free ebook

Let people have my ebook for free today...lots o traffic.

WGS from 26 to 88  now says 37 subscribers
Other blog HH now 266 was 250ish


HH = 842 unique, 1761 page loads
WGS = 4,081 unique, 5914 page loads

Best part was - getting information out to people who need it....why I spend my time on my blog.

Week of January 16, 2012

publish eBook on Kindle instead of pdf

• convert eBook to Kindle -->> doesn't make any sense to do this...ebook is not set up that way. On to plan B.

Plan B
ebook viral - offer it free for one day and see what happens

• change header DONE!
• Thurs evening change price and change sales price on sales page

if viral then

1. change sales page, upload PDF which allows them to download it
2. stop paying for ejunkie
3. create opt in image for email like Pat's free ebook??? 

if not viral then plan C

• change eBook to kindle ready putting worksheets and other info on blog price

Done!

• http://blog.taleist.com/2011/10/25/why-im-not-selling-my-own-ebooks-anymore-mostly/ READ/Done
• https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin DONE
• Social Triggers - how people browse your blog READ
• Read: Design a home page based on people's expectations
  
  
  1. added contact info
  2. updated about me page
  3. added an excerpt to my sales page for ebook

Notes:

• If refund needed via paypal http://www.ehow.com/how_8574439_refund-transaction-ejunkie.html
• bloggingtips
• If you want your ebook to become a viral marketing tool then offer the ebook for anyone to download. Create a landing page/announcement post on your blog with specifics about your ebook and of course the download link. Ask readers to download and offer their opinions on your ebook; to distribute or recommend it to their peers. Include a link to the download/landing page in your email signature, forum signatures and anywhere else online where your ebook could be publicized.
• If you want to increase subscribers as a result of distributing your ebook,  offer the download link through the footer of your RSS feed. Both WordPress and Blogger offer the means to add content to the footer of your blog feed. Alternatively, create a Feedflare to use with Feedburner which includes the link to your free ebook.
• from iyke:
•  I suggest you create that awesome eBook and give it 100% free. By 100% I mean no opt-in required. 

Engagement from Scratch Firepole

Download for free:  http://www.engagementfromscratch.com/download.html

My Notes:

• from BusinessesGrow.com/blog
• "Like a child, my posts were honest, blind to politics, and playful. It was just a pure expression of what was on my mind. I didn’t know it at the time, but this is a rare commodity on the social web. Digging down deep and providing something really different and exciting got the community to notice. Fight "sameness" with your every blogging breath."
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• Blogs and Websites: UnlockTheDoor.net ...Our Favorite Blog Post: Redundancy and the Things it Brings "The social media platforms I use are Facebook, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, and LinkedIn."
• Social triggers:  "I then went to Alltop.com, and found blogs that were related to those main audiences. Once I had a list of similar blogs, I emailed each of them a personalized pitch talking about the article I had written."

Week of January 9, 2012

Thursday

• kindle how to???    in word god's goals for blogging
• post for thurs? DONE!
• schedule for twitter/FB what's for dinner?/plan

• add to each step's page - more info about step 1 click here (tag) like I did on step 7
• Research SPI's next challenge due end of feb 2012
• Start brainstorming for guest posts - 
• ie. Dave Ramsey, GroceryCartChallenge
• continue reading firepole marketing on pg. 87 {engagement from scratch} DONE!
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• google +  ????

Week of Jan 2, 2012

• Write a disclosure policy for WGS DONE!!!
• Write plan and dates down for what I need to do for WGS layout ie. each step has a page, but now what info needs to go on there? Never mind the planning this is DONE!!!
• cross post on blogher?
• guest post on MSM

2011 Review

Real quick review - won't be posting anything new until 2012

The biggest thing I've learned is to do my own thing. I have 5 years to get this off the ground - if I stress about following all of the suggestions I want to give up.

If I do what I think is right then I keep plugging away and eventually I'll get there.

Week of 12/5 To Do

• Done! Get rid of grey line around ebook: http://weeklygroceryshopping.com/feed-your-family-eboook/
• Done! announce giveaways and ebook
• Done! change header w/ clickable ebook region

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