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AI A view of what is going dowm

What is ChatGPT and why all the fuss?

In the short time, this free app has been available it has been receiving rave reviews and is hailed as the holy grail for content marketers, bloggers and everything in between. It has got more subscribers in its short existence than it took Youtube six months to get.

Wow, you’re saying that’s great no more blank screen to start my creative writing. Therein lies the first problem it’s hailed as artificial intelligence, but it has a stored database of information going back a few years but it’s not up to date. No problem just check and tweak if need be and there is my next blog post.

If only it was that simple. Because it’s not, what the program does very well is collect together a lot of information which it then presents to you as a response to a comment or request you ask it. Here is the problem it has not written that from its knowledge but from all the information it holds. Therefore, although it might have put a spin on it that information has been gathered from a number of sources. So there is a potential issue with copyright and plagiarism.

That’s not to say it’s not useful but it needs to be seen as a tool to assist in say speeding up searches for content and like PLR needs to be carefully edited to become unique. Google and other platforms will scan the content and check it for originality. If it’s found not to be original then it is wasted and you could be penalized too.

As a tool, it can be used to assist in a number of ways but not as the only source of your content. It will certainly help with getting ideas down and its use in mind mapping has potential. You may argue that there is very little original content. However, when you personalize your content it changes the content and has originality.

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The important issue of plagiarism is covered with some examples of duplicate content checkers finding most of the content is found somewhere else.

Like most tools use it as a means of assisting in getting the job done quicker giving you more time to do other processes in your business.

Since I wrote this the world has gone AI mad. ChatGPT has now in the paid version got a graphics option,. Which is very good. They also have an option to produce your own bot. Have a quick Google check to see the number of sites offering these bots and just how many there are in the short time the option has been available.

The main search engines now have AI and some have graphic options too. I find the chat box a distraction when I reading the information on one side and on the other is a mass of information generated by AI.

This has now meant a prolification of prompts sold on Etsy and other platforms. Some are offering a thousand prompts for a few dollars. I’ll be honest that’s a lot of prompts and they will not produce the sort of information that you really want.

In my opinion MidJourney is very good at producing graphics, especially as you can give is precise instruction within the prompt. Recraft is another useful one. However, remember that if you ask them to produce a photo realistic you can get some odd results. The most common are extra fingers or no thumbs and distorted or exagerated features. Because at present they take a 2D image and rendering it into a 3D one. As the programmes become better so will their ability to render.

There is no doubt that AI will change the way we as humans interact with the process and even with each other. My one point of contention is that the information can be used without due diligence. A number of newpaper in the UK had an article on the record number of deadly giant Asian hornets invading Britain. The article was crafted with the aid of AI tools it stated. There has not been an invasion of Giant Asian hornets. There is a continued presence of Asian hornets.

A student writing there homework could be prompted to use AI and without careful research produce a piece of work with mistakes and misinformation.

I could no doubt have produced this post with the aid of AI but didn’t as it was just as quick to do it long hand.

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PLR Private Label

What is PLR and what use is it to YOU?

PLR or Private Label Rights can be very useful to us all using the internet to earn money. Ever heard the saying “content is King?” well if you want to succeed online you need content.

PLR is content that you buy at a lesser rate than a ghostwriter cost, and you have the right to put your name on it, edit it and use it to represent your brand and business online.

Content is the lifeblood of your website, blog, or any other method you use to connect with your potential clients and those already on your list. Whatever stage you are at in your online business content is required.

Besides a lack of time, many of us simply lack the talent to write very well. We want to make money using the Internet, but without mastery of content, we find ourselves unable to compete. Private label rights content helps us stay competitive and provide for the needs of our audience, too.

Before I go any further one very important consideration. Don’t use PLR as it is because you are not the only person buying it. Some PLR sellers will limit their product to say 50 copies which will be reflected in the price you pay. Others will just offer PLR for sale with no restriction on the number of copies available. Often the seller will suggest you change the title and put your name on it and that’s all you need to do.

Experience has taught me that’s not how you use PLR.. You take the content and change the format, illustrations even the font and any colors to make it unique to you. If it’s an ebook, you would differentially change not only the title but the cover too. Also, if it has no pictures or illustrations, you would add some, or if it does, then change them. The idea is to make it unique for you and your customers.

So what is the use of PLR you may be thinking? It’s that you have content that you can use by making changes etc. Have you ever tried to write something staring at a blank scene or piece of paper? Look I’m not a writer (I know you can tell). However, by reading a PLR product I brought I could start writing and even using some of the PLR content in here.

PLR will have a cost often based on the number of copies for sale, but not always. The most important consideration with PLR is that you get it from a reputable seller. Some of the top PLR vendors to consider buying from include Arun Chandran, Tiffany Lambert, Justin Popovic, Charles Harper, Steve Dougherty, Alice Seba, Lynette Chandler, Trish Lindemood, Sharyn Sheldon and Nicole Dean. I have found their content to be first-class.

There are masses online and most are poorly written and often by a person who has English as a second language. Sometimes it is basically copy and paste with nobody checking that it makes sense until you buy it and start reading it. Also, beware of the Google bots who will trawl your content, if you publish it on the web. They are very good at identifying PLR that has not been significantly changed and you will not get ranked high with such content.

Repurpose is often suggested as a good use of PLR. Let’s start with the various uses. You don’t have to use PLR as it was sold (unless the seller has that restriction in place, and why would you buy it?). For example, if they sell an article pack for your blog, you can just as easily use it in your email autoresponders.

Or, you might compile a pack of 10-20 articles up and turn it into an eBook or short report. Likewise, you can break a longer report or eBook up into individual blog posts or emails. If you want to turn the PLR into other formats, you can do that – from text to video, images, and audio, from video to text, images, and audio, from images to text, video, and audio and from audio to text, video, and images.

In conclusion, use PLR as the basis for your content don’t just copy and paste, rewrite make additions if need be and only buy from reputable sellers. Lastly, when you buy PLR be certain that you have an immediate use for it. If you don’t then it will gather virtual dust on your hard drive.

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LeadsLeap

What is LeadsLeap?

LeadsLeap is a web-based software that helps users generate leads and traffic for their business. It is a marketing tool that allows users to create landing pages, opt-in forms, and other marketing materials. For me, the most important fact is it’s been around since 2008 and growing. Here’s a general overview of how to use LeadsLeap:

Create an account: Sign up for a LeadsLeap account on their website. There are two options Free and Paid. Free allows you to have a play and see just how extensive this program is and you get a small commission for anyone you refer through your link to the Paid option.

Paid gives you so much more and has a better rate of commission for anyone you get who takes the paid option.

  • Build your landing page: Use LeadsLeap’s landing page builder to create a professional-looking page that will capture leads. You can customize the page with your own text, images, and videos. There are several templates that you can use and change to make it unique to you. You can add your landing page URL, created in the program, or an external one if you wish.
  • Create opt-in forms: Use LeadsLeap’s form builder to create opt-in forms that will be placed on your landing page. You can collect contact information, such as name and email, and customize the form to match the design of your landing page.
  • Promote your landing page: Share your landing page on social media, email it to your list, or use paid advertising to drive traffic to it.
  • Track your results: Use LeadsLeap’s analytics to track the number of visitors, conversions, and other key metrics. This function alone is a must-have to ensure you can understand how your ads are performing and returning the best Return on Investment (ROI) thus saving you from wasting money on poor-performing ads, landing pages, etc.
  • Automation: LeadsLeap offers automation features like an autoresponder and follow-up sequences, which will save a lot of your time and effort. All within the program and the Pro version gives you more features too. No need to use a separate autoresponder unless you want to.
  • Optimize your landing page: Use the data from your analytics to optimize your landing page for better performance. Change fonts, colors, and backgrounds and use A/B split testing to see if one is better than the other. Not forgetting that your offer must either give value or solve a problem or both for your subscribers.
  • Believe me when I say that this program has so much to offer. For someone starting out to earn an income online, it is a one-stop option. You don’t even need to have hosting or learn how to use WordPress or HTML. It’s truly a one-stop solution, especially with the paid Pro version which is no more expensive than paying for hosting, an autoresponder and a decent page builder.
  • When you are starting out and learning it’s always a massive learning curve and if you get it wrong can be expensive too. LeadsLeap has a comprehensive training option and within the various option, there are hints about what to do next to complete something. My first website was a labor of love which I built using HTML and uploaded to my hosting. It’s still live and is a good example of how you can spend so much time and energy building a site and then fail to monetize it. Leadsleap takes away all those problems and allows you to earn while you learn.

LeadsLeap Pro is the best-integrated program for me and the results speak for themselves combined with low-cost traffic it’s the ideal option for those starting out online.

Please note that this is just a general overview and you should check out the LeadsLeap website for more detailed instructions and tutorials on how to use the software.

Here is the LINK Remember, it’s FREE!

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How adding value is the secret to success

I briefly spoke about this in a previous post. Because I believe it’s so important to your future success.

If you look around online, there are common threads. People promoting one solution after another, I call them promo wheelers because they are just going round and round offering the next one-click solution to earn money. These people satisfy the shiny syndrome people’s quest for an easy way to earn money doing no work.

The other type is the person offering, often high ticket, promotions with no presence on the net. They are commission junkies most will be found on big promos with high commissions.

Then there are the people that will offer you a product that because you have some rapport with them and are on their list, they see as providing value to you. I will be honest it was only after I diagnosed why I brought from certain people it become obvious. They were helping me move away from a problem or helping in solving it or providing information to move me forward. In other words, they offer value. I still buy from at least 5 people and most often never even read the sales letter.

For you to offer value you need to have a perceived expertise in a subject. That’s why it’s often suggested that you find a niche in which you have knowledge or interest. If say your hobby is modifying cars, then you would have gained knowledge about various aspects of car customizing or engine modifications.

Likewise, if you are interested in something you are more likely to stick to it. Nothing worse than getting into say journaling and it’s something you don’t do or have any interest in.

To recap, remember value to your customers. Find something you are interested in and become a perceived expert in it. If you are an affiliate only promote to people that have an interest, desire, or need for the product or service. One last point don’t offer bonuses unless they are relevant to your main promotion. I know you have a ton of PLR on your drive but either repurpose it or put it onto a USB stick and free up your disk drive.

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Your pension stretcher pal.

All the suggestions and information you will find on this website, plus if you sign up for my emails, will earn you money. Not a fortune but enough to give the pension a little extra help. None of the processes I will tell you about are difficult. Experience has taught me that the simpler the better.

When I first started, I coded my website with HTML now WordPress can do the same thing in next to no time. I prefer now to have either a simple website or no website.

The one thing you will need is a way of obtaining email addresses. Why? Because as they say the money is in the list. I use AWeber most of the time. You can get a free account here for your first 500 subscribers. Once you have 500 subscribers, you can always upgrade to Pro which gives you so much more.

One important point is that if you want to earn serious money, you will need a responsive email list and your own products to sell. To sell your own products you will need to gain skills and knowledge. From my experience, the best way is to do some form of affiliate marketing to begin with as you are not the product producer. However, take care what products you are an affiliate for as you need quality and value for money.

To give you an idea, to get people to buy from your affiliate link you will need to get them to your link and convert them into buyers. As you work at achieving this, you will become knowledgeable about SEO, free ads, paid ads, copywriting and using media channels for example.

To do it, to make money you will need to gain these skills, which as you are not creating the product means you can earn whilst you learn. The bonus is that all that knowledge will prove useful in the future for creating your own products.

The one very important point you should always keep at the back of your mind is VALUE. If you are promoting something does it, add value to your customers? If it doesn’t, then don’t promote it, especially if you are only offering it because it offers a high commission. Look 3 people buying a product that you get $10 dollars is $30 dollars a day do that with several products and you can earn $1000 dollars a month. Not life-changing but it’s money you did not have before.

I hope we can work together to increase your pension. Although I live in the UK what I do will work in the USA and in most other countries of the world.