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By David Perdew Leave a Comment

I used to be a pretty good newspaperman. I loved the business. Each night, I’d go home with ink on my fingers and the flinty odor of freshly printed papers clinging to my clothes. It was the same smell that wafted through the building as huge presses rolled in the basement.

News-Republican-Crew-1978
That’s my newspaper crew in 1978 – I’m the one in the middle with dark hair

I’d stand in the typesetting room as the union setters placed each letter in the tray to build a page. Later, the printing plates were made from chemical negatives in a much cleaner, but less nostalgic way. With satellite transmission technology, the printing presses moved to the suburbs in search more reasonable rent since all that was needed was a dish to catch the pages as they returned from a trip through space from the newsroom miles away.

Things change.

The great novelists of the early 20th century were good newspapermen (and women) too. Their daily journalistic training as a wordsmith shaped their writing and their view of the world. John Steinbeck was a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. Ernest Hemingway did a stint at the Kansas City Star as a police reporter. There he learned a style that forged his fiction writing: Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.

Who is the guy named REWRITE?

During Hemingway’s days as a newspaperman, there was a common refrain that blasted from the news editor’s desk (usually in the center of the room or bullpen as it was known). “Get me REWRITE!” was newspaper-speak for rounding up the copy editor on duty who reshape someone else’s prose.

Editors are notoriously callous when it comes to chopping up some poor reporter’s hard work, stripping the flowery language and getting straight to the facts. It was Rewrite’s job to do just that. Some great rewrite men went on to become columnists and authors. These guys could pour out words in the right order to mesmerize readers faster than a transcriptionist could type them.

Not everyone is so blessed. Most of us have to struggle a bit to find the right word or to start a paragraph. Too often, we sit and stare at the blank page (or screen) hoping something will come. But one lesson I learned in my many years of newspapering was that it’s much easier to rewrite something than it is to start from scratch. That’s why I like to start with a press release or a private label article.
best PLR articles graphic

The problem with most private label content is suspect quality. Often, a non-native English speaker from another country tries to throw in the slang they hear on TV, or they just doesn’t quite get the nuance of word meanings. And it’s not subtle when it’s botched.

How do you fix the quality PLR content issue?

But I’ve found a solution to the PLR quality issue. In fact, this PLR source is so good that I don’t even rewrite it much when I use it. It’s Nicole Dean’s EasyPLR service. I’ve bought just about every piece of content she’s produced. And I use it all the time in many niches. Usually, I don’t give away my sources for such great content. But Nicole’s content is so good that you could sue me for negligence if I didn’t tell you.

She’s single-handedly changing the PLR game.

And she’s doing it at ridiculously low prices. I can’t figure out how she’s making money on this yet.

Check it out and let me know what you think in your comment below.

Category: Content Creation, Tools I love

Love NAMS? Show it with your official NAMS4 T-shirt!

By David Perdew 12 Comments

You can be the cutest one at NAMS4 with your very own OFFICIAL NAMS4 t-shirt.

NAMS4 T-Shirt
NAMS4 T-Shirt

Very stylish indeed. A black all cotton T with the NAMS4 logo on the front. Check out Terri Brooks on the left in this cool black shirt. Get your order in before Aug. 10, and good things happen.

First, you’ll get a 40 percent discount off the $24.97 price. You pay $15.

Second, if you wear your shirt on Saturday at the NAMS workshop, we’ll make a group picture around the pool. It should be less than 100 degrees, but no promises.

And third, you just may win a very special prize. We’ll have a drawing specifically for those who have their T-shirts just before lunch.

The winner will receive a Kodak Zi8 high def video camera. It’s the exact one I use and love. Some of it’s features are:

Kodak Zi8 Hi-Def Video Recorder
Kodak Zi8 Hi-Def Video Recorder
  • Record High Definition video (1080p at 30 fps with 16:9 aspect ratio)
  • Easily upload recorded footage to YouTube with built-in USB and software
  • Expandable SD/SDHC card slot up to 32 GB; Rechargeable batteries and charger included
  • Vibrant 2.5-inch viewfinder; Watch footage on HDTV with included cables
  • Edit and share videos with included software

Only those wearing an official NAMS4 t-shirt on Saturday will be eligible to win. Get yours here:


Category: Business Operations, General, Workshop News

Saving lives at NAMS3!

By David Perdew Leave a Comment

At the workshop, we arranged with Dr. Mani to create fund for performing open heart surgeries in his pediatric practice in Chenai, India. The deal was simple.

I gave each of the attendees Dr. Mani’s outstanding book called: Think, Write & RETIRE: How To Turn Words Into Wealth – Easily!

If the NAMS3 workshop students donated more than $25 to the Dr. Mani fund, students would get a $300 copy of his home study course. See below:

As David Perdew already told you, anyone at the 2010 NAMS Workshop who donates $25 or more gets a FREE copy of my $297 course, “The Internet Infopreneur System“. That’s GREAT value – but nothing compared to the heartwarming special feeling that comes from having made a child smile!

It was a huge success. But before I let Dr. Mani explain below, just be aware that he’s opening up this opportunity to the entire NAMS community.

I’ll let Dr. Mani tell you what happened:

Sent: Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:36 pm
by drmani

Hi David

Believe it or not, we’re up to $965 in all from NAMS donors.
Sounds good to me. I’d appreciate it if you’d also ask them to help spread word about
the next book launch, for “47 Hearts” on Feb.14th. Details at http://www.47hearts.com

And they can download the ebook version for free, here:

http://www.47hearts.com/new-index.htm

Can’t say how much I appreciate you, David. Thank you. It’s a burst of energy
and adrenaline to come back from surgery and see the donated amount swelling
to the point where it’ll fund ONE MORE operation!

Today’s surgery was #58 sponsored by our Foundation. Rashida is a 12 year old
girl with a hole in her heart (VSD) and is recovering well! Have you seen some of
the smiles on our website? http://www.chdinfo.com/chd-stories/

You (and soon NAMS donors) helped put them there! Thank you

All success
Dr.Mani

Category: Business Operations, General

What’s a NAMS3 Workshop Minute?

By David Perdew 2 Comments

Whew, I’m about dead to the world here. It’s the end of the first day at NAMS3 – the third episode of the Niche Affiliate Marketing System Workshop we’re holding in Atlanta. It’s been awesome today.

Here’s some numbers:

180 – people attending NAMS3
18 – incredibly gifted instructors
11 – outstanding Aides who are making the workshop run like clockwork
3 – microphones that went bad in the morning, but decided to come back in the afternoon
97 – the price of the http://NAMS4U.com of more than 50 hours of audio from the first three NAMS workshops
1 – the outstanding sales person who will win the grand prize for selling the most copies of the Strategies4SocialMarketing product we’re creating a lunch on Day 2

3 – the number of NAMS3 Workshop Minute videos created and uploaded today.

Check out these short snippets direct from the NAMS3 workshop Friday.

Jeff Herring spills the secret on the key to driving web traffic

Kevin Riley reveals how to make affiliate sales on Twitter

Willie Crawford on immersion approach to Internet Marketing

Category: Affiliate Marketing, Business Operations, General

What’s your big goal?

By David Perdew 1 Comment

What’s your big goal?

Yesterday, in the article about finding your niche, we talked about fun ways of combining your passion with your expertise.

It was fun. The Prosperity Scrabble game was an especially fun way to get the creative juices flowing. I hope you tried that out. And I hope you’re talking to other NAMS members about how it worked for you in the forum.

I hope you felt a little excited and a little uncomfortable as you tried to imagine your passions and your expertise. You should have seen possibilities that you haven’t seen before.

But today, I want to get serious! Real serious. We’ll start with one very important question…

Why in on Earth are you doing this?

What’s the point?

If you just want to make money, go get a job. If you’ve got a job, focus on doing a better job. We love people who do a good job. If it weren’t for those who do their job well, the big ol’ machine we call The Economy would come to a screeching halt.

But why are YOU so focused on building an independent business that may be risky, hard, and even require some investment? It may even require you to fail a little bit. Success is not guaranteed.

Everyone eventually fails. But how you look at it determines your success. (Topic for another day.)

You better have a Big Reason Why (BRW)you’re jumping into this world. Here’s mine above – one of mine. You’ll meet the other when you register at NAMS3 on Friday a.m. She runs the registration desk for me and much, much more.

It’s easy to say, “Well, I want to make money.” Or, “I’d like to quit my job.” Or, “I want to be able to travel.”

AND THEN WHAT?!

Many years ago, when I had a brick and mortar business, I sat with a coach who ask me that question for nearly four hours. I paid him a lot of money to ask me the same question over and over.

If I came up with an answer like:

“I want to make a million dollars.”

He immediately said, “Okay, it’s done. You’ve made a million dollars. And Then What?”

The question is maddening because it forces you to drill down to your core values and find a purpose for your business quest that goes beyond anything you ever dreamed. Sometimes, it can get way out there, but you’re discovering more about you and what’s important to you.

Ask Kathleen Gage, Mark Hendricks, Kevin Riley,Bob “The Teacher” Jenkins, Denise Wakeman, Jeff Herring…anyone who is on our instructor staff what their BRW is and you’ll find that it usually has nothing to do with business or making money. They’ve discovered a way – their business is the tool – for reaching the ultimate core goal.

In the forum yesterday, I posted a link to the Prosperity Scrabble handout. In that same zip file, you’ll find a handout to help you realize your BRW and ask that BIG question:

AND THEN WHAT?

Talk about your results in the forum or below.

Category: Business Operations, General, Motivation

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