Moonlighting on the Internet: 5 World-Class Experts Reveal Proven Ways to Make Extra Cash (Paperback)

by Yanik Silver (Author)
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Turn the Internet Into Your Money Machine

“Well-written, practical, useful, money-earning advice for anyone interested in using the internet to create an extra $500 to $5,000 a month. Yanik Silver, one of the internet's truly remarkable success stories, holds nothing back. Instead of lots of meaningless claptrap contained in most books about the internet, the author shares the inside secrets of what really works. And what doesn't.” -Ted Nicholas, author of Billion Dollar Marketing Secrets

“Moonlighting Online is a breath of fresh air. Yanik Silver doesn't claim you'll become a millionaire online, but he can show you 5 effective and simple ways to pull in a lot more money than you're earning now-and do it month after month. This is brilliant advice from a true professional. I strongly recommend this book.” -Joseph Sugarman, chairman, BluBlocker Corporation

“Forget all the hype and B.S. you see about making money on the internet-Yanik Silver has truly provided the easiest and most down-to-earth ways of legitimately socking away a little (or a lot of) extra 'life-changing' money each month online.” -Robert Scheinfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Busting Loose From The Money Game

“Imagine waking up every morning and finding orders waiting for you in your email box. While you were sleeping, customers from around the world were sending you money. I've been doing just that for over 12 years and Yanik Silver shows you how you can do it, too. It's a thrill every day.” -Melvin Powers, author of How to Get Rich in Mail Order

“If you want to get rich overnight, this isn't the book for you. If you want simple-to-use strategies for making an extra $500+ per month online with minimal effort, listen to Yanik. He is one of the few who truly knows how this works.” -Timothy Ferriss, New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek

About the Author
Yanik Silver is the leading expert on creating automatic, moneymaking websites. He has sold more than $10,000,000 of information products online, despite minimal knowledge of web design and HTML.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Entrepreneur Press; 1 edition (November 21, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599181576
• ISBN-13: 978-1599181578
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #34,027 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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83 of 96 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What started out as a book on online infopreneurship (Internet mkting) branched off unnecessarily into online retailing, et. al., December 18, 2007

By	Jeff Lippincott "www.Jlippin.com" (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This book was OK. It covers a very broad range of topics regarding how to use the Web (Internet) to make money. Basically there are five sections to the book (5 topics): (1) online infopreneur, (2) eBay retailer, (3) affiliate marketer, (4) Yahoo! Stores retailer, and (5) blogger. I've reviewed other books on all each of these topics. And I've been pretty clear in my reviews that topics 2 through 5 do not provide much benefit for the cost when it comes to making money. There are books written about each. And this book just does not do any of them justice in the short space given them.

This book has an introduction and conclusion along with 26 chapters:

0. Introduction
1. Creating "Digitally Delivered Information Products"
2. What is information marketing?
3. Top 7 information topics
4. How to figure out what information to sell
5. Researching the online marketplace
6. Evaluating your "brilliant" idea
7. Creating your information product
8. Licensing
9. Joint ventures
10. Public domain
11. Getting your site's foundation built
12. Creating your hot offer
13. Setting up your site
14. Headlines that sell
15. The eBay Machine
16. Finding the right products and setting up business
17. The `flood"
18. Your listing
19. What makes a successful seller?
20. The world of affiliate programs
21. Finding an affiliate program and working it
22. The Yahoo! Stores phenomenon
23. Establishing your niche
24. Why blogging?
25. How to set up a blog
26. Making money with blogs
26a. Conclusion

My favorite part of the book was Section 1 (chapters 1-14) regarding online infopreneurship. It covered 122 pages of text. And I thought much of it was pretty good. But there could have been so much more. Another book that did a "less than" job on the subject which I just reviewed earlier today is "The Official How to Get Rich Guide to Information Marketing" (ISBN: 1599181401). See my review for that book to see other books that one should read if they want to supplement the material in this book presented in Section 1.

This book suffers from trying to cover too many topics in not enough pages. And when I picked the book up I had hoped that the author or authors would have given some insight into where the profits really exist when moonlighting on the Internet. Instead, all we got from these authors is a list of options that one can select from when they want to moonlight.

Blogging is not something that generally is done to make money online. It is something to do to build credibility for yourself as an author, consultant, infopreneur, or public speaker. Or it can be used to direct online traffic toward your business' Web site. But blogging in and of itself is not something to be done to make money online. See my review for Blog Smog (ISBN: 078521576X) and read the book for a pretty good take on blogging. 3 stars!

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Motivation, Inspiration and Education, January 8, 2008

By	Zach Even -. Esh "UndergroundStrengthCoach.com" (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yanik was one of the first guys that got me started with internet marketing, and when he wrote a book I was all over it. The reason why is because when you search for info on the internet at this time you are inundated with massive amount of information from every angle you can think of with a very high price tag.

This book is not intended to make you rich overnight, and Yanik states that clearly, but, following these principles, you can get a very quick start without the confusion.

I suggest getting your pen and paper ready and take notes as you read this book w/ready to take action steps. That's what I did and I've gotten a BIG jump with public domain materials that I seriously never thought I would do. But now that I see how easy it is I'm almost finished with a project in record time.

That is what this book is all about - getting started easily and quickly, nothing complicated - and it's perfect for someone who needs ONE place to focus on getting their information from. Sitting in front of your computer and searching for quality information in one place is next to impossible nowadays, it's information overload out there.

The stories sprinkled throughout the book w/success stories will motivate and educate you at the same time.

People who have experience w/internet marketing are taking this book for granted if they say they expected more detailed information. I think we often forget just how clueless we all were when we first started in this biz.

The only part that did not interest me: Well, I'm not the biggest fan of the yahoo stores concept but it may very well suit others.

Throughout the book, I like how Yanik takes you step by step in a simple manner with finding your niche, testing it, getting the web site set up, where to do it, reliable resources, etc.

The informaiton out there today is pretty damn complicated, and will confuse the heck out of anyone who wants to get started, i.e. "Moonlighting" on the internet.

Still, the best thing here is that I shut down my computer, and took notes as I read, getting my informaiton from one, rleiable resource and then taking action with it.

I have tightened up my internet marketing biz with the information I have taken and I'm getting immediate results by applying the information from the affilliate marketing, joint ventures and some really cool projects with public domain.

I am reccomending this book as a must for anyone who is getting started and needs a solid "How to" plan.

If you're not making $ 5 k a month then you need to read this book as well.

It is definitely the way to go for beginning your journey into the wonderful world of internet marketing as well as for those who are experienced and need some small tips and tricks that can easily add up to another $ 5 k a month as well as a new project at the least.

You can't complain for the price in relation to all the info in the book either, gotta love that!

I'll be passing this book on to my friend who sells jewelery on line but can't figure out the details of getting traffic, using e bay, blogs and affilliates to help pump up his web site.

Good books are meant for passing on, not sitting on book shelves!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Would have gave it a 5 but,,,, January 18, 2008

By	ttowngrl (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

I have great respect for Mr. Silver and I aspire to quit my day job one day! I loved the personal success stories - that lets me know I can do it also. I was disappointed in that there are TONS of links in the book. I spent time bookmarking the ones I wanted to go to after reading the book. When I went to the MOTI website they are ALL gone!! What gives? There was also comments in the book of an accompanying CD - that was not included in my book (which I bought here on Amazon). If you think this book is a hand holding expedition in making quick money on the internet this is not the book for you. If you are looking for ideas to help you make money on the internet this could be your book.