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May
18
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I’m going to be starting a series on Wordpress Plugins you should use for your blogging efforts.
Some will be utility type plugins that will help you manipulate wordpress beyond it’s normal capabilities. Others will help you drive traffic to your site and still others will help you monetize your website.
Here’s our 1st Utility Plugin….
Different Posts Per Page
Show a different number of posts on your home, category, or archive page.
Wordpress out of the box does not allow you to choose the number of posts you can show on specific pages. This plugin changes that. You’ll be able to set the number of posts on your home, archive, category pages or any specific pages you choose.
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May
11
Idea Hangouts: Where to Find Hot Product Ideas to…
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Use For Creating Your Next Best-Selling eBook
46,094.
That’s how many times I’ve been asked “Where can I find hot product ideas to write about in my next eBook?”
Really. I’ve been keeping count. :o)
OK, so it’s probably not quite that many times, but you get the idea.
I get asked that question a LOT.
And so, I’ve decided to share my favorite “idea hangouts”. That’s right … “idea hangouts.” It’s been my experience that there are specific places where hot product ideas are always gathered. I call them “idea hangouts.”
*** Idea Hangout #1 ***
One of the “idea hangouts” that I’ve identified is Amazon.com.
Amazon.com is the web’s largest bookstore.
It’s also a community center for new product ideas. I use it as one of my top brainstorming resources. Again and again I visit this site to come up with topics to write about.
What makes Amazon.com so useful as a research tool for getting new ideas is their searchable database of books. There are thousands of great ideas lurking in there if you just know how to use it.
And that’s what I’m here for. :o)
I’m going to show you how to find hot product ideas with Amazon.com anytime you want.
It’s really a matter of three simple steps …
STEP 01 : >>> Decide Upon A Broad Category. When brainstorming ideas, you must begin with a broad category to work with. Some examples might be: weight loss, marketing, dating, travel, baseball.
So, you need that ahead of time. Figure out a broad subject that you know is popular (I.E. You know that losing weight is ALWAYS going to be a popular subject, as is “making money.”).
As an example for this article, I’m going to choose GOLF.
STEP 02 : >>> Search Amazon’s Database. After picking your broad topic to research, it’s time to visit Amazon.com.
Specifically, you’re going to SEARCH their database of books they are selling.
Upon arriving at their site, locate their SEARCH form. At the time of this writing, it was in the upper left hand corner of their main page. Pull the menu down and select BOOKS from the options.
In the space provided, type in whatever broad category you chose. I’d type in “Golf”. (You don’t need quotation marks)
If you did indeed start with a broad category, then hundreds (or even thousands) of book listings should appear as a result of the search.
STEP 03 : >>> Brainstorm Ideas From The Listings. Let the brainstorming session begin! Now it’s time to look at the
books that are listed and write down as many possible ideas as you can find.
Look for the different TYPES of books written about the subject, identifying different THEMES, STYLES and SUBCATEGORIES.
Let’s look at an example …
When I searched for “Golf”, I was able to immediately spot dozens of great ideas. Here are a handful …
1. Becoming a better golfer. There are many golf books available in this area, covering everything from “A-Z of Golf Shots” to specific topics such as “Improving Your Short Game.” There were lots of different themes from “learning to break 100” to “shaving 10 shots off your score” to “7 shots that will change your golf game forever.”
2.Guides to Golf Courses. Again, we have many different ideas here. Specific golf guides like “Florida golfing”, “golfing in Tennessee” and “golfing the Robert Trent Jones trail” appear, as well as books on “the best golf courses in America,” “best kept secrets: great golf courses you’ve probably never played,” and “golf vacation guides.”
3. Profiting from Golf. More ideas pour in with “opening a golf repair business,” “becoming a golf retailer,” “learning how to caddy” and “buying & selling used golf clubs.” What about “running an online golf auction”, “organizing a golf tournament for profit” or even “writing information products about golf!”
4. Golf and Business. There are millions of dollars in business deals negotiated on the golf course every single year. And there are books available to teach folks how to get it done. “How to negotiate business deals during golf outings,” “Legal golf tax deductions for businesspeople,” and “business seminars and golf: how to mix training and fun for maximum profit” are just a few more ideas worth exploring.
5. Golf Products. My, my, my there are so many ideas floating around in here! Everything ranging from reviews of the latest golf equipment to ratings of golf courses to discounts on golf packages. Resource guides to finding the best deals on golfing products, how to negotiate discounts, and how to find the best products for your specific golf game also come to mind as product ideas.
One Broad Category (Golf)
+ Amazon.com Searchable Database of Books
= 28 Potential Product Ideas
See how easy that was? I found TWENTY-EIGHT potential new product ideas (and there were MANY MORE that I didn’t mention in this article) from a simple brainstorming exercise using ONE “idea hangout.”
There’s got to be a best-seller in that bunch somewhere. And certainly with a little “mix -n- match” I can come up with a hit product with these ideas.
Not bad, eh?
So, now it’s YOUR turn. It’s a simple system for coming up with product ideas anytime you want.
Like right now.
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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 smallprofitsfortune.com
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May
4
“How To Make More Money With Information Products…
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Than Ever Before By Using Three Powerful NO COST Tools”
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 smallprofitsfortune.com
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