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Will Work for Fun: Three Simple Steps for Turning Any Hobby or Interest Into Cash

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I enjoyed giving this book a quick read at B&N this morning. It didn't take too long to get through it. And I thought it was a good little book with the following chapters and "other material."

1. The sitcom as life
2. Which friend are you?
3. It all starts with a book
4. Scripting the pilot
5. The "pitch"
6. The payday that never ends

Also included:
Prologue: "Why don't they stop?"
Introduction: The true nature of work
Epilogue: Fun money profile - Lee & Robin Collins
Afterword: Mark Joyner

The book basically says there is a viable business out there for you if you want to use Yahoo! to identify hot topics that people search the Internet for. If you whittle those hot search terms down into a niche subject that you are comfortable writing about, then you can create an online business that caters to people who are hungry enough for information that they are willing to pay for.

You'll need an ebook, ezine service, coupled with a Web site for each hot topic you choose to write about. You give the ebook, and ezine away for free. You use your Web site and ebook as bait for getting subscribers to your free ezine that will include marketing and promotional copy for "products" you will sell for a profit. Such products may include ebooks, books, programs, seminars, workshops, retreats, coaching services, or counseling services. If your Web site is a blog, then your blog entries should be written much the same way as your ezine articles are written.

The book is great on concept. And it provides enough good information about being a successful infopreneur that it is well worth its sales price. I would have liked the book better if it had been written a little more concisely. And some information about how to design Web sites, ezine management software, and reducing a Word document to an Adobe Acrobat file (PDF) would have been helpful.

I suppose the book should have included some more information about being an Internet Marketing expert, too. But there are other fine books on that subject. A chapter on blogs and blogging would have been nice. Your Web site can be a traditional Web site. Or it can be a simple blog site. The cheapest route to go is probably to set up for free a new blog at Blogger or Wordpress and just start marketing though your blogs. 4 stars!

PS. If this book interests you, then I highly recommend you also take a look at "Coaching Millions" (ISBN: 0979293200), "Four Steps to Building a Profitable Coaching Business" (ISBN: 0595296602), "ProBlogger" (ISBN: 9780470246672), and "Riches in Niches" (ISBN: 1564149307).

I loved this book... and not just because I am mentioned in it!

I have read a lot of "work from home" books in my life, and they all seem to have the same problems: they either start at Step #3, and assume that the reader has some skills and knowledge already... or they have fluffy, nebulous information, which is enpowering, but will not help you get moving in the right direction in regards to taking action and defining the "first step."

Alan's book starts at Step #1 and actually takes you, step-by-step through the entire process of researching and building a real online business.

It's a teriffic book and I will absolutely be recommending my clients, students and customers to pick up a copy!

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WILL WORK FOR FUN is a step-by-step training manual that will help you quit your boring gotta-have-a-paycheck job and making a living doing what you love to play at. Alan Bechtold presents a dynamic shift in how you should see yourself and your world but he does it in an easy style that's fun to read. No heavy lifting here. Yet, the book is packed with practical information that will benefit both the beginner and seasoned entrepreneur.
Highly recommended

Packed with personality... this is a FUN (and potentially profitable) read! Alan really nails the guts of niche marketing. Does it tell you everything? Of course not... but it gives you what you REALLY need to start making passive income online - DOING SOMETHING YOU LOVE.

Alan really knows his stuff, and communicates it well.

If you're looking for a way to cash-in on the Internet Marketing boom... here's your answer.

"Million Dollar Mike" Morgan

I love this book. It's very inspiring, and it provides an outstanding overview of one major aspect of the internet marketing field -- from the perspective of someone who's been in it for both fun and profit for longer than the internet even officially existed.

When Alan Bechtold says "Fun," he means it. And he spends a good part of the book laying out the process of how to find the subject area that excites you that also provides you with a market interested in buying your products -- eventually.

The idea is this: if you have fun doing what you're doing, it's not really work. And if there are longish hours involved, at least initially, you may not mind all that much -- after all, it's fun and something you're passionate about. All true, of course, at least to a point.

When Bechtold says "3 simple steps," he's correct on one hand (they really aren't rocket science), yet I wonder how many people's idea of "simple step" includes "write book" or "write sales letter."

Okay, so the simple steps aren't quick steps necessarily, and getting them all done properly can take a while.

Then again, this isn't a get-rich-quick book, but one on finding a way to make a living while pursuing your passions. Not that the possibility of riches isn't also there, but the focus isn't on rich so much as on fun. Making a comfortable living is definitely part of the plan though, so he's got us covered there.

The three-step process is also not quite as tedious as it may seem at first. We're given a number of short-cuts that do make things a whole lot easier than it would seem from the "write book" step.

In fact, writing that book can be a lot less work than you'd expect, and Bechtold provides the step-by-step instructions on possible ways to do it very quickly and easily, without much writing at all.

The instructions are embedded in an ongoing storyline, where we follow 3 cubicle slaves from their J-O-B-S to liberation as they turn their hobbies and passions into incomes. It makes for entertaining reading and it also makes the potentially abstract process really come to live. Especially when it comes to Jenny and her Strawbarbie Barbie doll custom clothes, who is the primary example and whose progress is spelled out in great detail.

Can it work? A particularly inspiring aspect of the book: several profiles of people who have actually successfully achieved their work for fun lifestyles. It shows that Bechtold's system is not just theory but that it really can be done.

In his book, Alan Bechtold reveals the little known secrets that can make a huge difference in the way you view work, play and life. Most people buy into the "climbing the ladder" to success which is a lot of work, and a lot less life and fun...but with the insights gained from "Will Work For Fun" you'll know how to shift from living for the weekends to living for your own enjoyable life. Highly recommended!

I think his approach has merit and I plan to try it myself. Make sure you put some thought into his early exercises because the time will pay for itself once he explains what you are to do.

I have just started reading the book Will Work for Fun by Alan R. Bechtold. I think this book speaks to the maverick in me. I am the kind of person that wants to be self-employed or work from where ever I happen to be. I haven't gone through all the exercises in this book but right now I am highlighting and taking notes. I love the Kindle product, but nothing takes the place of a tangible book you can highlight and write supporting notes on. I am looking forward to a transformation in my life. That is after all why I bought the book. If there are any addendums or extra stuff to write, then you will see an expanded review.

This is one of the most usable texts on making a boat-load of money I have ever seen! Alan Bechtold is a genius at explaining his approaches to making money , with a publisher's approach, on the Internet.

Bechtold is a genius both with his content and with his teachings. He explains each point from a variety of viewpoints and is simple and logical.

In the end, Bechtold leaves his tools i your hands. It is up to the reader to make it work - as it should be!

I like this book. It opens your eyes to new ideas and things I never would have thought of. You should check it out.