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Friday, 8 May 2015

OLP108 Create a Kindle Publishing Empire and How to Escape Your Job with Jyotsna Ramachandran


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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Jyotsna Ramachandran who has created a Kindle Publishing Empire in just over 1 year.  She explains how her book, "How to Escape Your Job" came to be written from her own experience of becoming a Kindle publisher of over 49 books and how she did both.  Jyotsna shares detailed information about her Kindle business model and then talks us through the seven steps of "How to Escape Your Job".

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In this Week's Episode: Jyotsna Ramachandran

In this Episode Jyotsna and I discuss:

  • How to research a hot topic on Amazon.com
  • Where to find Amazon best seller lists
  • Where to find software to help you know what is hot on Amazon
  • What makes a best seller sell
  • How to read reviews to find out what books are missing
  • Why Jyotsna looks at the 1st and 20th book in the best seller list
  • Where Joytsna finds ghost writers
  • Why Joytsna avoids content writing companies
  • How Jyotsna commissions her book covers
  • What makes a good book cover on Kindle
  • Why it is important to recognise that non fiction and fiction book covers are different
  • How Jyotsna instructs her cover designers to get the result she wants
  • How to set up a launch plan for your kindle book
  • The benefits of signing up to the Kindle KDP Select programme
  • Why Jyotsna offers her book for free
  • How she promotes her book in Facebook and on promo sites
  • How to use Fivrr.com to get your Kindle book promoted
  • Why Jyotsna wrote the Job Escape Plan
  • What are the seven steps to build a home business
  • Why you need a reality check before you start
  • How to design your dream life style
  • How to get into the Entrepreneurial mindset
  • How to choose the perfect niche for your business
  • How to choose the best online platform for your business
  • Jyotsna interviews Nick Loper from Sidehustlenation about Blogging
  • Jyotsna interviews John Lee Dumas from Entrepreneur on Fire about Podcasting
  • Jyotsna interviews Stefan Pylarinos from Perfect Life Mastery about Youtube
  • Jyotsna interviews Steve Scott aout Kindle Publishing
  • Jyotsna interviews Andy Dew about Amazon Physical Products
  • Jyotsna interviews Rob Cubbon about Udemy Courses
  • Jyotsna interviews Alex Grenadinik about Mobile Apps
  • How to learn, research and study for your online business
  • How to start your business, grow it and quit your job

You can find Jyotsna's book on Amazon by follow these links:

Other Websites Mentioned in the Podcast

 

eLance.com - https://www.elance.com

odesk.com - https://www.upwork.com

Fivrr.com - https://fiverr.com

99designs.com - http://99designs.com

The software mentioned in the podcast:

Kindle Spy: http://www.kdspy.com/

Kindle Samurai: http://kindlesamurai.net/

Kindle Trend: www.kindletrend.com

How to Find Out More About Jyotsna

You can also find Jyotsna at her website which is http://jyotsnaramachandran.com

You can also find her Author page on Amazon at http://amazon.com/author/jyotsnaramachandran

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Friday, 1 May 2015

OLP107 How to create a Book from a Udemy Course with David Nihill


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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome David Nihill, Udemy Instructor, Comedian and Best Selling Author.  David explains how he created his best selling book from his Udemy course and then launched a conference business on the back of both.

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In this Week's Episode: David Nihil

  

In this Episode David and I discuss:

  • How to become a funny speaker
  • Why David spent a year testing comedy techniques
  • How David discovered Udemy and created his first course
  • Why David found Udemy a great channel to find his audience
  • How David took his course and turned it into an Book
  • How David used his course as the outline for his book
  • How he outsourced the transcription of his course to oDesk
  • How David engaged an editor to help him create the written text
  • How David financed his book from his Udemy earnings
  • How David proved his book concept from his Udemy course
  • The process of refining and editing the book before publication
  • The importance of proving concept and building an audience
  • How David engaged an agent once he had proved his book concept
  • How David created the FunnyBizz Conference from his course and his book
  • What David did to get his book to feature on Amazon Bestseller
  • What was the single biggest thing David did to get downloads
  • How David created his audio book from his book
  • James Altucher's blog post on self publishing
  • Charlie Hoehn blog post on self marketing his book
  • The importance of using a professional studio for creating an audio book
  • The importance of creating an audio book as part of your product offering
  • The benefits of using Createspace to publish hard copies of your book
  • How David created his cover using a 99Designs competition
  • Why he ran a test in Pat Flynn's Facebook Group to prove his cover design
  • The key lesson from the whole process hint, its the marketing!
  • Outline budget to produce his book from his Udemy Course
  • Why its worth spending money on a quality editor

Enrol in David's Courses for just $19 using coupon code OLP19

Become a Better and Funnier Speaker - click on this link to enroll in the course for just $19https://www.udemy.com/7-comedic-habits-to-be-consistently-funnier-presenting/?couponCode=OLP19

Find out more about David

You can find out more about David at the following links:

David's Blog:http://www.7comedyhabits.com/

The FunnyBizz Blog: http://funnybizz.co/

Davis is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FunnyBizzSF

Other Links Mentioned in the Episode

James Altucher Blog post: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/how-to-self-publish-a-bestseller/

Charlie Hoehn: http://charliehoehn.com/2013/12/09/how-im-marketing-my-self-published-book/

Nathan Barry: http://nathanbarry.com/full-time-salary-book/

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New Course: Win at Business Development: Get More Leads and Sales Fast - Just $29.00 - Time Limited!

To celebrate the launch of my latest course you can enrol for just $29 (compared to the normal list price which will be $197) by using code "OLP29".  Just click on this link to go direct to the course:

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Don't forget to check out my Courses on Udemy which you can find at http://jbdcolley.com/udemy.

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Friday, 24 April 2015

OLP106 Marketing Udemy Courses on Forums without getting Banned with Syed Bukhari


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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Syed Bukhari from Pakistan.  Syed is an expert internet marketer and Udemy instructor and brings a particular expertise in how to market Udemy courses on Forums.  These can be one of the best places to market Udemy courses and so Syed and I talk about one particular forum, where I was recently given a one week ban for not posting properly, so I asked Syed to come on the show to teach me where I went wrong and how to do it right.  We thought you might like to listen in too!

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In this Week's Episode: Syed Bukhari

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In this Episode Syed and I discuss:

  • Why you need to first search for any existing threads about your course
  • The difference between the Free Section and the Paid Section
  • Why you can post multiple offers on one thread
  • Why duplicate threads can get you banned - like me!
  • How you can update multiple threads and single threads
  • The correct syntax for a thread headline
  • The best way to write a thread
  • What Reps mean and why they are good for you
  • What the different membership levels mean
  • Some tips to be successful on the forum
  • Why you should keep your posts simple
  • How testimonials can help
  • The optimum number of coupons to offer at any one time
  • Why it pays to regularly update your coupon offer
  • How often to update your coupon offer

Bonus Video

Syed has kindly created a video to help explain some of the best practice for posting on the BBHF forum.  You can find it on Youtube at https://youtu.be/ZKKhNWavpvs

Enrol in Syed's Courses for just $5 with coupon code "SpecialVIPCoupon" - only 100 available:

Traffic Secrets: Social Media for 1000's of Visitors - normally $49 but the first 100 students can enrol for just $5 by following the link below:

 

How to Contact Syed

You can also find Syed on Udemy at https://www.udemy.com/u/syedhassanrazashah/

 

New Course: Win at Business Development: Get More Leads and Sales Fast - Just $29.00 - Time Limited!

To celebrate the launch of my latest course you can enrol for just $29 (compared to the normal list price which will be $197) by using code "OLP29".  Just click on this link to go direct to the course:

https://www.udemy.com/business-development-sales/?couponCode=OLP29

Don't forget to check out my Courses on Udemy which you can find at http://jbdcolley.com/udemy.

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Friday, 17 April 2015

OLP105 How to Use Youtube to Rank In Google with Robert Scot


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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Robert Scot, "Dr Youtube" who provides fantastic advice on how to use Youtube to rank in Google.  This is truly exceptional episode at Robert generously shares amazing advice on how to get your Youtube Videos to rank #1 in Google.  Don't miss his amazingly valuable tips and advice!

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In this Week's Episode: Robert Scot

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In this Episode Robert and I discuss:

  • How to optimise your Youtube video using keywords and phrases
  • How to make the most of links in Youtubes description box
  • What Robert's formula is and how it works
  • How to optimise your Youtube video to rank #1 in Google
  • How to use the words a potential customer will use to find you
  • His preview lecture demonstrating his technique in his course
  • What is meant by high competition in Youtube
  • What you should place keywords early in your titles
  • The magic of close captioning and how to optimise it
  • Why close captioning makes errors that can affect your rank
  • Why close captioning is a critical area of indexing
  • The Youtube description box and how to optimise it
  • The importance of planning your Youtube Campaigns
  • Why you might need to start your Youtube Video channel from scratch
  • The importance of back linking and how to do it right
  • Why great feedback makes great courses

Enrol in Robert's Courses for just $19 with coupon code "OLP19":

 
 
 
 
 

How to Contact Robert

You can find out more about Thushy at his website: http://virlvideo.com

You can also find Robert on Udemy at www.udemy.com/u/robertscot

 

New Course: Win at Business Development: Get More Leads and Sales Fast - Just $29.00 - Time Limited!

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Don't forget to check out my Courses on Udemy which you can find at http://jbdcolley.com/udemy.

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Friday, 10 April 2015

Improve Your Communication Skills with Thushyanthan A.


 

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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Thushyanthan Amirthalingam an expert in Communication skills.  Thushy treats us to an insight into the power of his Ontological approach to communication skills and had me rushing to make notes as he shared wonderful insights that he covers in his course!

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In this Week's Episode: Thushyanthan Amirthalingam

 

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In this Episode Thushy and I discuss:

  • How emotions affect communication
  • How emotions affect your body shape
  • Why Communication skills are about education and learning
  • Why we can have different interpretations of the same conversation
  • Why conversation and communication skills is not about talking
  • Why you need to learn the difference between "Learning" and "Knowing"
  • How to become effective communicators
  • What is meant by OAR - Obsever, Actions Results

Enrol in Thushy's Course at better than half price with coupon code "OLP":

 
The first 15 Action Takers can schedule a 1:1 one hour coaching session call with Thushy - an amazingly valuable and generous offer!
 

How to Contact Thushy

You can find out more about Thushy at his website: http://thushyanthan.com

You can also find Thushy on Linkedin at http://www.linkedin.com/in/thushyanthancom

 

New Course: Win at Business Development: Get More Leads and Sales Fast - Just $29.00 - Time Limited!

To celebrate the launch of my latest course you can enrol for just $29 (compared to the normal list price which will be $197) by using code "OLP29".  Just click on this link to go direct to the course:

https://www.udemy.com/business-development-sales/?couponCode=OLP29

Don't forget to check out my Courses on Udemy which you can find at http://jbdcolley.com/udemy.

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Friday, 3 April 2015

OLP103 How to be Paid to be Yourself with Ruth Amos


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In today's Episode of the Online Learning Podcast, I am delighted to welcome Ruth Amos who discusses How to be Paid to be yourself.  Ruth is an inventor, engineer, speaker and entrepreneur.  She is new to Udemy but is already producing amazing quality courses and I am sure she is going to really make her mark here.  She shares some great "secrets" from her course (not all of them obviously) and I know you are going to get some fantastic actionable advice from this episode!

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In this Week's Episode: Ruth Amos

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In this Episode Ruth Amos and I discuss:

  • How to go about building your brand
  • What is your story and how you need to build your brand around your story
  • What basic media do you need?
  • What are the key values you represent?
  • Can you summarise your brand and why this is important
  • What you can do to promote your brand
  • Why you need to ask yourself; Am I giving clear messages about my brand?
  • The importance of keeping your branding and messaging upto date
  • Who has recognised you as an Authority?
  • Why is it critical to your brand to get the business side right
  • The importance of being professional
  • What you need on your invoice
  • Why you need a mechanism to charge for your time
  • The importance of being valued when you are asked to speak
  • How to ask for a fee when you are asked to speak
  • The importance of having representation

Enrol in Ruth's Course at better than half price with coupon code "OLP":

 

How to Contact Ruth Amos

You can find out more about Ruth Amos at her website http://www.ruthamos.co.uk

You can find Ruth Amos on Twitter at @ruthamos

 

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To celebrate the 100th Episode of the Online Learning Podcast I am offering my Master Udemy Premium Course at a 90%+ with limited coupons.  You can enrol in this $497 course for just $29 by following this link

Don't forget to check out my Courses on Udemy which you can find at http://jbdcolley.com/udemy.

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