Beginners: How To Make Winning Products (& Money) With $0 And No "IM" Experience (In 3 Easy Steps)

by sirtom
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Hi all,

Time for a long but helpful, value-packed, and beginner-friendly post.

So here's where this idea came from:

I recently surveyed a list of mine and asked them what problems they were having, what questions they had with IM.

Although about 70% of them wanted to know about traffic generation, I got one very different response that I wanted to address here because I know it's a HUGE problem most beginners are struggling with.

In fact, it's something that keeps a lot of people "beginners", not making any real money online and it has a surprisingly simple fix.

Here's the gist of the response I received (slightly reworded):

"How can a person who is new to IM venture into the IM niche as a successful product creator? How do you create products in the IM niche if you aren't an expert in it?"

That's a good one, isn't it?

Now, I know a lot of you don't have anything set up yet.
  • No list
  • No products
  • No money
  • No experience
And believe it or not, these things probably stop a LOT of you from taking action on anything and moving forward (keeping you in said 'beginner stage').

So, I'll share something with you. I could charge for this information (and I was going to, actually), but I think I'll share it all for free instead.

Here's the deal: Product creation is about providing value. It's about providing solutions to problems. Along those lines...

There are 2 Truths in Internet Marketing that should really get your wheels turning:
  1. You don't need to be making money online to provide value to people.

  2. And, ironically, by providing value to people you CAN make money online.
Product creation is about providing value. It's about providing solutions to problems.

People think you need to be making money online (or have 5-figure weeks in Clickbank and such) to make and sell winning products and provide value to customers.

Well guess what? You don't.

You don't even need to create "how to make money" style courses necessarily, which is something I've found a lot of beginners believe.

Your products just need to help the buyer achieve an end goal and save them time and/or frustration. (Or, in short- provide value to them.)

Here's an example: Jason Fladlien (who I'm a bigger fan of every day) has a product out on how to write an article in 7 minutes or less.

He doesn't tell you how to syndicate that article, which directories to submit it to, resource linking strategies, or how to make thousands of dollars with it... just how to WRITE IT in 7 minutes.

And guess what? Though it's not a complete course on how to be a millionaire, it DOES help people write an article in 7 minutes or less. And it sold like hot cakes.

Learn how to be an information marketer, or someone who "markets information".

Here's a secret I wish I would have known very early on in my business career. It's a "dirty little secret" successful product creators understand:

In the IM world, you either have experience or you know how to leverage it.

Really think about this, because it's horribly powerful and not just applicable to the IM landscape.

But for those who want to crack into it anyway, here are some interesting thoughts:

Did you know that you don't need to know anything about SEO to crank out a winning product on it? Or how about this: you can make that product effortlessly, with $0, and without a single web page ranked?

How, you ask? Well, just use a little creativity.

How could you both get questions answered AND create products at the same time, all without doing any of the work?

And that brings me to the "3 easy steps" I mentioned in the title of this thread...

Step 1) Find a problem people are having.
This is where you'd peruse highly-trafficked niche-related forums to see what problems people are having. Check the thread view counts and the number of replies to easily determine popular threads.

(I know this sounds cliché, but it's cliché because it works. Don't make this hard; go to the place people in your niche hang out. In my opinion, forums are the BEST place for market research because you can get an instant pulse on the niche.)

Step 2) Find someone who has the success/experience in the given area and interview/ask them how they're doing it.
What do I mean by this?

Well if the problem I'm researching is SEO and ranking sites in Google, then someone with "success dealing with this problem" would be someone with websites ranking in the top 10 in Google.

Those are the people you want to target: people who have experience with the problem you're trying to solve.

Then simply contact them and ask them for an interview. They provide the content, you don't do any of the work, and you get a product.

Step 3) Turn the answer(s) into a product.
This is the easy part. Take their responses (or the audio file if you recorded one with them) and turn it into a product. Don't worry about sales copy and all that... This is about making products themselves. End of story.

Now STOP.

Don't go thinking, "Oh great, another interview product". That's partly wrong. It's a LEVERAGE product.

Yes, you will be contacting these people asking them to share their experience with you (via recorded interview or just written responses), but there's a way of doing it that you can template out to any situation and make it work.

And btw- don't go thinking you can't do this. You can just email the person and send them questions that way, you don't have to jump on the phone with anyone. If you can't send an email, then I don't know what to tell you.

I want to give you concrete steps in addition to the theory behind it (that's how I roll).

So, here are some specific ways you can implement this 'leverage' concept:

Let's stick to IM for this example, since this is the Warrior Forum and all. Heck, let's use the problem 70% of my list is having: traffic generation.

Example 1- How to Create a Product on Traffic Generation

Knowing beginners don't have a lot of money, how about I narrow "traffic generation" down to free traffic, specifically SEO.

So... How would I create a product on how to rank sites in Google (SEO) if I had NO sites already ranked or any experience in SEO to begin with?

Here's what I would do:
  1. I'd go to the Google Keyword Tool and find keywords that are competitive but not too competitive. I'd target keywords that get 10,000-20,000 searches per month. This indicates competition, but not TOO much competition. To rank here, you'd need to know what you're doing and have some kind of SEO game plan.

  2. Next I'd Google search those keywords and browse the top 10 results for each one, looking until I found either websites or blogs that are clearly affiliate/marketer-driven. Indicators of this would be affiliate links, opt-in forms, backlinks, and/or strong on-site optimization (which, by the way, you can tell from simple FireFox Add-Ons).

  3. Contact that site owner and ask for an interview. Do this with each site you find until someone says YES. Hell, it only takes one "yes" to make a product. (Ah, the power of perseverance.)

  4. Turn that into a product.

...And BAM! I'm the marketer that would release the product, so I'd be associated with being an expert on SEO. Not directly, but via association. It's MY product, but I'm leveraging other people's experience

Now how about another example? Let's do something in the other direction.

How about getting affiliates to promote your products? How would I make a product on how to get affiliates to promote my products if I don't have any products, have never had ANY affiliates promote anything for me and have ZERO experience with any of it?

Example 2- How to easily get affiliates to promote for you

After about a second of thinking, this is an easy one too:
  1. I'd start by going to Clickbank and look for products that have a Gravity of 20-30. This would indicate affiliates are promoting the product, but the product isn't a super best seller, with the product owner totally inaccessible.

  2. I'd contact him/her saying I'm an affiliate marketer and wanted to interview him/her for a product I'm creating and I wanted to feature/promote their product in it as well.

  3. Ask them what they did in the beginning to get affiliates to promote for them to gain traction, and how they grew that number of affiliates to what it is now.

  4. Turn that into a product.

Right there, you got the knowledge AND the product. It's a win-win, wouldn't you agree?

And look, those are 2 ideas you can run with right there.

Notice how easy this is though? You wouldn't need to be an expert on anything to implement this 3-step strategy.

And better yet, every single person you ask will have a different answer from that last one, so what's that mean?

...This tactic won't get saturated!

And hell, along those lines you could even compile 5-10 different responses on a given topic into one product to add beef to it. The possibilities are endless.

Tips: Though you can implement this strategy with ANY niche imaginable, there are certain factors that make IM the best market to go into. To name a few:
  • if you interview someone in the IM niche, they can double up as an affiliate for your product (which can be VERY powerful)
  • the Warrior Forum gives you a hyper-active community with a built-in source of traffic
  • you can launch these quick and easy products as WSOs, getting large exposure to hungry buyers very quickly (to my knowledge, no other industry has anything like this)
  • when contacting the people for interviews, you can mention you plan on launching the product as a WSO... More exposure for them (you promote their product/site on the interview) and you can split the profits to make it more beneficial to them
  • you can pick up affiliate traction for your products even easier, since you're essentially marketing to marketers

I'm not saying this wouldn't work for other niches. In fact, I already made a product on how a guy named Jim Katsoulis tore it up in the fitness niche using interviews as a basis. It can work in any niche you want, but the factors above make IM very attractive.

...And that's all I have for now!

Honestly, take this stuff seriously. Leverage is a vital part of online business in my opinion, and it can VERY quickly get your business off the ground, if you learn how to use it in a positive way that adds value and helps people out
And lastly, a word of advice: don't create these value-packed products to just finish and sell. Use them! If you did it right, the value should be there, so why not use it in your own business? Don't always think in terms of just creating content to sell... Create content to help build a business, use it, and then sell it. What do you think you'd make more money doing: using the information or just selling it? How about you do both? (...By the way, you should.)

Thanks for reading and please let me know what you think.

-Tom
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  • Profile picture of the author ganesh
    Thanks for this wonderful post. All newbies should read every single word of it. There are many others who are selling this same stuff with some filler as WSO’s.
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Originally Posted by ganesh View Post

      Thanks for this wonderful post. All newbies should read every single word of it. There are many others who are selling this same stuff with some filler as WSO's.
      Yeah, it got rather long as I was typing it, and I didn't want to leave it at just theory talk.

      Glad you liked it
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      • Profile picture of the author Ricky Allen
        Hi Tom

        Some very good information there that Warriors should take note of.

        And of course you have enough info there to use as a good start in creating your own information product and selling it of course.

        You can refine and add to what you have written here and do just that of course.

        The interview technique can be a good moneymaker of course, I interviewed quite a few eBay Powersellers and created and sold eBooks as a result of the Interviews.


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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Originally Posted by Paul Barrs View Post

      Tom,

      A good post.

      My first thought was that I am very skeptical about telling people who have no IM experience to go and put together IM products and sell them...

      But then, I have no experience with playing croquet... though I'm sure with my current product creation skills I could easily put together a decent "How to Win at Croquet" ebook (if I wanted to that is!!).

      So my second thought backs up the principles in this post. Nice.

      Here's my best tip right up front... PRODUCT CREATION is the most valuable skill-set that any IM entrepreneur can learn. Without it, you'll just spend your days taking 2nd chair and never in the lead.

      It is the guy or girl who has their name on the product that gets the final say.

      Paul Barrs
      Hey Paul,

      Thanks for the comment. And that's a really good point as well (what I bolded above).. Product Creation is something you need to learn. I think it's so much better than straight up affiliate marketing. I'd rather create products, be branded as an expert, and establish products OTHER affiliates can promote for me.

      Example of autopilot income: this morning, I discovered a new affiliate began promoting a product of mine. I woke up to 7 more orders sitting in my inbox, and I didn't do a dang thing to get those

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  • Profile picture of the author Procode
    Great post, definitely a lot of useful information. One thing people need to remember is that your product actually does have to solve a problem your solving. If it doesn't your sales will suffer along with your reputation. So it is no use release bad or worthless reports just to make a sale or two.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daryl Lim
    One of the best posts I ever stumbled across here on the warrior forum... thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author marian67
    Thanks Tom for the Free Info. I really appreciate it as I'm sure others do as well. And thanks for not charging for it. You really do understand that newbies are truly struggling financially.
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  • Profile picture of the author dhanediesil
    SirTom,

    Excellent post!

    It took me years to realize the two truths in Internet Marketing.

    And I agree with you... not realizing these truths STOP a lot pf people from maturing past "beginner".

    Thanks for serving great content for the forum, as well as all the struggling beginners out there.

    Boom!

    Hustle Time,
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    • Profile picture of the author GardeniaShrub
      Good post - most people know a lot about one particular aspect of the IM experience, even if they haven't mastered the whole process.

      Also some people are designed to be service suppliers rather than business owners, and once you've realised which part of the chain you belong in, it all gets much easier.
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  • Profile picture of the author RichardF
    Awesome ideas in this post! Thanks a lot for taking the time to post it. I really like how much there is to gain just by reaching out to other (successful) people and ASKING. The worst thing that can happen is they'll say no...

    I really should get better at this myself, I think I'm leaving a lot of money on the table by not networking enough with fellow marketers. So thanks again for the wake-up call
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Originally Posted by RichardF View Post

      Awesome ideas in this post! Thanks a lot for taking the time to post it. I really like how much there is to gain just by reaching out to other (successful) people and ASKING. The worst thing that can happen is they'll say no...

      I really should get better at this myself, I think I'm leaving a lot of money on the table by not networking enough with fellow marketers. So thanks again for the wake-up call
      No problem, glad you liked it

      And you know... Simply asking is WAY underrated. People like talking about themselves, and if all they have to do is answer a few questions to get more exposure and possibly split commissions, they most often will..

      Hell I know I would...
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      • Profile picture of the author sirtom
        Originally Posted by marian67 View Post

        Thanks Tom for the Free Info. I really appreciate it as I'm sure others do as well. And thanks for not charging for it. You really do understand that newbies are truly struggling financially.
        You're welcome

        Yeah, you gotta help out every now and then, give some direction, ya know? I hope people take this seriously tho, but I fear shiny object syndrome may be more attractive than doing this "work" lol.

        Originally Posted by dhanediesil View Post

        SirTom,

        Excellent post!

        It took me years to realize the two truths in Internet Marketing.

        And I agree with you... not realizing these truths STOP a lot pf people from maturing past "beginner".

        Thanks for serving great content for the forum, as well as all the struggling beginners out there.

        Boom!

        Hustle Time,
        D
        Thanks D!

        Very true stuff as well. I think "beginner" is just an excuse people use for "lazy".

        Look at my post.. anyone can do it, it has ZERO barrier of entry, and it's totally free to do. And what, there's 3 steps in the entire thing?

        And yet, there are still people that will look at this and say "I can't do it". And they'd be wrong- anyone can, and it can make you money

        -Tom
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      • Profile picture of the author Tony_Brayley
        Originally Posted by sirtom View Post

        No problem, glad you liked it

        And you know... Simply asking is WAY underrated. People like talking about themselves, and if all they have to do is answer a few questions to get more exposure and possibly split commissions, they most often will..

        Hell I know I would...
        Hey Tom,

        Sent you a pm, whenever you get a minute.

        BTW, excellent post. Yup, I've paid for WSO's that didn't give this good a direction or value. Obviously, the value here is off the chart as we didn't have to pay a dime for this.

        Thank you!

        Cheers,

        Tony.
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        • Profile picture of the author sirtom
          Originally Posted by Tony_Brayley View Post

          Hey Tom,

          Sent you a pm, whenever you get a minute.

          BTW, excellent post. Yup, I've paid for WSO's that didn't give this good a direction or value. Obviously, the value here is off the chart as we didn't have to pay a dime for this.

          Thank you!

          Cheers,

          Tony.
          Thanks Tony! I hope people take action on this, and I can see you are!

          PM sent, btw

          -Tom
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  • Profile picture of the author terrencewan
    Hey Sirtom,

    Great post!

    Bottom line is :

    Just Do It!
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  • Profile picture of the author Don Schenk
    Great post Tom. It actually gave me a couple ideas about approching owners of brick and mortar businesses for one of my projects.

    One thing about contacting clickbank product owners has me a little confused though.

    1. I’d start by going to Clickbank and look for products that have a Gravity of 20-30. This would indicate affiliates are promoting the product, but the product isn’t a super best seller, with the product owner totally inaccessible.

    2. I’d contact him/her saying I’m an affiliate marketer and wanted to interview him/her for a product I’m creating and I wanted to feature/promote their product in it as well.
    "With the product owner totally inaccessible," how does one "contact him/her" about doing an interview?

    :-Don
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Originally Posted by Don Schenk View Post

      Great post Tom. It actually gave me a couple ideas about approching owners of brick and mortar businesses for one of my projects.

      One thing about contacting clickbank product owners has me a little confused though.

      "With the product owner totally inaccessible," how does one "contact him/her" about doing an interview?

      :-Don
      Hi Don,

      Thanks man! And about the CB owners, I was referring to the owners of the bestselling products being inaccessible.. But the guys that only have a gravity of 20-30 most often times are NOT inaccessible, so you should target those guys

      Kinda got confusing how I worded it, now that I'm looking at it lol.. Well, glad you got some ideas from the post nonetheless!

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      • Profile picture of the author swi55tony
        Sirtom,

        Great post fella.

        It puts it into perspective how to create a very easy and profitable product.

        Affiliate Marketing is something I believe all Online Marketers should practice as part of their arsenal of skills and can be very lucrative.

        But to truly advance into the realms of making money online it is almost imperative to create your own products.

        Creating your own products and leveraging an army of affiliates and JV partners is the way to go.

        Thanks for the detailed info

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    • Profile picture of the author mikemcmillan
      Originally Posted by Don Schenk View Post

      One thing about contacting clickbank product owners has me a little confused though.

      "With the product owner totally inaccessible," how does one "contact him/her" about doing an interview?

      Don, the easiest way is to visit their sales page, look for the opt-in form to their list and sign up. When you get an email from them--bang--you have your contact. --Mike
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      • Profile picture of the author NickFarina
        Great Post.

        Its funny, a lot of people starting out can get confused and overwhelmed but when something is laid down as simple is that, it seems a lot more achievable.

        I will definitely be getting involved in this method in the near future.

        Thanks for the quality free info.
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        • Profile picture of the author Sean Doody
          What a sweet post

          Thank you

          I don't want to come across as ignorant but I am pretty new to all this. Maybe 2 months. I have learnt the basic skills and I have a webpage set up operating as a squeeze page.

          My question is rather simple but I hope that the people on this site can help out.

          I'm beginning to understand that the road I need to go down is 'creating my own product' right?

          Does an ebook that I would put together count as a product or would I want to be looking at something a bit more substantial than an ebook?

          Thanks for the help,
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  • Profile picture of the author westgateok
    Just wanted to express my thanks for this post. Its a great read, and it makes sense.
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  • Profile picture of the author magnates
    Amazing !! Amazing !! Amazing !!

    Have i said AMAZING enough yet ?

    I am VERY grateful you took the time to share your knowledge . Thanks. Great stuff
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    Are you going to be upfront with the person your interviewing? I would imagine they would like to know if you're going to send out/charge for the interview.

    If you're just going to chop up what they say and create your own product out of their info, I'm sure they'd like to know about that too but I guess you don't have to.

    Personally if someone who knew nothing about how to play guitar came to me and wanted help with their guitar playing and I graciously offered to help them out only to find them selling my info hacked up into bits on some of the guitar forums I'd be fairly pissed... I imagine that would be the same for any niche including IM. I'd be doubly pissed if they just started selling the recorded interview or something like that without my knowledge, because I most likely wouldn't agree to something like that in the first place.

    This is basically akin to just grabbing someones WSO and hacking it up into your own product, and we sure as hell don't need anymore of that.

    Here's a novel idea for the newbies... Take a year or two, learn some stuff and apply it, then create a product with some real value! And stop searching for a magic bullet.
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Thanks everyone for the feedback! It's good to see people taking this seriously and using it for ideas to get started..

      I'll get back to a lot of you later when I can, but just wanted to address this real quick:

      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      Are you going to be upfront with the person your interviewing? I would imagine they would like to know if you're going to send out/charge for the interview.
      Yeah, you totally SHOULD tell them exactly what you're doing. Why wouldn't you? There'd be no reason to keep them in the dark, as this method here isn't about "getting their information then chopping it up and running away with it" (unless you mean just cutting out the ends of the interview where you usually BS beforehand... Otherwise, there'd be no reason to cut anything up; YOU are interviewing THEM for a reason).

      This model is a win-win situation for both people. Exposure/promotion for them, and from the OP I mentioned you could do a commission split as well, for an added incentive.

      Personally, I never really leave anyone in the dark with interviews, I always tell them what my plans are. And that works to your advantage too... I mentioned that the person you're interviewing can double up as an affiliate for the product. Well, if you're transparent on the project and let them know what your plans are, then I've found the likelihood of them promoting is better. Especially if you're doing all other work on the project, but still sending them money and leads (via in-call promotion).

      And even more so if you're in the IM niche.. I laid out 4-5 reasons IM-related niches work BETTER, and those don't include being sneaky or dishonest.

      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      If you're just going to chop up what they say and create your own product out of their info, I'm sure they'd like to know about that too but I guess you don't have to.

      Personally if someone who knew nothing about how to play guitar came to me and wanted help with their guitar playing and I graciously offered to help them out only to find them selling my info hacked up into bits on some of the guitar forums I'd be fairly pissed... I imagine that would be the same for any niche including IM. I'd be doubly pissed if they just started selling the recorded interview or something like that without my knowledge, because I most likely wouldn't agree to something like that in the first place.
      No magic bullets here, and it's because of the transparency behind this model. Not to sound mean, but the angle you took responding to this was the exact opposite of the point of it all. You're interviewing people to create a product, which you will sell. This should be stated beforehand and there's nothing wrong with it.

      However, the benefits are awesome. The value is there because the source is someone that's talking from experience. You're playing the role of "diligent reporter", just marketing that information, and you get the product out of it. I think it's important to mention this: this model is legit. It's been done and has worked, and it's an amazing place for beginners to get started. As far as I know, there's no cons to it from either side.

      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      This is basically akin to just grabbing someones WSO and hacking it up into your own product, and we sure as hell don't need anymore of that.
      Approaching it how you took the post would be, but not doing it the intended way. The way I laid out is totally ethical, and the cool part is that it circumvents the "Take a year or two, learn some stuff and apply it, then create a product with some real value!" part of it all. (The point is that you can create valuable products WITHOUT years, and without even having experience in things).

      This way, you're providing value, generating money, building a list, and getting the person interviewed exposure. But it only takes about a day to do

      Just wanted to really explain this, as otherwise it might discourage people or cast a negative light on something that is actually incredibly positive.

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    Thanks for the information. Helped lots of people!

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    • Profile picture of the author Niky Ray
      Awesome! A real internet marketing lesson: Sweet and simple!
      This could be easily released as a wso. Thanks for sharing it here!
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      • Profile picture of the author Damani Tabor
        Excellent advice.

        Being an information broker is within everyone's reach, and interviews are some of the most valuable pieces of info, provided the right questions are asked.

        Good point about finding people that are accessible.

        The interview method is so convenient because there is little overhead and little work in finalizing the product.

        Minimal editing, and then were done.

        No wonder interviews are provided as bonuses to a great many products these days.
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  • Profile picture of the author anton343
    Hi

    One of the best posts I have read in a long while.

    Although it is not that easy to get interviews with people it will work if you persevere long enough.

    Anton
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  • Profile picture of the author mrktxprt
    Great post! Someone asked me the other day about making money online. The first thing I said was probably the first thing you said here in this post, find a solution to a problem someone is having.

    Great advice you give here.
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    • Profile picture of the author sirtom
      Originally Posted by mrktxprt View Post

      Great post! Someone asked me the other day about making money online. The first thing I said was probably the first thing you said here in this post, find a solution to a problem someone is having.

      Great advice you give here.
      That's always the best place to start, and being in the IM community here we get side tracked so easily. There's all this new stuff coming out every day and all these new tools to do it, but the core of business is the same no matter what shiny new object is hot: solve problems and frustrations.

      Originally Posted by Damani Tabor View Post

      Excellent advice.

      Being an information broker is within everyone's reach, and interviews are some of the most valuable pieces of info, provided the right questions are asked.

      Good point about finding people that are accessible.

      The interview method is so convenient because there is little overhead and little work in finalizing the product.

      Minimal editing, and then were done.

      No wonder interviews are provided as bonuses to a great many products these days.
      Heck yeah! Interviews rock, and they're so easy to do. And for the shy folk, you can do a written one, you don't even need to jump on a phone. No excuses! haha..

      Key point tho: this method IS within everyone's reach, and it's a damn good one.

      Originally Posted by seanthewebguy View Post

      What a sweet post

      Thank you

      I don't want to come across as ignorant but I am pretty new to all this. Maybe 2 months. I have learnt the basic skills and I have a webpage set up operating as a squeeze page.

      My question is rather simple but I hope that the people on this site can help out.

      I'm beginning to understand that the road I need to go down is 'creating my own product' right?

      Does an ebook that I would put together count as a product or would I want to be looking at something a bit more substantial than an ebook?

      Thanks for the help,
      Sean
      Hi Sean,

      An ebook is definitely fine. You can have other components to it, but the core of the product (if it's your first one) should be an ebook or report. Make it short and sweet, and provide value to people.

      With an interview, you're borrow credibility and marketing quality information, so you're off on a good foot. Plus, you can record the interview on the phone and transcribe it, or just send in written questions to be answered by the person, so either way you have a quick, painless solution to the product creation aspect.

      Originally Posted by NickFarina View Post

      Great Post.

      Its funny, a lot of people starting out can get confused and overwhelmed but when something is laid down as simple is that, it seems a lot more achievable.

      I will definitely be getting involved in this method in the near future.

      Thanks for the quality free info.
      Yep, this is simple and straightforward, but only about 5 people that see this will take action on it. And they'll pass up those who DON'T take action it

      But yeah... It doesn't have to be complicated or hard. Keep it simple

      Thanks all!
      -Tom
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    Great ideas and a great post...but most IM newbies will still probably have difficulty with the execution...

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