The Professional Speaker's Mastery
How to Succeed and Prosper in your Career as a Speaking Professional

— The Professional Speaker's Mastery — Locus 5 “Making Money While You Sleep”

Do you remember when traveling used to be fun and exciting? Not anymore! Whether it's airport security, traffic jams, long lines, or indifferent "service" people — the "dream" of exotic travel is rapidly becoming a nightmare of boredom and frustration!

And what about the unpredictability of your speaking schedule? Do you know what your cash flow will be next month? In three months? In six months? Can you say with any certainty whether next year will be a good year... or will you be under increased pressure to go get a real job?

Wouldn't it be nice to (dare I say it?)... make money while you sleep?

Guess what? You can! It's called "e-commerce", but it really means selling stuff over the Internet. And it's shockingly easy and inexpensive to do!

That's right! In past years, only big-name speakers with lots of cash to throw at their webmasters could afford to conduct e-commerce. But no longer....

This Locus of The Mastery — "Making Money While You Sleep" — explores a whole range of e-commerce possibilities, including...

• Being an affiliate of other people's e-commerce sites

• Selling OPP (Other People's Products)

• Publishing e-books, e-ports, and other paperless products

• Recording, editing, and publishing a-ports (audio reports)

• Self-publishing utilizing the incredible capabilities of POD (print on demand)

"Making Money While You Sleep" also answers vital questions like...

• What's the difference between the Internet and the World Wide Web?

• What the heck are URLs? What's "hosting"? And how do you get your own domain name?

• Do you need a "secure" site? If so, how do you make your site secure?

• Do you need a shopping cart? If so, which characteristics of a shopping cart are important, and which are just flashy (and expensive) bells-and-whistles?

• Forget expensive book publishing! Do you know how you can have a copy of your hardcover book — printed and in your hands — for under $20? No set-up charges. No minimum order. No hidden fees. It sounds impossible, but it's true! And it's all detailed in The Mastery.

• A-ports (audio special reports) are the up-and-coming product. Should you publish your a-ports in MP3 format or WAV format? (It makes a difference!)

• Speaking of a-ports, how should you edit your a-port... front-to-back, or back-to-front? (It makes a BIG difference!)

• Speaking of a-ports once again, do you know how to do the whole project for free? (Talk about making a difference!!!)

• How can you acquire "instant" e-commerce capabilities (OK, it actually takes about an hour) — complete with shopping cart, merchant status, and over 50 "instant" products for you to sell — for less than a hundred bucks?

All this — and much, much more — is explored in The Mastery. Order your copy today!

Remember, your investment in The Mastery comes with a one-year guarantee of complete satisfaction. If you're not delighted with your investment, I'll promptly refund your full purchase price — no questions asked. (Here's my guarantee of complete satisfaction.)

In summary....

As various speakers have said, there's only one thing better than making money from being on the platform... and that's making money while you sleep.

The big lie that's been told is that e-commerce is expensive to get into, and requires the priestly services of a webmaster. And that's just not true!

While some e-commerce activities can indeed cost hundreds of dollars to set up (and that's still not a lot of money when you consider the possible gains to be had), others can be done for a fraction of that. And while a webmaster is a good investment for many speakers, if you can do your own web pages, you can do your own e-commerce.

Making money while you sleep. It's no longer a dream. It's reality. And this locus tells you how to do it.

I normally sign off by wishing you success, but in this case, I wish you sweet — and highly profitable — dreams.

Jim Barber

PS — E-commerce is sexy, but protecting your intellectual property is a basic necessity. Don't lose your copyrights due to carelessness or neglect. Locus 6 of The Mastery shows how you can use copyright law to protect your intellectual property.