When my online friend, Deb Ng, first approached me about her ebook – Beyond Blogging: Using Your Blogging Skills for Bigger and Better Things – I was immediately intrigued. So, with a brief chat and a request – she sent me a review copy, which I didn’t get to read thoroughly until recently due to my crazy changing schedules and lifestyle.

Anyway, admittedly, my initial expectation was to read something that’s more on the “inspirational” side of blogging. Perhaps, it was due to the title “Beyond Blogging” and the subtitle “… for Bigger and Better Things.” While the book does have an inspirational feel and effect, the main message of the ebook is primarily about how to make the most out of blogging by using it in business and/or making money from blogs in various ways.

Once that message is established, the rest of the ebook reads in an easy, practical manner. It offers a few useful tips to break in to professional blogging — and how to turn your own blogs in to a profit centre. Or perhaps, use your own blogs to land other lucrative jobs.   

Here’s the basic outline of the ebook (with my short commentaries):

Chapter 1: Blogging for Dollars (an overview of different ways bloggers make money with their blogs, such as affiliate marketing, etc).

Chapter 2: Blogging Skills (these are the different things bloggers do and/or use to become effective in what they do)

Chapter 3: Beyond Blogging: Where your blogging skills can take you (offers an interesting array of blogging-related jobs that you might be able to land)

Chapter 4: Where and How to find “Beyond Blogging” Jobs (includes a list of blogging job boards)

Conclusion

Anyway, if you’re interested, Deb’s book is currently for sale at US$10.

Also, Deb has kindly offered one (1) free copy of Beyond Blogging to JMMO readers. If you’re keen, just leave a comment in this post and answer the question: Why do you like blogs/blogging?

Deadline for this giveaway is on Monday, 9th March 2009. All commenters’ names will be put in to a virtual hat – and we’ll announce the lucky winner next via random draw.

Good luck!

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Beyond Blogging: An eBook Review (+a Giveaway!)

Fellow b5er and JMMO reader Deb Ng pointed out two important things for anyone who wish to make money online:

1) Do your research. No matter how easy something looks, research every angle. See what others are saying and know the ins and outs, pros and cons. Then decide whether or not it’s worth your time.

2) Do not expect anything to happen overnight or even right away. For many online money making opportunities, money doesn’t even start to trickle in for a few months. Don’t expect to get rich overnight, because the only time that happens is with a scam.

— in response to Your Advice to Someone Who is Trying to Make Money Online; slightly edited from original post for readability

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It’s always great whenever I find interesting comments from readers and visitors to this blog. And sometimes, I wish to refer to those tips and ideas. So, I decided to feature some of the best ones that I found here on Just Make Money Online.

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Reader Advice: Research + Perseverance = Success