Getting paid for sharing your area of expertise

I met up with Dana this afternoon and shared with her about 2 of the ebooks I have written and sold online over the last 1 year.

The first ebook I wrote was on How to get refunds from Public Listed companies and the second ebook was The Guide to Mystery Shopping in Malaysia and Brunei.

The first ebook was all about the philosophies about complaints and a collection of emails I wrote to companies like AirAsia, Carrefour and Telekom Malaysia. This ebook was sold for just RM7 or US$2 and most people who bought this ebook, have some unresolved complaints and were looking for some tips.

The second ebook and most recent was about how to get paid to shop at Body Shop, pump petrol at Exxon Mobil and eat at KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, A & W and Sushi King in Malaysia and Brunei. This ebook is priced at RM97 as with this ebook, I reveal the 2 best companies that have the most assignments and many secrets that has earned me between RM500 and RM1,500 monthly over the last 5 months.

Most people are experts in their fields, having done the same job or hobby for the last 5, 10 and even 20 years. And people are willing to buy your story, if only you can put your thoughts and experiences into the written word.

Will you try and have some hope for succees?. Well if you don't try, you have certainly failed anyway.

My first 12 page special report - first sale within 12 hours

2 weeks ago, I wrote in my weekly email about a refund from AirAsia, for a complaint I had made. In that email, I explained about how I have been successful in making complaints against Giant supermarkets, Carrefour stores, our billion dollar Telecom giant and now the best in Asia low cost airline Airasia.

In summary, Giant gave me a free TV, Carrefour gave me refunds in the hundreds, Telecom Malaysia rebated me just over a thousand and Airasia just refunded me close to three hundred dollars.

In the weekly email, I offered to share a special 12 page report containing the actual emails and the psychology of how people percievel complaints. I hope that by sharing my success in getting the refunds I wanted, it would help the small consumers like you and me.

To cut the story short, it was fun compiling my emails and writing some notes, and having lots of people buy me a coffee (or send me 7 bucks for a this special report.

Only goes to show, all of us have some special skills that other people will gladly pay, to know more about.