Your Portable Empire: How to Make Money Anywhere While Doing What You Love [Hardcover]

Pat O'Bryan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

Praise for Your Portable Empire

"In a sea of snake oil and get-rich-quick nonsense about fast money on the Internet from people who haven't really done it, O'Bryan's book is a ship of sanity to an island of commonsense e-commerce? This works."
—Mark Joyner, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Simple.ology

"The Internet has leveled the playing field, making it possible for anybody to start a business. O'Bryan, however, has given us the easy-to-follow instruction manual on how to first discover your niche and then build it into a big enterprise that can run itself from almost anywhere-all from his successful and proven formulas. A great book for anybody serious about a better quality of life."
—Joseph Sugarman, Chairman, BluBlocker Sunglass Corporation

"This amazing book can free all working people to make money doing what they truly love!"
—Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor and Zero Limits

"I know O'Bryan as a friend and colleague. He has painstakingly put together a book, with no frills or fanfare, that straight-up shares his hard-won wisdom. May I urge you to get it and read it? Not only will you enjoy it-but once you act on what you learn, you can profit mightily as well. Why? Because what's in this book lets you stop making the victim's compromise on a daily basis-and start doing the victory dance, whenever you want!"
—David Garfinkel, author of Advertising Headlines That Make You Rich

"O'Bryan lives the portable empire, running his business from a laptop with a cigar and a glass of fine wine. There is no one better to be your guide as you create your own, because he's laid out every step for you in his inspiring and easy-to-read book. There is no need to be chained to a desk or locked in a cubicle, and your business can take you far beyond your kitchen table with the blueprint O'Bryan shares from his own successful journey."
—Craig Perrine, www.maverickmarketer.com

"Freedom-O'Bryan's new book makes you understand exactly how to obtain it and create the lifestyle of your dreams. Anyone who can go from being a dead-broke musician living in a mobile home to generating six figures in a single month is worth reading."
—Bill Hibbler, coauthor of Meet and Grow Rich

Editorial Reviews

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"In the book he [the author] explains how...the reader can duplicate his success." (Gulf Business, February 2008)

From the Inside Flap

Imagine a system that allowed you to make money almost effortlessly, so that you could spend your time with friends and family, follow your dreams, or pursue other goals without worrying about where your next paycheck is coming from. Now imagine if all you needed to make that happen were a computer and an Internet connection. If you can imagine it, you can achieve it—with Your Portable Empire.

Your Portable Empire is a system for creating an online business you can run from anywhere—at home, at a beachside resort on the other side of the world, or anywhere else for that matter. It requires little day-to-day effort, and once it's up and running, your portable empire will create passive income for years to come.

Author Pat O'Bryan has created a number of cash-generating businesses that he can run from a laptop anywhere in the world. In Your Portable Empire, he describes exactly how he created his businesses and how you can duplicate his success. He shows you how it's done using real-world examples from his own experience, and personal stories and instruction from online gurus like Joe Vitale, Mark Joyner, Bill Hibbler, Craig Perrine, and Cindy Cashman.

Every single day, people spend money buying the information they need online. All you have to do is discover what information they'll pay for and then sell it to them. You'll learn to develop valuable informational products, build a list of prospects that drives customers to your site, and write effective marketing and selling copy that lets you communicate with prospects. Best of all, you don't have to be tech-savvy at all! If you can hunt and peck on a keyboard, you can build a business.

With the secrets you'll find inside, you won't have to work nine-to-five to get by. With Your Portable Empire, you can build a business that brings in consistent cash with almost no effort. Why spend your life in an office when you can live your dreams with your very own portable empire?

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470135077
• ISBN-13: 978-0470135075
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Business & Investing > Marketing & Sales > Marketing > Direct

More About the Author

Pat O'Bryan is a best-selling author, public speaker, consultant and Internet Marketing coach. A former (broke) blues guitarist who discovered Internet Marketing in 2004, he has become one of the leading authorities on home based online businesses. Through his coaching program, UnSeminars, books, audios and DVDs has helped thousands learn how to build their own online businesses that they can run from anywhere. Pat's irreverent style and outside the box (what box?) thinking make his books easy, effective and fun to read.

Customer Reviews

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107 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Little Substance, December 6, 2007

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Stacy E. Burrell "stacyburrell.blogspot.com" (Detroit, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Portable Empire: How to Make Money Anywhere While Doing What You Love (Hardcover)

Luckily I was able to skim through this at the bookstore as the title caught my eye. My first thought in reading the cover and inside flap was that this was a "4-Hour Work Week" type of book with more emphasis on e-Commerce. After skimming through the chapters, there was very little information of value, new or otherwise.

As stated by other reviewers, there is a lot of promotion of the author's services, as well as cross- promotion of contributors. Sadly, it's gotten to the point that when I see the names of the people who endorse and/or contributed to this book, it immediately raises a red flag. Especially, since some have written good, informative books in the past.

Overall, I would not recommend this book.

150 of 171 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Teaser, September 28, 2007

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Antigone Walsh - See all my reviews
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I was very disappointed in this book. Touted as a guide for those interested in developing internet businesses,it veers from shameless self-promotion to superficial snippets taken from every popular spiritual and psychological movement. The information provided is quite basic and easily ascertainable for free from other sources on the internet and elsewhere. There are chapters containing interviews with other entrepreneurs which serve as promotion and cross promotion. While the author and his pals are enjoying luxurious lifestyles "baiting" suckers like me, I regret to inform them that there is a learning curve. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

It has become vogue on Amazon for the author's friends, millionaire mind group members, associates and affiliates to provide inflated ratings of books. This practice is deceptive and genuinely aggravating to those of us who rely on fellow readers' honest assessments. While surely some are sincere representations uncolored by association or gain, many are not.

This is not a terrible book. Written in a conversational, Joe Vitaleesque tone, it does provide a starting point for the uninitiated. It is not the reference I had hoped it would be.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly Surprised...Better Than Expected!, August 31, 2008

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Monica Main "Monica Main" (Valencia, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Portable Empire: How to Make Money Anywhere While Doing What You Love (Hardcover)

When I read the forward by Joe Vitale I was immediately put off by the book. I am NOT a Vitale fan and don't like his marketing tactics at all.

When I read the first line of the book to my husband -- "This is the most dangerous book you'll ever read..." (or something to that affect) -- he told me that if it were him he'd throw the book in the trash instantly. He's not a big fan of bullsh**, clearly.

As I began reading the book I almost wanted to throw it in the trash. Especially when I read the section on "What is an e-book?" If someone doesn't know that then they don't deserve any opportunity to make money online.

I'll admit: There's no specific step-by-step to use in this book and it is very incomplete. Pat (the author) doesn't talk about his specific successful online campaigns through Google Adwords. He doesn't talk about what kind of info products he sells (although I wouldn't either). He misleads people into believing that you could make tons of money selling ebooks on topics like "how to sleep better" which is NOT a topic that would sell well at all.

My theory: He sells "money making" info products online and doesn't want anyone else to crowd how he makes his money online.

Why did I give this book 5 stars?

Two reasons:

1) He does a good job covering successful copywriting which will make or break your success with online (or any) marketing. Copywriting is the key.

2) In the lateral half of the book he discusses "mindset" in a way I have never read before. I've read hundreds of self-help titles and this book is unique in providing a different view of changing your mindset which made this book well worth it.

Buy this book if you want to be successful financially. No, it won't give you any instruction other than to create your own info products and sell them via Google Adwords. However, it will open your mind to the possibilities and help you change your mindset for success. That, alone, is worth reading this book.