Case In Point: A New, Profitable Way To Share Your Knowledge

Written by Karon Thackston


by Karon Thackston © 2002 http://www.ktamarketing.com

Every good marketer is always looking for new and profitable ways to create residual streams of income. Viki Nygaard of Mount Evans Designs (http://www.mountevansdesigns.com) has discovered one such way. Let’s eavesdrop on our conversation to find out how you can share your knowledge in a new, innovative way and earn a profit from two sources at once!

KARON: Hi Viki! Thanks for taking a few minutes to tell us about your endeavors.

VIKI: Sure, Karon! Always a pleasure!

KARON: Tell us what you’re doing inrepparttar “knowledge” arena that’s bringing you success.

VIKI: I’m teaching online courses at a virtual school called LVS Online. (http://www.lvsonline.com)

KARON: “Virtual” courses? How so?

VIKI: I create lesson plans, and send them to students (one per week) to complete. They then post their lesson assignments online for me to review, correct and critique. Everything I need to holdrepparttar 121285 classes is provided by LVS Online.

KARON: Sounds interesting! Tell us a little more… like… does it cost anything to teach virtual classes?

VIKI: In my case, it doesn’t cost me any money up front. However,repparttar 121286 school does keep a percentage ofrepparttar 121287 profits. Of course, time is money and it does take a lot of time to actually writerepparttar 121288 lessons and also to communicate withrepparttar 121289 students, in both answering questions and critiquing homework.

KARON: So all your “expense” is in time?

VIKI: Right.

KARON: You mentioned there are two streams of income that you get from teaching. One is obviously what you’re paid for each student who signs up. What’srepparttar 121290 other?

VIKI: Backend sales of products or services I introduce to my students.

KARON: Ahhh! So LVS allows you to sell to your students?

VIKI: ONLY if it’s applicable torepparttar 121291 class.

KARON: How much money can be made fromrepparttar 121292 classes, Viki?

VIKI: Well, it depends onrepparttar 121293 number of students and a couple of other factors, but you could easily get between $500 to $1,000 per 6-week class session.

KARON: Really! Just fromrepparttar 121294 classes? Great! And what arerepparttar 121295 qualifications for teaching virtual classes?

VIKI: I never had any prior experience before I started teaching. However, I have a high level of expertise as a Web site designer who specializes in search engine optimization designs. I am also highly computer/Internet literate, which is very important in teaching online classes. What I did was I wrote a few lessons and sent them torepparttar 121296 owner of LVS to review. She felt that they were very well done and spoke torepparttar 121297 students at a level they could learn at. I was invited to teach!

Build Your Own No-Cost Mailing List

Written by Martha Retallick


I've never used a mailing list broker. Reason? When I first started doing postcard mailings back in 1996, I could barely afford to pay my house rent. So, renting a mailing list was out ofrepparttar question.

One ofrepparttar 121284 advantages of operating on a low budget is that you can't spend your way out of problems, you have to think your way out. Inrepparttar 121285 case of my mailing list,repparttar 121286 thinking centered aroundrepparttar 121287 question of Who Do I Know?

A spin through my desktop Rolodex yielded a treasure trove of names. Then there were those helpful family members and friends who referred names torepparttar 121288 list. (Most ofrepparttar 121289 time, I didn't even have to ask these people for names. But it never hurts to ask!) And thumbing throughrepparttar 121290 directories of organizations I belonged to was also useful.

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