Whether you are writing an article or book, or recording video or giving a live presentation, you need to show yourself as an authority on your subject, otherwise there is no point. Luckily, if you do even a minimal amount of research on a niche topic, you can sound like you are a full-fledged expert, by using the A.S.K. system for establishing authority:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA8-C6ut5_0

The first thing you need to do is do exactly as I have done in this article,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OB5WZXCUJc

You send traffic to a squeeze page and people opt-in to a list. Then you send them more free info over time to build trust, and eventually start hitting them with offers related to that niche.

How the heck do you get traffic to that list?

Method 1: Join forums in that niche and post real content. Don't mention your site, don't try to sell people on anything, just participate in conversations and get people to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUe8X...e=channel_page

Affiliate sales are your ticket to an income that runs on autopilot. It might be fun to launch a few products on your own, write a bunch of articles and optimize pay-per-click campaigns, but at some point that is going to become boring, almost like a chore. Wouldn't it be great to hand the reigns over to someone else, to have someone else focus on the marketing while you sit back, collect the money, and only deal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ZJAzMs2Jo

Do you want to speak on stage someday or host your own seminars? You can use the power of screen capture software (like Jing or Camtasia) to create your products faster and improve your public speaking skills.

My formula: record a video for a paid product, if I don't have time for that, keep the video rolling while I do something to improve my business... and don't stop the camera until I'm done. (This REALLY keeps me on task.)...