Can I research certain proven techniques for a product?

KelvinN · 14th Sep 2014, 09:57 PM

I'm planning on creating a health product for either meditation or fitness. I was also thinking about making another MMO eBook and making a landing page for it also with a PPC campaign, as I've made one before and made a really bad Youtube video advertising my 3 post blog and eBooks that ended up getting around 400 views with one person who bought the eBook which was $19.99, so I know conversion rates for MMO are decent, especially if you advertise correctly and efficiently.
As of now I'm planning on making a health website that posts articles related to general health, fitness, dieting, and meditation. With a forum, and a "Ask A Question" section where users can ask health-related questions and other users can answer (or admins).
This sites main purpose would be to form a community in the health niche, I wouldn't want to monetize them and spam them with payed offers too much, therefore I probably would create my own products that are related to those categories and put them for around $20-$100 and create little ads for them on the side of my site that redirect to my squeeze pages.

My main question is: am I legally allowed to take useful information off other sites on the internet that provide legitimate beneficial information that I can put into my own words into an eBook/Video series that I could sell? Or do I actually have to create my own method or something o.o?

Jamestt89 · 16th Sep 2014, 08:04 AM

Using factual information for your own product is fine. As long as it is made by you from scratch. Copying someone's technique down to a T is not fine. You can use someone else's information as inspiration for your own product freely as long as you do your own research an if it is a topic you know a lot about. If not, you will probably be copying more than creating your own work.

AnthonyCapetola · 16th Sep 2014, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by Jamestt89

Using factual information for your own product is fine. As long as it is made by you from scratch. Copying someone's technique down to a T is not fine. You can use someone else's information as inspiration for your own product freely as long as you do your own research an if it is a topic you know a lot about. If not, you will probably be copying more than creating your own work.

THIS

You have to think about authority when it comes to how quality your site and content are. Even if you try and reword other people's work you could easily overlook a few things which could trigger multiple search queries.

If you have expert, professional experience in any of the fields you want to build a website for then why would you steal someone else's work?

You'll also have to do some form of eCommerce for actual "products" you sell. If they are products and not just eBooks which most people have devices for now (iPad, Kindle) and are a very good way to lose money in PPC.

14th Sep 2014, 09:57 PM	#1
KelvinN Active Warrior Join Date: 2014 Posts: 54 Thanks: 51 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Can I research certain proven techniques for a product? Share on: I'm planning on creating a health product for either meditation or fitness. I was also thinking about making another MMO eBook and making a landing page for it also with a PPC campaign, as I've made one before and made a really bad Youtube video advertising my 3 post blog and eBooks that ended up getting around 400 views with one person who bought the eBook which was $19.99, so I know conversion rates for MMO are decent, especially if you advertise correctly and efficiently. As of now I'm planning on making a health website that posts articles related to general health, fitness, dieting, and meditation. With a forum, and a "Ask A Question" section where users can ask health-related questions and other users can answer (or admins). This sites main purpose would be to form a community in the health niche, I wouldn't want to monetize them and spam them with payed offers too much, therefore I probably would create my own products that are related to those categories and put them for around $20-$100 and create little ads for them on the side of my site that redirect to my squeeze pages. My main question is: am I legally allowed to take useful information off other sites on the internet that provide legitimate beneficial information that I can put into my own words into an eBook/Video series that I could sell? Or do I actually have to create my own method or something o.o?

16th Sep 2014, 08:04 AM	#2
Jamestt89 Active Warrior Join Date: 2014 Location: United Kingdom (currently in Canada) Posts: 57 Thanks: 11 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Can I research certain proven techniques for a product? Share on: Using factual information for your own product is fine. As long as it is made by you from scratch. Copying someone's technique down to a T is not fine. You can use someone else's information as inspiration for your own product freely as long as you do your own research an if it is a topic you know a lot about. If not, you will probably be copying more than creating your own work.