Giving It All Away, Maybe
Though I have not had any complaints from buyers, someone I had review the product for me felt that it could be organized better, and I concur.
At the moment, I have two options. One is to re-organize the product and put a stronger effort into marketing it. The other is to re-purpose the product.
One factor that will go into my decision is timeliness. As time goes by, the more the product will need to be updated.
As far as re-purposing goes, I have two options. One is to break the product down and use it as blog content. I can stick up AdSense and also promote other products in the niche. The other is to give the product away to build my list.
If I did the latter, there is a portion of the product I would likely exclude from the free version, as I think I might be able to stick a blurb in the product that if you want this stuff, you can buy it for $17 or something.
If I do decide to give it away (as opposed to re-doing it), is there any value here for other list owners in the niche? That is, approach some list owners and offer them the opportunity to be among the first (or first) to give away my product? Or, since I'm doing this to build my own list in the same niche, would this simply be something that doesn't really benefit them at all? They could earn a commission on that $17, but that's probably small potatoes for many list owners.
I should also mention that the product does contain affiliate links to other products. So, maybe that will be a downside for other list owners too. Unless maybe I make a trade-off that I can set up a special download page for their subscribers where they won't have to join my list to download the product?
Just kicking around ideas here. If I do give it away, obviously it needs to benefit me in some way. I'm not going to just give it away for the sake of giving it away. On the flip side, I understand that any list owners would need to benefit as well.
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