Big News at ePubDaily (or why I’ve been slacking off)
Let’s just say things are about to change here.
Here’s the scoop: I am in the final stages of selling the intellectual assets of ePubDaily.
Yup, I have been developing a variety of info products on info products - ebooks, reports, screencasts and audio products. Hundreds of hours and many megabytes later …
And I’m offloading it all! Why?
An offer. Money. Too good to refuse. Lets sign the papers. Lets head to the bar and celebrate. But let me bank the cheque first. :)
And that is about it. There is a non-disclosure aspect to this deal as well as a no-competition clause, which I’m happy to abide by (well I have to, don’t I).
I still own the ePubDaily domain and the contents and I’ll still be posting here - just a bit differently.
ePubDaily will turn into more of a resource, a review center and link out to useful stuff regarding information publishing. It won’t be as focused on active news.
The plan is to bring you the most useful tools, sites, and resources from around the web.
Further to all of this, is my desire to start making my own info products (once again) - not related to info products. I like going through the cycle of researching an idea and all that goes with it. This deal lets me do that.
I have previously ghost-written 7 eBooks which did their owners quite well - some more so than others. Now it’s my turn.
But this new aspect deserves a new website/blog - I’ll let you know when.
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BTW, have you visited my new(ish) blog - The Blog Columnist? Take a looksee and don’t foeget my weekly column over at The Blog Herald.
Hope the new direction at ePubDaily is to your liking.
6 Responses to “Big News at ePubDaily (or why I’ve been slacking off)”
By Mike on Sep 20, 2006 | Reply
Congrats to you Martin !
I’ve been hoping to sell a couple of our 18 blogs, so your sale gives me hope.
Good luck with the new direction.
By Martin Neumann on Sep 20, 2006 | Reply
Thanks Mike,
Technically it wasn’t a sale of a blog, but the assets that I had built up in it (ie: lots of developed content and info products). But the face of the business, which was the blog, definately got it across the line.
The blog/domain is still mine.
Cool, that my sale can give others hope. I know if done correctly one can sell a blog.
What I learnt from this…
Rule #1 - Do it privately. Don’t go public. I’d rather have 10 serious potential buyers than 100+ tyre-kickers all speculating on the net.
Other higher profile blog sales were done too publicly and were bascially a shambles.
I simply let it spread amongst my network (and offered a commission so that that network spread) that I was interested in selling, got a few interested parties who went over it all with a fine tooth comb, negotiated over Skype/IM for many an hour and signed the papers. There was no huff and puff and ego publicity about it.
I’ve started and sold many small enterprises before (nothing in the millions or that sort of thing, but good enough for me) - after selling the sale, you have to roll up your sleeves and get the deal through.
Hey, I should write a feature post on this - “How to Sell your Blog”. :)
or … better yet, I can see an info product in that! :)
By HART (1-800-HART) on Sep 20, 2006 | Reply
Congrats! And, let me guess what this *New and Improved* site or spinoff to this severred domain could be named…HomeOfficeVoice?
Full Circle Mate. Start over and do it all again :D
By Martin Neumann on Sep 20, 2006 | Reply
Thanks Hart … and this time you’re off the mark - HomeOfficeVoice still runs but as an ad-hoc review of tools for small business but I’m not planning much with it - it generates a decent chunk of advertising revenue for only 3-4 hours work a week.
The spinoff blog is completely new - well not new - I’ve had the domain for a while to gather up some pagerank, but is a new venture.
Lets just say I plan to Kickstart some serious Press with it. ;)
By Mike on Sep 20, 2006 | Reply
BTW - Martin… did you ever finish those ebook templates ?
Are they part of the sale ?
By Martin Neumann on Sep 21, 2006 | Reply
Mike … 90% finished (some hassles at elance) but … they’re part of the sale.
Sorry, mate - that’s business. The buyers really liked that aspect of it. I had some good designs made up based on my sketched ideas but I have a serious lack of design skills - hence heading over to elance.
Sorry for the teasing along, but at the time I first announced this sale was not on the horizon.