Did You Know You Can Publish Your Blog on Amazon Kindle?

Sure we all know that you can publish eBooks and PDFs on Amazon Kindle, but did you know you can publish your blog too? Yes! That means your everyday blog just like this one.

And better yet, it’s free, simple, and could benefit you monetarily along with generating additional traffic. Although Amazon only pays you 30%, it’s free money for the taking. Your free blog now has the potential to make 30% with very little effort.

Follow these 3 steps to publish your blog:

1. Sign in or create a Kindle Publishing Account
2. Add and preview your blog
3. Publish

Now don’t expect to see a huge surge because of this implementation. However, with little investment on your part (aside from the blog posts you would be publishing anyway), it is worth testing. Check out this blog post from Ali Abbas for more details.

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InternetMarketingClub.org Presents How to Use Amazon to Market You, Your Book, and Your Business

This Wednesday Webinar, provided by Brent Sampson from Outskirts Press, will include strategies for using Amazon to market you, your book, and your business. Brent is a leading online retailer and will teach you how to leverage Amazon's free tools as valuable opportunities for promotion and marketing even if you are not a published author.

This webinar will cover how to use your Amazon "signature" for promotion, how to use Amazon "Guides" to establish expertise, how to self-publish books and how to guides, and how to redirect visitors to your business from Amazon using different Amazon profiles.

This free webinar will take place Wednesday, October 5, 2011 from 12:30pm EDT – 1:30pm EDT. To register and for more information please visit: How to Use Amazon to Market You, Your Book, and Your Business

LivingSocial is Differentiating Itself Away from Groupon

About one month ago, I blogged about Groupon. The 'deal of the day' and group-buying phenomenon is branching to Google, which is currently testing Google Offers. In December, Amazon invested $175 into LivingSocial, bringing it's current platform to "rapid global expansion" (Mashable). Clearly, the 'deal of the day' fad isn't just a fad. It's proving to be a social media, email marketing, and crowd-sourcing savings powerhouse. At an average open rate of 66%, that is an effective email (screenwerk.com)!

Enter LivingSocial. As LivingSocial is quite similar to Groupon, it has differentiated itself by offering LivingSocial Escapes. Back in October, LivingSocial acquired Urban Escapes, a social adventure company that provided group excursions and travel packages. This is a smart move for LivingSocial, which was more or less offering the 'deal of the day' to local restaurants, spas, sporting events at a 50-70% discount.

LivingSocial Escapes offers vacation deals, and truly original 'escapes', at a deep discount. Take an adventure to Quintana Roo, Mexico for example. I get a eye-pleasing, enticing deal straight to my inbox that is half off the original price ($1,540) for a five-night stay. If I want to bring a guest, it's only $205 more. Now that's a deal.



Buyers have one week to decide, in comparison to the daily deals that expire the next day. Have you purchased a LivingSocial Escapes vacation? If so, let us know about your experience!