product is the best I’ve tested so far when it comes to guiding beginner to intermediate bloggers down the path of Internet income.

Who Is It For?

This product is easy to follow, and you can use it regardless of your skill level. Alex has a pretty heavy accent, so you’ll need to listen closely, but it’s not too difficult to understand.

Web 2.0 Wealth System was created for the beginner, but I would recommend it for the intermediate blogger too - you will stumble across a few gold nugget ideas that you didn’t know before, even if you are familiar with blogging. Advanced bloggers will probably find much of the training redundant, so if you are familiar with how to set up a WordPress blog, install critical plug-ins and the best monetization methods, you probably don’t need this product.

I was pleasantly surprised by some of the tips Alex talks about in the videos, in particular the monetization suggestions, as he offered a few ideas I had never heard of before. For example, the section where he covers using AssociatedContent.com was particularly refreshing. Not many other blog trainers talk about this service as a way to make money from a blog and it’s interesting how Alex leverages the site within his system to generate multiple sources of income from the single stream of content.

Why Would You Need This Product?

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Easy WordPress Membership Sites is a video training product on how to set up a membership site using the WordPress blog content management system, presented by Matt NG.

Product Name: Easy WordPress Membership Sites
Creator: Matt Ng
Website: http://internetmarketing-asia.com/ezwpms/
Purpose: To guide you step-by-step through creating your very own “members only” site using a WordPress blog.
Price: $19.90 USD
Reviewed by: Bryan Clark

The task of creating your very own membership site can be a daunting one. Matt Ng saw the potential to deliver a powerful informational product, and he delivered with this video training package. Let’s find out whether it’s worth investing $20 in this product.

What Is A Membership Site?

A membership site is a website that only allows members to view what is inside. Most of these sites charge a fee (usually monthly) to view the materials. Membership sites usually offer premium information that you can’t find elsewhere or attempt to do all the research for you, providing only what you need to know about a certain topic so you don’t have to waste time searching for it.

A membership site can be anything from a fan club, to an online class or a private forum where members can meet and interact. They can serve just about any purpose that you dream up as long as you meet people’s needs and wants. I’m sure there is something that you can create, place behind a membership site and sell access to.

Who Is This Product For?

The short answer - Everyone. I know that you’ve kicked the idea around about trying your luck at a membership site. It’s a pretty hot topic right now. This product will walk you through every step of the process. The tutorials are easy to understand, informative, and most importantly… cheap.

Easy WordPress Membership Sites picks up right after purchasing a domain name and hosting, and walks you step-by-step through the process of setting up a WordPress blog and creating a membership site with it.

Why Do I need A Members Only Site?

A membership site is a great way to generate a passive income stream. Passive income is what we, as Internet marketers are ultimately searching for, right? A membership site is the mecca of Internet marketing. It’s a great way to generate cash, build your list, and to start offering products and services to your very own paying customers. Does it get any better? I don’t think so.

If you are anything like me you are probably asking yourself why you need this product. The information is available online, but it’s not incredibly easy to find. So why spend the money? Well for one, it’s only $20… finding information takes time. If you could pay $20 for someone to do all the legwork for you why wouldn’t you?

Personally I would use the membership site to help with my branding campaign. Having my very own membership site is a great way to become an “authority” type figure in the virtual world. Even if you don’t have products to sell, you can use this software to provide a valuable service to your customers. For example, let’s take Yaro. Yaro uses his membership site, Blog Mastermind, to teach bloggers how to make more money, build traffic, and become better bloggers. I’m sure that you have something to teach as well. Whether it be bass fishing, or fashion - there is a market on the net for absolutely EVERYTHING!

What Do You Get For Your Money?

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