Often, there are local business, music, talk, and variety shows that could feature your products. The producer would make interview or TV commercial and insert it into his TV show, for a percentage of any sales, at no upfront cost to you. You receive double benefit from this approach. The first is possible sales. The second is instant credibility, providing you material to use for future promotion as a video presentation on your website and on CDs and DVDs for direct mail. You can even beef up your personal online BIO (Biography) adding to your credibility as an authority in your chosen niche. Once you accomplish this successfully, you may locate other Indie producers nationwide, producing similar TV shows and offering them same concept. Possibly, you can use original interview or commercial from your first show to eliminate any additional production costs.

Are these ideas really attainable or just theoretical? The answer is, it’s being done everyday, across nation. What is a great way to locate Indie producers across nation? Visit http://www.indieclub.com and http://www.mindy.com becoming a member for free. This will give you access to considerable free related information and thousands of Indie producers. Contact them with your offer. Also, new online television stations and networks are springing up with instant video presentation capabilities that may represent your product as an affiliate or feature your product. You can locate these through major search engines. A little creative thinking on your part can give you a competitive edge in Internet marketplace.

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Talk about building your reputation and boosting your credibility! Being published is a great way of telling people what you can do for them. The more often potential customers see your name and read about your business, more confident they’ll be in buying your products or services.

How Does it Work?

It all begins with a phone call or email inquiry to ghostwriter or ghostwriters you’ve selected. From there, ghostwriters will typically interview you over phone and by email (often for free). Let’s say you want an article on “Designing Widgets”…the ghostwriter will need a detailed summary of your ideas to create a series of review drafts, which will go back and forth for your edits and, eventually, your approval. Ghostwriters will work closely with you until job is done to your satisfaction. Once you’ve signed off on it, they can call their media contacts (or yours) to shop your article.

A book-length project follows same pattern, but takes longer and costs more—sometimes a lot more. You might want to test waters with a self-published e-book before plunging into print publishing. E-books can be made available on a website (your own or someone else’s), and have become popular and highly effective marketing tools.

Whatever job, however, talented, experienced ghostwriters know how to provide value to their clients. At end of day, ideas are all yours and finished product carries your byline. Articles with free-reprint rights are routinely published in ezines and by websites, both of which can generate results, though you may prefer writing to a local readership.

For example, a financial advisor I work with approached his town's newspaper about writing for them on money matters. His name and reputation earned him a monthly 500-word column. Although he has plenty of ideas, he has a lot more profitable things to do than write. Spending a few minutes a month on phone with me laying groundwork for each column is a smart, efficient use of his time. It lets me do my job, while advisor spends more time where he needs to be: in front of prospects and clients.

Selecting a Ghostwriter – Talent, Versatility