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My quick status post
September 7, 2011 | No Comments
I just installed the Status plugin from the WPMU guys. Testing it out.
Ebook Writer for Hire
October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
It’s official. You can hire me as an Ebook Writer through this site.
I wrote several ebooks at the start of 2010. Many of them stretched beyond my advertised 8,000 words. Two of them measured more than 12,000 words. One I combined with previously written content and tailored it to fit into the nice 31,000 word box.
I have a soft stop set at 8,000 words. But I’m a perfectionist. I write until I feel the topic has been explained.
You may be asking what type of content I can write. Anything. Well, almost. I steer clear of heavy medical topics, ebooks venturing into the world of law, and those steeped in scientific theory. Of course, I can write about these topics, but not at my advertised price.
I can write ebooks on any topic. Here are a few ebooks I could easily write:
- Affiliate marketing
- CPA marketing
- Site building
- Freelancing
- Online advertising: Google adwords, Facebook Ads, and any other content network
- Article marketing
- Writing
- Small business
- Personal finance
- Blogging
- Video creation
- Any web tool/web technique — including bits about coding, etc.
- Sports related
- Travel related
- Gaming
- Computer repair/upgrade/installation guides
I know about computer related topics, but can also research and write about weight loss, dog training, vacuum repair, or any other topic.
Why Create an Ebook?
It’s simple — online businesses need to leverage their information for personal information. It also helps to build credibility with a new visitor to your website. You offer XYZ solution in your ebook to their immediate need. Maybe the ebook is free or maybe you charge for it. That’s your decision. I write it, and you make the decision on what to do with it.
Formatting and all that jazz do come as part of the package — to an extent. Ok, you want to see it don’t you.
Find out why you should hire me as your Ebook Writer.
SEO Article Writing Service
January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
I’ve done it — built my site into a personal SEO article writing marketplace. It only took a few hours using the WP e-commerce plugin. I never knew it would be so simple to integrate product sales on a WordPress website. Crazy.
As a special promotion to build my client base, I setup a Warrior Forum for Hire post. I hope to receive a lot of business with the post. It’s my first attempt so we’ll see. If you have any suggestions on how to market my service, feel free to leave me a comment on this post.
I’ll be adding more products as time goes by. If you’re interested in hiring me for other projects, just drop me a message in my contact form.
Buy a custom SEO article today!
How to Format an Ebook
July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
I have a new project in the queue. I’m excited to be doing something other than simply writing articles. This project takes me deep into formatting. I’ve been looking around online, brushing up on standards and whatnot — only to find there’s really not much in the way of hard and fast rules. The content I found seemed more inclined to deal with formatting for ebook readers than for computer reading.
So I’m going to dig a bit further, roll up my sleeves, and jot down the things I feel make for good techniques when it comes to ebook formatting.
First thing is to use Microsoft Word to its fullest. The first ebook I formatted required several key adjustments to make this edit easier as well as any future edits.
- Use Heading and Title formatting on chapter and subsection titles. This ensures you can create a dynamic ToC when the time comes.
- Make the font large enough to read on a computer screen.
- Use at least 1.5 spacing between lines. Double spacing is a little too much, but single spacing can get tiresome on a computer screen.
- Use headers and footers to accentuate the ebook. Capture a design element from the cover page and include it in the footer. Something graphical preferably.
- Use page numbers, but start them after the ToC. Word can do this through a little trickery.
- Use margins around 3/4 of an inch for the sides, but at least 1″ for the top and bottom.
- The cover page can use color, but the other pages should minimize color. Remember some folks might actually want to print the 100 pages and not use up their entire ink well.
The tips should give you a good start on your ebook formatting. If it passes the visual test, then it probably works. If it’s your ebook, then you might run a test group to see if there’s anyway to improve it.
National Poetry Month
April 11, 2009 | No Comments
I’m an aspiring writer. My DD comes in the form of reading profusely, especially as of late. My mind has somehow formed a knot of understanding between a head full of literature and a heart full of prose. The result will someday be a novel, at which point I can call myself a writer, no longer aspiring.
As I read through several books, I began to find pleasure in the hunt for the next spine to touch my hands. It’s seductive in a way. Although, going to Amazon and drifting from review to review, reading loose tongued neophytes spout off about their viewpoints, can grow tiresome. Occasionally one such review on Goodreads will inform my opinion, but mostly they’re just opinions and not fact.
I do find myself leaning towards books of a more literary vein, although I did just finish Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It was an easy read, but not a book I was particularly turned on by. It’s spine was slippery and maybe not the cupped correctly in my hands. So, anyways, I find new books through blogs focusing on reviews, newspaper articles, and magazines like the New Yorker or Atlantic. The Lit Supp is also a good place. Although, being just short of introverted I never heard anyone speak it’s name.
The NYBooks.com site has a poem printed each day this month — all of which originally appeared in their volumes. I’m hoping they take their subscriptions to the Kindle, like their publishing kin The Times. I just signed up for the Lit Supp, reading my first copy now. I hope to divine from its text some answer to the question of — what should I read next.