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Some Good Audible Books that I’ve Been listening to recently

PaulJune 20, 2021

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I love Science Fiction

If you know me, I just love a good science fiction books to read or even listen to while I do other things in my life. I figured it would be nice to share what I’ve been listening to on Audible and I love to listen to these books as I am doing many things in my day to day routines. I thought it would share with you my love of the books that I have listened to and still listen to.

Expeditionary Force — I enjoy this series very much. Craig Alanson does a really good job with this series. I love how Skippy and Joe Bishop are working really well with each other. The chemistry between Joe and Skippy is very funny and other times very serious. Either way, you’ll be laughing when they interact with each other most of the time. You can even buy some of the Merchandise from Craig Alanson and be part of the “Merry Band of Pirates“. I suggest starting off with Columbus Day and working your way through the series one by one. You’ll start to love this book as much as I do. I almost forgot R.C. Bray does a really good job at voicing all the characters on Audible.

Frontiers Saga – Another good series to listen on Audible or if you like to read it. Either way it’s very captivating and keeps you wanting to come back for more. Ryk Brown does an excellent job at making sure the crew doesn’t do something that is not in their nature. You basically have to listen to the first part of the episodes and just work your way through the whole series. I’ve heard they have 5 parts already lined up. So we are only on part 2 of the 5 parts series. I am sure there will be more in the coming years. See all the Parts of the series at Ryk Brown’s Site.

Old Man’s War – This series is a short but nice series to go back to from time to time. I love how John Scalzi does this series and I kind of wished it would continue but there are a limited amount of books to this series and I must say the Audible book is really good to listen because all the voice narrators do a really good job at keeping you coming back for more books. There is a rumor that Netflix has grabbed the rights to make this a film. I am curious to see this actually happen but the book is still great to go back from time to listen over and over again. I love how John Scalzi developed the characters and made them more real to me each and every time.

Ender’s Game — This one I got interested in after seeing the movie that came out in 2013. After watching the movie, and liking what I saw, I went back and started listening to them and others on Audible. I started with the first book that I got done watching on the big screen. The movie and book are always going to be a little bit different but I loved how Orson Scott Card developed all the characters and progressed them in the series. It is another short series but still a series that I keep going back to from time to time.

Stars End — Another good series that seems to just started off. You won’t find much in ways of books to read or listen to right now but it seems to be developing very fast the last few months since the pandemic has gotten more people staying home. I can only guess M. R. Forbes was bored and just kept writing about this book and we should see a good series in the coming months. I must say the first part of the series was quite dry but if you get past that, the series starts to get better over time.

Planet Side — I must say that Michael Mammay does a good job at keeping the characters real and making me come back for the 3 books of this series. I am sure there are more on the way but for right now it is nice to listen to these three books from time. I love the story line and can’t help but listen as I am exercising outside or doing those thing that I love so much.

These are just a several books in my Audible library that I wanted to share with my readers and hopes they enjoy them too. I do get a small commission for each and every time someone buys my recommends on Amazon and that helps me to keep this website going. Thank you for supporting my website and if you have any good books I should listen to, please let me know in the comments below. I’d love to get even more recommendations of books to listen to on Audible.

Best Advertising Practices for Affiliate Marketing!

PaulJanuary 6, 2013

Advertising is an Art form!

Not all things you do will be perfect and that goes along with Adsense. Even the most professional blogger out there will tell you that how to put your Ad placements and which ones work. It is after all more of person preferences than what works and what doesn’t. It is something that will take a lot of time and patients to find out how to make money with Affiliate Marketing. I’m however going to give you tips and tricks to help you get the most out of Affiliate Marketing in terms of making money!

What is a blogger to do?

When you think of a blog do you think it is people who are scheming to get your money. Some would argue that this is the fundamental prospect of working on the Internet. There by getting the clicks and the money for a link. I am probably one of the few bloggers who want to be honest about my Affiliate Links but that is only because I think my readers should have the choice to click or not click on products that I recommend. I will not recommend anything without at least doing all the research I can. I have even tried some products out like the Glasses USA [Affiliate Link] and believe they are the best choice out there for good quality frames and lens.

Recommendations for Other bloggers:

Be Honest — Honesty is the best policy!
Be transparent — Don’t try to sneak a link here and there hoping you get a few extra bucks.
Have Integrity — Don’t recommend something that you know anything about.
Commitment — Think of your readers and don’t over do the ads placement.
Create loyal readers — make connections and try to keep them wanting to come back and use your links.

These are what I call the simple truths to making money with your affiliate links. I don’t think this is something that should be overlooked. You will be more happier and make far more money if you try to keep an honest commitment to your readers.

Don’t be afraid to ask for support!

I occasionally like to remind my readers that supporting this site helps me keep this website alive and also helps to support my efforts. So never be afraid to ask for help, you will be surprised what your readers will do to support your blog. Don’t underestimate your readers because they are a valuable asset and should be treated as such.

Got any more tips? If so just drop a comment. I’m sure someone will find that useful maybe I will find it useful.

Paul Sylvester

How I intend to make money with my blog!

PaulJanuary 5, 2013

Earning Money through Blogging!

When you hear that from someone what do you think? Is it just a full of hot air or do they actually have a plan? In today’s society people are always wanting to make money online using such things as Adsense or Google Affiliate network.

I’m sure you probably heard this before from other bloggers. I know I was skeptical of anything like this before, but I also know in the past I did make some money. The money wasn’t like 1,000 dollars a month but it was enough to help pay rent or something like that. So I know it can be done but you just have to be ready to take it by the horns and run with it!

How I am going to make this happen?

When I first thought of this idea last month, I was not sure if I could. After all I’ve got a full time job and obligations that I must do day by day. I did some really long hard thinking and even planned some of this out and your the first that I am sharing this with.

Connect with my Audience!

This isn’t going to be the easiest because I sometimes don’t know what my loyal readers are thinking about my blog or what they have to say, so it will be a challenge to get them to open up and tell me just how I can improve my blogging skills and my blog to make my blog that much easier for them to read my posts.

Giving Free stuff out!

This is something that sound counter intuitive but if you give your loyal readers something they seem to want to give back to you. It is something that I’ve found to work really well in the past and I just had to stop that because of money and my situation at the time. I’m right now waiting to find out what my readers are interested in, so I know what to give away.

Blogging more regularly!

This is where it will get tough for me because I will be not getting as much sleep at night. I am going to start trying to blog every day for the next month at least and then see what happens after that. So it might be stuff that you may or may not expect. It just depends on my mood! If you would like me to talk about something you can always contact me and tell me. I will say I’ve already started this, if you haven’t noticed. I started this the first of the year. So I am hoping this keeps up until February 1st.

I really don’t know how well this will help me but I am looking forward to the future and the possiblilites which are endless. It is a time game right now and I hope you sit and spend some time with me every day.

Paul Sylvester

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Affiliate Marketing – changing the scene!

PaulFebruary 15, 20121 Reply

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Doing a 160, isn’t easy!

You’ve seen that the last few weeks, I’ve become more honest about my Affiliate Links, this is the one approach that seems to be working best with what I am intending to do. I however am feeling that You probably are getting tired of just seeing affiliate links. I have been reading about how to do it better affiliate marketing! Even Though I’ve not been as successful as I would like to be, I will be working a that in the next few weeks but first we need to fix some common errors in the webpage design!

In the coming weeks, I will find a more professional template that I can use for my blog. I haven’t found one just yet but I will be looking. I also am wondering what the tagline should be. I’ve been looking around for ideas but I thought I would ask my readers what they think the tagline should be!

Does All this really Matter?

I’ve been thinking about this aspect of the blogging and I wanted to share with you some of the key points that I’ve come to realize and retain from my experiences. I’d like to share some of them with you and help others who are asking the questions about Affiliate Marketing conundrum.

There isn’t really any way to be successful if you don’t at least try.

Learn from your mistakes and change accordingly.

Don’t keep doing what you’ve been doing, think outside the box!

Without risks there isn’t any loses, so step out and take a chance!

Keep in contact with your affiliates and they can help you!

Research the product or service before you post.

Try to give away a free product/service this helps from time to time!

Be Honest about your Affiliate links! It just makes good cents!

I’ve come to realize these eight points but I am sure I will be reading even more in the coming weeks. I’m going to sit down and start reading even more about how to do it right. I’m tired of making little to nothing with my blog and thus I will be working really hard at changing that. I’m unsure of how I will accomplish this but it does make even more sense to me that if I don’t change I will only be hurting you the reader and in the long run, I will also be hurting myself because of the possible money that I could be making. I’m you want to support me, you can always visit my Support Affiliate page and find something that will help you. I will of course be changing my approach, but I won’t stop doing blogging about products or services that I think you may be interested in.

Before you go!

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