Make money by teaching

Anybody can blog. Not anybody can teach.

This is the challenge posed by Slideshare.net, which allows people to easily, free of charge, upload their PowerPoint presentations.

I think most people will find it easier to make money with Slideshare than with Blogger, for the simple reason that instructional materials are usually more valued and valuable than a blog.

Note: you can access all my teaching materials by searching, on Slideshare.net, for "superpeter."

I plan to create a Personal Library of Useful Knowledge (PLUK). I use that sonorous acronym because "pluck," in fact, means:

To pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.

That is, I read tons of books and magazines, and extract the best knowledge which I then share with subscribers.

One great thing about Slideshare is that you can see WHICH presentations of yours are most popular, by looking at the number of views. At the same time, the number of views will reveal the truth about whether your uploaded knowledge is useful or not.

Some readers may ask, "Why not use YouTube, where you can hear sounds or a voice?"

Actually, you can use Gcast to create the voice-over for your PowerPoint presentations on Slideshare. Just include the link to the Gcast audio clip on the first page of your PowerPoint presentation.

A second reason why Slideshare seems better than YouTube is that visitors to the Slideshare site are in a "learning mood" so they might appreciate your submissions more, whereas YouTube visitors usually are looking for entertainment or music.

Finally, you can't upload a PowerPoint file on YouTube. You would have to use a video capture software to convert the PowerPoint file into a video file, then upload it.