Hi:

My name is Ernie Zelinski.

I am an innovator, international best-selling author, and entrepreneur specializing in creating content for books, e-books, calendars, and websites.

My books have sold over 625,000 copies worldwide and have been published in over 20 languages. I have negotiated 107 book deals with publishers in 27 different countries.

I specialize in the areas of creativity, retirement, and entrepreneurship.

I would like to establish partnerships with organizations such as financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies that are targeting the baby-boomer market. 

Organizations that want to present a more holistic message about retirement can benefit from my innovative content.

I can help your company create COOLNESS, GOODNESS, and AWARENESS with its target market.

One important point about content for the Internet and newsletters: The common adage used by marketing gurus is "CONTENT IS KING."

In fact, in today's internet world, "SNACKABLE CONTENT IS KING." This is an important distinction.

I have just completed an illustrated gift book called The Joy of Being Retired: 365 Reasons Why Retirement Rocks that presents a positive message about retirement utilizing "snackable content."

I am willing to license the content from The Joy of Being Retired to any organization that would like to post a positive one-a-day message about the joys of retirement on their website or in their newsletter.

I have several other books that can be customized for any client's specific message to its customers including:

Major organizations such as Allstate Financial and the Syncrude Corporation have purchased thousands of copies of my international bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free as a premium gift book to give to retiring employees and baby-boomer clients. Here are some of the numbers purchased by various organizations:

• Allstate Financial —  3,750 copies 
• Syncrude Corporation —  1,100 copies 
• Strathcona County —  120 copies 
• Ford Motor Co. —  250 copies 
• Life Planning Works —  500 copies 
• Nettworth Financial Inc. —  1,800 copies 

My various websites get about 2,000 unique visitors a day. The visitors come wholly from organic retirement-related searches, mainly from Google and Yahoo. I have never used PPC to get traffic.

I am willing to partner with any organization that wants to target their message to the visitors to my more than 20 websites.

Following are a few of my websites:

• The Retirement Cafe 
• Retirement Quotes Cafe
• Real Success Resource Center 
• VIP Books Promotional Giveaways   
• How to Retire Happy                  
• The Joy of Not Working              
• The Friendship Cafe                   
• The Joy of Being Retired            

I am also interested in proposals from anyone who would like to market my intellectual property and creative works for partnerships with major corporations on a commission basis.

Contact Information

   E-mail Addresses:            vip-books  telus.net

                                                or success101coach  yahoo.com

                                                Phone 780-434-9202

Some of the Things That Have Been Said

“Ernie Zelinski helps others find the time to live.”
— Boston Herald"

"Take inspiration from the success of Ernie Zelinski."
— Leslie Whitaker, Philadelphia Inquirer

“This Zelinski guy knows how to write prose that has the potential
to become those old proverbs everyone repeats."
— Herb Denenberg, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin 

“Get this book [How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free]
if you look forward to a retirement with 'zing!' ”
— Nancy Paradis, St. Petersburg Times, Florida

"Next to the Bible it [ How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free]
may be the most inspiring book I have read."
— Richard Thibeault, Pointe Claire, Quebec

“To be sure, retirement books are a glutted field, but most focus on
money and financial planning. They view the finish line as the last day
of employment. That’s where Zelinski’s [retirement book] begins.”
— Jonathan Chevreau, National Post

“I have learned much from Ernie.”
— Azizi Ali, Multimillionaire, Best-Selling Author,
and Professional Speaker

"If he was in a different kind of business, he'd be one of those
 successful entrepreneurs on the covers of magazines."
— Sharon Budnarchuk, Owner Audrey's Books, Edmonton

My Top-10 Specialties

1. Innovator and Creator — I am a specialist in helping Corporations increase awareness and exude COOLNESS AND GOODNESS by having them give away my Premium Gift Books to clients and employees.

2. International Best-Selling Author — My best-selling books have sold over 625,000 Copies worldwide.

3. Early Retirement — I semi-retired when I was 35 and had a net worth of minus $30,000! I know that this may sound impossible to some people, but it was possible because my retirement plan has always been better than most.

4. Solo-Entrepreneurship — "Secure Career" is not part of my vocabulary!

5. Publishing and Marketing — All of my Best-Sellers had to be self-published because they were all rejected by major publishers. That's okay because I make a lot more money by self-publishing.

6. Foreign Book Rights Sales — I have negotiated 107 Book Deals in 27 different countries without going to the Frankfurt Book Fair where major publishers go for foreign rights deals.

7. Public Speaking — Only when I feel like it, get paid to fly Business Class, and get to stay at Hotels such as the Ritz-Carlton in Istanbul, the Chateau Lake Louise, the Banff Springs, and the Pacific Palisades in Vancouver!

8. Living the 80/20 Way — Working 4 or 5 Hours a day and still earning a better living than 90 percent of the corporate world.

9. Unconventional Career Expert — I advise people on how not to work hard and how to avoid working in corporations by working smart and by being innovative.

10. World-Class Leisureologist — A major newspaper, in fact, called me a "world-class loafer" but I have chosen to change this title a bit. Although I like working, I don't believe anyone should have to work more than 4 or 5 Hours a day. So leave the relaxing to me if you are too busy to do it yourself!