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bdunn on Sept 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: $15,000 In Income From An EBook, How I Did It

There is more to success than the income.

1) You build a mailing list of people who have bought from you in the past. HUGE value here.

2) You get some extra personal brand exposure. Invitations to speak at conferences, podcast interviews, and so on.

3) Passive income is the gift that keeps on giving.

jbigelow76 on Sept 19, 2012 [–]

Good points but don't forget that he probably also increased his expertise in Ruby which itself drives value in his consulting work.

tomjen3 on Sept 19, 2012 | [–]

Not necessarily.

But it certainly increased his percieved value.

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