Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Please Sign My Petition to the
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom



If you live in the UK would you do me a small but crucial good turn?

I have just created a petition JUSTICE FOR MARGINALISED PENSIONERS and I would dearly love you to add your signature at

My petition was sparked off after being rejected (like many others) for the COLD WEATHER PAYMENT to pensioners because I am ‘over the threshold’ according to UK Government.

This is the final straw in injustice and an insult to responsible pensioners who paid their statutory dues throughout the working life, made voluntary provision for retirement, and subsequently find themselves marginalised by the state system to which they contribute.

Do we not freeze in excessively cold weather as much as those on social security benefits who qualify for additional assistance?

I only need 200 signatories to have No.10 sit up and take notice but because I am passionate about this issue I intend to pull out all the stops and use my online skills to attract 10,000+ signatories during the coming months.

Please help me achieve the vital first 200 by persuading as many of your friends as possible to support me by signing the petition.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation!




Friday, 2 January 2009

How to Make Money Online in 09


The growth of the Internet is phenomenal and its propensity to create moneymaking ventures at home, shop, or office is equally staggering.

There is a ton of advice around on how to get started and here are some of the core questions newcomers invariably ask:

· How does one go about launching such a business?
· Where do you begin?
· What about start up costs?
· What about operating expenses?
· How do you research the cyberspace marketplace?
· Where do you find saleable produce?
· Is it better to stick with one offer or hedge your bets with several?
· What are the available options for promotion?
· How do you create an internet marketing strategy?
· Can you harness the power of social media to foster online sales?
· Can you expand an offline business online?
· Do you need to be experienced to succeed or can anyone participate?
· Which levels of internet expertise are required?

Can you really make money online in 09 from home, shop or office?

Yes, you can, but how much will be governed by how well you apply yourself to preparation and how seriously you take your enterprise once you are up and running.

Making money online is a whole new way of life that can be as exciting as it is rewarding.

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Money Tree Challenge Video


I have created a little video outlining my new iniative.

Please spare 90 seconds to watch it on this page...

Friday, 31 October 2008

My Money Tree Challenge


I’m setting myself a challenge to grow my own virtual money tree and in the process attempt to amass $30,000 in 30 days.

Will I make it?

I don’t know for sure…

But I shall be giving it the full welly!

Here is where you can see what I'm up to...

Jim Green

Friday, 10 October 2008

How to Write a Book, Get it Published, and Turn it Into a Bestseller

This 90-second video will give you a glimpse of what it takes to write a book, get it published, and turn it into a bestseller.

http://writeabook.1st-creative-writing-course.com

Wednesday, 8 October 2008

All That Glisters Is Not Gold…

First time out of the traps as an embryo author I got three offers of publication.

The first two were from long established publishing giants and the third from a smallish comparative newcomer.

I chose the newcomer.

Now why did I do that when clearly the book must have something special going for it to interest mainstream publishers?

Here’s why…

The owner of the small house persuaded me with reasoned argument that the text required substantial reworking if it was to become a page turner and then proceeded to instruct me on how to accomplish that.

What he effectively did was to teach me how to re-format my work so that it became injected with the mystery ingredient that leads to bestseller status.

As a result, that initial effort (out of 35 subsequently published titles) is still my front runner 15 years on with no obvious signs of slowing down.

I have never altered the structure, only updated it as required with the passage of time, and yet on each reprint and new edition it continues to sell more copies than before.

On my fourth or fifth offering (I cannot recall which) I was tempted by the lucre of a major house by way of a hefty advance but the experience was less than satisfactory; the book died on the shelves after less than two years due mainly to lack of aggressive promotion by the publisher.

The moral is: don’t be star struck when choosing your first publisher.

Smaller houses are invariably hungrier; eager to snap up proposals with potential and they go out of their way to ensure success.

The mystery ingredient; what is that?

I’m not about to give that away in an article but I will give you a hint; it has to do with what bestsellers are all about: the durability factor.

JIM GREEN is a bestselling author with 35 published titles in the realms of fiction and non-fiction

http://elite-creative-writing-course.com/main.html

Saturday, 4 October 2008

How’s this for inspiration?


One of my Facebook friends, 81 year-young Barbie Smith, self-published her first book some months ago and wrote to me expressing her determination to see it successfully promoted.

Following self generated book signings in Newbury and Southampton she has just received news from major UK book chain Waterstones that they have authorised all of their stores to retail her book.

What Barbie has accomplished is nothing short of stupendous.

She is a shining example to all embryo authors that neither the advancing years nor any other perceived obstacle present a barrier to success.

Incidentally, in her most recent communication, Barbie advised me that she has started work on her next book – and that’s before she heard the good news from Waterstones…