I had previously heard about Kevin through one of his excellent Newbies Toolkit eBooks.  When a friend told me Kevin was going to release a Product Creation course I immediately took a look at his Sales Page and was impressed with what I read.  It was a physical product complete with daily videos, workbook and printed worksheets teaching students how to create their own eBook through a series of 35 daily lessons.  I therefore had no hesitation in ordering the course.

It was however not until the course arrived that I realised the large amount of work involved in creating and launching an eBook.  Kevin has taken the trouble to go into a lot of detail about each daily step but, although this makes his course an excellent resource to study and also to refer back to again and again over future years, it initially overwhelmed me making me consider demanding a refund (if you buy Kevin’s course you can read my rollercoaster range of emotions in rather graphic and expressive language in his forum as I worked my way through his course!).

One of the first things I learned from the course was the importance of taking baby steps.  Kevin has laid out the pathway to successful eBook creation broken down into small daily chunks.  I had to learn to focus and take each day as it came.  Kevin’s logical progression of daily tasks then means that, so long as you watch each day’s video, study the day’s lesson in the workbook, and complete the day’s homework using any supplied worksheets, you will find yourself on a sure road to success.

The second thing I learned was the importance of dedication.  Kevin’s course is not just a simple half dozen page eBook about how to write an eBook; but rather is a detailed, comprehensive step-by-step plan to success.  It covers the whole process right from initially researching ideas for the subject of your eBook through writing your eBook and laying it out using his supplied templates, creating your Sales Page using his supplied template, to installing the supplied Affiliate Management software on your website, and eventually how to market your finished eBook and generate sales.  In short Kevin’s course covers a lot of ground.  If you purchase Kevin’s course with a “let’s try this and see what happens” attitude you will fail.  It requires a lot of work.  The course covers each daily step in considerable detail but it is not until you receive a  comprehensive course such as this that you realise the amount of work involved.  No stone is left unturned; everything is explained in detail.  It is vital to approach the course with the vision of the successful completion of your eBook before you or you will fail.

Which brings me to the third thing I learned; that I was not alone.  Kevin realised that his students would be spread around the world and may feel isolated and alone so has made the workshop interactive.  In line with the fully comprehensive range of physical parts of the course (videos, workbook, worksheets etc) he also takes care of the emotional and motivational aspects of eBook creation by providing email support, an interactive weekly video conference call where students can fire questions at him (and each other), and a private forum where students can freely discuss ideas and help each other along the pathway.  It is easy to become discouraged along the pathway as you hit parts of the course which you may personally find difficult and at times your vision of becoming a successful eBook author may begin to fade.  It is at times like this when you really appreciate the interactive aspects of Kevin’s course.  It is nice when we can share our experience and skills and help our fellow students along the pathway; but there are also times when we have to humble ourselves and recognise we ourselves need help, encouragement and motivation.  That is when the interactive side of Kevin’s course becomes a life saver.

So what has the course actually done for me?  Well it has given me the confidence and skills to create eBooks and I now have over half a dozen eBooks for sale on my little website www.MadeSimpleGuides.com These eBooks are not rehashed PLR material but eBooks Kevin’s course has given me the skills and confidence to write myself.  As I mentioned; one of the things I really like about Kevin’s course is that it is a physical product which I will have forever, an investment I can refer to again and again and work through each time I create a new eBook as I expand my little library of Made Simple Guides.  Thanks to Kevin’s course I am now beginning to earn an income from the internet and hopefully soon it will grow into our main household source of income… but each journey begins with the first step.  Are you willing to take your first step along the path to successful eBook creation and buy Kevin’s Product Creation Labs Private Workshop course today?

Kevin isn’t just a master product creator, but also a wonderful teacher and his daily video lessons are easy to follow and understand. Then, he gives you easy daily tasks to build your own successful info product business. Those who took Kevin’s original Workshop are already selling their own products online.

Go check out the Private Workshop now at:

http://madeeasyguides.com/products/kevin-riley-private-workshop

After you get your own Private Workshop, you can join me in Kevin’s success forum and at the Mastermind Sessions. We’ll buddy up and support each other as we build our businesses. I’m quite excited about the possibilities and the future.

BTW, Kevin even has set up a great way for us to get our entry fee back. He helps us in the Quick Start Video that you get first.

Come join me and let’s do this:

http://madeeasyguides.com/products/kevin-riley-private-workshop

I am looking forward to us working together.

A couple of weeks ago I decided I could benefit from formal Internet Marketing training. I have enough technical knowledge to feel at ease using the internet and building websites but very little experience of actually making money from any activities on the net. I therefore had a look around the many different courses that were available and decided to join the Step-By-Step Internet Course (www.stepbystepinternethelp.com). I have to admit that one of the reasons I opted for this course was that it is completely free. Bearing this in mind I was not expecting much support however I am finding that the support is exceptional and the tutors very friendly and helpful. Again, bearing in mind I am already technically competent I was expecting the course, which is aimed at complete beginners, to be extremely basic and not much use to me; yet the basics, such as creating a simple website and using FTP are covered in a series of very good eBooks you receive free when you sign up and it is not very long before the Project Leader (Carol Smith) gets down to business and has her students brainstorming ideas for themes and niches they want to build their business on. The course it broken down into very manageable steps each prompting students like myself to take action and am finding the methodical way it is teaching me the process of building my Internet Marketing career invaluable.

I will keep you up to date with my progress via this Blog as I work my way through the course. I am currently at the brainstorming stage (Step 5).

As I have mentioned in my ABOUT ME page; I am currently only at the start of my long journey along the path the earning a full-time living online.  My online income is currently insignificant and I am no guru; but I would like to use this Blog as a medium to share what little experience I have already gained.

As I also mentioned; I am fully aware that with so much information overload and with everyone trying to sell everyone else almost every product immaginable, it is easy to colapse confused and exhausted then get caught in the trap of forever seaching for, and reading about, the latest and hotest techniques but END UP NEVER ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING.

I would therefore like to start this Blog sharing the simple steps I have taken so far in preperation for my journey.

The first thing I done was to seek out a group of like-minded people to accompany me along the pathway.  To achive this I signed up to John Thornhill’s 90 Day Powerseller program which has an excellent and very helpful members-only forum and provides access to an enormous range of info products with Resell Rights which I can use to start bringing in some income.

I opened an eBay account and a PayPal account.

I have purchased my own Domain Name and webspace.

I have installed the free eBook website shop from the 90 Day Powerseller Members Area.

I have subscribed to the Aweber Autoresponder Service ready to start building a subscriber list for my newsletter.

I have purchased an excellent eBook about creating your own info product and am using a “taster” version of it free of charge to people who sign up to my mailing list.

Finally I have set up this Blog with the hope that the experiences I share along my long journey to a full-time online income will be an encouragement and help to others.

So there you have it.  This is the start of my journey.  With trembling feet and shaking hands I make this, my first entry in my Blog, and, with new eBook website poised to receive visitor and my empty mailing list waiting for it’s first subscriber, I take my first small step out into The Big Wide World and begin my journey.

Wishing you sucess,
Ian.