Yes! This is the Life!
The ESCAPE PLAN for people who want to retire – and still get paid doing what they love!
Taking the sailboat out is always a good day. But the other day was especially satisfying. For the first time I realized I had “made it.” I had finally realized my dream of being a Retired Writer. It didn’t happen in a straight line and that’s okay. If you know anything about sailing that’s the way the wind blows.
But I did it. And so can you. You can make a living as a writer. The gatekeepers from the past are gone. You have access to a global audience of billions of people who are interested in the same things you care about – whether it’s business, health, relationships and just about any hobby and past time known to humanity.
And you can get started today, literally for free.
All you need is desire and a little bit of effort.
You don’t need education or even a lot of time. With the methods I’ve developed you can write anywhere you travel, by sea, air or land. All you need is a phone – and you don’t even need to be connected to the Internet most of the time.
I am sharing the techniques in the programs below because I believe the world needs more voices. I don’t know you or where your interests lie. All you really need is some enthusiasm and a willingness to publish your work.
The marvelous thing about the modern world for writers is that your audience is out there. There is a group of people out there right now, around the world that cares about what you care about.
They share your enthusiasm and want to hear from you. Just the other day I met a guy who was into fishing. He knew all about the different kinds of lures that catch different kinds of fish – and he even invented his very own brand of fishing lures that he was testing out down by the river where I keep my sailboat.
During our conversation he told me he was part of a community of THOUSANDS of people who shared his passion for fishing, for fishing with different kinds of bait and for fishing from kayaks and on and on.
How wonderful!
That gentleman is in the process of selling his know-how to an audience of people who can’t wait to hear what he has in store for them next!
And it can be the same for you. Every human being has a voice, and interests that are shared by thousands of others. And you can share your expertise, your wisdom and your unique take on life through articles, email, books and courses.
The best part about the modern world of publishing is that your audience is willing to PAY YOU for your expertise.
You can write a book, or develop a short course and have money arrive in your email inbox at all hours of the day – even while you are SLEEPING.
And my friend one of the great thrills of life is waking up in the morning to an email on your phone that says, YOU RECEIVED A PAYMENT.
It does take a little know-how. Most of it isn’t too fancy. The easy stuff is so easy you can be doing it, like I said, for free and as early as tonight. All this information is available to you NOW, just by joining our crew at Retired Writer’s Club.
We have a lot of fun here at the Club. We are living the dream many of us have held in our hearts for a lifetime, and you know, with the state of the world being what it is, a lot of us decided that the only time we have is now.
That’s why a lot of us have just pushed off on our new adventures – as Retired Writers who get paid doing what they love.
We would love for you to join our crew TODAY so here’s the skinny – when you sign up you get access to ALL the digital programs listed after the form, PLUS you get access to our SECRET EMAIL LIST that gets sent out every day – but only to Retired Writers.
Fill out your details in the form below to get started. If you’d like, you can read more about all the digital programs and goodies you get after the break.
When you join Retired Writer’s Club you get INSTANT ACCESS to all the programs listed on this page!
The CRASH Course for Retired Writers!
In this program we present an overview of “Da’ Business” of being a Retired Writer.
These principles are embedded in a lot of trainings online but I have yet to see them presented in a short and understandable manner without all the gobbledygook.
If you want to make money as a writer these ideas will level-set your thinking and put you on the road to success!.
Included in this program are the following videos:
- The Right Way to Think About Money!
- The 1 Job of Every Business Owner!
- If They Raised Their Hand They Want to Hear From You!
- The 3 Markets Where Writers Can Make Money!
- The 6 Things You can Sell to An Audience Eager to Give You Money!
- The Wrapper that Makes Your Product Unique!
- This is What People Buy Over and Over Again!
- The 2 Different Skillsets You Must Have to Succeed!
- A Diabolical Way to Create a Product!
- What All Successful Publications Have in Common!
- Your Audience Wants to Buy the Real You!
- How to Be A Human Content Machine!
- Why BIG MO is Crucial to your Career as a Retired Writer!
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How to start a paid email newsletter absolutely FREE!
In this program I am teaching you the business model I use to make money as a writer.
It has 2 simple steps:
- Create a free daily email newsletter.
- Sell your audience a subscription to the Premium Newsletter.
I know what I am doing here. I wrote the book on this 7 years ago. They laughed at me at the time.
“No one will pay for email and blah blah blah.”
I was right and they were wrong.
Today there are hundreds of writers getting paid to do what they love using this format.
I use my own technology to deliver Retired Writer’s Club, my secret email letter for business owners.
Fortunately for you there is a company that provides a free service where you can get in business TODAY.
How to Write a Best Selling Book in Just 5 Minutes a Day!
This is my short, 55-minute audio program that walks you through achieving your dream of writing a book – in just 5 minutes a day!
I know it woks because I’d already done it twice when I laid this down, and this shorty is number 3.
Writing the book you want to write is a matter of organizing your ideas and working on concentrated bursts.
It is easy it is simple and it is fun. You already have the technology on your phone. You can start today.
Program also features a PDF reference guide you can print out and a handful of bonus videos. I kept this one focused because the goal is to learn the method and start doing it for yourself – good luck!
Advanced Book Marketing Tactics!
In this program I am teaching you how to create marketing material from a book you have already written. This is using a technique that was big in direct-mail copywriting I think starting in the 1970s. What you are going to do is take your book and go through it page by page and draw out interesting nuggets that make the material sound interesting enough to buy – but without giving away what is actually in the book.
This tactic was known as “fascinations” when Mel Martin did it for a golf book and a cooking book. It is said that Eugene Schwartz and Gary Bencivenga used this technique when they wrote their sales letters and magalogs.
I talk about this technique in the video below. After the video there is a list of 70 bullets I wrote for my own book, How to Create Million Dollar Products! Take note of the page numbers after each bullet. When you include these in your copy you are demonstrating to the reader that your book has substance and is a form of proof that you are not just making things up!
Going through this exercise for your book and adding the bullets to your copy does a couple things beside making it compelling to your prospect.
Dynamic Headline Workshop!
The Internet has made headlines more important than ever. To get people’s attention, to get them to click and read and buy you have to pull them in with a strong statement.
We start by walking through the importance of studying the classic headlines of the past – 200 of them.
Then we go to what I call, “God-mode” where you experience the power of granting your customers their deepest and most secret wishes.
Then we experience the power of writing headlines using emotional triggers – the most targeted and powerful method ever devised.
AND then, after you have gone through these steps you will experience the absolutely wonderful phenomenon I call “synthetic headlines.
The 22-minute video workshop also includes a 16-page PDF for you to download , print and use to create your own Dynamic Headlines!
Dictation for Professional Writers!
In this program I present 2 videos about dictation. Because this is a demonstration-style workshop the text you see printed after each video is a transcription of that digital file.
You probably already know that I write books using dictation and also have a short presentation on how you can write a memoir using dictation. It is simple and it is fun. I do understand that it takes some practice. And that’s OK. If you have ever seen some people type does it look natural to you?
I also use dictation for more than 50% of my blog and article writing.
In this program you are going to learn:
- The 3 methods of using technology to transform your spoken word into text.
- Why dictation is the natural way to write.
- Why you don’t have to struggle to find your writing voice.
- How dictation frees you up to write your material anywhere! Even in a convertible with the top down!
- Why dictation produces writing that is more easily understood by the audience.
- How dictation improves your traditional keyboard writing.
- The best thing of all – that you already own the technology you need to start using dictation today!
Theta Brain Wave Music for Writers!
This album presents 17 specially engineered music tracks that guide your brain into the deep creative state known as Theta.
In this state your mind will relax and you will tap into the brilliant writing waiting to come forth.
Writing is effortless in this state of zero resistance. You will be amazed at the beauty that comes out of your fully aware, creative mind!
Headphones are recommended for the fastest, deepest experience.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL: Because the Theta state is near-sleep please do not attempt to listen while driving, walking or doing anything that requires full attention.
How to Write Your Golden Memoir!
This program contains a short video where I teach you how to write your Golden Memoir!
And you are going to “write” your Golden Memoir by dictating your life stories into a microphone or device!
You can share the stories as audio files or transcribe them into text and create a traditional book.
It is a simple process with only 3 moving parts and lots of fun! And when you are done you are going to have a record – both audio and print of your amazing life story!
The Classic Sales Letter
Welcome to the easiest way to learn copywriting.
Inside this collection are dozens of tested sales letters that have created billions in sales, subscription and donations.
Listening to these recordings is an effortless education in the rhythm and structure of copy that sells!
The streaming audio can be listened through the website on your desktop, laptop of mobile device. We encourage multiple listening sessions so your brain can absorb the magic of copywriters from years past.
The 15-Minute Writer
A simple kitchen timer may be all you need to overcome a lifetime of writer’s clock!
This recording is 15 minutes long of a simple tick-tick-tick. (It ends with a ring-a-ding-ding.)
I have used it for years to get down to work and finish what I want to write in record time. What you’re doing with this simple device is training your mind to produce high-quality creative material on-demand. Use this every day if you like – it’s part of your membership!
As a reward for signing up for the smartest, toughest and funniest business publication in the world you get instant access to these bonus programs that are waiting for you in the Exclusive Member’s Area:
MANIPULATION – Emotional Triggers that Make People Buy!
Our 6 and a half hour program that delves into the REAL drivers behind consumer purchase decisions.
People buy their own emotions they see reflected in the products and services we offer in the marketplace. The truly advanced marketer knows this and in many cases designs products specifically from scratch to answer every single emotional trigger in the customer.
The advanced and smart marketer fashions their advertising to answer and solve the emotional needs of the customer.
Using the approach we teach in this program, your copywriting dilemma is solved. Once you identify the emotions that are in your customer you can write copy that addresses these needs head-on.
Rather than be manipulative in a negative sense, the irony of addressing your customer’s emotional needs makes them feel understood and cared for!
But the fact remains that the heart of marketing is creating an emotional bond with your customer. Once you start thinking in this certain way you will enter a new stage of your marketing journey – you will be putting your customer’s needs first – and you will reap the reward!
How to Create Million Dollar Products!
Discover the SIMPLE formula behind the best selling products of the last hundred years!
This 11-plus hour program demonstrates how the formula has been used in 120 products across all niches!
We start with the treasure map to creating your own million dollar products then show, in study after study how different people have used this formula to reach millions on people.
Perhaps the most exciting part of this program is that over 100 of the case studies were individual entrepreneurs, writers and creatives from all walks of life!
Here are some of the amazing, profitable ideas waiting for you inside this breakthrough program on Product Creation:
- The stupid joke that created a best-selling product that swept America in 6 months [Page 28]
- How a famous guru turned a collection of moldy newsletters into a best-selling book – and got even more famous in the process! [Page 94]
- The controversial author who laid out a program for government mind control! [Page 233]
- How a broke ad man created a legend out of thin air, sold millions of books and became a self-fulfilling prophecy! [Page 10]
- The 4 street punks with nothing better to do who created a product that lasted 40 years [Page 75]
- The Production Assistant who launched a fitness empire with cheesy 60 second ads! [Page 23]
- The author responsible for inventing the field of sports psychology with nothing but a humble book! [Page 207]
- How two down on their luck authors turned user content into a franchise – before the Internet [Page 47]
- The fitness guru who appealed to an unserved niche – and got undying love in return! [Page 225]
- How an author reinvented an old promise, made it new and sexy and exciting – and launched his multi-decade career that is still going strong today! [Page 89]
- The bodybuilder who turned being in the right place at the right time into a 60-year franchise! [Page 163]
- The Very Bad Man who hid behind a famous charity – and collected millions in donations! [Page 42]
- The direct marketing handbook written by a convicted felon that is so gritty, so explosive it is often used but never talked about! [Page 184]
- The broke salesman who turned his failure into a bestselling book – and a second career! [Page 64]
- The flamboyant hairdresser who launched a secret society – in the back pages of comic books! [Page 20]
- The TV show that broke boundaries, birthed hundreds of bloopers and paved the way for dating apps! [Page 234]
- The so simple it’s crazy idea that relieved people of a dirty chore – and launched a billion dollar franchise! [Page 122]
- The author who used a simple questionnaire to launch the first bestselling book in the dating market! [Page 56]
- How copywriter “sexed-up” a boring topic and created a classic in his field. [Page 80]
- How an insurance company funded one of America’s largest non-profit organization – in order to sell insurance! [Page 152]
- The unknown author who wrote a book that became a best seller twice – in 2 different centuries! [Page 45]
- The soft-spoken preacher who got her book titles with group prayer! [Page 242]
- The “carny” who plagiarized a book and invented a fake religion – that still has followers today! [Page 14]
- How a genius marketing partnership transformed the boring hotplate into a billion dollar industry! [Page 223]
- The “junk” product that became a best-seller – thanks to clever positioning and celebrity endorsement! [Page 62]
- The housewife who wrote a deadly best-seller – and managed to remain anonymous for decades! [Page 196]
- The clever marketing campaign that sold a dubious fitness product! [Page 92]
- The genius naming strategy that launched a household product over 50 years ago – and is still selling today! [Page 103]
- How a husband and wife team used content curation to launch the biggest magazine in history – nearly 100 years ago! [Page 107]
- The Presbyterian minister who came to regret his infamous book that was the favorite of homegrown revolutionaries! [Page 68]
- The self-described alcoholic bum who found salvation in the public library – and wrote a bestseller! [Page 137]
- The bombastic British announcer who became the Godfather of “Wealth Porn.” [Page 32]
- The bizarre invention that became an infomercial success! [Page 139]
- The clever author whose book became a bestseller and passed around by hardcore rappers [Page 71]
- The magazine that nearly went broke, then broke out and eventually led to the creation of Saturday Night Live! [Page 192]
- The failed Presidential candidate whose book is a bestseller in the Libertarian underground. [Page 66]
- The famous artist who treated every aspect of his life like an empty canvas – made of money! [Page 215]
- The author who had 7 books on the NY Times best seller list at one time – hated by critics, loved by his customers! [Page 188]
- The female author who spoke the uncomfortable truth, made lots of enemies and millions of dedicated followers. [Page 34]
- The popular lecturer who had to be dragged, kicking and screaming to write a book – that is still in print after 90 years and 31 million copies sold! [Page 36]
- The heroic character created by a reclusive shut-in author! [Page 84]
- The Medical Doctor who defied his profession and preached THIS way of eating – that is more popular than ever! [Page 209]
- The ingenious advertising man who made a bestseller out of the most boring topic imaginable – and kept it going for 30 years! [Page 39]
- The simple business model that turned America into a nation of readers – and generated a fortune for publishing houses! [Page 109]
- The actress who wrote a taboo book on sex – that made the NY Times bestseller list – TWICE! [Page 82]
- How a forgotten chemical compound pioneered a HUGE product category – with WACKY advertising! [Page 105]
- How a savvy author sold a series of audio interviews at a premium price of over $1,000! [Page 96]
- The Methodist minister who defied everyone – and became counselor to Presidents and a bestselling author! [Page 73]
- The newsletter publisher who single-handedly created a huge niche – by understanding the market’s unmet needs! [Page 144]
- A stolen idea that was re-invented for American kids and created a phenomenon! [Page 26]
- The Greatest Re-Branding Story Ever Told! How a 2,000 year-old book was sold as new and became a runaway bestseller. [Page 126]
- The underground classic that inspired the first generation of superstar Hip-Hop artists! [Page 165]
- The very nice but extremely boring consultant who got a nation hooked on goal-setting! [Page 175]
- The MIT mathematician who taught millions to beat the casinos! [Page 161]
- The counter-culture joke that became a movement – and launched memes before the Internet was born! [Page 157]
- How a college student went viral with a unique idea – and made exactly $1,000,000! [Page 177]
- The movie director who gave birth to a nightmare that has haunted audiences for over 50 years! [Page 167]
- The relationship consultant who launched a movement by pointing out the essential differences between men and women! [Page 142]
- The renegade publisher that championed illegal activity for decades – and made a fortune in the process! [Page 205]
- The original Dr. Doom who made a career out of predicting market crashes! [Page 171]
- The rip-off name that made immediate sense to millions of fans! [Page 220]
- The publisher who created a string of successful magazines with his off-beat copy style! [Page 232]
- The Harvard professor who dropped off, dosed up and made a fortune teaching people to chill! [Page 239]
- The 250-year-old “sales letter” that gave birth to a trillion-dollar enterprise. [Page 59]
- The real estate gurus who invented the “house flipping” industry [Pages 198 and 200]
- The late night 900-number infomercial that made a star out of its paid spokesperson – who was only an actress playing a role! [Page 86]
- The government program that sounds like it came from a movie – and spawned decades of TV shows! [Page 228]
- The genius naming strategy that transformed a boring commodity product into a brand name! [Page 154]
- The self-proclaimed socialist who sold over 100 million books to Americans! [Page 173]
- How a nice, quiet couple made a thriving business out of their humble lifestyle! [Page 236]
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The Entrepreneur’s Secret Code
People who start and build a business are different from the rest. They start with an understanding that they are here to do what they want with their lives – that they are the ones who make the decision how it all turns out. Entrepreneurs understand they are the authors of their life. They know they have the ability to take action and make the world in their own image.
The Entrepreneur’s Secret Code spells out the special mindset that drives creators, builders and anyone who takes responsibility for their life.
This book, in PDF and audio format will embolden you to follow the path that you know is out there for you. It will strengthen your instinct that anything is possible and it will fortify your courage to take the action that only you can take.
Listen to the complete recording all the way through. It will revolutionize your life.
The Greatest Self-Help Book Ever Written
This recording of The Manual by Epictetus is a wonderful introduction to the 2,000 year old tradition of Stoic Philosophy. Despite it’s age it is easy to understand and incorporate into your daily life. The benefit for business owners is it confers focus and discipline and helps you stay on track when life unfolds as it usually does.
This book has been the faithful companion of leaders and statesman who turned to its wisdom to achieve greatness.
Rewrite Your Money Script in 8 Minutes
This 8-minute track features 54 hypnotic language patterns based on the work of Dr. Milton Erickson.
Repeated listening will help you shift your deep-seated money beliefs so that you will expect and happily receive more money thank you ever expected!
A downloadable workbook is also included – for you to write out your own hypnotic money patterns that will have the most meaning to you.
SWAG – Start Winning Action Guide!
This is a tough-love book. It is designed to get you of the rut you find yourself in.
SWAG features 165 self-defeating behaviors you can put a stop to today.
The sections are short and they hit hard.
Here are some of the highlights:
- Start Winning, Stop Avoiding Responsibility
- Start Winning, Stop Neglecting Your Best Interest
- Start Winning, Stop Thinking “Things Will Work Out for the Best”
- Start Winning, Stop Living in Denial
- Start Winning, Stop Overlooking the Awesome Power of Choice
The Philosophy of Kings!
Here are 10 Special Reports about a very important topic – YOU.
The Philosophy of Kings centers on the idea of Ownership.
It’s premise is that you were born the Owner of your life. Yet you were not trained to understand this, and certainly not to act on it.
The Philosophy of Kings teaches 3 principles:
- You can live the life you desire. Your first obligation is to yourself.
- In order to do so, you have to disentangle yourself from obligations that do not belong to you – obligations that keep you from your true desires.
- The easiest way to do this is to take Ownership of your life, perhaps for the first time. You do this by asserting, “I am the Owner.”
Power of Will 21-Day Course
This 21-Day Course on the Power of Will is meant to be listened to over and over – like for 21-days in a row.
You have Will.
You are, indeed, a Will in the World.
You have used it at times. It is always there, waiting for you.
And when you awaken your Will, and work to strengthen it within yourself – you become unstoppable.
A printable PDF is also included in this program.
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