Posts Tagged ‘information products’

The ABC’s of Internet Marketing (Bonus) D=Diversity

Diversity in Internet marketing can make or break your business. When it comes to making money online, you can never have enough diversity. Think of it like a stock portfolio – the more investments you make across the board, the better a position you are in when one of those companies fails. Just as you would diversify your investments, you should seek to diversify your online business.
What is it?
Diversity is not a term that is commonly used in Internet marketing, which is a shame because so many beginning marketers need to understand this concept. Diversity is building your Internet business in many different areas all at once. You can either diversify by having many different websites and monetization methods in the same niche or, even better yet, you can diversify across several niches.
The old saying “you should never have all of your eggs in one basket” definitely applies to Internet marketing. We’ve seen it happen time and time again. A large group of people build their online business around one business model, like Adsense advertising. Then overnight they lose a lot of their income because the program they were working with changed the rules. Change is inevitable online but you can mitigate your losses by diversifying.

Diversity in Internet marketing can make or break your business. When it comes to making money online, you can never have enough diversity. Think of it like a stock portfolio – the more investments you make across the board, the better a position you are in when one of those companies fails. Just as you would diversify your investments, you should seek to diversify your online business.

What is it?

Diversity is not a term that is commonly used in Internet marketing, which is a shame because so many beginning marketers need to understand this concept. Diversity is building your Internet business in many different areas all at once. You can either diversify by having many different websites and monetization methods in the same niche or, even better yet, you can diversify across several niches.

The old saying “you should never have all of your eggs in one basket” definitely applies to Internet marketing. We’ve seen it happen time and time again. A large group of people build their online business around one business model, like Adsense advertising. Then overnight they lose a lot of their income because the program they were working with changed the rules. Change is inevitable online but you can mitigate your losses by diversifying.

Not Sure What To Write Your eBook About?

Everybody wants to know WHAT to write about.  What is it that people want to read?  What are the “hot topics” that you know will generate some interest if you write about them.

Even though the Internet has changed the face of the world — how we shop, communicate, do business, research and just about everything else — it hasn’t changed what we WANT.  There are classic (and absolutely TIMELESS) topics that are always going to be hot topics.

Here are the top 5 most profitable eBook subjects.  If you want to know WHAT people want and WHAT you should write about, then find something related to these topics…

1. Making Money
This one ain’t ever gonna go away.  You can just go ahead and etch it in stone, it’s here for the long haul.

We all want to make money (if for no other reason than to be charitable and give it away to someone else) and some of us (I won’t mention any names :o) are half-crazed for information on how to make money.

If you can show people how to make money (in a legal, moral way, of course) I can assure you, they will buy it.  I guarantee it. Internet marketing / doing business online eBooks are some of the hottest information products available anywhere in the world.  And for good reason.  People want to make more money. So, show ’em how to do it.

2. Self Help / Personal Growth
Another classic topic for writing is what has commonly been referred to as “self help” or “personal growth.”  People want to improve their lives.  Some struggle with addiction and need help in overcoming the struggle.  Other people have low self-esteem or feel depressed.  Some people don’t know how to deal with relationship problems and want to know how to save their marriage.  The list could go on and on.

I’ll make you another guarantee:  show people how to better their lives and they’ll buy from you.  No question about it. We all have things about our personalities that we would like changed.  Whether we’re shy in public or have a horrible temper or don’t know when to keep our mouths shut, there are things we’d like to improve. And that’s an eBook waiting for you to write.

3. Weight Loss / Fitness
Even though obesity and illness are at the highest levels ever, people are working hard to reclaim their health and fit bodies.  Gyms are overflowing with sweaty people and stores are selling out of vitamins left and right.  Health and fitness is a writing subject that you can never go wrong with.

Heck, I’ll be your first customer. :o)

The point is this:  we, as a society, want to be healthier and we struggle with being out of shape.  It’s no wonder that diet and exercise is a multi-billion dollar industry. Might as well get your piece of the pie.

4. Dating / Relationships
What another great topic for an eBook.  There are dozens of ideas you could use for this one that could each become best-sellers…

How to avoid divorce court.
How to make your marriage last forever.
How to be more romantic.
How to pick the perfect mate.
How to get people to notice you.
How to use online match making services.
How to be a great father / mother.
How to be a great husband / wife.
How to raise great kids.

I mean, we could go on and on and on here.  Play the energizer bunny if we want to.  There are dozens of ideas for this topic and the information sells like crazy.  Why?  Because if we have positive, enriching, growing relationships, we are HAPPIER.  And since we can’t buy happiness in a bottle…

…we buy your eBook instead!

5. Everyday Problems
Let’s face it, we all face problems everyday in our lives.  And often we don’t know where to turn or what to do next.

For example:  If someone is facing foreclosure, do you think they would be interested in finding information on how to avoid it?  You betcha.

I know of one guy who wrote an eBook about BAD BREATH and is selling the thing like crazy.  It’s an eBook on BAD BREATH for goodness sake!  And yet for folks who are struggling with the problem (and I am told it is a common problem — I guess I’ve just been lucky :o) they gladly shell out the $20.00 to find a cure.

Everyday problems.  They are a headache for US, but they are a product waiting to be created by YOU.

Write about any one of these topics and your eBook will sell. The reason is simple. This is what people want!

Tip – Traffic The Easy Way

** If you have your own product to sell online,
you only need to focus on ONE traffic strategy! **

I’m absolutely serious!

Instead of trying to do a gazillion things, there is a very
simple, very effective approach:

Focus on the ONE thing
that really matters, the ONE thing that produces the
greatest results, the ONE thing that will get you all the
traffic you’ll ever need.

And that ONE thing is to…

** Start, Strengthen and Spread Your Own Affiliate Program*

Let’s look at that statement in 3 steps for simplicity
purposes…

Step 1:  *START* Your Affiliate Program.

There is one major reason why you need to start your own
affiliate program that stands head and shoulders above the
rest:  every traffic generation concept (past, present and
future) can be done FOR YOU, BY OTHERS if you have your own
affiliate program in place.

Let that sink in.  Chew on that for a while.  It’s such a
paradigm shift that most people don’t even realize the
tidal-wave-like power behind the concept.

Instead of you working with PPC ads and you working on the
SEO stuff and you buying the solo mailings, you can get
others to do this FOR YOU as a member of your affiliate
program.

So, to begin with, you need to start your own affiliate
program.  A great place to do this is Clickbank.com.

Step 2:  *STRENGTHEN* Your Affiliate Program.

After establishing your affiliate program, it’s important
to “strengthen” it.  That is, you will need to train your
affiliates to do all of the marketing for you.  You’ll also
need to provide them with marketing materials such as
brandable PDF reports, articles, advertisements, banners,
etc.

But, let’s take this another step.

Instead of loading some marketing and training materials to
your affiliate center and leaving it up to your affiliates
to figure out how to use them, why not point out how to use
them?

Example:  List 10 great newsletters where they can purchase
solo mailings to promote your offer.  Put something in
there for every budget.  (What a nice treat it will be when
one of your aggressive affiliates purchases a $500 solo
mailing to promote your offer!)

You’ll be SHOCKED to see what this one additional step can
mean to your bottom line.

But, you could take it even another step further.

How about offering to personally train 10 affiliates in how
best to promote your offer?  You could teach one how to use
ezine advertising; another how to buy PPC ads in numerous
engines; still another how to distribute ezine articles.

(Here’s an idea:  how about you purchase a copy of the
latest traffic tool or manual for one of your affiliates
and get them involved in using it to promote you?!)

Can you imagine the impact?

Step 3:  *SPREAD* Your Affiliate Program.

Finally, you want to continue growing your program by
recruiting more and more affiliates.  As your numbers grow,
so will your results.

The bottom line is simple:  instead of “juggling” a bunch
of different traffic ideas, a much more effective use of
your time is to focus on ONE source of traffic:  your own
affiliate program.

Juggling is great for clowns, but lousy for internet
marketers.

Don’t be a clown when it comes to your business.

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To get your hands on the most comprehensive, creative product available on the
subject of profiting from your own affiliate program.  Get
Jimmy Brown’s free mini-course at www.SalesArmySecrets.com

Review of Small Reports Fortune

By: Del Lewis

Call me a skeptic.  I’ve seen it all online.  You know what I’m talking about … the latest and greatest marketing “secret” to make you wealthy.

I’ve forked over money for more “sure shots” and “can’t misses” than I care to reveal.

Know what I mean?

I’ve heard all about how “this one’s different” and all that garbage.  And, I’ve been disappointed time and time again.

That’s why I was PLEASANTLY surprised when I saw the new course from Jimmy D. Brown.

Until recently I had never heard of Jimmy Brown. Man, when I found out about this guy I was pleasantly surprised. He has a knack for teaching web related stuff!

I must confess though, when he released a new course on creating ebooks, I thought, “What in the world could he possibly have to say on the subject that hasn’t already been said?”

I thought that was a fair question.

And I must say that I’m impressed with the answer.

Jimmy has put together a nice course here that teaches how to create small reports…

The case studies he provides at his site are attention-grabbers for sure –

* Over eighteen-thousand dollars in monthly residuals.
* Over thirty-thousand dollars in one day profit.
* Over one million dollars in total profit.

All from writing short reports.

But, as impressive as all that is, what really got my
attention – and my endorsement – was the fact that he shows anyone (even rank beginners!) how to start from scratch and actually make a profit in just 7 days.

That means, if right now you have no list, no web site, no ideas … nothing … you can still actually make money from this system in just 1 week.

(Of course, if you have some of those things, you can see  results even quicker!)

Jimmy has even included as one of the bonuses, a 16-page report that offers a systematic checklist broken down into daily activities for you to complete.

Assignments appear in chronological order, completely cover the entire process of creating a small report from start to finish and refer to specific pages of the main manual and bonuses to provide complete, detailed instructions for completing each assignment.

I mean, it’s all broken down into easy-to-do steps!

And, best of all, he shows his exclusive never-before-revealed “Six Phases Of A Six Figure Small Report Business”

In order words, there’s a “small fortune” to be made with these “small reports”!

The course comes as 101-page manual in .PDF format, 7 downloadable .MP3 sessions, 4 exclusive bonuses in .PDF format and a set of video tutorials.

For this price, you’re getting a course in market research, a course in copywriting, a course in web creation, a course in marketing your product… I mean, it’s almost silly how thorough he is in this one product. It’s truly a comprehensive, step-by-step course.

The only thing that Jimmy doesn’t do is actually sit down and write the reports for you — but I do think that’s understandable since the price is so reasonable. 😉

If you order today, you can *LITERALLY* be taking orders for you first small report in less than 1 week from NOW.

Check it out for yourself at www.SmallReportsFortune.com

How to Make More Money With Information Products Than Ever Before By Using Three Powerful NO COST Tools

By Jimmy D. Brown of “Small Reports Fortune”

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It’s all under your control.

If you sell information products and want to make more
money with them, there’s good news:

It’s all under your control.

That’s right, you can make more money with your
information products simply by doing something that you
have the power to do.

It’s not dependent upon anyone else.  It’s up to you.

Let me explain …

While there are a lot of different aspects of selling
information products, there are really only two ways to make
more money with them …

Sell More
Refund Less

Really, it’s pretty much that simple.

In order to make more money with information products you
need to either SELL MORE or REFUND LESS.

Or, better still, do BOTH.

Now, in the many years I’ve been selling information
products, I’ve found there are three powerful tools that will
help you do just that.

You can use these three tools to SELL MORE by using them
on your classified ads, solo mailings, sales letters,
autoresponder messages and virtually any sales tool.

You can also use these three tools to REFUND LESS by
applying them to the information products you create.

Care to find out what they are?

Read on …

*** Three Powerful Tools ***
What makes these tools so powerful is a combination of
important benefits

* They don’t cost a penny to use.
* They work over and over again.
* They are under your control.

In fact, you already have them.

These three powerful tools are WAYS TO USE WORDS.

Tool #1. Education.  When it comes to information products,
nothing comes close to the power and profitability of
educating your readers.

I’m talking the distance between the planet Pluto and the
computer screen you’re now staring at.

Not even remotely close.

Content is king.  Nobody else gets to wear the crown or sit
on the throne.  Content rules the land of information
products.

So, first things first, you gotta give your readers information
that educates them.  You gotta teach them something.

Do this in your promotion tools (ezine articles, reports, sales
letters, etc.) and you’ll have readers thinking “This person
knows something … I better take a closer look.”

You’ll SELL MORE.

Educate customers in your information products and show
them how to produce results in their own lives and you’ll
make them happy, satisfied customers.

You’ll REFUND LESS.

Tool #2. Entertainment.  To be completely honest, it’s not
enough to solely provide content.  Even if it’s good content,
that won’t always get the job done.

Think of it this way:  your high school civics teacher
provided you with (too much) content in a single 55-minute
class, but would you really buy anything from him?

Maybe a hall pass or a set of earplugs, but that’s about it. :o)

Nobody likes to read BORING content.  We turn off boring
television programs, we fall asleep reading boring books and
we keep our credit cards tucked firmly inside our pockets
when we read boring sales letters, ezine articles, solo
mailings or special reports.

Make it fun.  Make it entertaining.  And you can do that by
using …

* Illustrations
* Funny stories
* Analogies
* Outrageous statements

I once wrote an article entitled “I’ll Swallow A Live
Grasshopper If This Doesn’t Boost Your Website Traffic”.

Do you think anyone read it?

Ask yourself this:  would YOU like to read it?

We love to have a good time, and there’s no reason why you
shouldn’t apply that reasoning to your writing.

Keep readers interested as they consume your promotion
materials by entertaining them.

You’ll SELL MORE.

Help customers enjoy reading page after page of your
product by entertaining them.

You’ll REFUND LESS.

When you add entertainment to education, you’ll make more
money with information products …

… faster than you can say “ “LIVE GRASSHOPPER.” :o)

Tool #3. Emotion.   Whether it’s outrage over an injustice,
excitement over a success or piqued interest over a
possibility, our emotions drive us.

Few decisions are based on intelligent analysis, but rather on
emotional response.  Few actions are based on accurate data,
but rather on impulsive feelings.

We are emotional people.  And there is no stronger proof of
that than to watch what we do and to listen to what we say.

Your job is to get us emotional.  Fill us with hope.
Empower us.  Give us courage.  Motivate us.  Issue a
challenge.  Inspire.  Get us to do something.

That’s what we really want.  More than education, more than
entertainment – we want someone to compel us to do
something to make our lives better.

And the power and profits go to the ones who can do that.

Fill readers with hope and expectation with your marketing
materials.

You’ll SELL MORE.

Give your customers confidence and enthusiasm as they read
chapter after chapter of your information product.

You’ll REFUND LESS.

*** Conclusion ***

If you want to make more money with information products,
then you CAN do it.  You’re in charge.  It’s under your
control.

Education.
Entertainment.
Emotion.

Three powerful tools that lead to incredible profits.

But, only if you use them.

Some will read this article and discard it like they have done
with countless others.

And some will get busy.

I think you’ll be one of the few who will make more money.

Prove me right.

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Jimmy D. Brown is the author of “Small Reports Fortune” – if
you can write 7-15 page small reports, you can earn a living
online working just a few hours each week from your home.
Look for his EXCLUSIVE formula “Creating A Six-Figure Income
With Small Reports” at www.SmallReportsFortune.com
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