The Ebook Cavern Reviews

EBOOK DETAILS
FILE SIZE: 978kb Zipped, 1,032kb Unzipped.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 73
FORMAT: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
SUBJECT: A guide to generating viral traffic and income from eBay.

ABOUT LEE MCINTYRE (AUTHOR OF AUCTION SECRET PROFITS)
Lee McIntyre is a teacher who has already successfully sold digital products online in the teaching niche. Although Lee has only been trading online since 2006 he is a true success, selling 600+ copies of his first Internet Marketing ebook, Auction Profits Unleashed, during pre-launch alone. Since then Lee has launched a number of successful ebooks, a membership site and an excellent newsletter.

ABOUT AUCTION SECRET PROFITS
In Auction Secret Profits, Lee explains how you can use eBay to generate a lot of viral traffic and additional income. The topics Lee covers include:

• The eBay Ebook Market!!
• How to Profit from eBay Auctions without Selling Anything!!
• Creating Short Reports!!
• How giving away Ebooks can Make you More Money than Selling Them!!
• How to get Ebook Sellers working for You!!

Lee begins Auction Secret Profits by discussing the eBay ebook market. In particular Lee discusses the flaws in the market and the mistakes that many eBay ebook sellers make (as an eBay ebook seller myself I thankfully don’t make make these mistakes). Lee then outlines how you can use the flaws in the eBay ebook market for your own personal gain. Overall, this section is a refreshing take on the eBay ebook market. If you browse many Internet Marketing forums you will see topics such as “The eBay ebook market is dead”. However, Lee has shown that there is indeed money to be made if you use a little creativity.

Next, Lee goes on to discuss how to measure the demand for different products on eBay. This is a lot easier than I thought it would be and all the research methods can be implemented on the actual eBay website. Lee even gives some suggestions to readers of the ebook as to what is currently in demand. For example, at the time of writing Auction Secret Profits, the World of Warcraft was one of these in demand products.

Once you have choosen a niche or product to focus on (based on your eBay research) you need to monetise it (make money from it). Lee discusses how to do this in great detail and even provides two different methods to monetise your chosen niche/product. Unfortunately, I can’t discuss these methods in this review as it would reveal too much of Lee’s subject matter and that is something I do not want to do. However, I assure you that it is great information for people who want to profit from eBay traffic and Lee really has overdelivered here.

In the next section of Auction Secret Profits, Lee discusses creating short reports based on your chosen product/niche. First, he discusses how you can research the information for your short report for free or at a very low cost. Then he provides a few quick writing tips. After this Lee discusses a number of other ways you could create your short reports including PLR and outsourcing. He also discusses monetising the report but as I said above I can’t really reveal this information in my review. Overall, this is a great section with the information being straight to the point. Most ebooks I have read that discuss product creation fail to mention that PLR and outsourcing can be used to ease the process.

At this point you will now have all the ingredients you need to generate viral traffic and income from eBay. You just need to get them out there. In the final section of Auction Secret Profits Lee discusses how to distribute your ebook. There are a lot of tips here which include making your ebook look professional, offering it to eBay ebook sellers and more. Although the information in this section is not very advanced this does give you a lot of ideas for distributing your ebook.

Overall, I’ve got to say this wasn’t an easy ebook to review. The nature of the information means that I can’t reveal to much without completely giving Lee’s game away. However, with Auction Secret Profits, Lee has provided a complete system for generating traffic and revenue from eBay WITHOUT listing your own auctions. It’s a very low cost system and with the examples Lee provides there really is no excuse why anyone can’t implement their own Auction Secret Profits system.

GOOD POINTS

• Lee makes it very easy to measure demand on eBay.
• I was really impressed with the section on creating your own short reports. Lee provides lots of resources which will help you - even if you have never created a product before.
• Once your reports are out there that’s it. There is no more tweaking or maintenance required.

BAD POINTS

• Lee could have provided links to some good ecover designers.
• I don’t think the level of traffic from these methods is as great as Lee mentions.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM AUCTION SECRET PROFITS
As an eBay ebook seller myself I thankfully don’t make the mistakes that Lee mentions. I have created my own ebooks and am increasingly working on creating more and more of my own products. I implement a lot of the ideas Lee mentions inside Auction Secret Profits already. However, one area I need to seriously improve upon is testing. I get my ebooks out there but I don’t test the results. Lee explains how to do this so I just need to start doing it.

*****

If you want to purchase Auction Secret Profits Click Here.

*****

EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 812kb Zipped, 859kb Unzipped.
Number of Pages: 64
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Subject: A guide to using eBay to generate leads for digital products.
Other Information: You can download a free leaked chapter from Auction Profits Unleashed by Clicking Here.

ABOUT LEE MCINTYRE (AUTHOR OF THE AUCTION PROFITS UNLEASHED)
Lee McIntyre is a teacher who has already successfully sold digital products online in the teaching niche. Although Lee has only been trading online since 2006 he is a true success, selling 600+ copies of his first Internet Marketing ebook, Auction Profits Unleashed, during pre-launch alone.

ABOUT AUCTION PROFITS UNLEASHED
Auction Profits Unleashed explains how Lee McIntyre uses eBay to generate leads for digital products and squeezes every last drop of value from the site. Best of all, Lee explains how to automate the whole process. The topics covered include:

• Why eBay is an Internet Marketer’s Best Friend!!
• Finding an Online Market to Serve!!
• Creating a ‘Premium’ Digital Product!!
• Setting up a Sales Page for your Product!!
• Getting an eBay Account and Getting some Feedback!!
• Using eBay to Generate Leads!!
• Preparing your Auto-Responder to Follow Up with Leads!!
• Choosing a Delivery Method for your Digital Product!!
• Developing your Marketing Funnel Further!!

Lee begins the ebook by explaining what a typical day as a school teacher involves for him. This is usually a 7.30am - 6pm shift at the school, plus one hours marking, four times a week. He does this simply to explain that if someone like him can find the time to make money online - then other people can too.

After this he moves on to explain ‘Why eBay is an Internet Marketer’s Best Friend’. As you probably already know eBay is one of the top ten ‘most visited’ websites on the Internet. Furthermore, visitors to eBay are ready buyers although the critics argue that these buyers are penny pinchers and bargain hunters. What may surprise you is that Lee agrees with these critics BUT thinks it makes eBay an even more attractive place to market your products. He believes that this bargain hunter mentality can actually be used to improve your sales. Lee then sums up his thoughts with a story about his Grandma (and her bargain hunting tendencies) and how his Grandma may actually spend more money whilst trying to get a bargain. Overall, I liked this chapter and I found it was a really good answer to the critics who say the digital product market on eBay is dead. I particularly liked Lee’s example which involved his Grandma and found it a good conclusion to the chapter.

In the next chapter Lee moves on to discuss ‘Finding an Online Market to Serve’. He begins by stating that although there is a lot of money to be earnt on eBay by selling your products, there is even more money to be earnt if you follow up with your customers and sell them a premium digital product. Following this, Lee goes on to discuss how to research the potential demand for a digital product, using the niches of weight loss, credit repair and classroom management (a niche which Lee has already had success in). He then goes further and shows readers how to assess the potential for a digital product in a specific niche with multiple tools including; Overture, eBay, ClickBank and Google. This chapter does contain some good information. I found the section where Lee explains the difference between determining demand in a market and demand for a digital product in a market very insightful and helpful. However, I believe Lee could have been a bit more concise in explaining his ideas in this chapter.

In the fourth chapter Lee moves on to cover everyone’s favourite topic; ‘Creating a Premium Digital Product’. He begins by explaining the different kinds of digital products that you can potentially create and then states which type of digital product is his favourite. Next, Lee covers the three basic options available to you if you want to create a digital product (which unfortunately I can’t list for you here). For each of the three options Lee explains the pros, the cons and makes suggestions as to how he would go about creating a digital product using that method. He also states how he thinks each option should be best utilised. With a topic as popular as digital product creation there are always going to be other texts out there which cover the topic in more detail. However, in this chapter Lee has a good stab at it, providing some very useful advice for those creating their first digital product and he covers all the required bases. Overall, this chapter provides an excellent, concise and informative summary of a potentially tricky subject.

Following this Lee moves on to cover ‘Setting up a Sales Page for your Product.’ When I read this chapter it reminded me a lot of my own experiences when creating my first sales page. The first very valid point that Lee makes in this chapter is to NOT do everything on the cheap. Based on my own experiences I really agree with what Lee says here because if you do everything on the cheap then you and your products look cheap. Next he moves on to cover the actual writing of your sales letter. Lee provides readers with a basic ten point template of what a sales letter should include and then provides some more general writing tips to readers. He then finished the chapter with some tips on formatting your sales letter. Overall, I felt this chapter wasn’t as strong as the others within Auction Profits Unleashed. The ten point plan is a good template to follow when writing your sales letter, but a lot of the information is quite subjective and I didn’t learn anything significant after reading it.

In chapter six ‘Getting an eBay Account and Getting some Feedback’ is covered. This is a rather short chapter and to anyone who has been using eBay for some time it will contain little new information. There are some basic feedback management tips included but nothing I didn’t already know.

After this Lee moves on to describe how eBay can be used to generate leads. I can’t reveal the actual method he uses here because it would reveal all the secrets behind Lee’s ebook, and that is not what I intend to do with these reviews. However, I can reveal that it is a very valid method for generating leads and one that I use myself. Overall, this is a really crucial chapter and contains some great information which I would recommend everyone should act upon. I’ve lost count of the times I have heard the phrase “The money is in the List” but the frequency that this phrase is used only goes to show that generating leads is key to your success online.

Once you have your leads on the list you then need to follow up with them and that is exactly what Auction Profits Unleashed covers in the next chapter. First, Lee covers the two autoresponder options available to you; a Self Hosted Solution or a Third Party Solution. He explains which is his favourite and why. Next he goes on to finish the chapter by covering how he would approach follow up communication with customers. Again I found Lee makes some good points in this chapter but it’s a very subjective topic for which everyone has their own opinion. Overall, this section does act as a good guide (which can be modified according to personal preference) for people looking to start their first mailing list and autoresponder series.

Following on from this Lee goes on to discuss ‘Choosing a Delivery Method for your Digital Product’. I personally use My Digital Dispatch for my digital delivery but Lee covers both E-Junkie and DLGuard in this chapter. Since I haven’t got any experience with these two products I can’t comment on how good they are. However, Lee does go into great detail explaining both systems and even includes screenshots. Although I haven’t used these two products, I do know that when selling online it is important to automate as many tasks as you can - including product delivery. In this chapter Lee explains how to automate product delivery in great detail and so overall it is a very useful chapter, containing great information, which can be easily followed and implemented.

In the final chapter Lee covers ‘Developing your Marketing Funnel Further’. In this section he suggests additional ideas to profit from the leads you have acquired from eBay. This section contains some useful tips which will allow you to generate additional revenue from your list and it is a nice conclusion to Auction Profits Unleashed. The information in this chapter isn’t groundbreaking but it is practical and easy to implement.

In conclusion, Lee has done a very good job with Auction Profits Unleashed. If you are selling on eBay and using the site only as a selling platform, then you are missing out on a lot of additional revenue. Using Lee’s ideas you can maintain your eBay sales whilst generating additional sales further down the line. The writing style is really easy to follow and the use of screenshots to explain Lee’s ideas is a great assistance too. Best of all, once set up most of Lee’s ideas run on autopilot. As an eBay seller myself Auction Profits Unleashed comes highly recommended and I give it my own personal seal of approval.

GOOD POINTS

• The detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots really help. You can implement the information as you read.
• I really found myself relating to a lot of Lee’s examples which allowed me to really connect with the information in Auction Profits Unleashed.
• The level of success Lee has achieved in such a short time online goes to show just how effective his ideas are.
• I was particularly impressed with the way Lee broke down the topic of creating your own digital product. It can be a hard topic to cover but Lee has made it really easy to understand.

BAD POINTS

• I feel Lee could have been a bit more concise when covering certain topics.
• Some of the material covered (such as writing a sales letter) is quite subjective. I got the impression that it was Lee’s own opinion rather than what is actually proven to work.
• I found the section on getting started on eBay and getting some feedback very basic and didn’t learn anything new.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM AUCTION PROFITS UNLEASHED
I already sell my own premium product at http://www.theebookcavern.co.uk/ so I implement lots of the ideas Lee covers already. One thing I plan to act upon is the information in Lee’s final chapter ‘Developing your Marketing Funnel Further’. I feel it’s one area that I am not taking full advantage of currently.

*****

If you want to purchase Auction Profits Unleashed Click Here.

*****

EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 313kb Zipped, 279kb Unzipped.
Number of Pages: 15
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Subject: A guide to how eBay ebook PowerSeller PlanetSMS uses the viral power of eBay to drive visitors to his website.

ABOUT JOHN THORNHILL (AUTHOR OF AUCTION TRAFFIC EXPLOSION)
John Thornhill (aka eBay PowerSeller PlanetSMS) has been selling information products on eBay for many years and has over 10,000 positive feedback comments. He also runs the successful PlanetSMS Newsletter which provides valuable tips to those selling ebooks on eBay.

ABOUT AUCTION TRAFFIC EXPLOSION
Auction Traffic Explosion explains how John Thornhill (aka eBay PowerSeller PlanetSMS) has used eBay to drive traffic to his websites and build his mailing list. The topics John covers include:

• Over 30 ways to drive traffic to your Website!!
• How you can use the tools eBay supplies to legally build your List!!
• How to legally put your web address into your Auctions!!
• Why you should be selling info products and the tools you should be using!!
• How to turn your buyers into sellers that ultimately promote you and ultimately make you Money!!
• How to turn Auction Visitors into Subscribers!!

John begins his ebook by explaining the Auction Traffic Explosion system in a nutshell. He then follows this up with 10 reasons why info products are the ‘perfect product’ to sell on eBay. This opening chapter does a good job explaining why you should sell information products. Some of the reasons for selling ebooks are quite basic, and are points that you would naturally associate with ebooks. However, four of John’s reasons are very creative ideas and true examples of using eBay in a creative way. This first chapter is a good introduction to Auction Traffic Explosion and a nice introduction to John’s creative way of thinking about eBay.

The next chapter of Auction Traffic Explosion is ‘Build Build Build’ and as you can probably tell in this chapter John explains why you should be building your mailing list. This information is good information, but is nothing new or unique. If you have read other Internet Marketing ebooks you will already know that building your mailing list should be a number one priority. However, John does offer a few quick but basic list building ideas at the end of the chapter for your consideration. Overall, a good chapter but one that is unlikely to teach you something new.

Following this John moves on to explain how to use eBay auctions to generate website visitors. This is a relatively simple process, but one that relatively few ebook sellers no about. John breaks this whole process down into simple, easy to follow, step by step instructions. First, John explains how your visitors can do one of 6 things when they visit your auction and how 5 of these are beneficial to you. Next he explains how to get visitors to your auction with specific examples. John then finishes the chapter by explaining how you can convert these auction visitors into website visitors and/or newsletter subscribers, again with specific examples. Although I already practice the ideas from this chapter, I still found it one of the best in the ebook. The way John has explained his ideas with specific examples means that the chapter is easy to read, and the information is easy to implement.

The next chapter is ‘Ebay Tools that can generate Website Visitors.’ As you can probably guess from the title, in this chapter of Auction Traffic Explosion you are provided with an explanation of eBay tools that will help you achieve your goal of converting auction visitors to website visitors and/or newsletter subscribers. The tools include the eBay store newsletter feature and Selling Manager Pro. Overall, the information in this chapter is OK but nothing you can’t learn by experimenting with eBay a little bit yourself.

Following this John then moves on to explain how you can legally display your web address in eBay auctions. This is quite a good idea but I don’t personally believe it will generate that much traffic to your website. Also I believe a lot of eBayers will be using this method without actually thinking of it as a traffic generation method. Overall, this is one of Auction Traffic Explosion’s weaker chapters.

Next Auction Traffic Explosion explains how you can get visitors to your websites after the sale. John begins this chapter explaining why you should be doing this. He then moves on to explain how to do this with examples of how he does it himself. I found this chapter very similar to the earlier chapter on using eBay auctions to generate website visitors and/or newsletter subscribers. It contains a lot of good information and creative ideas that are explained in a way that’s easy to follow and implement. This is again one of the better chapters contained within Auction Traffic Explosion.

In the final chapter John explains how to turn your customers into sellers, which will in turn generate even more leads for you. John himself generates a large proportion of his income by getting customers to sell his products and then sharing the profits with them. He achieves this using a relatively simple but effective tool which he reveals in this chapter. Although the method of turning your buyers into sellers is a relatively simple one, it is effective. John does only cover it briefly but the profit potential is there. This is definitely an idea I will be using in the future.

Update: May 2007:- John has updated Auction Traffic Explosion, adding a section on using eBay Reviews and Guides and eBay My World to generate extra traffic. I found the section on using eBay Reviews and Guides very useful. Although I myself have written reviews and guides, I’ve never had the level of success John has had with them. I was glad that he shared his top tips for writing a popular guide in this section, because it has shown me how I can get increased exposure for my guides in the future. John also provides a link to his hugely popular ‘Xbox 360 Scam on eBay’ guide which at the time of writing had over 40,000 views. This is a nice addition because you can see John’s ideas working and in action on eBay. Contrastingly, the additional section on eBay MyWorld is good information but is very short. Compared to the eBay Reviews and Guides section it falls short.

Overall, Auction Traffic Explosion is a simple, concise guide to converting auction traffic into website/newsletter traffic. There is absolutely no filler here, just 15 pages of quality information. The majority of the ideas John covers are good, effective ideas. My only real criticism of Auction Traffic Explosion is that I do implement many of the ideas that it contains, but have come nowhere near to John’s 100+ newsletter subscribers per day, but then this could be down to a number of factors. Also, it would benefit beginners if certain areas contained greater detail, but this really is just a minor quibble. However, despite these minor quibbles I would definitely recommend Auction Traffic Explosion to anyone who wants to divert eBay traffic to their website and/or newsletter.

GOOD POINTS

• The system is very cheap to operate. All it costs is your eBay listing fees.
• John provides good, real examples so you can see the system in action.
• The chapter on turning your customers into sellers has the potential to generate significant traffic.
• When implemented correctly the system is a good source of additional traffic.

BAD POINTS

• In certain sections the ebook lacks detail which you be an obstacle for beginners.
• Some of the ideas are not as original or effective as John says.
• No links to website hosting and mailing list companies are provided.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM AUCTION TRAFFIC EXPLOSION
The main thing I have learnt from Auction Traffic Explosion is the huge traffic and profit potential of turning your customers into sellers. Although the majority of John’s other ideas are good, I already implement them. However, the sellers to buyers idea is definitely one that I will be using in the future. Plus I will be looking into improving the popularity of my eBay Reviews and Guides using John’s methods.

*****

If you want to purchase Auction Traffic Explosion Click Here.

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EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 2,387kb Zipped, 2,447kb Unzipped.
Number of Pages: 67
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Subject: A guide to gaining massive success on the Internet through a part time effort.

ABOUT JIM COCKRUM (AUTHOR OF THE PART TIME PLAN)
The author Jim Cockrum, is a self confessed eBay freak. He also runs “Creative Ebay Selling,” the Internets largest eBay success newsletter with over 100,000 subscribers and growing by the day. Jim has helped launch multiple Internet businesses and has used the Internet as his sole source of income since 2002.

ABOUT THE PART TIME PLAN
The Part Time Plan is Jim Cockrum’s third Internet Marketing ebook. In The Part Time Plan Jim explains how you can make money on eBay utilising the “obvious strategy” and the “not so obvious strategy.” The “obvious strategy” is just general selling of items on eBay. However, the “not so obvious strategy” involves implementing more creative strategies on eBay to make your money. The topics covered in The Part Time Plan include:

• Proof of Jim’s Online Income!!
• Details of the Obvious Strategy!!
• Details of the Not So Obvious Strategy!!
• The tools you will need!!
• Selling information products on eBay!!
• Automating your eBay Information Business!!
• Using eBay as a Marketing Tool!!
• Using Amazon as a Marketing Tool!!

The Part Time Plan begins with Jim providing proof of his online income. If you have been a member of Jim’s “Creative Ebay Selling” newsletter for some time or have previously read one of his ebooks then you probably know most of the information in this chapter. However, if you need proof of Jim’s online credential then this chapter explains them very well. In the chapter Jim shows how he was ranked number one at ClickBank with his ebook The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay, and also the huge amount of traffic generated by his website http://www.silentsalesmachine.com/, using screenshots as proof.
Next Jim moves on to describe the “Obvious Strategy” for making money on eBay. The obvious strategy is not the main strategy Jim wants to teach in The Part Time Plan, but he says it can make you money. According to Jim about 95% of eBay sellers implement the “Obvious Strategy” which is simply selling as many highly profitable items as you can. In this chapter Jim emphasises the importance of finding a niche if you are going to implement this strategy and also includes a very informative article on finding a product to sell on eBay or anywhere else online. He also provides links to his favourite wholesale sources where you can purchase products to sell online. Jim then goes on to provide a very valid criticism of the “obvious strategy” on eBay, and one which many people do not consider. Overall, I found this chapter very informative. If you sell on eBay and are not currently implementing more creative ideas to boost your income then this chapter highlights why you really should be. Jim explains his ideas very well, in a clear, concise fashion, and provides valid reasons as to why you should not limit yourself to this strategy.

Following this Jim goes on to explain the “Not so Obvious Strategy.” In this chapter Jim explains how even if you use the “obvious strategy” that you can generate additional revenues by also implementing more creative ideas. Jim then goes on to explain identifies four types of sellers on eBay. The four seller types are those with; “Low Creativity and Low eBay Abandon”, “High Creativity and Low eBay Abandon”, “Low Creativity and High eBay Abandon” and “High Creativity and High eBay Abandon.” In the Part Time Plan, Jim explains each of the four seller types and the various disadvantages of three of them. He then goes on to explain why the best type of seller to be is one with “High Creativity and High eBay Abandon.” This section further highlights Jim’s view that you should not just limit yourself to the “obvious strategy” on eBay. He outlines all the benefits of being an eBay seller with “High Creativity and High eBay Abandon” including extra free time and not being tied to eBay. Overall, I found this chapter to be another excellent section. Jim explains his “not so obvious strategy” by comparing it to the different types of seller you will find on eBay. By doing this, Jim really manages to highlight the benefits of his “not so obvious strategy” in comparison to those who solely operate “the obvious strategy,” which include additional revenue for very little additional work and not being tied down to eBay.

Jim then moves on to explain how to implement the “not so obvious strategy” by selling information products. Jim begins this chapter by providing a list of products that have helped sellers achieve success using the “not so obvious strategy.” He then goes on to explain why you should sell information products. The benefits include high profit margins, a high degree of automation and much more. Jim then moves on to explain how to get ideas for your own information product and how to test if your ideas will be successful. Next he lists a number of topics which are proven best sellers. Jim then moves on to explain how to sell more physical products (if you do already sell them) using information, and then he moves on to list some backend strategies to generate more sales. Jim then finishes the chapter with the story of his best selling ebook, The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay and how he achieved that success. Overall, this chapter provides a very good summary of how you can create your own information product. Although there are ebooks out there that focus solely on this topic and describe it in more detail, Jim explains how to get ideas for your information product and then how to use this information to be successful. He then summarises with the story of how he did it himself. Although it is not the most detailed information you can get, Jim puts it together in an easy to follow, easy to implement way which is ideal for those who are looking to sell their first information product.

The next chapter focuses on the tools you will need to create and sell your information product. For each of the tool types Jim outlines the following tools: DIY (Do It Yourself which is very cheap or free), DIY with Help (Do It Yourself with a bit of help which costs a bit more) and Full Service (Paying someone else to do the job, which is fast and easy but costs the most). In this chapter Jim outlines tools for the following tasks; Product Creation, PDF Creation, Ebook Cover Creation, Editing, Website Creation, Autoresponder (Email List Management), Accepting payments on eBay, Accepting payments on your own Website, Product Delivery after an eBay sale, Product Delivery from a Website and Customer Support. Overall, I found this chapter quite informative. I was already aware of some of the tools Jim mentioned but others are new to me, meaning that I have benefited in some way from this chapter.

In the final chapter Jim provides you with some tips for selling on eBay. These tips include; how to generate leads, what the best price points for selling your product are and when the best times to end your auctions. I have mixed feelings about this chapter. Some of the tips are excellent but some seem simply common sense.

Jim also includes three bonuses at the end of The Part Time Plan. The first is “Run your entire eBay business without ever logging on” which is a video by Jim explaining how you can do just what the title says. The second bonus is “Use the power of eBay as a marketing tool” where Jim explains two creative ideas to draw visitors from eBay to your website. Both of these bonuses are an excellent addition to the ideas in The Part Time Plan, as when implemented they allow you to save time and generate additional traffic. The third and final bonus is “Using Amazon to generate additional traffic” where Jim explains how you can use Amazon to get additional visitors to your website or eBay store.

Overall, The Part Time Plan is a good ebook for those who are beginners in the Internet Marketing world and have not read any of Jim’s previous ebooks. However, if you have already created your product, or you are an avid follower of Jim and his work, then there is little new information for you here. Most (but not all) of the information in this ebook can be located in Jim’s previous two ebooks The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay and How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash and his “Creative Ebay Selling Newsletter.” As a standalone product, The Part Time Plan is a very informative ebook that details how you can generate extra revenue using information. Jim explains all his ideas very clearly and backs them up with examples of how he has done it. If you are currently selling on eBay and looking for a way to generate extra revenue then The Part Time Plan is a good text to get you started. However, if you have been following Jim Cockrum for some time then you may have already been presented with the majority of the information within The Part Time Plan.

GOOD POINTS

• Teaches you how to be more creative on eBay to generate additional revenue.
• Jim’s ideas are explained clearly with relevant examples that beginners and experienced seller’s can both follow.
• Provides you with simple but effective methods to find an idea for your own information product.
• Provides a comprehensive list of tools you will need to sell information products on eBay.

BAD POINTS

• Some of the services Jim recommends require additional expenditure.
• If you have been following and reading Jim’s work for some time then you will find few new ideas inside The Part Time Plan.
• There is a little bit too much self promotion of Jim’s other products inside The Part Time Plan.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM THE PART TIME PLAN
I didn’t actually learn that much from The Part Time Plan as I have been a long time subscriber to Jim’s newsletter and also have purchased his two previous ebooks The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay and How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash. However, I did come across a number of tools that I was previously unaware of through The Part Time Plan.

*****

If you want to purchase The Part Time Plan Click Here.

***** 

EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 1,071kb Zipped, 1,122b Unzipped.
Number of Pages: 45
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Subject: A guide to using eBay traffic to create a lifetime customer base for virtually any business.

ABOUT JIM COCKRUM (AUTHOR OF HOW TO TURN AUCTION TRAFFIC INTO CASH)
The author Jim Cockrum, is a self confessed eBay freak. He also runs “Creative Ebay Selling,” the Internets largest eBay success newsletter with over 90,000 subscribers and growing by the day. Jim has helped launch multiple internet businesses and has used the internet as his sole source of income since 2002.

ABOUT HOW TO TURN AUCTION TRAFFIC INTO CASH
How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash is Jim Cockrum’s followup to the hugely successful The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay. Just like it’s predecessor, How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash is a guide to gaining massively from eBay’s huge amounts of traffic. This time instead of using this traffic to promote Silent Sales Machines, Jim shows you how to use this traffic to build up your mailing list. eBay gets 1.5 billion page views per month, there are over 100 million members, and 80,000 people sign up every day, so it is one of the best but also most under utilised sources of traffic available to any seller. The topics covered in How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash include:

• The real power of eBay!!
• The rules of the eBay game!!
• Tapping into the power step by step!!
• A step by step guide to setting up your newsletter and subscription forms on eBay whilst complying with eBay policy!!
  

How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash is primarily aimed at those who are currently limited to selling solely on eBay. If you are in this situation then it is most likely that you view your business activities as “If I sell one item on eBay I get one buyer and one sale” (I know I was). Jim however, says that “One auction can potentially bring you hundreds of buyers before, during, and after the sale WITHOUT violating eBay policy.” He then expands on this into the main body of the ebook which shows you (with illustrations) how to convert this eBay traffic into a mailing list, which is one of the keys to long-term success online.

Like with The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay the main selling point of this ebook is that you can utilise the huge amounts of traffic on eBay in unique and inventive ways. How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash focuses on how to use this traffic to build up your mailing list. This concept in my opinion is the best part of the ebook and a great selling point. No other ebook author I have come across explains how to use eBay traffic in this way. After reading How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash you will be surprised at how simple these ideas really are, and you won’t believe that you managed to overlook them for so long. Even though the ideas are simple, they are still effective and unique, and some of the best ones I have seen from an ebook author in a long while.

My only criticism of How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash is that like with The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay, certain claims are exaggerated whilst others are played down. In particular, implementing the ideas requires that you invest quite a lot of time and effort initially and it will also create an additional expense for your business (in paying the autoresponder fees). These factors are played down quite a lot within How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash. On the other hand the results gained from implementing these ideas are exaggerated slightly. Although I am not disputing that the ideas work (because they definitely do), their effectiveness is overplayed.

Overall, if you are willing to put the time and effort in, then you will find this How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash useful. If you are quite happy with your current eBay sales and do not want to expand outside of eBay then this ebook is not for you.

GOOD POINTS

• If you are currently only selling on eBay and not following up on auction visitors, How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash lays wide open the huge opportunities you are missing out on.
• How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash tells you utilise eBay’s huge levels of traffic, and build up a mailing list, (which in turn provides you with many benefits), whilst sticking to eBay policy.
• The ebook provides a step-by-step guide to setting up a newsletter system in your eBay auctions complete with screen shots. Even if you are completely unfamiliar with webforms you will find this guide easy to follow.
• Building up a mailing list of subscribers provides you with many benefits including customer loyalty, customer trust, a highly targeted source of traffic, and the ability to sell products outside of eBay (meaning no eBay fees).
• Once the webforms and followup messages are in place, building your mailing list is virtually automated. All you have to do is write the broadcast messages when you want to do a mass-mailing to your list.

BAD POINTS

• To build a mailing list requires additional monthly expenditure on an autoresponder service.
• If you are running lots of auctions they will all need to be edited to implement these ideas, which can be very time consuming.
• The growth rate of your mailing list when using these methods is slightly exaggerated in this ebook.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM HOW TO TURN AUCTION TRAFFIC INTO CASH
How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash is the ebook that led to me setting up my own mailing list. Prior to this I had been using eBay’s basic Shop Newsletter tool which really cannot compete with a proper autoresponder service. Since I now run multiple websites as well as an eBay store, a newsletter is really the best way to communicate to all my visitors. Using the ideas in How to turn Auction Traffic into Cash I have been able to place web sign up forms on all my eBay pages as well as all my website pages, which has allowed me to maximise my subscription rate.

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EBOOK DETAILS
File Size: 1,709kb Zipped, 2,383kb Unzipped.
Number of Pages: 136
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Subject: A guide to using eBay traffic to create “Silent Sales Machines.”

ABOUT JIM COCKRUM (AUTHOR OF THE SILENT SALES MACHINE)
The author Jim Cockrum, is a self confessed eBay freak. He also runs “Creative Ebay Selling,” the Internets largest eBay success newsletter with over 90,000 subscribers and growing by the day. Jim has helped launch multiple internet businesses and has used the internet as his sole source of income since 2002.

ABOUT THE SILENT SALES MACHINE HIDING ON EBAY
The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay is a guide on how to gaining massively from the huge levels of eBay traffic. eBay gets 1.5 billion page views per month, there are over 100 million members, and 80,000 people sign up every day, so it is one of the best but also most under utilised sources of traffic available to any seller. The topics covered include:

• How to earn Money!!
• How to gain a customer for life!!
• One of Jim’s Silent Sales Machines dissected!!
• How to utilise your About Me page effectively!!
• How to get traffic to your Silent Sales Machine!!
• Improving your Silent Sales Machine!!
• How to utilise all the above on eBay whilst sticking to eBay policy!!

On top of the main content Jim has also included huge amounts of bonus content with his ebook. This includes “What should I sell on eBay” which is a collection of thousands of creative ideas submitted by Jim’s newsletter subscribers, and “Power Tips for eBay Sellers” which is a collection of useful tips for eBay sellers plus four bonus articles.

The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay is definitely aimed at those who are currently limited to selling solely on eBay. If you are in this situation then it is most likely that you view your business activities as “If I sell one item on eBay I get one buyer and one sale” (I know I was). Jim however, says that “One auction can potentially bring you hundreds of buyers before, during, and after the sale WITHOUT violating eBay policy.” He then expands on this by dissecting one of his Silent Sales Machines to show you how he did it, and then providing many more creative ideas that you could possibly use to set up your own Silent Sales Machine using this principle.

Like with How to turn Auction Traffic Cash the main selling point of this ebook is that you can utilise the huge amounts of traffic on eBay in unique and inventive ways. The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay focuses on how to use this traffic to generate extra sales. This concept in my opinion is the best part of the ebook and a great selling point. No other ebook author I have come across explains how to use eBay traffic in this way. After reading The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay you will be surprised at how simple these ideas really are, and you won’t believe that you managed to overlook them for so long. Even though the ideas are simple, they are still effective and unique, and some of the best ones I have seen from an ebook author in a long while.

My only criticism of this ebook is that if you have only been selling on eBay then you will probably have to do quite a lot of research into setting up your own website, affiliate marketing, and other ways in which you can create Silent Sales Machines that match your current product. Also the effectiveness of these Silent Sales Machines is slightly exaggerated in the ebook. The ideas do work but you are unlikely to achieve the level of success outlined in this ebook.

Overall, if you can put in the time and effort then the ideas in the Silent Sales Machine are definitely worthwhile. If you are content with your eBay sales alone and are not looking to expand then you’re probably best off leaving this one on the shelf.

GOOD POINTS

• If you are currently only selling on eBay, The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay lays wide open the huge opportunities you are missing out on, by not looking at the bigger picture.
• The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay provides you with methods that will direct the huge amounts of traffic on eBay, to your product outside of eBay, whilst sticking to eBay policy.
• The huge amount of creative ideas listed mean you should be able to think of a Silent Sales Machine that you can run alongside your current product and seriously increase your sales.
• Setting up Silent Sales Machines balances the risk of your business. If your business on eBay is not doing so well this is weighed up against your business off eBay which may be doing better and vice versa.
• Once set up, most Silent Sales Machines are virtually automated, providing you with a regular income for weeks, months, or even years to come.

BAD POINTS

• A lot of time, effort, and research can be required initially to set up an effective Silent Sales Machine.
• Although a website is not essential for some Silent Sales Machines, most of them do require one, which is an added expense. You may also need to acquire new skills (such as HTML programming) in order to set up your website.
• You may have to become familiar with using affiliate programs in order to set up your Silent Sales Machine.
• The benefits gained from setting up a Silent Sales Machine are slightly over-exaggerated in this ebook.

HOW I HAVE GAINED FROM THE SILENT SALES MACHINE HIDING ON EBAY
The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay is the ebook that convinced me to finally get a website. Prior to this I simply thought; “I have an eBay store with its own URL and that’s enough.” However, once set up I quickly realised the benefits I had been missing out on by not having a website. Not only could I use it to promote my eBay store, and use my eBay store to promote my website, but taking this first step led me to look at even more ways of setting up Silent Sales Machines outside of eBay. I now firmly believe that everyone who sells on eBay should set up their own website. This is for a variety of reasons but definitely the largest being “Spreading the Risk.” I know it is unlikely, and won’t happen in the near future, but what if eBay goes out of business? Without a website you would go out of business too?

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