100 Stories of Their First $100 Online
Written by Joanne Mason on February 17th, 2009. Filed under Free online advertising, Internet Marketing Inspiration, Internet Marketing Tips, Joint Venture Marketing, List Building, New Product Launches, Recommended Resources and tagged with 1000 dollars, articles, ebook, free advertising, generate cash, how to make money online, income, internet marketing, Joanne Mason, Joint Ventures, make money, making money, online business, small business, success, Willie Crawford, work at home.
This post is longer than usual but it includes a great opportunity so be sure to read every word. I want to tell you about a chance for you to participate in a new ebook that we’re working on over at Willie Crawford’s Internet Marketing Inner Circle (TIMIC) forum. It’s called “100 Stories of Their First $100 Online”.
As the title suggests, it’s a collection of 100 stories from some internet marketers that you know well revealing exactly how they made their first $100 online. It also includes stories from some great folk that you may not be familiar with yet because they’ve quietly been flying under the radar making money online.
We decided that it would be fun to put together 100 stories. So far we’ve put together about 60 stories. Here’s where you come in. We still need about 40 more stories. If you’d like to participate and share your story of how you got started online and made your first $100 we’d love to hear from you.
Of course, after we finish this product we’re going to do MAJOR promotions to get this circulated all over the ‘net so you could potentially get A LOT of FREE ADVERTISING out of this.
This whole venture has been under the leadership of Rob “The Genie” Toth. He’s done an awesome job orchestrating this project and he’s anxious to bring it to a close so we can get it into the hands of people who will really benefit from it.
Rob’s put together some very clear guidelines on what you need to do if you’d like to participate. Read these instructions and let us know before February 28, 2009 if you’d like to join us.
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“100 Stories of Their First $100 Online” GUIDELINES
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- Must be a true story. Don’t make something up just to contribute!
- Your content must be an ethical strategy (spam blasting, cheating, scams, etc not allowed). Maybe you made mistakes months or years ago when you started and you were spamming anything and everything. That’s fine. Hope you’ve learned your lessons. BUT… the story of those results won’t suffice. Please find the first LEGITIMATE $100 (approx) that you’ve created ONLINE.
- 2-4 pages preferred. Single spaced, regular 12pt font size. BUT… if you article is full of great content and is a great story, obviously exceptions can be made. But do try to stick to the 2-4 page guideline.
- You should describe at least your first $100 worth of steps taken. So if your first ever income online was selling a set of golf balls on Ebay where you made $15 net profit… then also add in your 2nd way of how you generated an income. Give the reader a look at how you created at least $100. NOTE: If your first ever idea produced thousands, by all means PLEASE include that story.
- Try to offer a bit of background and tell it like a story or with conversational writing (ie: this is NOT a technical journal).
- Feel free to mention the lessons you’ve learned to provide the reader with some points to take away. In fact, feel free to include screenshots and specific numbers if/when possible.
- Your story’s details (namely the money making part) should be geared towards a “beginner” … so using acronyms, big words… won’t help them understand it. Try to keep that in mind.
- Please run spell check and quickly proof your submission (makes the job easier for the editors).
- The less fancy formatting you try to include, the quicker/simpler it is to add into the project. So cutting the text off at 65 characters, including indentation, including multiple fonts and colors etc isn’t helpful. If possible, please avoid these.
- Profile pictures are recommended but you MUST send them as a separate file (vs just copy/pasting into Word). The final document is being compiled via Publisher and it’s easier to work with images if they are added in “raw” vs. copy/pasted from your word file. NOTE: If you’d like to include screenshots, etc … it’s encouraged but again, please send the images you use separately as well (though you’ll want them in your .doc so I know where you wanted them placed).
- Only YOUR domains will be hyperlinked and only within reason (ie: don’t list 10 of your sites just for the sake of it). But no affiliate links will be permitted. Also, blogspot and squidoo links, etc won’t be linked either. If you’d like to drive traffic to a blogger page (for example), please use a domain redirect.
- OPTIONAL BUT RECOMMENDED: Include a “by-line” or “resource box” at the end of your article. It makes sense that you should include a bit of information of who you are (edification about you) but also include a link back to your webpage. It must be your own webpage (no affiliate links permitted).
- As a contributor… you’ll be setup to earn 100% commission once the product is launched. BUT… please note that you will NOT be permitted to give copies away freely or at your discretion. This is a group project and is owned by the group. Please respect that by NOT giving away copies of the finished product.
- First 100 submissions (approved submissions!) get included … though there’s always room for a volume 2 … but the sooner you write/provide yours, the more likely you’ll be part of it.
NOTE: If you’d like to include a video in conjunction with your text, send it in. It can help add more dimensions to the product, a lot more perceived value AND will build better rapport for you with the reader.
- To submit your story, please provide it in either .txt or .doc format (not PDF!) and send it as directed below:
1) Send an email to info AT 27am DOT com with your .txt or .doc file attached (or a link to where I can download it from).
2) ** IMPORTANT ** The subject of your email must be “100 Stories Contributor” … this way I find it easier.
3) You must also include contact details in your email … full name, email address and, preferably, phone or Skype in case I (or another editor) need to contact you.
