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Teachers' Uses for PLR

Teachers' Uses for PLR

A couple of years ago, when work was slack and I was looking for ways of making some extra money, I was nearly forced into teaching. Don't get me wrong, I was only dreading it because teaching would not suit my temperament and I live in rural Thailand.

Living in a farming village as I do means that none of the boys have the slightest interest in learning English, because they will become farmers, and the same is true of about half the girls. It seemed to me that atmosphere would lead to a pretty depressing working environment.

So, I contemplated having small classes of private students, even one-on-one's. However, having no experience in teaching and with no school system to advise or support me I wondered how I would manage.

Then, I think I came up with a unique approach for teachers. I am well-known locally for my use of the Internet to make money. So, I thought that I would teach English within the framework of building a commercial website, so that at the end of the course, the student would be able to speak English and make money online.

The way I proposed to approach the task was as follows:

1] the teachers take the students to PLR eBooks and allow them to pick one of the ninety-odd PLR packages of fifteen articles for $8 a package. Ideally, each student should have his or her own package, because it will be more interesting to them and they can keep their resulting website. If money is very limited, the class could have one package or one between four.

2] the fifteen, 500-word articles can then be inspected, and a decision made which (five) articles will be used as web pages, and which will be promotional material for those pages (two per page).

3] the fifteen articles should then be carefully rewritten to make them unique - you can make this as easy or difficult as you like. I suggest treating the web pages and the promo material as separate tasks. So, rewrite the web pages, build your site and get it online

4] sit there, admire it, give yourselves a clap on the back and then monetise it with adverts etc.

5] the students rewrite an article and put links to the web site and one page in the bio at the bottom of the article, and post it to half a dozen article directories. You will soon be getting free traffic to your web site.

6] the next four articles should point at the home page and another, but different page, so that visitors are landing deep in your site, not only on the front page.

7] repeat with the remaining five articles.

Teachers can make this project last as long as they want, but the students will be learning modern English in a practical environment and will have a chance to recoup the cost of the course AND make money (in their spare time) for life!

How's that for cheap, worthwhile, practical course material?

Go and see what's available now at:

PLR eBooks

Regards,

by +Owen Jones

Teachers' Uses for PLR

Teachers' Uses for PLR

A couple of years ago, when work was slack and I was looking for ways of making some extra money, I was nearly forced into teaching. Don't get me wrong, I was only dreading it because teaching would not suit my temperament and I live in rural Thailand.

Living in a farming village as I do means that none of the boys have the slightest interest in learning English, because they will become farmers, and the same is true of about half the girls. It seemed to me that atmosphere would lead to a pretty depressing working environment.

So, I contemplated having small classes of private students, even one-on-one's. However, having no experience in teaching and with no school system to advise or support me I wondered how I would manage.

Then, I think I came up with a unique approach for teachers. I am well-known locally for my use of the Internet to make money. So, I thought that I would teach English within the framework of building a commercial website, so that at the end of the course, the student would be able to speak English and make money online.

The way I proposed to approach the task was as follows:

1] the teachers take the students to PLR eBooks and allow them to pick one of the ninety-odd PLR packages of fifteen articles for $8 a package. Ideally, each student should have his or her own package, because it will be more interesting to them and they can keep their resulting website. If money is very limited, the class could have one package or one between four.

2] the fifteen, 500-word articles can then be inspected, and a decision made which (five) articles will be used as web pages, and which will be promotional material for those pages (two per page).

3] the fifteen articles should then be carefully rewritten to make them unique - you can make this as easy or difficult as you like. I suggest treating the web pages and the promo material as separate tasks. So, rewrite the web pages, build your site and get it online

4] sit there, admire it, give yourselves a clap on the back and then monetise it with adverts etc.

5] the students rewrite an article and put links to the web site and one page in the bio at the bottom of the article, and post it to half a dozen article directories. You will soon be getting free traffic to your web site.

6] the next four articles should point at the home page and another, but different page, so that visitors are landing deep in your site, not only on the front page.

7] repeat with the remaining five articles.

Teachers can make this project last as long as they want, but the students will be learning modern English in a practical environment and will have a chance to recoup the cost of the course AND make money (in their spare time) for life!

How's that for cheap, worthwhile, practical course material?

Go and see what's available now at:

PLR eBooks

Regards,

by +Owen Jones

Quick Blog or Website

Quick Blog or Website

In this article, I will show you how to set up a quick blog on your own using pre-designed templates for the site and the content. The first thing that you will need is a host for your publication - somewhere which will store and display it.

Professionals pay for this blogging platform, but many others do not. The decision is yours and can be reversed later. Basically, you can find an 'unlimited' host for $5 p/m or you can find free blog sites like WordPress, Blogger or Weebly (and many others).

So, now you have a host. You may want to blog on your own domain name, but you can do this later and your host will explain how to do it. Now you need to follow the hosting site's step-by-step instructions (in an easy-to-use wizard) to set up the basic style of your site (choosing from a variety of themes, colours, fonts, etc).

This can take ten minutes (or longer the first time), then proceed to PLR Books on this site and look at the 120+ example sites in the left navigation bar. It will open in a new window. Decide what you would like to write about and click the link there to 'PLR Content', which will bring you back to this blog - see the title bar).

Dig down through the menus to find the niche content PLR ebook pack that best suits your intention. There are 140+ there and all but one contains 15 (or more) 500-600 word articles on the subject of the pack's title. So, choose the five most relevant articles for your subject and upload them as blog/website pages.

That leaves you with at least ten more to use in promotional ways. For example, add them to your site one at a time or add them to article directories with active backlinks about which you can click site to learn more. This is quite beneficial as it overall increases the traffic on the site as the outbound links leads back to similar post belonging to the same site.

Setting up the site itself is very easy. If you pay, your host will have website and blog templates free for your use, and so will the free hosts, although the choice may be more limited.

The first time, it might take you all day to set up your blog and launch it, but after that you'll be able to create two or three a day (and sell them). The PLR niche content will cost you $7.99

This is an easy business for anyone who is willing to learn and invest a little time and money.

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All the best,

Owen

PS: Teachers might like to consider teaching their pupils how to set up a Quick Blog or Website so that they will have an extra income for life in these difficult times. Think, a 15 year-old could have 50 blogs making money by the time he or she is 65 and that is only at the rate of one quick blog a year.

Why Every Webmaster Needs PLR Content

Why Every Webmaster Needs PLR Content

Just to get one thing clear from the start, PLR stands for 'public limited right', and is a short way of describing an article that you have acquired, free or at a cost, which you have permission to use within certain confines. Needless to say, free PLR content is usually awful stuff written by people for whom English is not their mother tongue.

So, why do I say that every webmaster should have a pack of PLR on the hard drive? The cynical will point to the fact that I have over a hundred niche content PLR ebooks containing at least fifteen articles of five to six hundred words each, and that is true. It is the content that I wrote for websites that I took down in order to concentrate on writing novels. I used to have 144 websites.

However, every experienced webmaster will know that the gap between your last post and starting to slip down the search engine rankings is very short, and getting shorter. Depending on your niche, it can be hours. So, what happens if you are a one-man band and need a break?

A family crisis, personal illness, or a desire to go on holiday with the love of your life will wreck your SE rankings, unless you have a strategy in place. This is when I suggest that a pack or two of relevant niche PLR content can come to the rescue and save the day or even the month.

Two packs could give you a month off, say at Christmas or in the summer.

'Be Prepared' is the watch phrase of the wise and at $7.99 per pack, it is not going to break the bank. Call it accident or holiday insurance, if you like and write the cost off against your tax bill. It is a legitimate business expense after all.

When you don't have time to write your own content, post one of my articles instead to protect your website's status.

Think about it, you know it makes sense.

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All the best,

Owen

Podcast: Why Every Webmaster Needs PLR Content

Final Preparations for the UK

Final Preparations for the UK

We have started to make our Final Preparations for the UK, since we will be flying on June 13th. which is now twenty-five days away. I can't say that I am looking forward to moving yet again. Moving our home from Thailand to Spain last year with forty-four kilos of our most important belongings was traumatic enough, but then we had to change our residence five times. We have been happy in our current apartment and now we have to move abroad again.

Not only that but we have nowhere to go - nowhere definite, nowhere of our own, anyway.

Not only that, but all the problems associated with getting a visa for an Asian will start again too and in the worst country in Europe to have those troubles in too.

Britain seems proud of treating foreigners like criminals at the moment.

The worst thing is that nothing is guaranteed - it could go either way, but one gets the distinct feeling that people seeking residency are not welcome. It is a horrible feeling, especially since the Asian in question is my wife of fourteen years.

European versus UK Law

At present, European Law over-rules British Law, so I have the right, under certain circumstances, to take my wife back to the UK with me. However, under British Law, I do not unless I can 'afford' her. Under British Law, only money counts, but then that is not so surprising, since British society is arranged to suit the wealthy. No matter what criticisms Brexiteers may throw at Europe, at least love and family still mean something on the Continent. In Britain judgement has been reduced to the size of the bank balance in question.

It is sad, very sad.

Still, we have to go back, and before the government pulls up the drawbridge. Hence the need for us to begin our Final Preparations for the UK.

Still, I'm not looking forward to the journey 'ome...

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All the best,

Owen

Podcast: Final Preparations for the UK

Brexit - An Undiscussed Consequence

Brexit - An Undiscussed Consequence

The main consequences, good and bad, of Brexit - the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union - are being discussed every day in the news, but there is one that I have not heard talked about anywhere except on specialist news groups.

It involves British citizens who have spouses from outside the European Union.

Brexit could devastate the lives of people in this situation, which I and my wife are. She is Thai, and we have been married for ten years with all the papers to prove it.

However, that is not the hurdle.

Under European Law, she is allowed to live with me in Europe, or the European Union, which at the moment still includes the UK. However, after Brexit, European Law will not apply in the UK, British Law will, and under British law, a Brit has to have an income of £25,000 or £65,000 in the bank, before he or she can bring a foreign spouse into the UK to live.

You will notice the MASSIVE difference...

European Law is humane, British Law is mercenary!

At least in this matter.

I cannot imagine being separated from my wife... in fourteen years, we have never spent more than one night apart.

So, we have to interrupt our lives and concentrate on Brexit, so that we don't fail foul of the indecision of all the powers that are deciding whether I and my wife may remain together on British soil or not.

It is a very sad time for us, and the friends and family that we will leave behind in other countries.

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Owen

Podcast: Brexit - An Undiscussed Consequence

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Originally by Washington Irving

Abridged by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane

Illustrated by Farzana Cooper

Reviewed by Barry Boy

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane is a rewrite, an abridged version of the 1799 American classic by Washington Irving, and illustrated by Farzana Cooper.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in Tarry Town on the eastern shores of the Hudson River. We are told that it acquired its name from the women of the town, because their men spent too much time in the inns and that the area and its inhabitants were prone to ideas, thoughts and visualisations of a supernatural nature, one of which was that of a headless horseman.

Most of the story involves an impoverished out-of-town teacher, who decides that his prospects would be greatly improved, if he could persuade one of his young pupils, the beautiful heiress xxx to marry him. However, this upsets several local youths, who think that they should have the first crack of the whip. The teacher seems to be impervious to this conflict of interest though, and that forms the crux of this story.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is written in the third-person and in a slightly archaic style, which only enhances the rhythm and appeal of the story. I am sure that there must have been a temptation to bring the language up to date, but I am glad that they resisted it. Having said that, I do not think that the target audience, children, will have any trouble with it either. Indeed, it may even encourage some children to read older, say, classical texts. Despite the quirky old dialogue and often descriptive, somewhat jocular narrative, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been edited very well, which is always a plus-point.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been professionally produced, and, according to sleeve notes, is part of a planned series which includes classics from Britain, Russia and the USA, making the proposed series international in character.

Abridged, and film, versions are often looked down on, but I think that this version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been well executed. Friends tell me that the 1999 film version was good too, but I haven't seen it.

Nevertheless, I give The Legend of Sleepy Hollow abridged version by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane, and excellently illustrated by Farzana Cooper, five stars out of five, and look forward to reading the next one.

Podcast: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Originally by Washington Irving

Abridged by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane

Illustrated by Farzana Cooper

Reviewed by Barry Boy

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane is a rewrite, an abridged version of the 1799 American classic by Washington Irving, and illustrated by Farzana Cooper.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in Tarry Town on the eastern shores of the Hudson River. We are told that it acquired its name from the women of the town, because their men spent too much time in the inns and that the area and its inhabitants were prone to ideas, thoughts and visualisations of a supernatural nature, one of which was that of a headless horseman.

Most of the story involves an impoverished out-of-town teacher, who decides that his prospects would be greatly improved, if he could persuade one of his young pupils, the beautiful heiress xxx to marry him. However, this upsets several local youths, who think that they should have the first crack of the whip. The teacher seems to be impervious to this conflict of interest though, and that forms the crux of this story.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is written in the third-person and in a slightly archaic style, which only enhances the rhythm and appeal of the story. I am sure that there must have been a temptation to bring the language up to date, but I am glad that they resisted it. Having said that, I do not think that the target audience, children, will have any trouble with it either. Indeed, it may even encourage some children to read older, say, classical texts. Despite the quirky old dialogue and often descriptive, somewhat jocular narrative, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been edited very well, which is always a plus-point.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been professionally produced, and, according to sleeve notes, is part of a planned series which includes classics from Britain, Russia and the USA, making the proposed series international in character.

Abridged, and film, versions are often looked down on, but I think that this version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has been well executed. Friends tell me that the 1999 film version was good too, but I haven't seen it.

Nevertheless, I give The Legend of Sleepy Hollow abridged version by Fiza Pathan and Michelangelo Zane, and excellently illustrated by Farzana Cooper, five stars out of five, and look forward to reading the next one.

Podcast: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

PLR Pension Fund

PLR Pension Fund

Do you have a pension fund and do you think that you can rely on it to provide for all your retirement needs? Do you even trust your company or the government not to dip into it before you can? If most of us are honest, we don't have a lot of faith in our pension fund, do we?

No.

So, I am going to propose a way to regain the reins of your future finances and it will only cost you $20 per annum and most probably nothing after the first year.

It sounds too good to be true, eh? Well, just stick with me a while longer and I will reveal all completely free of charge!

This system works best the earlier you start it, but assuming you don't expect to be dead within ten years, it is well worth giving it a go.

Websites and blogs can make a lot of money, however most don't and so most people give up on them. It is quite hit and miss when choosing a subject for your attention, so you need to have a lot of them, like seedlings and regularly thin them out.

Let's say that you made one every three months for year or two. That may sound like a lot of work, but there are many free blog sites where setting up your own blog is simply a question of filling in a questionnaire and choosing a colour scheme.

The rub is that you need content for that site. But what if you could buy that for a reasonable price? Most starter websites and blogs only have five pages.

You could buy an ebook of niche articles targeted on your topic and drip feed them into your blog. It would take a morning to create your first blog or website and add five articles from your ebook of PLR articles.

(PLR articles are those which you buy and have a license to use in your own publication).

So, my suggestion is to:

1) Think of a subject you are interested in

2) Choose a name for your site and find a free host (WordPress, Blogger, Weebly)

3) Find a source of relevant PLR articles

4) Create your blog

5) Apply to Adsense and others for accounts to sell relevant items and earn money

Let's say that you earn $100 in that first quarter. Your outlay will have been $10 for the blog name and $10 for the PLR, so you will have made 400% profit in three months or a whopping 1,600% p.a.!

Take $20 of this and do it again, and the rest you can put into a traditional pension fund, if you like.

So, after a year, you are earning $400 p.a which is not bad for four mornings work, is it?

If you started doing this when you were 30 years old, you would have 30x4x400 or $48,000 p.a by the time you were sixty and thirty years' of profits in a pension fund!

Could you live on that?

Not all of your bright ideas for blogs will work, naturally, but you give them a year and ditch them if they are not paying their way. On the other hand, some will produce stellar returns, and all you have to do is tend them like a loving gardener.

For more suggested uses of PLR, see the panel at the top of the page and for a list of our 120+ books of 15+ 500-word niche targeted PLR articles click here.

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All the best,

Owen

Podcast: PLR Pension Fund

PLR Pension Fund

PLR Pension Fund

Do you have a pension fund and do you think that you can rely on it to provide for all your retirement needs? Do you even trust your company or the government not to dip into it before you can? If most of us are honest, we don't have a lot of faith in our pension fund, do we?

No.

So, I am going to propose a way to regain the reins of your future finances and it will only cost you $20 per annum and most probably nothing after the first year.

It sounds too good to be true, eh? Well, just stick with me a while longer and I will reveal all completely free of charge!

This system works best the earlier you start it, but assuming you don't expect to be dead within ten years, it is well worth giving it a go.

Websites and blogs can make a lot of money, however most don't and so most people give up on them. It is quite hit and miss when choosing a subject for your attention, so you need to have a lot of them, like seedlings and regularly thin them out.

Let's say that you made one every three months for year or two. That may sound like a lot of work, but there are many free blog sites where setting up your own blog is simply a question of filling in a questionnaire and choosing a colour scheme.

The rub is that you need content for that site. But what if you could buy that for a reasonable price? Most starter websites and blogs only have five pages.

You could buy an ebook of niche articles targeted on your topic and drip feed them into your blog. It would take a morning to create your first blog or website and add five articles from your ebook of PLR articles.

(PLR articles are those which you buy and have a license to use in your own publication).

So, my suggestion is to:

1) Think of a subject you are interested in

2) Choose a name for your site and find a free host (WordPress, Blogger, Weebly)

3) Find a source of relevant PLR articles

4) Create your blog

5) Apply to Adsense and others for accounts to sell relevant items and earn money

Let's say that you earn $100 in that first quarter. Your outlay will have been $10 for the blog name and $10 for the PLR, so you will have made 400% profit in three months or a whopping 1,600% p.a.!

Take $20 of this and do it again, and the rest you can put into a traditional pension fund, if you like.

So, after a year, you are earning $400 p.a which is not bad for four mornings work, is it?

If you started doing this when you were 30 years old, you would have 30x4x400 or $48,000 p.a by the time you were sixty and thirty years' of profits in a pension fund!

Could you live on that?

Not all of your bright ideas for blogs will work, naturally, but you give them a year and ditch them if they are not paying their way. On the other hand, some will produce stellar returns, and all you have to do is tend them like a loving gardener.

For more suggested uses of PLR, see the panel at the top of the page and for a list of our 120+ books of 15+ 500-word niche targeted PLR articles click here.

Please LIKE and SHARE this article using the buttons below and visit our bookshop

All the best,

Owen

Podcast: PLR Pension Fund