Going to the range and hanging out with hubby on Monday was just fine. Monday’s are not a day I hope to get much done online, I know this. But he surprised me by staying home so I didn’t even get back online after the kids went to school.

But then the power went out in a big windstorm. I went to bed on time since I didn’t want to drain my phone battery. Power was down for 13 hours and threw my morning for a loop obviously. There is another one right behind it so I have to get my act together. Plus get all this laundry done in case it goes out again. lol It also means that I better get ahead online in case I can’t get on for a while again.

Sadly my motivation was tossed to the curb and I’m scrambling to find it now. Obviously blogging is one of the steps I use to get back on track so that is always my number one for finding my mojo again.

Weirdly enough, cleaning was on the list today for getting back on track. I have found a direct correlation to how clean my house gets and my procrastination. It’s very easy to notice because I hate housework, so if my house is looking really clean and no company is coming over…I’m hiding out from work. Knowing this, I cleaned the bathroom first thing to see if I could get that bug out of the way immediately.

Shower was next. No amount of caffeine was going to get me moving today and I’m not supposed to be drinking it. It was one of those days I really needed to start off with a shower, but alas, no hot water will ruin that plan

Then I finally got to tackling that to do list. No I didn’t start with the most pressing task. I didn’t even start with a middle of the road task that needed to be completed. I went straight to the easiest and quickest.

I’ve found when I can’t get going, the act of getting something crossed off the list quickly gets me motivated again. It helps remind me that I’m over-thinking it and I need to just get going. Now this easiest thing can not be one of my daily tasks. Answering emails for example DOESN’T COUNT. That’s just yet another way to procrastinate and ignore work. So for today, my first task I grabbed was to finish uploading the new PLR packages. Not the rest of the things involved with getting them live, just to upload them to my hosting.

Everyone’s easy task will be different. Don’t grab anything that technically has you challenged. Grabbing any graphics or picture work for me would not have been an easy task. They frustrate me and take me longer than the average bear to work on. Uploading files is easy for me and may cause others frustration. It’s all about your personal comfort zones.

Grab something on your to-do list that is a no brainer and get it done. You’ll be amazed how crossing that first thing off your list will cause a chain reaction of work to get done!

Getting Crissy’s email about plr rights to her incredible workshop, was exactly what I wanted to hear and what could help bring an extra spark back into one of my sites. She’s sold this previously as a how to get your craft biz online workshop, but has reworked it so it will fit all businesses. It is a highly marketable workbook package now called Teach Your Readers How To Market Their Business Online. At an affordable $34.99 you can make more than the sale amount in just 3 sales. This isn’t something to market for less than $19.95 and if you add some email coaching to the mix, you can charge much more.

Grab this Free Marketing PLR Bundle and see just how great the writing is at All Marketing Content.

Not into the WAHM or marketing scene? Here are some awesome free plr bundles to try as well. Yes, I’ve used them all.

Free Health PLR Article Bundle
Free Finance Article Bundle
Free Craft Bundle
Free Mom Bundle
Free Travel PLR Bundle
Free Green Bundle

There’s always the Retiring Bundle Sale that you must check out and jump on if it’s in your niche. Right now there are a few VERY useful bundles at 50% off.

Lynette Chandler and TechBasedTraining has an awesome deal that I can pass on to my readers. 15% off the latest amember training package that explains how to add a forum to amember. If you need to learn how to do this for yourself or you want another way to market your VA skills, this is for you. Amember is one of the best ways to manage a membership site. Jump to the amember power series and use coupon code ASSOCIATE910. This coupon is only good until Sept. 15th so don’t wait to add more marketable skills to your business!

Even though I will get a commission on any sales from these links, I don’t put up links that I don’t believe in. These are deals from businesses I use, have used or know the owners personally and all the above.

First and foremost, if you are looking for some help to get your blog off and running or get a jumpstart after the kids go back to school, then look into the September Blogging Special.

Here is what people will get when they sign up for the September Blogging Special:

- Daily blogging tips, sent to your email from September 1 – 30

- Daily blogging prompts through the month of September. This will eliminate blogger’s block!

- Invitation only web chats throughout September. They will be able to get direct feedback from me on their blogging questions, as well as meet and network with other bloggers.

-And much more, including some big advertising chances.

Crissy is offering this incredible info for only $10. Her misfortune (need of a new car) is your gain. So take a look and see if it’s a good time for you to jump. Nope, this isn’t an affiliate sale for me, I just know Crissy really needs the help and it will be a great fit for so many of you.

Now on to some others that do have some affiliate links.

Publicity Boost -This is a mini-marketing plan that includes a press release, a customized media list, and a 60 day action plan to help people jump start their business, which is especially helpful after a long summer!

Black Friday Holiday Marketing Package – With this package, Crissy will help online business owners take advantage of Black Friday sales. Package includes a 30 min coaching call, a sales page, press release, 120 day action plan, a media list of 25 outlets, and an email that they can use to contact the media list.

Then the new thesis wordpress theme has been released and it is quite a versatile theme to begin with, let alone with some new features like header image and favicon uploader it’s super quick to customize even more. The Thesis Theme for WordPress

If you are into PLR then you don’t want to miss the latest release from Melissa Ingold on facebook marketing. It’s selling quick and only went on sale yesterday. In the 30 minutes it took me to quickly draft up this post, 25 more licenses were sold. It won’t last more than a couple days on the market I’m sure. Check it out and see if it’s a fit for your biz! 4-week Facebook Marketing Coaching Program/Course

1. Article marketing. Articles that are published on your website can be rewritten and used for article marketing purposes. The rewriting process is simply a matter of changing the content by changing the wording, not the overall concept or information in the article. There are tools online that you can use to ensure your ‘rewrite’ is considered ‘original’ by the search engines.  But I don’t recommend using them as the sentences will usually not make since and the grammar may become strange. Content can be rewritten by you, a virtual assistant or outsourced to a writer for a nominal fee.

2. Blog posts. Large articles can be segmented into several smaller blog posts. In fact, often one paragraph in a larger article (1000 words or more) makes a great blog post because it’s very specific. All you need to do is write an introduction and a short conclusion and you have a great blog post from content that’s already written. Or you can rewrite a shorter article using the strategy in #1 to create a unique blog post.

3. Reports. Collect like articles and blog posts to create a unique report. You’ll need to write an introduction, a conclusion and some transition paragraphs to make the report feel seamless. However, you’re creating a valuable product you can sell or give away from content that’s primarily already written. If you’re an affiliate marketer, also include a page at the end with resources readers can use that pertained to the report.

4. Guest articles/blog posts. You can rewrite articles to publish on partner websites or as guest blog posts to boost awareness and credibility.

5. Autoresponders/newsletters. Use your article content to create autoresponders or newsletters. Many of your prospects do not visit your website regularly to catch up on new content. You can publish your best articles in a newsletter or you can summarize them, or publish a teaser and link to the article on your website. Thus increasing website traffic.

6. Ebooks. Just like creating reports in #3, you can create ebooks by collecting groups or chapters of like content. Sell it or give it away as a bonus, lead generator or viral product.

7. Ecourses. Use your articles to create short lessons for an online course which you can again give away or charge for as an information product.

It should be noted that all of the points here are on how to make the most of your article content; however, if you have books and reports, they can easily be segmented into articles, blog posts, ecourses, newsletter content and autoresponders.

Whether you’ve written the content, outsourced it, purchased PLR or a combination of all three, it makes good business sense to make the most of your investment.

When it comes to creating content, including ebooks, reports, articles, blog posts, and audio and video, there are a few options. You can create the content yourself. You can hire someone to create it, or you can use PLR (Private Label Rights) content. Of the three options, PLR offers some unique benefits.

Here’s why PLR is a great source of content for your online business:

* PLR helps you provide valuable knowledge and information to your website visitors without you having to know everything there is to know about your niche topic. It broadens your expertise without having to spend the time researching and gaining the knowledge yourself.

* It is a quick and easy means of creating content. It saves you both the time creating new topics but also researching and writing. Your time is valuable and PLR can give you the time you need to focus on more profitable tasks.

* It’s less expensive than hiring a ghostwriter. PLR saves you money and as a business owner, you’re already acutely aware of how to best spend your money. In many cases you can purchase two or even three times the amount of PLR as if you’d hired a ghostwriter to write the same content yourself. This is because multiple licenses are sold for PLR content.

* With PLR you don’t have to worry about it being delivered on time. Nor do you need to listen to any potential excuses, questions or timely communication issues you may deal with when employing a ghostwriter. It is delivered monthly or for immediate download.

* You can easily edit the content to fit your particular keywords. And by adding a few personal touches to each piece of PLR, you create an original piece of content. Also, it only takes you minutes rather than hours.

* PLR is great to boost search engine optimization. Because each article or PLR piece is created around a unique topic, a little keyword research and some fine tuning of the content is all you need to publish it, be recognized by the search engines and boost your page ranking. A better page ranking means more traffic. More traffic equals more profits, generally. And because search engines look for both quality and volume with regards to content, PLR makes it easy to get noticed by the search engine spiders quickly.

* It helps you become an export in your niche. Private label rights content helps you increase the amount of published content you have on your website and available online. Because you own the rights to it, you are free to place your name as the author. Publication helps establish you and your company as an authority on your niche topic. Authority is a key buying trigger – we buy from people we believe to be experts.

* PLR offers many options. You can easily re-purpose PLR articles into books and reports to give away as bonus material, opt-in offers or even to sell. And if you purchase PLR books and reports, they too can be re-purposed into articles, autoresponders, and blog posts.

* PLR comes in a variety of formats. Articles and blog posts are often the most popular; however, you can purchase PLR autoresponders, ebooks, reports, online courses, software, audios and videos.

PLR offers busy entrepreneurs an easy way to supplement their content. It fills in the gaps and it makes creating and providing content on a regular basis a much easier and less time-consuming endeavor.

Find great quality PLR without the subscription at Busy Blogger PLR. Purchase the plr packs you will use right now.

I have scaled it back to one monthly subscription for PLR for the next couple of months and then I buy plr packs as they come up. I love plr packs! I can go and grab it and put it up in just a few hours. I do rewrite my PLR, so if I buy a 10 pack of articles I can usually count on spending about 2 hours with some rewriting and additions.

Plus I love PLR because I can split the articles up into even more articles. I’ve had a 10 pack of articles break down into almost 40 blog posts before.

PLR vs. Free Reprint Articles: Which is Best?
By Nicole Dean

Content is always in high demand. Right now the focus seems to be on Private Label Rights (or PLR) articles. PLR articles are pre-written and sold in packages to online businesses looking for content. The big selling points of PLR articles are that you may edit the articles and that there is no author bio required (so they don’t have any outbound links).

Compare PLR articles to free reprint articles. Free reprint articles from places like ezinearticles.com or freeaffiliatearticles.com are written by people who have something they’d like to share. (Or, they are sometimes written by people just publishing junk, in the hopes that they’ll get some incoming links. But, good article directories will delete those, so we’ll focus on the good ones here.)

So, which is better? Honestly, each has its place. Sometimes you’ll find an excellent free reprint article that you’ll want to share with your readers and you won’t mind a bit having an outbound link, especially if there is an affiliate program associated with it. The free reprint article added value to your readers, and you didn’t have to write the article. That’s what free reprint articles are all about.

Other times you’ll already have an idea in mind for a topic and you’ll just want a boost getting that section of your website done. If you run across a high quality PLR package on that niche, you’re set to go.

So, how do you know which PLR service or membership to choose? Here are some guidelines to follow:

1. Some PLR sites offer a monthly membership where you receive a grab-bag of articles – on any topic. If you already know what you need, this may be a waste of money. Other PLR sites will list topics and you can buy the articles in a shopping cart. That ensures you receive the articles you need when you need them.

2. Are the articles written by professional writers with experience? Or are they outsourced to the cheapest overseas help they can find – no matter the quality? If the articles are going to be a reflection of your business, you’ll want to ensure that the articles are well-written.

3. Who’s running this thing? Is the PLR site run by someone who knows about content or someone who thinks they can ride the content wave and make a quick buck? Make sure you’re hitching your wagon to someone who knows what they’re doing.

Those are just a few tips to keep you from wasting money on a PLR site that you can’t use. Continue to use free reprint articles, but look into PLR articles as well. They can both benefit your website and your business.

Article written by:

Nicole Dean is the owner of www.EasyPLR.com – where you’ll find high-quality PLR articles sold in very limited quantities. The PLR articles at EasyPLR are professionally written and professionally edited — top quality at an affordable price.

Now even with all my love of PLR I do use free reprint articles. Especially articles that friends of mine have written. I just like to have a good balance to bring readers.

Recently, in an interview, I was asked “Is it ethical to use private label rights and ghostwritten articles?”

Let me step back a moment and explain… Private label rights (or PLR) articles and ghostwritten articles are used by web owners as a method of outsourcing some of their content.

* PLR articles are packages of articles that are pre-written and sold to more than one person.

* Ghostwritten articles are articles that are written by someone else just for you that you can put your name on and are not sold to anyone else.

In both cases, you are allowed to edit the content as much or as little as you’d like and use the articles on your website, blog, or in your newsletter.

So, back to the question. Is it ethical? My answer was, “usually, yes”.

If you’re using the articles and saying “written by me” without changing anything at all, it may bite you in the butt later, when someone else does the same thing. Does that make it unethical? Not really. It’s just not smart. Can you use the article as it is or edited slightly, without saying it was written by you? Of course!

Most PLR packs are written by ghostwriters. Ghostwriters are professional researchers and writers. If you purchase well-written, informative PLR or ghostwritten articles and share them with your readers, don’t you all benefit? Your readers benefit by getting great information. You benefit by saving time. Is it any different than hiring a graphic designer or webmaster? Not in my opinion. Heck, most politicians don’t write their own speeches. They leave that to people who are professional speech writers.

Of course, you’d want to only use top-notch articles and not “sell-out” just to pump out blog posts or web pages quicker. We recommend you research thoroughly before choosing any ghostwriter or PLR service.

Here’s what to look for in a PLR service so you don’t waste your money:
1. Make sure the articles are written well.
2. Make sure that you know what topics you’ll receive (instead of some grab-bag of articles).
3. Be sure that the people running the program have some experience in article writing themselves, so they know what they’re doing.

There’s no point in doing everything on your own, especially if you dislike writing. All successful business people outsource the tasks they are not good at or dislike. Check it out. It might take some pressure off you and allow you to spend more time with your kids. And, that’s definitely ethical.

Article written by:

Nicole Dean is the owner of www.EasyPLR.com – where you’ll find high-quality PLR articles sold in very limited quantities. The PLR articles at EasyPLR are professionally written and professionally edited — top quality at an affordable price.

Just as a side note, as Nicole wrote that politicians use speech writers, think of the major corporations. Do the owners of the company come up with all the content or the advertising for their company? Do they write their own newsletters that go out? Does the owner of the Times actually write the paper anymore? The answer is a big huge NO. Using your resources productively is how all businesses grow. So use your resources more effectively and if writing isn’t something you do super quick, then look to some alternate places to bump up your content.

By not starting new projects it leaves me time to get back into the original projects I started years ago. Now some of them haven’t necessarily been neglected, but they sure haven’t gotten the attention that they deserve. I’ve neglected to put the personal touch into one site in particular and spent some time tonight trying to rectify that.

While posting new articles to the site I found a renewed energy for it. I’m not sure where my lack of passion came from, but I definitely found it again and writing articles wasn’t too difficult. I got 2 PLR articles rewritten, 2 recipes added and 2 fully original posts added as well. I’m set up for until next week now with posts.

I’m now also contemplating having a new template and logo made for the site, but we’ll see. I need to watch the extra spending at this time and there are probably some color and picture tweaks I can do that will make a big difference with

I know from time to time you have seen my recommendations for PLR and I honestly do subscribe to all of them. But I want to make sure my readers are also using their time and money wisely since I know how easy it is to spend a ton of money each month and not even use it.

I’ve created the “Use that PLR” ecourse to help you get it off your computer. Never let it sit on your computer when it could be bringing you new traffic, earning you better SEO and just generally helping your readers. Whether you have a website or a blog, this ecourse will help you get the PLR off your computer and helping to make you money.

You can sign up in the sidebar to the right.

eBooks are one of the most popular forms of content on the Internet today. They’re easy to publish, eco-friendly, and virtually free to distribute.

Done-for-you private label rights (PLR) packages like Mom PLR eBooks make publishing and marketing them easier than ever. No wonder, many Internet marketers are making fortunes from selling eBooks.

But did you know that an eBook can boost your business in so many ways, other than by selling it as an eBook?

Here are 26 ways one eBook can boost your business:

1. Break up the eBook into blog posts or articles for your site. Publishing fresh content frequently is a good way to build up traffic.

2. Use content from the eBook to respond to questions in Yahoo! Answers and discussion forums in your market. Of course, add a link to your site.

3. Turn the eBook into a training tool for your affiliates. Good affiliates are essential to your business.

4. Pull out content from the eBook to create a Squidoo lens, Hub Page and Google Knol. These Web 2.0 platforms are excellent sources of back links to your site.

5. Rewrite parts of the eBook into unique articles and submit to Ezine Articles, Lady Pens, Associated Content, Go Articles, and other article directories. More quality back links for your money pages.

6. Break up the eBook into an e-course. You can either sell or give away the e-course.

7. Take parts of the eBook and use them in your email newsletter or Ezine.

8. Give away the eBook to build up a mailing list. Readers will gladly give their email addresses for an eBook that addresses their problems.

9. Offer the eBook as a bonus for a paid product. Increase the value of your product.

10. Give the eBook away as an unannounced bonus to your customers. They’ll love you for it and will be happy to buy from you again.

11. Take the most actionable parts of the eBook and create a printed promotional postcard, flyer or newsletter.

12. Rewrite the eBook for a more specific niche, such as “stay at home Moms,” “Moms of multiples,” “Moms of teens,” “homeschooling Moms,” etc. Create a new stream of income from another market.

13. Sell the eBook as a printed book through Lulu.com. Be where few Internet marketers are.

14. Expand the eBook into a self-study course, by creating mindmaps, cheatsheets and step-by-step guides.

15. Break up the eBook into an audio or teleseminar series, which you either sell or give away.

16. Transform each chapter of the eBook into a podcast via iTunes. Podcasts increase your authority, drive traffic to your site, and warm up listeners to your offer.

17. Use the eBook to create a slideshow or screen capture video. Use the video to market your product or service on video sharing sites like YouTube.

18. Read the eBook to create an audio product. Sell it as a digital product, or a preloaded mp3 player. You’ll stand out from your competition.

19. Translate the eBook into another language, and sell it in other countries.

20. When preparing for a media interview, get content from the eBook to build your key messages.

21. Distill the eBook into a special report to either sell or give away.

22. Get the best nuggets of content from the eBook and turn them into Twitter tweets. Add a link to your site or squeeze page.

23. Use the eBook as a reference material when writing a press release.

24. Transform the eBook into a white paper, which explains your product or service to your target market.

25. Bundle the eBook with other eBooks about related topics, to create a comprehensive home study course.

26. Break the eBook content down into group coaching sessions you give through teleconference, teleseminar or webinar format. Charge for the group coaching, or give free access to build your list.

As you can see, an eBook can boost your business in so many ways. If you’ve only been using an eBook as an eBook, you’re missing out. That eBook can be repurposed, transformed, re-targeted and monetized in so many ways. Even a single eBook can do so much for your business.

If you don’t want to write your own eBook or hire a ghostwriter to do it for you, then using PLR content is your answer. PLR is the most affordable and fastest way to get an eBook and other content for your biz.

If you’re in the Mommy market, then you have to check out Mom PLR eBooks. Your monthly subscription gets you one brand-new, professionally written eBook every month, along with everything you need to market it:

- a special report to give away
- a sales letter to sell the eBook
- 5 articles
- 5 blog posts
- 1 squeeze page to build your list of readers interested in the eBook topic
- 6 emails to follow up and promote to your list
- eCovers for the special report and eBook
- 6 promotional banners
- list of affiliate programs related to the topic of the month
- checklists and other guides to help you make the most of your PLR package

Because you have PLR on everything, you can edit, rewrite and transform the content any way you like – and even put your name on it. All the graphics are in PSD format, so you could easily edit those as well.

Can’t wait to try it out? I don’t blame you. Use coupon code “ebookboost” and get your first month membership for only $5. Use it to join Mom PLR eBooks now.