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Book Description

13 Dec 2010

CONTENTS

Keeping Up With The Beckhams
Why the likes of David Beckham make so much money and why you don't

Work Is A Four Letter Word
Why working for a living is not really living at all

Three Ways To Make More Money
There are only three ways to make more money - two are for wage slaves

Time Management Made Easy
Why most time management products don't work

The Magic Of Numbers
How you can use the miracle of compounding to make better use of your time and make more money for less work

Nobody's Fool
Why you should avoid business opportunities that require a greater fool to come along

It's Not Who You Know . . .
In today's world, it's what you know not who you know that counts

Plan B
Plan B - how to spend less time working while making more money

No job. Just eBay.
How eBay can provide you with both experience in making money online and a good income to boot

How To Start Your First Internet Business In Less Than An Hour
One hour later and you are in business!

You Don't Need No Rich Dad
Why I don't build pipelines or carry buckets

How Does Your Garden Grow?
How to develop an online business from an acorn to a might oak tree

Show Me The Money
How to make money from a website

What's In A Name?
The importance of domain names to your online business and as an investment opportunity

Google Is Your New Best Friend
Why high search engine rankings will deliver customers to your door 365 days of the year - and how to get them

How To Earn Money By Asking Visitors To Leave Your Website
Affiliate marketing and how you can earn commissions by selling products and services for thousands of online retailers

The Sea Monkey That Builds Websites
Free web building software and an easy to follow walkthrough showing you how to build a simple website using it

Let Google Pay Your Mortgage
How incorporating Google Adsense into your web pages can pay off big time

Get Out While You Can
The obligatory final chapter - and a call to arms


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Product details

  • Paperback: 440 pages
  • Publisher: Geronimo Books; First edition (13 Dec 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0953593215
  • ISBN-13: 978-0953593217
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (186 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"The good thing about this book is that it holds your hand all the way. It really is a blueprint which shows you how to get out while you can. If you follow the advice and work through the process of making Plan B a reality, then this book could well be the best investment you will ever make." --Kay McMahon, BritishExpat.com

"If you are serious about escaping the rat race, or you just want to make some extra money on the side, then I would highly recommend you buy Get Out While You Can." --John Crickett, Business Opportunities And Ideas

About the Author

Karl Marx got it wrong. Religion isn't the opium of the masses. Work is.

We live in a society based on wage slavery. Every day millions of people go to work as wage slaves. Why they do this isn't as obvious as you might think. They do so not to earn money. They do so because that is what is expected of them.

From the day we are born we are sold the lie that is Plan A. Work hard at school, secure a good job, set your sights on promotion, climb the corporate ladder, live happily ever after. The problem being very few of us do live happily ever after.

For far too many people the reality of Plan A is this. Working longer and longer hours just to make ends meet, condemned to a life of wage slavery, drowning in sea of debt, poverty of mind and spirit, existing merely to work.

Plan A didn't even work for most people during the so-called good times.

With the current economic problems we face, and the far bigger ones ahead (an ageing population, peak oil, climate change, the looming pension crisis to name but a few), it's more vital than ever that we at least consider alternatives to "earning a living".

Maverick economist and internet entrepreneur, George Marshall, thinks work is a four letter word.

He thinks we are all mad to spend 40 or more hours every week for 40 or more years of our lives "earning a living". Especially when we don't have to.

In our frantic bid to earn enough money we don't realise that in return for a wage packet we trade our most valuable possession. Our time.

The big mistake we make is to sell our time by the hour. Instead we should be doing what movie stars do. Do an hour's work and then allow that hour's work to make us money for days, weeks, months, years even, to come.

We can't all be movie stars unfortunately, but thanks to the information age, anyone who can turn on a computer can put their time to work for them just like those movie stars do.

George Marshall has spent the last six years excavating an escape tunnel that leads directly away from the rat race. He calls it Plan B and he thinks it's an escape route you might want to explore for yourself.

It won't bring the wage slave society crashing down, but for tens of thousands of people just like you, it may just provide the blueprint for the life of endless possibility that you were born to lead.

George has developed a Plan B that will help you make more money by working less hours.

His complete blueprint for escaping the rat race will show you exactly how to make money by building simple information-based websites and then monetising them through advertising, Google Adsense and affiliate marketing.

More good news - he writes in Plain English!

Plan B is a simply yet revolutionary idea. And it's this. Get out while you can.


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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a complet picture. 4 Jan 2012
By San
Format:Paperback
The book is about how to earn money online by using Internet marketing such as Google Adsense or Affiliate methods. The writer seems to have forgotten that while it is possible to earn money online, it is definitely not easy money.

Pros: Gives you basic knowledge of Internet Marketing.
Mentions free tools and methods you can use.
Good and inspiring read at times.
If you are completely new to Internet Marketing and contents creating then this book tries to show you some ropes.
Examples of his own web ventures to assure it is possible.

Cons: Only the second half of the book is useful in a practical way.
Repetitive at times.
Doesn't mentions any legal issues which you have to comply to if you create a website or blog for earning purpose. For example Google Adsense requires every website which shows its Adsense Program to have a Privacy Policy. No mention for such issue. Neither is for Terms and Conditions of a website.
It fails to tell you that the reality of living off the net requires a good understanding of SEO, be able to use the website or blog creating tools competently, ample amount of time, and dedication.

On the whole, the book is OK if you are new in IM or hoping to take your first step, but then there is nothing new which is not already on the net for free.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Stephen Emm TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I think this is a great book to fire the imagination of those wanting to get out of the rat-race and head off, captaining their own ship.
George tells you a little about himself, entrepreneurial beginnings and his increasingly successful forays into the internet marketing world.

There is a lot of introductory material regarding building affiliate websites, including the actual location of products with affiliate programs, the purchasing of domain names and the construction of websites.
This is all good stuff - but don't go thinking that this is a blueprint to affiliate marketing riches. It takes a lot more in-depth work to identify a paying market and then monetise your site. You'll end up competing with other affiliate marketers and you will need to become clued up on many other subjects: Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (if you want to buy your website traffic rather than get it 'organically').

There is also almost no material about setting up a business itself and, whilst its true that you should concentrate on actually making some money first, once you're up and running, you'll need to make sure you've got your accounts in order - the VAT man (and HM Revenue and Customs in general) is not someone you want to get on the wrong side of.

I think this is a great inspirational book for making people sit up and *want* to strike out on their own. But, as with all these type of books, people should read them with the understanding that these are introductory teasers to a different way of working. There are many many areas of knowledge that you will need to "flesh out" if you want to truly set-up on your own and become successful. I think the best advice I could give is - be prepared to work a lot harder in the initial months/years if you set up on your own - you will hold every position in your business - from the CEO right down to the Cleaner. It can be hugely satisfying and rewarding - but like most things that are worth having - it takes time and effort to achieve.
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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars For Beginners in Internet Marketing 9 Jan 2012
By vonne
Format:Paperback
I bought this book perhaps foolishly thinking that it would be different from the many emails I have received in the past promising riches from Internet Marketing with a. little money b.little knowledge and c.little or no effort.

The content of this book relies heavily on quotes, past stories of internet start-ups and famous people e.g. David Beckham. I had to read through over 100 pages of questioning work ethics and stories about David Beckham before getting to the meat of the sandwich. Once I got into the meat I was then confronted with too many pages on how to set-up a Word Press website - frustrating as if I wanted to know how to setup a Word Press or website I would either bought a book on that subject or searched for this information 'free' on the internet.

For someone who knows anything about Internet Marketing there is nothing new here. If you know very little or nothing about Internet Marketing this could be an okay book for you, however - most of this information is freely available on the internet, and you will still need considerable start-up capital, lots of knowledge and so much more time and effort than 1 hour a day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars At last-a straight talking british author
George talks about the traps of expecting a comfortable life as a wage slave. This makes you like a business with only one customer, who will then do what he likes with you. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. M. Sells
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book !
I really enjoyed the book. I have decided to get out of this rat race. This book has given me the information, motivation and a belief that i can do it. Loved it.
Published 2 months ago by Natgags
4.0 out of 5 stars Half the Book is Absolutely Perfect
In the vein of "The 4 Hour Workweek", Get Out While You Can is a book encouraging you not to continue as a wage slave, and to find a way to make yourself multiple revenue... Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Finance Guy UK
4.0 out of 5 stars Get out of what !!!!!!!!
Like it so much that I bought the book, after reading the Kindle copy.
The reason for this was to enable easy reference for items mentioned in the book / kindle. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Robert
1.0 out of 5 stars Very poor
This book rambles on with no direction, lack of ideas and was a total waste of money.
It tells you nothing that you dont already know and its bordering on patronising. Read more
Published 9 months ago by andrea
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book BUT is needs some serious editing
Good book when you finally get to the interesting and informative bits and when he stops going on about the Beckhams. Needs some serious editing.
Published 9 months ago by chappers
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Feelings
First of all, I strongly agree with the comments that the first half of this book was incredibly hard-going to read. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andrew E
1.0 out of 5 stars Recipe to make money; write book promising miracles.
The author has written a catchy title, promising a way out of the 9-5 grind. For the first half of this book, he further captures your imagination with some effective motivational... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Slapup
1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Tripe
I bought this book for someone who wanted to get out of the rat race.
I thought I might as well read it as it had 150 5 star reviews. Read more
Published 11 months ago by klonky
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, informative, relevant and current!
As technology advances, traditional jobs are disappearing and the world of work as we know it is changing. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Bonasm
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