Hi Lana,
For quick money, I would say the dropshipping items I mentioned in previous email.
However, obviously, you are looking for your own products to sell as well..
And you are right.. The make money topic comprises about 50% of all the best topics to write an ebook on..
Here is a good parameter to decide whether a topic you pick is a good one or not:
CHOOSE A GOOD TOPIC (Offers Solid Value to Customers):
A. something that makes money(make money on ebay, etc)
B. helps save money(at Disney, Vegas, plane tickets)
C. helps to achieve a difficult goal(loose weight, great body, etc)
D. helps to obtain something difficult(a way to have expensive items cheap, etc)
So, pick a good topic.. And more specifically, there is a laser directed way to really hone in on a good topic.. It is called Reverse Engineering the top sellers.. You pick one of these topics above and go find the guy making all the money on the topic and then you reverse engineer his ad.
Reverse engineering..
Pick a topic and reverse engineer current top sellers on ebay/clickbank who are selling similar type informational products (whether broadly related or specifically)...
The point is ebay and clickbank provide sales data. You can not get that easily from anywhere else, so we use them to find the "top sellers" to reverse engineer, whether you are doing it for a product/service on your own website or wherever you will sell it.
1. The idea is to choose a few topics that fit the below parameters:
(Offers Solid Value to Customers):
A. something that makes money(make money on ebay, etc)
B. helps save money(at Disney, Vegas, plane tickets)
C. helps to achieve a difficult goal(loose weight, great body, etc)
D. helps to obtain something difficult(a way to have expensive items cheap, etc)
2. Reverse engineer what is selling well on ebay and make your own version..
Do searches on ebay like the below and find the guy with all the sales (greens).. Reds mean no sale, so ignore those.. The guy with the higher prices, lots of sales are the people you want to reverse engineer..
EXAMPLE TOPICS:
GAMBLING:
Poker (the one I see good is the poker software, if you could resell that)
Texas Holdem:
Same thing here.. There is this same software.. If you could sell some software like this, you can then obviously get lots of sales..
GAMBLING IN GENERAL SEARCH:
Notice a lot of sales.. Either strategies or those stupid "enchanted" auctions.:
REAL ESTATE:
When you analyze the competitors:
Print out their ad, ask yourself what in their ad makes it sell. Use deduction.. Circle all the things you think are making their ad sell.. Do this with multiple ads.. Then, put all those circled things in your ad.. You will be surprised at the results.. Standing on the shoulders of giants..
3. Put Together the Product:
Then, do this to take "commonly used ebooks" and turn them into "unique products":
+ Build compilation of ebooks, pdfs, etc on the topic as your "package".
So, you take a topic and then put say 5 ebooks on that topic within the "package".. You name the package, but do NOT tell people what ebooks are included (as then they will just go find them for cheaper)..
2. PICKING A TOPIC:
See above my parameters in answer to number 1 you mentioned for best parameters for picking good topics..
Sincerely,
Anthony W.
--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Lana Hughes <nanabanana159@aaaa.com> wrote:
From: Lana Hughes <nanabanana159@aaaa.com>
Subject: Re: Recent purchase of coaching program
To: "Anthony W." <optasia_mail@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 10:11 AM
Anthony:
It seems to me learning about how to make money online are about the hottest ebooks out there. That is pretty much what tempted me to look into learning how the system works.
Generally, I would like to promote merchandise as an affiliate. I also would be interested in drop shipping some items and would take your suggestions as to what would be good for beginner to start with.
I worked many years for the CEO and Marketing Vice President of a retail department store, but never worked on a sales floor actually selling merchandise.I understand from the business point of view about markdowns, turnover, profit margins, etc., but have never had real selling experience. I also, for a time, did all the accounting for the Designer Sportswear Department. I am interested in all things beautiful - love to decorate, design clothes etc. Love nice jewelry, but haven't found any online for the career minded woman that is quite edgy enough. It's either junk jewelry or fine jewelry.
What should I be doing at this point? Need your advice and coaching to get me started. I catch on quick but need direction.
Thanks.
Lana
