Thomas Christopher's Articles

Personal Stories: Personal Myths
Do you have a personal myth -- a personal story that explains the paths of your life with their contradictions? And how have you reinterpreted that story, changing your self concept over the years?
Publish Your Own Book May Be Solution for Memoir Writers
Writing your memoirs leads to the question, 'How can I publish my own book? I'm looking for a quick, easy, and cheap way to self-publish.' Book publishing print on demand is the answer.
Word-Play For Profit
Part of being noticed on the Web involves playing a word game.
Increase Sales With a Sales Event
Some people decide to buy; some decide not to. Most don't decide to do either. To get more sales, give people a reason to decide.
If you want to help people, why are you charging so much?
Is there a conflict of interest between wanting to help others and for-profit enterprise?
How To Sell With a Teleseminar
There is a lot more to offering a teleseminar than just a phone call. Here are some things you need to do.
Free Software For Creating Info Products
As a public speaker, you need information products, books etc., to sell at your presentations. What software do you need to create these products? And how expensive is it?
How To Print a Chapbook
This article explains how you can create and print a chapbook (pamphlet) on your own computer or at a copy shop on 11'x8.5' paper (letter/landscape) and stapled down the middle.
Offer A Teleseminar In Order To Build Your Income
One teleseminar costs you almost nothing, and gives you a plethora of products and promotional materials. You can sell attendance at it. You can sell products with it. You can build an email list. You can build your membership site. You can create products from the audio recording and transcriptions and video slide shows made from it.
Make a Video Slide Show Of Your Seminar
You can create new income streams with video slide shows of your seminars. It is simple and inexpensive and requires only video editing program such as Windows Movie Maker, an audio recording of your seminar, and your slides in presentation software format ('powerpoints').
How To Use Transcripts of Your Teleseminars
In addition to the direct benefits of offering a teleseminar, you can get an audio recording, have it transcribed, and use that for many profitable purposes.
You Need To Count And Cloak Affiliate Links
You earn money with affiliate links when you send a customer or a prospect to another web site. You need to count the clicks on those links to see which pitches and banners are working. You need to cloak the links so people don't strip out your affiliate information.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking: It Beats Typing
Dragon Naturally Speaking has been improving over the years, but can still be frustrating at times. Based on my personal experience, here are some suggestions for avoiding some of the pain of using it.
How To Make Money On A Video Slide Show Of A Teleseminar
It is simple create video slide shows made from the audio recording of a teleseminar and slides. You can sell the video, sell products with the video, offer the video as a bonus to those who buy other products, give the video away to build your email list and members-only web site.
Why Do Video Games Win Out Over Work?
Video games are more attractive than work because they meet the requirements for flow, the state of being absorbed in an activity.
What Should I Offer People To Give Me Their Email Addresses?
To get sign-ups for your email list, you must offer a reward for joining. Among the best things to offer are minicourses and ezine subscriptions.
You Need To Be On Radio Talk Shows, And They Need You
Radio talk shows need people to be interviewed. This means that you can promote your book to thousands of people at a time at essentially no cost.
Customers, Offers, List, and Traffic: The COLT Design
There are a vast number of pieces of information on aspects of Internet marketing. A view compressing the four essentials has the acronym C.O.L.T. -- Customers, Offers, List, and Traffic.
Be a Recognized Authority: Have People Ask To Hire You
If you are a professional in private practice, you must communicate your expertise. Here are one-half dozen ways to establish you as an authority, and if you are the 'go-to person,' customers will come.
You Must Sell Information To People Or They Won't Value It
You must sell information to people, not just give it away. 'No price, no value,' people think.
How To Write a Book As Easily As Talking
You can just talk and have what you say transcribed into a book. Until you get accustomed to it, you can be a bit awkward and self-conscious, but there are ways around that. At least you don't have to type the manuscript.
Lure, Don't Buy Website Traffic: Write Ezine Articles
In addition to providing you with content you can use for a variety of purposes and enhancing your status as an expert, writing ezine articles can bring you quality web site traffic, if you give them away.
Relationship Marketing Strategies 101: Give Information Away
A large income comes from repeat sales. Repeat sales come from relationships. On the web, relationships come from email lists and positive interactions. Email lists and positive interactions come from giving away information.
Ten Steps To Online T-Shirt Shops: How To Start Selling T-Shirts On The Web
Writers and artists can create additional income streams by opening T-shirt shops at print-on-demand web sites by following ten simple steps.
The Importance Of Teleseminars In Speakers' Relationship Marketing Strategies
Offering teleseminars has many advantages for public speakers, including being an easy way to write books and to develop other information products. Most importantly, teleseminars are an important part of a relationship marketing strategy.

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