I’m a book addict, I must buy hundreds of dollars of books each month, enough that I dare not count how much I spend at any rate. But I am a lucky guy too, I get sent great books for nothing. Yes, it is not just fancy bean bags I get sent through the post, I also get excellent reading material like these books that I want to tell you about.

Now, that first paragraph might come across as a little smug, and it might also make you a little cross that I am suggesting you buy something that I got for free. That’s why the links in this post are not affiliate links, I will not gain anything should you buy other than a warm feeling that you took my advice

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This book is being heavily promoted in the internet marketing space and for good reason. It’s a fascinating look at the history of making money online and how the big stars got to where they are today. In fact, it is such a good idea for a book, I can’t believe nobody did it before.

As well as being a fantastic read, you should also take note of Joel’s promotion of the book. He is sure to get this book onto the best-sellers list if he carries on the way he is going. Buy it now and you also get special bonuses.

50 Kick-Ass Keyword Strategies

SEOBook must be the product I have recommended most over the years. Not just because Aaron Wall is a great guy, not just because he knows his stuff and is the “SEO’s SEO”, but because his advice works. Whole successful businesses have been built from scratch off the back of his techniques.

Now Aaron has done it again with another brilliant ebook that rather than just telling you how to perform keyword research, teaches you how to PROFIT from keywords.

If you want to know how to really rock your SEO, this ebook is for you.

How to Start a Business Website and Hire a Web Designer

Now the last book might have seemed a little advanced for anyone who has yet to build their website. Well, good news, Michael has the book for you. No doubt you realize just by browsing around your competitors there is a right way and many many wrong ways to build your first business website. In this ebook you get all the advice you need to get it done right, first time. If you are about to embark on getting your website built, this ebook could save you a fortune by showing you how to avoid getting it disastrously wrong.

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The first Northern UK Bloggers Meet-up took place last friday at the Old Broadcasting House, Leeds. Well, half of it, the other half was in the Dry Dock pub (see a picture of the Dry Dock in daylight) – great venues, both!

I think it is fair to say a good time was had by all.

Jamie did an excellent talk about Woopra and gave out beta invites (which it seems we might not be able to legally use due to some UK/European privacy and data protection regulations, but I don’t think that is going to stop anyone).

After we ooh’ed and aah’ed over Woopra and debated the utility of it, we all did a short show-and-tell about our blogs, giving handy tips and learning more about each other in the process.

The first reports I have seen are here and here – please add your links to blog posts, video or pics in the comments if you were there

If you want to see pictures of what went on, check out the following locations:

• Tagged photographs
• Upcoming
• FaceBook

It seems everyone is up for another, so if you live in or around northern UK, watch this space and join the discussion list.

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A couple of people pointed out finishing my prize draw on a Monday might mean weekly readers miss out, so the draw has now been extended to Tuesday. So if you want a chance of winning these fantastic prizes, get in quick.

• A copy of Liz Strauss’ excellent ebook now, followed by an Authority Blogger Membership when the course officially launches
• A membership to Teaching Sells donated by Brian Clark
• A membership to Aaron Walls SEOBook SEO training
• A share of $1,000 of Performancing Ads advertising budget

It has also been pointed out that now Teaching Sells has closed their doors, this is pretty much the only way anyone can get into the course. Perhaps you will be the last member to get in? Doesn’t that make the prize even sweeter?

To enter, all you have to do is stay subscribed to this blog using your email address. That’s it!

After the prize draw there will be many more goodies to come, so keep watching your inbox …

Good luck!

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Performancing Ads has launched! You might have already seen the announcement over at Performancing or my post at the Blog Herald, or the official SplashPress launch here.

Performancing Ads is a blog advertising service developed to make it easy for you to buy, manage and sell 125×125  pixel banners.

• Open to all publishers big and small – Many blog advertising networks are difficult to just get accepted to
• Book your own ads easily and for free – Great for people who have their own paying advertising customers. You keep 100% of the money you make when you book your own ads, some ad management systems are very technical to implement, this is a breeze
• Gain free traffic through the “exchange” program – Even if you don’t buy or sell advertising you can benefit from the traffic and awareness generated by the automatic banner exchange.
• Recurring commission from affiliate referral program – Make 5% for the lifetime of your referrals, could be a nice additional income
• and of course buy and sell ads! – Performancing Ads has a growing marketplace to advertise with, and has hired Luis, an experienced ad sales guy who previously worked for Federated Media. His job is to sell your ads space.

Some of you will remember I was involved in an ad network called “Performancing Partners” with a previous incarnation of Performancing. This is not “Partners 2: the Return”, it has been completely built fresh from the ground up. I was brought in to help out with strategy, promotion and project management, but really what you see is the product of many long late nights from Ryan and Sean.

If you are interested in selling ad space on your blog, do not want to drive your visitors away by shoving adsense in their face, then Performancing Ads might be for you. Take a look now.

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Teaching Sells is closing its doors! If you have been thinking about joining, now is the time to do it.

Brian has announced the course is going to evolve, and the price is going up. You have until the end of this month to get in at $97 a month, after that the doors shut to new members and will not open again in the current form or price. Click here for full details.

In my talk on making a living from blogging over the weekend I told the attendees that one of the best ways of making money was to create a member site, and the best education for creating member sites is Teaching Sells.  Online courses like these are attractive to members because they get education not available anywhere else, and attractive to you as a publisher because you get a recurring income.

Teaching Sells was a big part of the inspiration for my Authority Blogger online course. While, being the rebellious type that I am, I haven’t followed Brian’s model to the letter, I have taken a lot away from his strategy.

If you really want to help a large number of people while being healthily rewarded, then you need to get in to Teaching Sells before the doors close.

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