My 500th post - 5 Fast Product Research Techniques

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I was going to turn out the lights and go to sleep when I suddenly realized I had 499 posts.

But how could I go to sleep after seeing that?

I decided to write down 5 of many techniques I use for fast product research.

So here we go:

1. A Google search:
+filetype: pdf +"table of contents" +"put your topic here"

(there must not be a space between filetype: and pdf, but the forum software automatically turned that into a smiley face if I wrote it like it should be written - +filetype:pdf)

This will pull up pdfs written by people who have cared enough about their content to write a table of contents


2. Amazon.com Look inside
Search for your topic. Click on the books that have a "Look inside"-icon. Look at the table of contents page of the book, and take notes.


3. Google image search:
Go to Google Images. Search for your topic +ecover

Example:
+"viral marketing" +ecover - Google Images

Click on an image. You will many times be sent to a sales page. Take notes for bullet points etc. to make your own product.


4. Google for similar words:
You may want to find all sorts of tutorials, guides and so on for a topic. Use ~ in front of the word you want to include similar words to.

Example:
+"paypal button" +~tutorial
+"paypal button" +~tutorial - Google Search


5. Amazon book reviews for product research:
Amazon book reviews can be good sources for getting useful information to make your own product.

Example: You want to find reviews of books about blogging, but only for those books that have 10 reviews or more:

Google search criteria for such a search can be:

+"10..100000 customer reviews" +site:www.amazon.com +blogging - Google Search=

Hope some more warriors will tell their most used product research methods!

Regards,
Bjarne Eldhuset
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin Y
    I never thought about using Google image search. Thanks for the tip.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    excellent post - looking forward to 500 more.
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  • Profile picture of the author ppbiz
    Well done, lol it has taken me 6 months to write 30 odd posts- by the time I get to 500 at this rate I'll be old and grey :p

    I use the amazon tip too- can give you a great outline to plan your research around...

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  • Profile picture of the author dre94114
    Good idea about checking the customer reviews on Amazon, never thought of that before..I'm off to do that now! Congratulations on 500 posts!
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  • Profile picture of the author 2d0k
    Thanks for the post.. How was your sleep after?
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    • Profile picture of the author Bjarne Eldhuset
      Originally Posted by 2d0k View Post

      Thanks for the post.. How was your sleep after?
      Well, I got two hours. They were good, but now I'm a wreck
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  • Profile picture of the author Mo Faisal
    Great tips!
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