An Info Product Creation Story

Welcome back!

When it comes to creating an online information publishing business you just have to look at creating a product and this is something that many would-be web entrepreneurs struggle with.

Whether it is a lack of confidence when it comes to writing or resources to outsource your product creation there will always be a reason not to get started. Having a product of your own (as a start to many more hopefully) gives you credibility as a Marketer and puts you above the millions of affiliates competing with each other to make an income. Instead affiliates will drive traffic to you and along with it sales as well as building your email list, done right.

I want to just tell how we got Wordpress Plugins Guide going and what system we used to hopefully provide some inspiration, by going for the mini guide or report method.

You don’t have to re-invent the wheel, in fact most of the time it is better that you don’t!

Look to markets and products that are already making money, look at the current products, do your research and create a better product.

There are more than a few Wordpress Plugins Guides out there, but we decided we could do a better job, so with the sleeves rolled up and a few late nights we had the Guide, a comprehesive list of Wordpress Plugins that any blogger would find useful. This didn’t really take any writing ability, just a fair bit of research (and being a wordpress blogger anyway I had a fair amount of knowledge of it)

We used Rapid Action Profits (affiliate link) as the system to run the product. This gives you a system to deliver the product, an affiliate program, sales tracking, even the ability to email your buyers direct.

This system is great for small products and it gives affiliates and Joint Venture partners a big incentive in that it pays commissions straight into their paypal accounts as soon as a sale is made! So on a 50% commission, the full amount of every other sale would go to the affiliate.

Pushing on we got the templates onto the RAPS system, tested the sales process and the Guide was ready to rock. One other thing to point out, we created a One Time Offer (The Resell Rights to the Guide) as well, which should be part and parcel of any product model. You can also add and recommend other products in the guide itself to make money from from later on down the line.

Blog Posts and comments, Backlinks, Articles and Press Releases all played a part in the initial traffic jumpstart as well as approaching affiliates who would be interested in this niche. We also put out a Special Offer on the Warrior Forum, which is a great way to build a list and make a few sales along the way.

So far we’ve sold 60 copies with almost half (50%) choosing the upsell!

Making quickfire reports and guides is a great way to start your product creation process, with a relevant back-end and affiliate promotion within the product or alongside it.

One way of looking at it is to see each mini guide as a stepping process to creating a larger product down the line. Think of it as releasing your ’singles before bringing out the album

Check Out the RAPS System here (aff)

Attain Response London Event

Update: I am no longer recommending Attain Response. Please read this updated previous post to find out why.

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If you are near or in London on the 27th August 2009 there is a Free event at the Marriott Hotel, Maida Vale focusing on the Internet Marketing System AttainResponse.

More and more businesses, Marketing Departments and Web Entrepreneurs are discovering the Internet Marketing power of AttainResponse and how it can literally attain a massive response to your email marketing.

You can read a previous AttainResponse Review here.

There will be a demonstration of the product, open networking and a presentation about the lucrative affiliate reseller opportunity available.

• Learn why email marketing gives you the highest return on your marketing investment (ROI) and how you can use the power of AttainResponse quickly and easily in your business and see results – fast!
• Learn how you can get more business from your existing customers with Attain Response
• Learn low cost – high impact marketing strategies that work in today’s world using the power of AttainResponse
• Learn how to leave your competitiors behind by engaging and communicating through the power of streaming video
• Learn how to market your business on autopilot. Save time and money!

Time:
6:30pm – 7:15pm Open networking
7:15pm – 8:00pm AttainResponse
8:00pm – 8:15pm Break
8:15pm – 9:00pm Reseller Opportunity

Where:
Marriott Hotel
Plaza Parade, Maida Vale
London. NW6 5RP

Click here for maps and transportion

Register Your Place Free
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/413613128?ref=ebtn

See you there!

18 Handy Plugins for Web Entrepreneurs

You probably know that there are mountains of Wordpress plugins out there with new ones coming out every day!

Here are 18 WP plugins that are either totally essential or will make your life a lot easier as a web entrepreneur.

Making your blog a popular place to go will always be about ‘quality content’ but this some of these will also give your blog a helping hand.

Advertising Manager
Advertising Manager manages your Google Adsense and other ad network accounts, and allows you to easily place the ads either within your Wordpress blog posts, or within your Wordpress theme.

All in One SEO Pack
Automatic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) out of the box for your wordpress blog

Article Directory Plugin
Turn your blog into an article directory.

aLinks
Tag your key phrase and embedded your ClickBank, eBay,
Amazon, CJ, Linkshare. Turns commonly use phrases into
links to Amazon, eBay, Clickbank and more

CommentLUV
This plugin will visit the site of the comment author while they type their comment and retrieve a selection of their last blog posts, tweets or digg submissions

e-Commerce lite
Integrated shopping cart for selling products or services.

Google Sitemap Generator
The Google Site Map site map helps the search engine to
spider your site.

LinkHarvest:
This plugin will go through all of your posts and pages and compile a list of all external links. Then it will create a linkroll for you based on your actual linking activity.

Podpress
A podcasters dream plugin with long list of features.

WP Automatic upgrade
Easily update your version of Wordpress from the admin area.

MaxBlogPress
Prevents your blog from over pinging and getting tagged as a ping spammer.

WP Database Backup
WordPress database backup creates backups of your core WordPress tables as well as other tables of your choice in the same database.

Wordpress Security
Avert successful hacker attacks and enhance security with this easy-to-use plugin.

404 SEO Plugin
This plugin will give you a customized‘Page Not Found(404)’ error message and automatically display links to relevant pages on your site, based on the words in the URL that was not found.

Tweetmeme
Similar to the Digg “vote” buttons, this Tweetmeme plugin creates a button that lets readers easily retweet your blog posts.

TwitterTools
This plugin creates an integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account. It allows you to pull your tweets into your blog (as posts and digests) and create new tweets on blog posts and from within WordPress.

Premium Plugins:

Datafeedr
Powerful Affiliate Stores using WP, wide range of affiliate networks

WPReviewSite
WP Review Site turns WordPress into a powerful review site engine, allowing you to easily create niche review sites on virtually anything

Also, I’d like to point you to a free service for fixing plugins. Upgrading to a newer version of Wordpress can be a frustrating experience when some plugins suddenly don’t work and the author doesn’t update them. Well, Maxblogpress are offering a solution to this problem:

http://www.maxblogpress.com/blog/219/maxblogpress-revived/

Check out the Wordpress Plugins Guide for more than 150 Great Wordpress Plugins! >>> The Wordpress Plugins Guide