Because we’re going to launch next week, I want to take a moment to explain included in our upcoming course “How to Write and Sell Your Own eBooks in 24 Hours or Less”
You’ll get even more details on the actual website for the program, next week, but here are some basic details you should know:
*The Promise*
The course is called “How to Write & Sell Your Own eBooks in 24 Hours or Less”. If course, I mean 24 hours of stress-free activities that you can complete at your own pace. So it’s not 24 “continuous” hours.
If you spend one hour a day on this, you’ll be done in less than a month! If you’re more motivated, you can get it done in less time.
The goal is to make a full-time living writing eBooks part-time.
*The Difference*
I’m quite aware that you can find lots of courses that teach you how to sell your own eBooks on the web. So what makes this course difference?
Most eBook courses only focus on some aspects of the eBook business, without paying attention to creating a complete system to integrate all of the elements. This course is a complete, *integrated* system for creating *and* selling your ebooks, from start to finish.
It’s not just about *writing* eBooks, but also about *selling* them and building a successful business around them.
But the main difference is that I include ready-made-templates for every step of the way. For example, you’ll get a template that will help you format your eBook and make it look good. This template alone will save you hours of work.
You can also get my personal coaching, if you choose to go for our coaching program. By that I mean that you can e-mail me *personally* at any time and get real answers to your questions, coaching and support. You will not be left to figure everything out yourself.
We can even put together the entire eBook for you, from start to finish (except the writing part of course), as part of an optional “We Do It For You” program. But more about this in a moment.
*The Proof*
Why should you believe me? The proof is in the pudding, as they say. The value of my course can only be judged when it’s put to use, tried and tested.
And I’m so confident that this is the best course you’ll ever come across that I’m even going to go as far as “guaranteeing” your results. You have to *succeed*, and if you don’t, I don’t get paid. It’s as simple as that.
But the real proof comes from my own experience. Most courses on eBooks have been written by people with no real experience outside of Internet Marketing. I’ve written over 20 different eBooks and only one of them is about making a living online. The rest are about health and nutrition, learning languages, and other non-marketing related topics.
So choose your teacher carefully. Does he or she have *real* experience selling eBooks in the real world?
I’ve been making a living that way since 2004, and I’ve been online since 1998.
I’ve sold for over one million dollars in eBooks and other information products since 2004, and I know what I’m talking about when it comes to making a living with eBooks.
*The Course Itself*
The course is composed of 12 Modules. Each module is available in audio and written format, and many modules also include templates, training videos and other tools.
Here are the titles of the different modules:
Module 1: The 4 Essential eBook Models: How to Get Started
Module 2: Creating Your Killer eBook Concept, Part 1
Module 3: Creating Your Killer eBook Concept, part 2
Module 4: Your Salesletter: the Most Important Weapon of All
Module 5: How to Speed-Write Your eBook
Module 6: Finding the “Flow’: Your Inspiration for Generating Hot-Selling Content
Module 7: How to Put a Hot, Attractive eBook Together
Module 8: Getting That eBook Ready to Sell
Module 9: Generating an Avalanche of Sales for Your eBook, Part 1
Module 10: Generating an Avalanche of Sales for Your eBook, Part 2
Module 11: Generating an Avalanche of Sales for Your eBook, part 3
Module 12: The 5 Secrets for Boosting Your Profits Per Sale
*Advanced Lessons*
In addition to these initial lessons, I’m also including several weeks of additional training with more lessons to help you keep growing your eBook business.
*Three Options for the Course*
We have three options for the course, depending on what you need. One of these options will be exactly right for you.
Option #1 — Platinum Package “We Do It For You”
This option is the cream of the top, and it’s limited to 12 participants.
It’s for those who are serious about creating a best-selling eBook and want to maximize their success.
It’s my no-fail proposition: I will coach you personally and we’ll even create the eBook for you and promote it to our mailing list.
So it’s really impossible to fail with this option.
This package includes all course material, and also:
- Three laser coaching, telephone sessions with me
- Unlimited personal e-mail coaching with me for 12 weeks (you can ask me any questions!)
- Creation of your eBook: you provide the content, we do the rest (this includes the eBook cover, the website, and all technical setup)
- Once your eBook is ready to sell, we’ll include an ad for it in our ezine and you’ll get a personal endorsement from me. Remember, thousands of people read my ezine so you will definitely get sales that way!
Again, this option is for those who really want to succeed.
But if you need a little less, we also offer:
Option #2: Gold Package, “eCoaching”
This option is for those who want personal support and coaching, but are okay doing the technical work themselves.
You get all of the course material, but also get a 12-week e-mail coaching with me.
Ask me any questions by e-mail, and I will reply and coach you.
Got questions about your eBook topic? Just ask me. Need help with your salespage? I’m here for you.
Because my time is limited, I’ll be limiting this option to 20 students.
Option #3 — Silver Package
Finally, we have the silver package, for those who just want the course material and are okay learning on their own, without additional support or coaching.
You’ll get all of the course material, but you’ll learn on your own, without my personal coaching.
This option is limited to 43 students.
*Launch Date and Time*
The course “How to Write and Sell Your Own eBooks in 24 Hours or Less” will be launched next week, on Thursday, February 21st, at noon Eastern Time.
The launch will last 10 days OR until all spots have sold. After that, those who want to join will be placed on a waiting list until some students complete their training (which is going to take 12 weeks).
If you order during the launch, you’ll get a significant discount on the program, and you’ll also get $400 worth of premium bonuses.
And let me be clear about these bonuses:
I did not throw together some old recycled material and call that a “bonus”. These are extremely valuable additional bonus materials that will only be available to those who order during the launch.
So that’s it for this update... Of course, it doesn’t cover ALL of the details about the course. On Thursday, you’ll be able to review a complete letter that explains every single possible detail about the course so that you can make an informed decision about it.
Yours for health and success,
Frederic
PS: Did you watch the videos I sent recently on how to start making a living writing and selling your own eBooks? They’re still available on the blog but not for long. Just look at the previous posts.
Fred,
I have written a book on cyber-relationships. I have met my husband on the internet and have been happily married for 7 years. I'm from Brazil, he's from Australia!
The book is at the printers right now here in Australia and in the US and should be out in 3-6 weeks.
There are millions of people that date on the net and I think my book can be very helpful for them because I analyse what we did right and what went wrong and what people need to do to get it right.
I would love to sell the book as an e-book as well, to give people more flexibility and hopefully increase sales.
All the profits of the book will be used to set up a counselling organization to help people out of a dead end alley and back on the track of their true destiny.
I have several ideas for other books which I hope to write in time.
I have been reading about e-books for quite a while and what I really wanted to understand is the security part of it.
Will you explain what we can do to protect the book from being passed on, copied or resold?
If you do I would love to follow your course.
Thanks a lot.
All the best
Irene
Posted by: Irene Schardijn | February 17, 2008 at 02:45 PM
(I apologize for ALL CAPS, but not possible to format for bold and/or italics, nor change type size/typefaces. Normally don't use ALL CAPS and Small Caps only for headings/subheadings. I format for faster reading. THANK YOU FREDERIC for all you are doing! I am so glad to be part of this great adventure!)
Once upon a time, someone, anyone or everyone, or me, but let's say YOU had a dream, a mission, a calling. Your parents always fought. You were beaten and fell asleep crying. At five, you resolved "to give joy and beauty to people, to create a more peaceful, harmonious and healthy world than you knew."
You experienced continual verbal and physical abuse, betrayals, hatred, prejudice, robberies (armed and not), and a harsh life (all of which you kept to yourself). Your determination to fulfill this dream kept you going. The fact people always marveled at your art and intelligence, your wisdom and ability to share so much, kept you going.
It does not matter how many times one is knocked down or one fails. It only matters that one gets up.
You didn't know if your gift of healing would be in health or art. You embark on a long, convoluted journey.
After Many Years, You Realize Your Dream Came True, Affecting More People than You Ever Imagined!
YOUR STORIES, ART and FRIENDSHIP INSPIRED OTHERS to LIVE WHEN THEY WANTED to DIE, to CREATE WHEN THEY WERE AFRAID, to IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Your art and words bring joy and meaning to people every day. THEY WANT MORE!
You are now struggling to survive. Life is far more desperate than anyone realizes. They see your work everywhere, and imagine you have the time of your life. You work, work, work, searching, never giving into despair, but how to continue to heal others with no guidance?
You have an opportunity to be guided by the ONE man who brought meaning and direction into your life: FREDERIC PATENAUDE!
TOP 9 BENEFITS OF CHOOSING THIS WRITER!
1. This writer has TOUCHED SOULS and inspired many world-wide generations for many years!
2. Published writer, photographer, story-teller, teacher and more, with large web, print and real-world following. Your photos have been published in books, magazines, CDs, records, DVDs, documentaries for years. Your VISUAL ART IS WELL KNOWN and HIGHLY RESPECTED. People are FASCINATED by your stories. Most photographers in your era/genre don't write nor recall all the details.
3. Experienced on the web, emails, MS Word, and many skills needed.
4. So why take the course? Because the devil's in the details. Due to lack of resources, time is running out, but demand is HUGE for MANY eBOOKS from this writer.
5. FREDERIC'S BRILLIANCE AT DISTILLING and SHARING INFORMATION is the ONE missing element for moving forward and fulfilling so many request for your writing.
6. Assured Press Online and in Print, PROMOTING ALL OF FREDERIC'S PROJECTS, TEACHING, PROGRAMS, BOOKS, SPEAKING. Now and Forever, Exposing His Work to Many Who Otherwise Might Not Find Out About Him!
7. A large Market and Audience DEMANDS MORE from This Author.
8. MORE STORIES of Experience, Transformation, Healing, Information and Meaningful Entertainment.
9. MANY WILL BLESS FREDERIC for being part of this process: Guiding This Writer to Fulfilling Increasing Requests for the Subject Matters in These eBooks.
Every Day People TELL/WRITE HOW MUCH YOU CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOR THE BETTER. You Have Given So Many Hope, Inspiration, Health, Art, Joy, Friendship And Much More. Your life is full of GRATITUDE FROM OTHERS. You are GRATEFUL YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO GIVE.
You are ready to reach more. You have given so much of yourself, with little payment. Lack of time and money is an increasing burden. The momentum you've been building is about to take off. You need THE RIGHT mentor more than ever! (People often offer to help, but their skill set is sadly lacking for your needs).
FREDERIC Wants to Know HOW THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL CHANGE YOU.
TOP 6 CONCEPTS OF WIN/WIN SYNERGY!
1. You Are Not Only Focused on How It Will Change You Alone, But How This Journey, and the Resulting eBooks, Will Change the People Whom You Affect.
2. RELATIONSHIPS with other People CHANGE YOU!
3. People want to improve their lives. THEY LOOK TO YOU (via emails and in person) for clarity, ideas, and how you share your passion for life, humor, and ability to survive against the odds.
4. WHEN OTHERS IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, BASED UPON YOUR EXAMPLE (Writing, Living, Working, Creating), YOU IMPROVE YOUR LIFE.
5. If your only focus is improving your life, you miss out on the whole point of life.
6. WE ARE INTERDEPENDENT. No man is an island. Just as a blade of grass needs the complexity of the earth (and all the creatures living within and on top, from the earthworm to the tiniest microbe), the warmth and healing rays of the sun, nightfall for rest, and refreshing water, so we need each other.
It Is By GIVING, and SERVING EACH OTHER, with Respect to All Which Inhabits the Earth -- Animal, Vegetable and Mineral -- That We Lead Meaningful Lives.
7 BEST REASONS YOUR eBOOKS are in DEMAND!
1. Dear reader, IMAGINE IF YOU HAD THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS and STORIES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO READ and SEE! (Your photos have been internationally published for years, but only a few of the many you scanned, ready to be published, and thousands MORE! And only told a few stories in emails, a few documentaries, etc.)
2. You Tell Stories and Convey Complex Information in Ways that Inform, Educate, Inspire and Entertain.
3. YOU ARE FUNNY (although this proposal is serious, so the humor is toned down. No room for cultural references or stories that bring smiles to faces. But everyone laughs and enjoys your humor, especially the stories behind the photos. You are refreshingly honest and warm).
4. People TELL YOU their memories of how YOU CHANGED THEIR LIVES.
5. YOU INSPIRED PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHIER FOODS and think positively.
6. YOUR ART inspired others to became artists, musicians, photographers, writers and more!
7. YOU LITERALLY SAVED LIVES. You see someone you haven't seen for years. That person was once suicidal, but knew you would listen and offer inspiration, talk -- and listen -- until they resolved to live. That person never forgot, but you don't remember.
EXCELLENT EXISTING ONLINE/PRINT SUPPORT and DISTRIBUTION.
1. LARGE EMAILING LIST, PRESS LIST, and FRIENDS and FANS AROUND the WORLD.
2. Friends and fans Willing to Help Spread the Word.
3. They have BLOGS, WEBSITES, FORUMS, EMAILING LISTS and more.
4. PRESS CONTACTS willing to cover Online And Print!
5. AFFILIATION WITH FREDERIC and his MARKETING!
--a. Your eBooks, blog and newsletters will PROMOTE FREDERIC'S books and products! (you are in the midst of creating a MAJOR site dedicated to the raw foods/living foods lifestyle!)
--b. Exposure via his audience expands your audience.
--c. Again, SYNERGY. The total is more than the sum of its parts!
6. Your PHOTOGRAPHS/ART and WRITING RESONATES with people, no matter their age, career, lifestyles or nationality. Thanks to the internet, decades after taking these photos, people are excited to see more photos and read the stories behind them.
7. You never thought anyone would be interested in you, only the people you photographed.
--a. YOU HAD TO GROW and TRANSFORM YOURSELF IN WAYS YOU and THEY NEVER IMAGINED.
--b. People are astounded when you say you were shy, with no confidence.
--c. They see the artist/businesswoman/TEACHER who deals with people all over the globe.
8. HOW CAN THEY TRANSFORM THEMSELVES LIKE YOU DID and ARE DOING?
4 TOP SURVEY IDEAS to HELP FINE TUNE AND NARROW YOUR TOPIC FOCUS
(because you have so much to share). Frederic uses SurveyMonkey.com.
1. PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW ONLY FROM YOU, based on years of compiled emails and discussions!
2. You know what has been written. You are the repository of many unique, untold, true stories about your personal experiences with famous people.
3. What do people want to know from you?
--a. HOW YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE as a writer, photographer, raw foodist and more.
--b. How and why you created the art you created.
--c. You photographed beloved musicians. What were they like? What was life, politics, the economy, the culture, the traffic, fashions, magazines, life like back then?
--d. Why and How do you look better than years ago? Why do you look 15 years younger than others your age, with glowing skin and constant yet calm energy?
--e. How you transformed yourself to devote your life to your art, health, teaching, writing and more.
4. BUT HOW TO WRITE SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR THE BEST ANSWERS?
7 BEST REASONS TO AVOID PUBLISHERS!
1. Your first solo photo book from a MAJOR international publisher will be released in US in April, and United Kingdom in May.
2. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY OFFERED MORE BOOK CONTRACTS, but the first was heart-breaking. Text was edited incorrectly and one of the most important photos chopped up. Wrong photos used. You worked for months and months, no pay, and tried to prevent these mistakes. You were limited by page size, by production time and costs, and more.
3. YOU CANNOT CORRECT THESE MISTAKES! You cannot update anything!
4. Your fans are helping with publicity for your first book because you have to do publicity yourself.
5. People will buy your books, but you haven't money to print them yourself, nor money, time nor desire to again work with a publisher.
6. Your first solo book TOOK OVER 2.5 YEARS from signing contract to release date! YOU COULD HAVE WRITTEN OVER A DOZEN BOOKS in that time! You had to work on the book when others had time, NOT when you had time. You couldn't move forward without their input, feedback and approval. Time is of the essence, knowing how fragile life is. You've lost so many whose story you want to tell, all far too young.
7. You want to share your health knowledge, so more lives are not needlessly lost.
You declare to the Universe: "Dear God, ALL I WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE THIS HEALING, CREATIVE WORK. So many people write me and thank me. I MUST REACH MORE, AND MORE EFFICIENTLY. I need to spread and share what I know and what I've done, and what I'm learning. SEND ME GUIDANCE, HELP ME CONTINUE HELPING OTHERS."
Then a couple days later, you read an email from the one person who guided you more than anyone, in so many ways. FREDERIC.
4 VITAL EXISTING eBOOK SKILLS:
1. You type over 100 WPM. Compose quickly, but agonize over editing, knowing people want details, but don't have long attention spans nor much time.
2. Always write too much, so EDITING TIPS and feedback would be invaluable!
3. As a child, you took class notes in OUTLINE form.
4. Taught MS Word and know how to create styles, outlines and most every trick in MS Word. Won't take Frederic's time asking about that! Designed your own print book, but feedback always welcomed!
8 MAJOR eBOOK ISSUES:
(Knowing how to write essays, emails, blogs and more is not the same as writing and marketing an eBook).
1. Title and Sales Page (before writing the book). Help!
2. Nuts and bolts of creating an order form, download page, and email confirmation. You've done that with shopping cart s/w, but not a downloading page and only within that other s/w.
3. Opt-in: what free offers can you provide? Your intention is to create blogs/email newsletters to support/push/market the eBooks. What gift beyond a subscription to your blog/newsletter?
--a. Maybe a teaser of the book? A few pages and a couple of photos?
--b. Wallpaper for computer and/or cell phones of a few photos?
4. Design a give-away when designing the book.
5. How to market?! How to drive traffic? You know more than the average person about SEO, SEM, SEF, SMO, keywords and tags within blogs to make it easier for others to find you. You haven't implemented it yet, but raring to go!
6. You know about forums, bulletin boards, websites and blogs in your target market/audience.
7. Why haven't you done it? Trying to figure out how to do more books and reach more people, but not with another publisher. THIS IS THE ANSWER TO YOUR DREAMS!
8. Frederic distills complex info and cuts to the chase. What more could you learn before time runs out?
10 BEST KEPT SECRETS FOR SUCCESSFUL eBOOKS!
(FREDERIC'S VIDEOS, or what I have ALREADY learned from Frederic):
The missing elements! 1 Survey, 2 Sales Page Importance (3 write it before the book), Title Ideas (4 Convey Benefits, 5 Target Audience, 6 Generate Curiosity, 7 Use Numbers, 8 Hot Words: Secret, System, Complete, How To, You, Instant, Fastest, 9 Bold Claims and 10 Browse Best Selling Titles on Amazon)
HOW MANY eBOOKS COULD YOU WRITE?
1. Everyone says at least 6 large books, hundreds of pages each.
2. FREDERIC says eBOOKS SHOULD BE SHORT. You could write 50 page books about one event or person.
3. 10 BOOKS, NO REDUNDANCY, IMMEDIATELY. Write countless others til the end of your days.
4. Imagine you photographed some of the MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE in the world, BEFORE they were famous? Many dead now, but never more popular nor beloved.
5. ICONS OF MODERN CULTURE. Not typical posed shots, but images from only a friend or trusted ally.
6. (OK, some don't care about cultural icons. Please believe me, we are talking millions of people, ages 13 to 63, various nationalities, careers, incomes, education and lifestyles.)
5 TOP REASONS PEOPLE WILL BUY YOUR eBOOKS!
1. You ask people why they like your photos best. They ALL answer:
"YOUR PHOTOS BRING JOY IN MY LIFE. THEY ARE FUN, ALIVE, EXCITING, SPONTANEOUS AND REAL. They are the closest they will ever get to seeing the people who have given them so much solace and inspiration, so much timeless music and art."
2. That was YOUR INTENTION. HOW MANY OF US FULFILL ABSTRACT INTENTIONS? Your art expresses the very feelings and desired effect you wanted.
3. TRUE and UNIVERSAL ART REFLECTS THE ARTIST. Universal art reflects the human condition, an emotion, provokes a feeling or thought and has a timeless, lasting quality.
4. When people describe the feeling they get from your art and writing, they are describing you. ART COMMUNICATES that which is often most difficult to communicate. ART UNIFIES PEOPLE.
HOW TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM:
FREDERIC's eBOOK MENTORING PROGRAM.
3 BEST WAYS TO SPEND eBOOKS INCOME!
1. MOUNT AN INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING EXHIBIT at the FINEST ART GALLERIES IN THE WORLD.
--a. Imagine having to turn down MAJOR EXHIBITS because you have no money! Smaller exhibits have attracted hundreds and hundreds of people.
--b. Have you ever stood in front of a painting or sculpture you only saw online or a book? Do you know what it's like to actually see art that you love, but big and detailed? It's a stirring moment that you never forget.
--c. THAT IS A GIFT YOU GIVE TO PEOPLE. LONG AFTER YOU ARE DEAD.
2. Preserve your invaluable archive, the photos and stories, and the people who gave so much to culture, is worth every sacrifice. NEED TO ESTABLISH A NON-PROFIT for donations and to ensure the survival of this work. Museums are already interested, as are researchers. But lack of funds, time, equipment, people power may mean the loss of this inspiring collection of major art and musicians.
3. Survive another day to keep on giving, teaching, inspiring others, WRITING MORE eBOOKS, making more art, more exhibits, more to brighten people's lives!
SECOND eBOOKS SERIES: YOUR HEALING JOURNEY.
(Concurrent with the photo stories. You can write about multiple subjects at once! You do it all the time!)
A journey begun when you were five, not able to read yet.
1. You get emails or shocked looks from people who can't believe your age. They wonder why everyone else has aged, but you look better than when you took the photos, long ago.
2. You glow, always with a positive attitude and so much energy. They can't believe the hardships you deal with every day.
3. They are puzzled by "raw foods/living foods" and BEG YOU FOR YOUR SECRETS.
4. You compiled a large library of your own thoughts, "recipes for living," which goes beyond food prep, but with exercise tips, uplifting quotes, thoughts, stories, personal experience and tips. TEXT ALREADY WRITTEN!
5. "GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE" to the WONDERFUL TEACHERS WHO WRITE BOOKS, CREATE PROGRAMS, ONLINE PRESENCE AND MORE.
6. How Can They Do What We Do, In This Modern, Busy Culture?
7. YOU WANT TO WRITE about FREDERIC'S GROWTH, and how you and others have GROWN from his ongoing example.
THIRD eBOOKS SERIES: YOUR METAPHYSICAL APPROACH TO LIFE.
Many assume due to wild artistic lifestyle, you were never searching for a healthy lifestyle, raw foods/living foods and a higher consciousness.
1. You've always been an environmentalist, animal rights activist (being a vegan is one part).
2. You believe in the power of intentions, thoughts, people, and miracles. Just the miracle of writing this, at such a time of great need to reach out to so many.
3. Fans and admirers encourage you, but you only know the constant struggle, rejection and poverty. Your friends want to know how you persevere? Where do you find your strength, inspiration, mentors?
8 DISHES YOU BRING TO THE PARTY.
Or, What Do You Know About The Computer And Writing?
1. Twenty years ago you buy a used computer. You take classes, read, constantly learning doing and teaching. BY TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER, YOU ARE FORCED TO LEARN MORE THAN MOST. Those invaluable skills are essential for your work. You learn how people use the computer and the net.
2. You know people learn differently.
3. We Can't All Teach Everyone, But We Can Find People Who Will Never Forget What We Teach Them.
4. When We Share, Others Pass That Information On. INFORMATION ONLY SURVIVES WHEN WE SHARE IT! You are always sharing valuable information!
5. You Enable People To Live Better, Whether You Directly Benefit From Them, Whether You Know About It Or Not. Good Work Lives On.
6. You are a natural teacher, adept at creating handouts, course outlines, and meaningful projects. You are equally technically proficient, artistic and you counsel people in job aspirations.
7. You always carry herbal teas and share your knowledge of health and nutrition. When a friend says he's sick, he gets a long email of herbal remedies, starting with eating more fresh, raw veggies and fruit!
8. The internet is born. You post photos and stories. People from all over write you. They wonder why you never wrote, in addition to taking photos. You type quickly, but edit as you go along, perfect for the computer; horrible for they typewriter.
NOW, after twenty years of being immersed in the computer, and more years since taking these landmark photos, NOW is the time to move forward. The subject matter of your photos have never been more popular, more interest. NOW is the time to strike. And time is running out for you. Survival is at stake.
You pray that this long, long story is only the beginning of another chapter in this journey of this life. LET THE HEALING BEGIN in a new arena!
My life. Could be yours, could be anyone's. And this is the abbreviated version!
A final note:
It's not about me! I share stories from others, who have inspired me in either in health, physical or mental or spiritual. Or tell stories others have told me. They were part of this cultural revolution I documented. I pass on and preserve their oral history before it dies. I help keep them alive, their contributions, writings, art, music and more.
It's about a fascinating era that brought so much joy to so many. Giving credit to those whom others deliberately omitted from history. Or I include legendary people, known more for their names than what they looked like or what they did.
I put the spotlight on so many other deserving people! I BRING JOY to THOSE WHO ARE FORGOTTEN, and GIVE THEIR LIFE LASTING MEANING, JUST by SHARING STORIES THEY SHARED with me. I encourage other photographers to follow my lead. I am joyous when their photographs are chosen, and not mine. Those stories and photographs give joy and meaning to those who read or hear them! Gifts that keep on giving!
A few parting quotes:
"To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond them. To dare, to seek, to invent, it is at such a moment that new talents are revealed, discovered and realized." (Simone de Beauvoir).
"Action is the Antidote to Despair." (Joan Baez)
"We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been." (George Eliot).
"It is never too late to be what you might have been. (George Eliot).
"As I lived up to the highest light I had, higher and higher light came to me." (Peace Pilgrim).
"Yes! Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" (Auntie Mame).
Posted by: Jenny Lens | February 17, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Right, thanks to the internship Frederic has offered us, I am now starting a new chapter in my life and ready to take off! I feel like a bird which is now set free from its cage! Exciting! I have set up my own website, forum, blog and mailing list for teaching purposes (when writing this the computer is in the process of uploading files!), and I am ready to start writing my own e-Books to make a living. Thanks Frederic for this brilliant idea and for giving us the confidence that this is possible!
It is my vision to teach the people to take responsibility for their own lives and health. Once I saw the power of nutrition and herbs in healing so called 'incurable' conditions, I was no longer satisfied with the symptomatic treatments of mainstream Medicine, so I resigned from my previous job as a Medical Doctor at a rural Mission Hospital in Zimbabwe, determined to find a new way of life which can accommodate my passion for true healing and my vision of a clinic where seriously ill patients can be admitted.
The financial profits of the e-Books are especially needed to reach the poor who have no access to proper health care (and out here they are many!). This is the only thing which will truly satisfy me.
Thanks for helping me to make my dreams become reality!
Posted by: Jannette Benschop | February 18, 2008 at 12:51 AM
http://jennylens.com/rawfood/
Update: didn't mention existing Raw Food site, links to a few sites (of course Frederick's). Registered a newly DEDICATED raw foods DOMAIN, not a subdomain, but not ready to reveal yet.
Working on FREE content, SALES and AFFILIATE content. I couldn't continue to devote time to it without monetizing it!
REALIZE PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHY SITE. Too cluttered, need vertical rules to separate information, small boxes with scrolling images, instead of running down the screen.
DO NEED MULTIPLE PHOTO PAGES, because photo researchers/editors, writers, fans and others look for specific photos. Shot too much to post everything, but more of my classics and the most requested musicians will bring in more traffic. I end up emailing dozens of jpgs too frequently. It's more efficient to send links with posted photos.
USING WORDPRESS, but migrating to Joomla (found a great template, won't buy until finish tutorials to verify right platform). Joomla has quite a learning curve. JOOMLA (AND DRUPAL) ARE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CMS), WITH A SOPHISTICATED BACK-END DATABASE. I never met any software I couldn't teach myself, at least to some degree. (If push comes to shove, I will continue in WordPress).
MAILING LIST: haven't encouraged additional names until updated current list from numerous hand-written names and emails. Frederic taught us how to increase that number: FREEBIES and then something to sell!
LOVE YOUR NEW POSTS and SITE. Devoured your previous site. Often contacted your office with suggestions for improved navigation.
Another ongoing problem for many of us are Broken Links. There ought to be an easier solution for updating links!
People in glass houses shouldn't throw rocks, but I KNOW HOW a SITE SHOULD FLOW. All those years of teaching computer classes and "living" on the net taught me a lot. But how to implement all that?
Learning Technology to Fine Tune Blogs/Sites/Mailing Lists/Newsletters takes Time (and Money for Newsletter S/W, Templates/Themes, etc.). Helps to Have Help Too, which I Don't Have.
MAKING the MOST of OUR TIME IS the HARDEST TASK OF ALL. One of the most important aspects of our lives.
TIME MANAGEMENT! I'm better than most, but not as good as Frederic!
I've only just begun. Every day is the first day of the rest of our lives. Every day reveals yet another chance to reach out to more, to be more effective in health, art, technology, living and more, and our ability to share the joy of living.
WAKING UP TO FREDERIC'S TIPS ARE THE BEST WAY TO START THE DAY! But ONLY if you USE and SHARE them!
Posted by: Jenny Lens | February 19, 2008 at 10:56 AM
How this course will benefit me and what I plan to do with it:
I have been doing medical transcription for a living for 18 years. My heart has never been in the field of western medicine, though I always been interested in nutrition and health and how bodies work, and am grateful to possess a skill that has enabled me to make a living.
This course will benefit me because I am ready to move my livelihood into alignment with my heart and my life purpose. Writing and selling ebooks will be part of that process. I will be writing ebooks to give people information they need to be inspired, healthy, happy, loving and fulfilled in their lives, through raw and living foods, and other natural health and lifestyle habits.
This will enable me to leave the job my heart is so not in, and move into other areas of learning and serving, such as teaching and coaching people in groups and on a one-to-one basis, both locally and with traveling, perhaps going on to open a raw and living foods retreat center, the possibilities are limitless!
I believe the universe is conspiring to help me in this passion, and if winning this contest is a part of that path, then I will win it!
Blessings,
Kim
Posted by: Kim Harris | February 19, 2008 at 01:37 PM