About Starting a new PLR Store

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I have been thinking about starting my own PLR site for a while (ever since reading Tiffany Dow's excellent ebook on the subject). I was wondering what topics would be in demand?

My background is a lawyer (Now disabled so I turned into an internet marketer). So I have begun working on a number of law-related articles such as, personal injury, divorce, child custody, DUI, etc.

But I was wondering what topics other Warriors thought would be in high demand.

Also, aside from Tiffany's PLR ATM, can anyone recommend other resources that could help me.

All advice is welcome.
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    • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
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      • Profile picture of the author charbrown
        Originally Posted by Troy_Phillips View Post

        Advertise much on forums you just started posting on?
        Haven't done much posting yet. I've been mostly a lurker and have bought a ton of WSOs, but I need to start posting more.
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        • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
          Originally Posted by charbrown View Post

          Haven't done much posting yet. I've been mostly a lurker and have bought a ton of WSOs, but I need to start posting more.
          There was a post that has been deleted from someone advertising in your thread .. that was not meant for you lol. Good luck with your PLR store.

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  • Profile picture of the author John Lenaghan
    Originally Posted by charbrown View Post

    I have been thinking about starting my own PLR site for a while (ever since reading Tiffany Dow's excellent ebook on the subject). I was wondering what topics would be in demand?
    It's been a while since I read it, but I seem to remember PLR ATM coming with a list of topic ideas that people have asked Tiffany for. If it wasn't part of PLR ATM, I'm sure it was something else that she sells.

    Personally, I would focus on the law-related topics initially. Content written by an actual lawyer would have a higher value if you position yourself properly and find buyers who would be more likely to pay a premium.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author charbrown
      Originally Posted by nichescape View Post

      Personally, I would focus on the law-related topics initially. Content written by an actual lawyer would have a higher value if you position yourself properly and find buyers who would be more likely to pay a premium.

      John
      Thanks John. I sort of thought that would be true. I still have a ton of law books, so I can dig a little deeper into a topic or comment on specific cases.

      Who would be my buyers? People marketing to lawyers or offliners helping lawyers market themselves? I am finding this market a little difficult to research.
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      • Profile picture of the author John Lenaghan
        Originally Posted by charbrown View Post

        Who would be my buyers? People marketing to lawyers or offliners helping lawyers market themselves? I am finding this market a little difficult to research.
        People marketing to lawyers probably wouldn't want topics like DUI, child custody, etc. so much as content that will convince the lawyers in question why they should do business with them. As a lawyer yourself, you probably have a pretty good idea of what that would take.

        Personally, I would start by making some "introductory" offers to get some feedback, testimonials and a buyers' list. You could do that through a WSO or via other forums, Facebook, etc. The key is to find places that other marketers and webmasters frequent, not the places that the target market frequents.

        Make it clear that they're buying *expert* content, not just any old PLR. As you get more of a reputation, you'll be able to charge more for your work because it's coming from an expert on the topic, and you'll have testimonials to back it up.

        I do this to a certain degree in my PLR store. I tend to focus mainly on internet marketing and technology topics, because those are the things I know the best. I can write them quicker and the content is better because I have experience in the topic, I'm not just doing some basic research and writing based on that.

        John
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    • Profile picture of the author KEKilpatrick
      Originally Posted by nichescape View Post

      Personally, I would focus on the law-related topics initially. Content written by an actual lawyer would have a higher value if you position yourself properly and find buyers who would be more likely to pay a premium.

      John
      X2, charbrown I personally think that PLR from a Lawyer's desk would be a great seller, you might want to make sure though that your buyers use care when re-writing your articles lest they change any legal meaning that could get them into trouble.

      You also might want to think about producing and selling law related e-books in the niche areas that you hit on. Of all the information out there that which is produced by someone actually in the know, doctors, lawyers, nurses, professionals in their field, have a much higher perceived value (and probably much higher actual value) than information produced by someone good at research with no actual background.

      If I had your background I would sell those eBooks on my own site but you could advertise to write them for clients to resell too. Hit child custody forums, divorce forums, anyplace people may be looking for specialized legal advise or knowledge and promote yourself.

      Welcome to WF by the way!

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      • Profile picture of the author charbrown
        Originally Posted by KEKilpatrick View Post

        X2,

        You also might want to think about producing and selling law related e-books in the niche areas that you hit on. Of all the information out there that which is produced by someone actually in the know, doctors, lawyers, nurses, professionals in their field, have a much higher perceived value (and probably much higher actual value) than information produced by someone good at research with no actual background.

        Welcome to WF by the way!

        KE
        Hey thank you. I hadn't thought about writing ebooks. I may start with articles (I have a bunch written already but not packaged) and then offer the ebooks. Your advice is great, I will act on it. And thanks for the welcome. I've been here but didn't think i had a whole lot to say.

        Charbrown
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    Peggy Baron also has a good product on starting a PLR business. I have her's and Tiff's and found they were both good but covered somewhat different aspects of setting up a business.

    Rose
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    • Profile picture of the author charbrown
      Originally Posted by Rose Anderson View Post

      Peggy Baron also has a good product on starting a PLR business. I have her's and Tiff's and found they were both good but covered somewhat different aspects of setting up a business.

      Rose
      Thank you Rose. Do you have the name of Peggy's product or a link to it?
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      • Profile picture of the author Sharyn Sheldon
        Originally Posted by charbrown View Post

        Thank you Rose. Do you have the name of Peggy's product or a link to it?
        I've read and used pretty much every PLR business guide there is while building my own store. Aside from Tiff's, here's what I've used:

        - Peggy Baron's - Become a PLR Writer
        - Lisa Stoops' - Sell PLR for Cash (PLR Business Training. There's a great PLR sellers' forum that you can join here also.)
        - Melissa Ingold and Nicole Dean's - Sell PLR Content

        Those are some of the best in the business, so you can't go wrong.

        When thinking about your topics, just remember that you're selling to the people who will use your PLR to educate others. So you have to think about it one further step down the line. Hope that makes sense.

        Good luck!
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        • Profile picture of the author charbrown
          Originally Posted by Sharyn Sheldon View Post


          When thinking about your topics, just remember that you're selling to the people who will use your PLR to educate others. So you have to think about it one further step down the line. Hope that makes sense.

          Good luck!
          Thank you Sharyn, that is great advice. Thank you so much for your links.

          Charbrown
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  • Profile picture of the author Rose Anderson
    BTW...welcome to the forum. I lived in Wichita Falls, TX for many years so we were almost neighbors.

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    Here you go. Not an affiliate link.

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...delivered.html

    Rose
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  • Profile picture of the author Griffin Smith
    Originally Posted by charbrown View Post

    I have been thinking about starting my own PLR site for a while (ever since reading Tiffany Dow's excellent ebook on the subject). I was wondering what topics would be in demand?

    My background is a lawyer (Now disabled so I turned into an internet marketer). So I have begun working on a number of law-related articles such as, personal injury, divorce, child custody, DUI, etc.

    But I was wondering what topics other Warriors thought would be in high demand.

    Also, aside from Tiffany's PLR ATM, can anyone recommend other resources that could help me.

    All advice is welcome.
    Welcome to the world of PLR

    I would first off start by picking a few niches (that you enjoy writing in) and write to your strengths (obviously law). You could market your PLR from a lawyer's perspective and if people are going to alter it you should give specific instructions on what they should not change.

    If you think about it, there so many ways you could go with law related PLR, real estate, criminal, family law etc..

    I would start doing some keyword research here and find low competition, highly searched keywords (create a law angle from there) and then market the heck out of yourself.

    Shayrn has pretty much covered all of the resources I follow, but here's another one worth checking out :
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Constant-Content also has an entire section dedicated to law, and you can set your prices for the content there. Worth checking out although not technically PLR.
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  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    If you can write legal type articles and not make them dry .. you will make more money than you did as an attorney.

    I used to write for a couple of firms in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Actually ranked the firm number one on Google for Dallas DUI Attorney .. Dallas DUI Lawyer and a few other high traffic terms. I have no law experience whatsoever.

    Do a Google search for terms such as those and forget about the number one position. Look for the other nine's contact info. They all want to be number one. If and when you get some articles to write feel free to contact me here and I will show you how to structure them to rank if you need that type of advice .. free of charge .. it will take all of 20 minutes to show you.

    Just remember ... this is high end clientele. They will not take you serious if you go in offering to write articles at fiverr prices. It is much better to offer to write one for free for them with the understanding that future articles are a minimum of $50 per 1000 words (yeah .. the ones I dealt with frowned on any lower word count)

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    • Profile picture of the author charbrown
      Originally Posted by Troy_Phillips View Post

      Just remember ... this is high end clientele. They will not take you serious if you go in offering to write articles at fiverr prices. It is much better to offer to write one for free for them with the understanding that future articles are a minimum of $50 per 1000 words (yeah .. the ones I dealt with frowned on any lower word count)

      Troy
      Wow, I am really getting great advice from all of you. Thank you Troy, that is much more than I was expecting.
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  • Profile picture of the author jape
    Law related articles is the way to go since I bet you can probably churn out a long good article in less than an hour. You might even have trouble stopping because of the wealth of knowledge you have.

    And almost all lawyers are now online and running blogs which, I'm sure, they're not really writing on. Let the legal assistant do the writing

    I think you have a very lucrative niche in front of you.

    Best of luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author charbrown
    I'm finding that the writing goes best if I start with a small stack of index cards. I'm just going through law books and noting down concepts on these cards. The beauty is that I should never have to throw out a card but can just shuffle the stack of cards on a related topic and write a completely new article.

    All of your encouragement has been really helpful, I wish I knew more about the marketplace of people who build websites for law firms or outsourcers who help them with their marketing. I'm not sure the lawyers themselves are my primary market as much as the people who they seek out to help them with their marketing.

    Any ideas on how to reach these people?
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  • Originally Posted by charbrown View Post


    My background is a lawyer (Now disabled so I turned into an internet marketer). So I have begun working on a number of law-related articles such as, personal injury, divorce, child custody, DUI, etc.
    Personally, if I were you, I would place an ad in the WF Classifieds selling 10 packs of articles you are writing.

    And keep writing about what you know. The traffic will find you.

    Get one of your pics of you in a suit and tie and make that your icon instead of the one you are using now. List in your ad your experience as an attorney, and sell 10 packs of 400 to 500 word articles for $5, limited to the first 100 copies, with a promise that anyone who buys can get the same price on your next release.

    You will be creating scarcity and an email list of buyers who can not wait for your next offering. Also, this way you can get started today, without a website, hosting, etc.

    Hope this helps, and good luck my fellow Warrior.

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  • Profile picture of the author tin tin
    I think Tiffs is a good choice and then again it has been used and recommended by so many people. You can also start law related e-zine just to maximize your profits. All the best.
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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Char,

      Here's my two cents . . .

      PLR and "the law" are almost oxymorons.

      I can think of no subject that I would be more skeptical of than "law advice" coming from PLR. They just don't seem to fit together well.

      I would rather hear about law related subjects coming from a legal expert in a way that I could trust and be confident about what I was learning.

      Why not dump the PLR and position yourself as "the internet marketer's legal go-to guy" or something similar.

      I think there's a lot of online business owners and even entrepreneurs that would want advice/products from a trained legal professional, not as PLR but as custom made for their needs even though you were basically selling "templates" or similar services over and over again.

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      • Profile picture of the author GobBluthJD
        Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

        Char,

        Here's my two cents . . .

        PLR and "the law" are almost oxymorons.

        I can think of no subject that I would be more skeptical of than "law advice" coming from PLR. They just don't seem to fit together well.

        I would rather hear about law related subjects coming from a legal expert in a way that I could trust and be confident about what I was learning.

        Why not dump the PLR and position yourself as "the internet marketer's legal go-to guy" or something similar.

        I think there's a lot of online business owners and even entrepreneurs that would want advice/products from a trained legal professional, not as PLR but as custom made for their needs even though you were basically selling "templates" or similar services over and over again.

        Steve
        Fellow attorney here, and I must say, I agree with this. I think we may be better off being an approachable "legal guru" figure, than setting up a Legal PLR service. That's not to say there isn't any chance of a Legal PLR service being successful...but it's not the most in-demand PLR niche, at least in my humble opinion.

        I've written a LOT of legal-related articles for a wider audience. Layman's terms. Describing things that apply to a certain set of customers (website owners, other attorneys trying to boost their online presence, etc). It seems there's a lot of demand for that type of service...I just don't know how to capitalize on it :p Classic problem.
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        • Profile picture of the author charbrown
          Originally Posted by GobBluthJD View Post


          I've written a LOT of legal-related articles for a wider audience. Layman's terms. Describing things that apply to a certain set of customers (website owners, other attorneys trying to boost their online presence, etc). It seems there's a lot of demand for that type of service...I just don't know how to capitalize on it :p Classic problem.
          I'm curious about your experience because I tried that route and hit a brick wall. I found that attorneys just weren't interested in even looking at my work. That is why I decided to backdoor it thru the people who build websites for law firms or who are hired by law firms to do their marketing. I figured this group would understand PLR. Also, as web developers, they have no doubt run into the problem of trying to get the client to create their own content (it just doesn't happen).

          I am open to your advice, but I never had success marketing directly to fellow lawyers (I also don't have good contacts because after I got sick I moved to a different state than the one I practiced in).
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      • Profile picture of the author charbrown
        Originally Posted by Steve B View Post

        I can think of no subject that I would be more skeptical of than "law advice" coming from PLR. They just don't seem to fit together well.

        Steve
        Thanks Steve, I think you have a point here. I will probably still explore the legal niche but perhaps I should not put all my eggs in a single basket. There are lots of other areas I feel knowledgeable about (health & wellness, green business, weight loss, etc.)

        I still think there may be a market for law articles because they need websites built for them and they don't want to write their own content. But it won't hurt to write about other things I know as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    In addition to PLR, you might want to consider becoming a legal consultant specializing in internet marketing.

    Every day, new people try their hand at internet marketing. That means more websites need the proper disclaimers, privacy policies, disclosures, etc.

    If nothing else, you can put together some well-scripted templates for a Privacy Policy and Disclaimer and sell them as your PLR.
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  • Profile picture of the author JabMonkey
    If I were in your position with your law experience, I'd write a couple of Kindle ebooks and then promote myself as a specialized web content writer for attorneys. The Kindle ebooks simply give you credibility as a serious writer and you already have the law credentials....BIG MONEY!!! More than what you will earn only selling law-related plr ebooks to bloggers.

    Jennifer Mattern's blog is where you need to start. She commands big bucks for her writing because she specializes and has built a platform and knows how to promote herself and her services to the right kind of buyer. She teaches what someone of your calibur needs to know.

    Just a tip.
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