Alexis Dawes

Another Insightful Look at Authors Who Freely Give Their Work Away - and Still Profit

I received a record number of blog subscribers this weekend after posting Matt’s read-first-pay-later interview. Appealing ain’t it? How authors are giving away their intellectual property, and still managing to make a buck - from the same title they’re giving away? I mean it’s one thing to give away a freebie, and then sell those freebie readers [...]

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Ebook Authors Try The Read-First-Pay-Later Model. Does it work?

In older mail order/marketing books (1980-ish) you’ll often see authors recommend that you accept postdated checks. Give buyers 30 days to try the product. If they don’t like it, they return the product, and you destroy the check. Well the authors of Take Cover have adopted this exact strategy in a high tech way. Prospects are encouraged to [...]

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So You Wanna Make a Video? Clues for popular topics.

Damn… I blinked, and video took over the Internet! There’s YouTube, Google Video, OurMedia, and a growing number of video aggregators. Most of these sites are geared towards funny/amusing/cool/stupid stuff. But there are some ways you can profit from the revolution. 1) First find out what people want. ViewDo has a Request a ViewDo forum where you’ll find [...]

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