So you want to create your own product? That's a big start in itself. Many people don't even get to that stage. However just wanting to create a product and launch it out there is not enough. You need to know exactly what you are getting yourself into. If you don't want to learn a few facts about the cutthroat market of today the hard way, then you might want to consider a few areas that may have escaped your notice.
Personal Experience
Things you are interested in maybe? Well, I LOVE wearing jeans! But I would never exchange money for information on jeans. Yes, you can create info products on things you personally like – but focus your efforts on things you and other people would spend money on. I love working out – if I was promised I could pack on 10lbs of solid muscle in 2 months (realistic promise), I'd take up the offer! See what your wife, buddies are foolishly (or wisely :P ) spending their money on.
Other products
Browsing through salesletters other than yours can be good research. Most people wouldn't sell without proper market research. Scan through the bullets, see what people want. Visit ClickBank.com to see the top-selling material in your niche. Amazon best-sellers and Ebay pulse are good resources too for great product ideas.
Who knows? You might as well find a great offer you'll want to promote as an affiliate later!
Top 100 question
If you have a list, send your members an email requesting them to ask ONE specific question about your niche.
You can then create a product about the Top 100 Questions Answered, answering the most repeat questions you got as response.
Forums
If I was to do only ONE form of research for creating a product, it would be in forums.. I'd hit 3 – 5 top forums in my niche, and look for problems users keep posting or questions that come up very VERY often. It doesn't matter if the answer is already there. New posts being made about it is a proof that people want an instant solution and can't be bothered to search.
Also, you can use the very replies that got the most appreciation from other members as content for your product. Of course, don't copy as is. Complete the information, provide screenshot, present it in an easy-to-grab manner,
Forums are great under-used product idea generators. People are telling you in real-time what they want. As a marketer, you job is to provide them with the answers they are looking for.
Showing posts with label content writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label content writing. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Writing Tutorial: Writing Decent Content in Minutes
Unless you've got some real money stuck on one side which you afford to blow on ghostwriters, you probably won't be able to outsource the content creation aspect of your website for a long while and content writing is essential where internet marketing is concerned. That leaves you with just one thing to do. Learn how to write yourself and how to do so efficiently. There is no point in undertaking internet marketing if you take an hour or more to write a single 400 word article.
You don't need to have a straight A in English to be able to write good articles, definitely not those articles that are meant to drive prospective buyers to your website. Your articles don't have to
be all comprehensive, you are hardly interested in telling the visitors of your website all there is to know about a particular business or product. You only need to tell them what they want to know. While you think the more you provide the better is it, you couldn't be further from the truth. Who indulges in wikipedia and reads everything it provides on a particular topic? That's right. No one. People like precise and accurate content. For most instances, you will only need to address three
points in a 400 word article. You don't want to give your readers a thorough education. An insight is good enough.
If you want to write an article in no more than 10 minutes, you only need to follow a general formula. Technically all articles have three phases to them and these are 1) research, 2) writing and 3) proof reading. Usually, research should take you no more than two minutes, writing typically takes up around 6 minutes and for proof reading, you should be taking 2 minutes or less. That must sound weird, particularly the two minutes for research bit but this is totally feasible. For almost all articles, you only need to consult the three very popular sources including EzineArticles.com, Wikipedia.com, and Google.com. Before you start on any article, you might want to open these on three different tabs and look for three main points.
The next step is pretty easy really. For each main point, you find and jot down two or three short phrases. These are basically the reminders of the things you should cover to support your main point. Once you get two or three key ideas for each of your argument, you set to work. Here you need to be realistic. You might not get the whole process in one go. It might take you a while to get good at grabbing your key points within seconds. For most people, it might take you a week. Initially you might find yourself taking 8 minutes just to research a topic. Writing is the next thing you should master. For a typical 400 word article, you need one paragraph for the intro, one paragraph for each main point, and one paragraph for the conclusion. Each paragraph should be about 80 words long.
So here we are. To sum things up, you absolutely can write a decent 400 word article in no more than 10 minutes. All you need is practice and dedication the first few days. You don't need to be brilliant with words or anything. Just a fair grasp of the English language and a bit of wit are good to begin with.
You don't need to have a straight A in English to be able to write good articles, definitely not those articles that are meant to drive prospective buyers to your website. Your articles don't have to
be all comprehensive, you are hardly interested in telling the visitors of your website all there is to know about a particular business or product. You only need to tell them what they want to know. While you think the more you provide the better is it, you couldn't be further from the truth. Who indulges in wikipedia and reads everything it provides on a particular topic? That's right. No one. People like precise and accurate content. For most instances, you will only need to address three
points in a 400 word article. You don't want to give your readers a thorough education. An insight is good enough.
If you want to write an article in no more than 10 minutes, you only need to follow a general formula. Technically all articles have three phases to them and these are 1) research, 2) writing and 3) proof reading. Usually, research should take you no more than two minutes, writing typically takes up around 6 minutes and for proof reading, you should be taking 2 minutes or less. That must sound weird, particularly the two minutes for research bit but this is totally feasible. For almost all articles, you only need to consult the three very popular sources including EzineArticles.com, Wikipedia.com, and Google.com. Before you start on any article, you might want to open these on three different tabs and look for three main points.
The next step is pretty easy really. For each main point, you find and jot down two or three short phrases. These are basically the reminders of the things you should cover to support your main point. Once you get two or three key ideas for each of your argument, you set to work. Here you need to be realistic. You might not get the whole process in one go. It might take you a while to get good at grabbing your key points within seconds. For most people, it might take you a week. Initially you might find yourself taking 8 minutes just to research a topic. Writing is the next thing you should master. For a typical 400 word article, you need one paragraph for the intro, one paragraph for each main point, and one paragraph for the conclusion. Each paragraph should be about 80 words long.
So here we are. To sum things up, you absolutely can write a decent 400 word article in no more than 10 minutes. All you need is practice and dedication the first few days. You don't need to be brilliant with words or anything. Just a fair grasp of the English language and a bit of wit are good to begin with.
Use Voice Recognition Software to produce quality content
Content creation is a major component of internet marketing. You have to write sales copies, there is no way out unless you can afford to outsource your content writing jobs which can be pretty expensive if you don't have a fat capital to start with. However, if you are not really good with your keyboard, that is your typing speed is a bit slow, your productivity will undoubtedly suffer. You will need to either improve your typing or get a voice recognition software.
What you'll love about Voice Recognition
Voice recognition basically provides an alternative to typing on a keyboard and many hardcore computer users swear by that. On second thoughts, hopeless computer users do so more often but more of that later. You need to understand how a voice recognition software works. Put quite simply, you talk to your computer and your words appear on the computer screen. It's just like magic only it's not. The software is based on some really complicated algorithms. The software has been developed to provide a fast method of writing on a computer to help those people who find typing difficult or in an extreme case, impossible. Voice recognition software can also help those computer users with spelling difficulties, including dyslexic people because recognized words are always spelled with utmost accuracy.
The cons of a voice recognition software
However, as mentioned above, voice recognition software is not a product of magic. There is no such thing in the real world. With a voice recognition software, you can get about 170 words typed per but you can hardly expect an accuracy of more than 90% which is pretty good really. When you use a voice recognition software, you will have more work when proof-reading. You will come across more mistakes, some completely silly. That is the fun bit when you are not under pressure and you don't have a pressing deadline hanging over your head like an ominous sword.
Other useful facts
When you use a voice recognition software, you will find yourself pausing to think more often than usual. The explanation behind is quite logical. When you are typing an article, you can think while you go through the mechanical process of punching the keyboard keys. You have the time to think what your next point should be. With a voice recognition software, that is not possible. You can hardly think and talk at the same time. That is not humanly possible unless you possess some special divine gifts. Voice recognition software is not an essential tool for an internet marketer or ghostwriter, good typing skills are. On a separate note, if tying is really a nagging problem for you, perhaps you would like to consider Dragon Natural Speaking. It's great and only costs about $100. It will take you a while to get used to your purchase.
Voice recognition software is a good investment if you have some money to spare and if your typing skills are really inadequate. While it's not a necessity, it can be pretty handy when you have like a hundred articles to write within a couple of days.
What you'll love about Voice Recognition
Voice recognition basically provides an alternative to typing on a keyboard and many hardcore computer users swear by that. On second thoughts, hopeless computer users do so more often but more of that later. You need to understand how a voice recognition software works. Put quite simply, you talk to your computer and your words appear on the computer screen. It's just like magic only it's not. The software is based on some really complicated algorithms. The software has been developed to provide a fast method of writing on a computer to help those people who find typing difficult or in an extreme case, impossible. Voice recognition software can also help those computer users with spelling difficulties, including dyslexic people because recognized words are always spelled with utmost accuracy.
The cons of a voice recognition software
However, as mentioned above, voice recognition software is not a product of magic. There is no such thing in the real world. With a voice recognition software, you can get about 170 words typed per but you can hardly expect an accuracy of more than 90% which is pretty good really. When you use a voice recognition software, you will have more work when proof-reading. You will come across more mistakes, some completely silly. That is the fun bit when you are not under pressure and you don't have a pressing deadline hanging over your head like an ominous sword.
Other useful facts
When you use a voice recognition software, you will find yourself pausing to think more often than usual. The explanation behind is quite logical. When you are typing an article, you can think while you go through the mechanical process of punching the keyboard keys. You have the time to think what your next point should be. With a voice recognition software, that is not possible. You can hardly think and talk at the same time. That is not humanly possible unless you possess some special divine gifts. Voice recognition software is not an essential tool for an internet marketer or ghostwriter, good typing skills are. On a separate note, if tying is really a nagging problem for you, perhaps you would like to consider Dragon Natural Speaking. It's great and only costs about $100. It will take you a while to get used to your purchase.
Voice recognition software is a good investment if you have some money to spare and if your typing skills are really inadequate. While it's not a necessity, it can be pretty handy when you have like a hundred articles to write within a couple of days.
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