A couple of weeks ago I ran a promotion for something of which a handful of people thought was a bad deal. I think it was more of a case of it insulting their sensibilities than a bad deal.
I had a small amount of criticism.
A lot of people bought it.
I’ve been downloading more of the material today (I’m up to 2.8GB at the moment) from the 365 PLR (Private Label Rights) items, and I’ve been spending a little time browsing through it.
I have so many product ideas now, I don’t think I’ll ever have to engage my brain again on that front.
This is a GOLDMINE. And I know even as I write that, some will say “no it isn’t, it’s trash”.
I completely disagree.
Purely from an ideas point of view, it’s worth the piffling $27 I paid for it.
And the bulk of this material is Private Label Rights. That means that within reason, I can do what I want with it. So I can take the autoresponder package that’s in there, rework it and sell it as my own.
Or I can take one of the many marketing ebooks, use it as a base point, and write my own. Many successful marketers have done just that.
Here’s an idea for you.
Search through the material until you find something you know about and it’s a subject matter that you know your target market will be interested in. Read what’s been written, validate the material to check to see if it’s relevant and write your own version, correcting any inaccuracies and bringing it up to date.
While you’re doing that get an ebook cover made, or do it yourself if you know how.
Next, set up a squeeze page – that’s a page that requires a name and email address. The deal is, if people enter their name and email address and agree to receive emails from you, you’ll give them a copy of your new ebook.
Finally, start moving traffic to that page and watch your list grow. If you don’t know how to get traffic, here’s a few realistic ideas.
o Join a free traffic exchange.
o Create a blog with no adverts on it other than your free ebook, and then start making relevant comments on similar blogs. Make a post on your blog on your target topic every day for 30 days, then 3 times a week thereafter.
o Buy a solo ad in a relevant ezine. Around $60 should buy you a mailing out with your offer to about 20,000 opted-in email addresses.
o Sign up to a giveaway and give your ebook away in return for a sign up.
Okay there are lots more ways to get traffic, and I’ll cover them in another post if you want me to.
Here’s the cruncher.
You have next to NO competition.
Only 1 person in 100 will do anything about this. Of those, only 1 in 100 will get as far as re-writing an ebook. Of those, only 1 in 100 will use a traffic method to start building their list.
That’s ONE person in a MILLION will actually start building their list.
Somewhere along the way, the rest will drop by the wayside.
Don’t overestimate your competition. Don’t think they’re better than you.
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for you to succeed where they will fail. And the bigger your goal, the fewer people will pursue it, making it even easier for you to achieve. There’s less competition for the bigger goals.
If you’re an eternal Newbie, now’s a good time to shake off that N-word and become a player. Not tomorrow, today. Now.
If you haven’t already bought this bundle, then go and get it now, and do as I’ve suggested. Don’t let anything distract you. Break the task down into smaller goals if you need to, and reward yourself for each achievement.
In a week or less, you could be building a mailing list just by taking a little bit of action each day for the next few days.
Don’t wait until the time is right, because it never will be.
Just start now, and pick up the pieces as you go. That’s one of the defining characteristics of successful people.
Ignore the people who try to tell you there’s only one right way to do things because there aren’t, there’s as many as you can imagine. But NOTHING happens until you take action.
-Frank Haywood
