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Monday, 14 February 2011
Sunday, 13 February 2011
By popular request... the 47 Hearts Review
After yesterday's article "Can An Offer Be Too Good?" I've been asked what I thought of the book 47 Hearts.
Always happy to help, here's one of my reviews. (What it says is that it's an absolutely wonderful little book.)
http://tinyurl.com/6gq32hz
And yes, I'm deliberately using a shortened URL so that you get the message! And no, I get nothing from this nor would I wish to. I want every last cent go toward saving another life.
Details for the book alone are on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MDLVO0
Always happy to help, here's one of my reviews. (What it says is that it's an absolutely wonderful little book.)
Now, if you want to see this deal for yourself go to this link.From the heart…
You know you get those times when you know something but you know that other people may struggle to understand? You're not quite sure whether to talk about it or not?
I've got one of those times. Right here. Right now.
Let me explain - from the heart.
I like books.
No. I love books.
I sometimes tell how my primary school headmaster, (a short, somewhat rotund, gentle Irish man called Mr. Mead), told me to always treat books carefully and with respect.
"Books," he said, "will be your greatest friend. They will tell you everything that you both want and need to know.
"The really great ones will talk to you."
"Talk to me?" I queried disbelievingly (as an eight-year-old does).
He looked me in the eye. "Yes. Once you're friends, you're great books will talk to you."
He leaned forward, and whispered conspiratorially, "You'll hear them in your head."
It took many years for me to learn to fully appreciate books, and of course Mr Mead is long departed. But these days, I have many books.
The great ones talk to me.
Paul Coelho's "The Alchemist" talks to me.Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret" talks to me.Robin Sharma's "Discover your Destiny" talks to me.Rumi’s “Hidden Music” talks to me.There are others too.
I have a new book that talks to me. It is unlike the others. Firstly, it is an e-book, (a Kindle version is available - see below). Secondly, this book doesn't just talk to me; it 'calls' to me.
I've had my copy since the end of October, and it calls to me.
It calls to me several times a week, and when it does, I read.
Sometimes, I take a break and make a drink, and then read a little more, sometimes to the end, (after all, it's only a short book and doesn't take long).
The words soak in. They seep into my subconscious and they change my viewpoint, and they change my life.
47 Hearts is a little book with a deep impact. It's written from the heart, and it goes to the heart.
It tells how one man's life was changed. How that one man discovered his purpose, his destiny, his passion and his reward.
It tells how that discovery saved other lives, and it tells how it will save many more. It tells how you can do that too.
What it doesn't tell is how it is changing other people’s lives, but I guarantee that it is. It changed that one man's life. It changed my life. It has changed many other lives.
It does that in the heart of the book with 47 self-evident truths. But these are self-evident truths that we detach from each other and from ourselves. We forget our own truth. This book gently, lovingly helps us remember who we are and why we’re here.
Here's the important bit.
Will you let this little book call to you? Will you let it talk to you? Will you let this little book help you discover your purpose? Your destiny? Your passion? Your reward? Will you let 47 Hearts into your heart and change your life?
___________________
Here's something you need to think about.
14th February is St. Valentines Day. It's the day when lovers and loved ones express their love for one another by giving tokens of their love. In the western world, these tokens are frequently things like chocolates, flowers, perfumes and colognes or clothes. Marvellous gifts all, but within a short time the chocolates are consumed, the flowers have wilted, the scented bottle is empty and the clothes are just another item in the drawer.
When I got my copy of 47 Hearts it was priced at $24.95. I tell you honestly that this magical little book is worth far more than that. But..
On 14th February, the Kindle version of 47 Hearts will be available at the near giveaway price of $2.99
47 Hearts will make an amazing gift for your loved one. It will make a highly appropriate gift for your loved one. It will make a lifelong gift for your loved one. It costs less than chocolates, less than flowers, less than perfumes or colognes and less than clothes. Most importantly it shows that you are giving from the heart with thought, appreciation and love.
Your choice, but for me it's a no brainer.
http://tinyurl.com/6gq32hz
And yes, I'm deliberately using a shortened URL so that you get the message! And no, I get nothing from this nor would I wish to. I want every last cent go toward saving another life.
Details for the book alone are on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MDLVO0
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Can An Offer Be Too Good?
Listen. I have a tale for you. It is both motivational and cautionary.
A good friend of mine is a surgeon. He's also an infopreneur - one of those apparently strange creatures that are both loved and suspected as being some sort of dodgy web-based salesman.
This guy is a little different.
He creates and sells products to help other people to become successful. He's a surgeon! I think he's well qualified to do that.
Where he's different is that he uses the income that he creates from those ventures to fund life-saving surgery on children. I am not exaggerating here. Without the heart surgery that this guy both funds and performs, these children with heart defects would probably die.
Recently, our surgeon/info-guru decided to sell an old product in a new form. He took an excellent little book about the value of life (including how to have a successful one) that he had sold in a hard copy (actual paper) version.
He had it redesigned into a format for reading on the Kindle (the electronic book reader from Amazon).
Now, without getting into the detail too much, on 14th February, he is going to be offering the book for a mere $3. Actually, it'll be $2.99, although local variations in purchase tax/VAT in different countries will give the price slight variations around the world. It originally cost a great deal more, and the price will probably rise again. Additionally, there is a little app freely available that means that you can read the Kindle version on a PC or Mac.
To sweeten the deal for the launch day - 14th February, this guy is also putting six other books into the package with a total retail value of some $160 at no charge.
In short, the deal is you get this superb little book that is likely to become a classic, plus another six books, all for $3 if you order on Valentine's Day. Bargain or what?
So you have this super deal.
Now, what do you think the average web user who hears about it does? Well, there are three basic possibilities.
1. OK, some people just aren't interested. That's fine - you can't please everyone. No-one expects everyone will buy everything that is offered.
2. A LOT of people ARE interested, and sales are already looking to be promising. Hopefully enough to save lots of lives and maybe additionally get our guy recognised as a best seller on Amazon. That would help with future product sales and keep the funding coming in.
3. Lots of people are talking about this deal AND IMPORTANTLY the reason behind it. They want to support the work and they want to pass on the news even if they don't want to buy into such a sweet deal themselves.
It's the passing on of the news that's the issue. How does the average web user do that?
Well, they e-mail, they Tweet, they Facebook. Etc.
The downside is that such high volumes of traffic start alarm bells ringing and flagging certain messages.
Guess what the common theme is?
Well, each message mentions a certain surgeon, each message mentions a certain book, each message has a link to a website.
Inevitably, someone shouts about unsolicited commercial messages or SP*M. The results is our surgeon faces emails being blocked and his website being blocked. Not good for sales or a book launch.
And our surgeon isn't even the one sending the messages! Lots of other excited people are!
Disaster! And one that costs lives!
There's a message here for us all - some of our e-mail systems and our social networks simply cannot cope when the crowd is genuinely excited. (If you think you're getting all the messages you're supposed to get, think again.) You only get the messages that the technocrats think you should get!
Now, if you want to see this deal for yourself go to this link.
http://tinyurl.com/6gq32hz
And yes, I'm deliberately using a shortened URL so that you get the message! And no, I get nothing from this nor would I wish to. I want every last cent go toward saving another life.
Details for the book alone are on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MDLVO0
Is there a trick to making good money blogging?
Yeah, there sure is. But beware the technocrats!
A good friend of mine is a surgeon. He's also an infopreneur - one of those apparently strange creatures that are both loved and suspected as being some sort of dodgy web-based salesman.
This guy is a little different.
He creates and sells products to help other people to become successful. He's a surgeon! I think he's well qualified to do that.
Where he's different is that he uses the income that he creates from those ventures to fund life-saving surgery on children. I am not exaggerating here. Without the heart surgery that this guy both funds and performs, these children with heart defects would probably die.
Recently, our surgeon/info-guru decided to sell an old product in a new form. He took an excellent little book about the value of life (including how to have a successful one) that he had sold in a hard copy (actual paper) version.
He had it redesigned into a format for reading on the Kindle (the electronic book reader from Amazon).
Now, without getting into the detail too much, on 14th February, he is going to be offering the book for a mere $3. Actually, it'll be $2.99, although local variations in purchase tax/VAT in different countries will give the price slight variations around the world. It originally cost a great deal more, and the price will probably rise again. Additionally, there is a little app freely available that means that you can read the Kindle version on a PC or Mac.
To sweeten the deal for the launch day - 14th February, this guy is also putting six other books into the package with a total retail value of some $160 at no charge.
In short, the deal is you get this superb little book that is likely to become a classic, plus another six books, all for $3 if you order on Valentine's Day. Bargain or what?
So you have this super deal.
Now, what do you think the average web user who hears about it does? Well, there are three basic possibilities.
1. OK, some people just aren't interested. That's fine - you can't please everyone. No-one expects everyone will buy everything that is offered.
2. A LOT of people ARE interested, and sales are already looking to be promising. Hopefully enough to save lots of lives and maybe additionally get our guy recognised as a best seller on Amazon. That would help with future product sales and keep the funding coming in.
3. Lots of people are talking about this deal AND IMPORTANTLY the reason behind it. They want to support the work and they want to pass on the news even if they don't want to buy into such a sweet deal themselves.
It's the passing on of the news that's the issue. How does the average web user do that?
Well, they e-mail, they Tweet, they Facebook. Etc.
The downside is that such high volumes of traffic start alarm bells ringing and flagging certain messages.
Guess what the common theme is?
Well, each message mentions a certain surgeon, each message mentions a certain book, each message has a link to a website.
Inevitably, someone shouts about unsolicited commercial messages or SP*M. The results is our surgeon faces emails being blocked and his website being blocked. Not good for sales or a book launch.
And our surgeon isn't even the one sending the messages! Lots of other excited people are!
Disaster! And one that costs lives!
There's a message here for us all - some of our e-mail systems and our social networks simply cannot cope when the crowd is genuinely excited. (If you think you're getting all the messages you're supposed to get, think again.) You only get the messages that the technocrats think you should get!
Now, if you want to see this deal for yourself go to this link.
http://tinyurl.com/6gq32hz
And yes, I'm deliberately using a shortened URL so that you get the message! And no, I get nothing from this nor would I wish to. I want every last cent go toward saving another life.
Details for the book alone are on Amazon at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MDLVO0
Is there a trick to making good money blogging?
Yeah, there sure is. But beware the technocrats!
Friday, 4 February 2011
Can You Make Good Money Blogging?
Sheesh! Sure, you can make superb money blogging!
Listen. I've had lots of people in the last few months ask me
The answer is Yes! Definitely!
This is my first posting on this new blog. I'm still getting some of the intitial materials together to provide more information for you. So there's not a lot on here at the moment but you'll find information coming soon.
In fact. Very soon!
Oh! And by the way... I'm going to keep it mostly FREE information! Some of it will come from outside where I have no control over the pricing.
You know what I mean? Just because my pal wants a new computer I don't get Dell or Apple to drop their prices or give their stuff away. (It'd be nice though, huh?)
Anyway, I gotta go for now. I'll be back posting soon. Especially about how to make money blogging.
Listen. I've had lots of people in the last few months ask me
- whether they can make money online,
- whether they can really make money from a website, and
- whether they can make money from blogging.
The answer is Yes! Definitely!
This is my first posting on this new blog. I'm still getting some of the intitial materials together to provide more information for you. So there's not a lot on here at the moment but you'll find information coming soon.
In fact. Very soon!
Oh! And by the way... I'm going to keep it mostly FREE information! Some of it will come from outside where I have no control over the pricing.
You know what I mean? Just because my pal wants a new computer I don't get Dell or Apple to drop their prices or give their stuff away. (It'd be nice though, huh?)
Anyway, I gotta go for now. I'll be back posting soon. Especially about how to make money blogging.
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