One of my challenges of the past year has been to create my own product, a simple audio or video that I could sell from my blog or website. I’ve talked to a number of “experts” in fields that interest me, but have yet to secure one willing to share their wisdom in an hour long interview that I could record and produce. I have no doubt that I will produce an information product like this one in the next few months.
I have many ideas for products and businesses and am in the process of creating them. I have alluded to my major project, the creation of the ultimate online library of fund raising training materials. It will take shape at
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This time, in his zeal to see others succeed, he has offered to wholesale his new video, on installing and configuring Firefox. It is a generous offer to “wholesale” the video, which you can buy retail directly from Internet Business Blog or on Amazon. Both places the price is $15. (Once I start selling them, I’ll change those links. but if you want it now, go click.)
But, if you buy 100 videos, the price is only $200, just $2 each. That provides quite the profit margin for anyone willing to invest a little bit in inventory. If you are not particularly good at building value, you could even sell them on price, at a discount to retail, and still have room for a nice profit or extra funds to reinvest in marketing.
I think I’m going to take James up on his offer. In 2005, the number of Firefox users more than doubled from 4% to 10% of market share in just four months, from January to April. latest statistics show it exceeding 14% market share. Most businesses would be thrilled with 40% growth in a 18 months or so.
We shall see if people are willing to pay for a video which teaches them how to install and get the most from a free product. I suspect there is. I know I am looking forward to my copy of the DVD to arrive. I installed Firefox a couple of months ago and love it. But I know there is more to the program than it being a clean tabbed browser.
So, as soon as I watch James’ video myself and confirm that it is a useful product, as all of his products that I have experienced so far have been, then I will probably invest the time to put up a sales page, drive some traffic, and buy 100 of them at a clip.
It’s a great lesson in info marketing. If you can’t create your own quality product quickly enough, sell someone else’s.