If you ever won­dered how to out­source your work using new and cre­ative ways that get it done faster, cheaper, bet­ter, and eth­i­cally, too, then you need to watch this video.

Called “crowd­sourc­ing,” this rel­a­tively new out­sourc­ing tech­nique — I say “rel­a­tively,” as the term may be new but the tech­nique is as old as out­sourc­ing itself — enables you to cull spe­cific skills from the pub­lic at large.

Often, for lit­tle to no cost.

Whether you’re out­sourc­ing already, plan­ning on doing so, or just want to save time and money, this is for you. Crowd­sourc­ing also allows you to bypass free­lance bid­ding sites that can turn out to be expen­sive and risky, often with less than desir­able results.

This two-​​hour train­ing video is com­pletely free.

In it, Sylvie exposes some of the best-​​kept secrets to get stuff done. Some of which have never been revealed until now. It was orig­i­nally recorded from a pri­vate online webi­nar to our Suc­cess Chef stu­dents, but we’re mak­ing it avail­able for the first time.

The video might be free, but you must reg­is­ter to watch it, as we high­light Suc­cess Chef Uni­ver­sity in the back­end because that’s where the video comes from. How­ever, you get imme­di­ate access to this video on the next page. You can unsub­scribe eas­ily, anytime.

Click here to watch this amaz­ing video.

I’m back from New Zealand. We had a chance to eat at The Orbit, a rotat­ing restau­rant at the top of the Sky Tower with our friend and copy­writ­ing whiz Alan For­rest Smith.

Now that I’m back, I have a some­thing for you.

You’ve prob­a­bly read my last blog post about this seem­ing “intu­itive skill” some mar­keters seem to have when find­ing red-​​hot niches online — or con­firm­ing if yours is viable and prof­itable, and how to sell more. It’s the first and most impor­tant step in Suc­cess Chef.

It took my wife Sylvie Fortin over nine long months to put together. You get close to five hours of stream­ing lessons with tons of resources. And it’s get­ting rave reviews!

Well, I finally had time to write some copy and put up a rough web page that explains it in much greater detail. I’m still work­ing on it. I’ve added a com­plete course descrip­tion, a list of what’s included, and an extra bonus not men­tioned before.

So please check it out and let us know what you think!

Click here for a course descrip­tion and more.

Pre­am­ble: In response to some excel­lent rebut­tals as well as count­less com­ments I’ve received on my pre­vi­ous post, “The Real Sin­is­ter Side of Forced Con­ti­nu­ity,” I believe some peo­ple are miss­ing the point of my argu­ment, and I want to clar­ify a few things.

I’m not a lawyer by any stretch. But as a copy­writer and busi­ness owner, I do know the rules enough to know that there’s a dif­fer­ence between “optional con­ti­nu­ity,” “forced con­ti­nu­ity,” and “hid­den continuity.”

Optional con­ti­nu­ity is self-​​explanatory. Forced con­ti­nu­ity is a very com­mon mar­ket­ing prac­tice (I’m not a fan of it, but I don’t mind it). In fact, there’s noth­ing wrong with forced con­ti­nu­ity in and of itself.

What’s wrong is when it’s used in a wrong way.

The real prob­lem, I believe, is that good mar­keters, includ­ing mar­keters using “forced con­ti­nu­ity” in an eth­i­cal and legit­i­mate way, are get­ting a bad rep­u­ta­tion because some mar­keters unscrupu­lously mis­use forced continuity.

The lack of trans­parency is the real cul­prit — such as hid­ing it or dis­guis­ing it. Espe­cially when it’s done on pur­pose. That annoys me. Because it’s no longer an issue of mis­use. It’s out-​​and-​​out abuse.

But what both­ers me more is how it affects us all. And it affects us all, both cus­tomers and mar­keters alike, in more ways than you think.

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Free­lance copy­writ­ers are an inter­est­ing bunch. They prac­tice the art of sales­man­ship in print, yet have dif­fi­culty sell­ing them­selves. They strug­gle when it comes to self-​​promotion.

So instead of being well-​​fed and con­tent, they often go hun­gry. Why is this?

I believe it comes down to three fun­da­men­tal defi­cien­cies. I observed these in myself when I was get­ting started a few years ago. I have con­tin­ued to observe them in other copy­writ­ers who are launch­ing new free­lance careers.

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As I’m prepar­ing for Gary Halbert’s shindig in Miami this week­end, then to Carl Galletti’s in Vegas the fol­low­ing week, I had a chance to reflect on the past month. Many things have hap­pened in my life of late, and I am more focused on work than ever before.

One of them is the launch of an upcom­ing mega-​​product on mar­ket­ing for copy­writ­ers, co-​​authored with my friend and asso­ciate, John Angelache, which will be sold at Free​lance​Copy​writ​ing​Prof​its​.com.

This course is the most elab­o­rate, com­pre­hen­sive, jam-​​packed, step-​​by-​​step info­prod­uct I have ever released in my life.

Here’s why…

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