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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Restless Legs Syndrome

I've been busy creating my own Internet marketing product called, tentatively, The Affiliate Super Plan. It includes a little - maybe a lot - of the good stuff I share with you here.

In developing the program, I've been working with a number of people. Mostly they're all in the "newbie" phase. While this has been challenging because they just don't intuitively understand some of the concepts I do, at this point, it has really been pushing my ability to document and teach what I do.

The step-by-step "how to make this thing make money" is actually the easy part. It really isn't hard to make money online.

What's hard is gathering ideas and finding authentic opportunities. It seems to get harder by the day as more people enter the field. That's why I felt compelled to create "The Affiliate Super Plan" - it's as much for the sustained success of my own business as to teach others to do what I do. I think systems are essential.

So, I decide to follow some of my own advice in the program and I pick up a Natural Health magazine. It's really a trip to look at what people are advertising. I pay particular attention to the classifieds. Oddly, the more I learn as a "direct marketer" the easily I have a feel for who makes money and who doesn't - the good ads vs. the poor ads.

One struck me odd. Mainly because I've NEVER heard of this condition and my wife being a physician, I've heard of a lot of them.

Restless Legs Syndrome

Honestly, it sounded so odd that I had two immediate thoughts . . .

First, is this even for real? Restless Legs Syndrome? The visual image in my head was comical (though the reality for anyone with this condition probably is far from funny and I don't mean any insult).

Second, is this really something people would pay money for - and are there enough people suffering from this to think an ad in a major publication selling a $14.95 info product is going to produce a profit? (I really don't think so, even after my research)

I went to my favorite keyword research tool - Keyword Locator - and typed in "restless legs". Surprisingly there were about 30,000 searches on the subject in May of 2005. And the advertiser competition is nill. It's certainly something that somebody reading this should consider pursuing, if they happen to be looking for a fresh, untapped niche.

The main point here is that picking up a magazine and looking for ideas really works. The ideal is a current magazine and a copy of the same magazine from 6 months or more ago. If you see the same ads, you can be sure they're profitable (and that's a big hint).

If you're having trouble finding hot new niche ideas - or products - just head for the local magazine rack ( or library - or even your own bookshelf ). You'll find most $4.95 magazines have more hot marketing ideas than the average $49 ebook.

Wishing you great successes in all you do,

John

1 Comments:

  • Wow. Here you are again Leornard. Isn't this spam? Doesn't this annoy the hell out of people? Didn't some guy just float up from the bottom of the Jersey river for doing this exact thing?

    OK. Maybe not.

    Look. I don't want to be pissy. Don't do this again - or at least have the courtesy to give me a link somewhere, will you.

    Internet Dental Marketing? It links to a page for Blog Link Express?

    Leonard, I believe you can do better.

    Now go check out some dental plans, or if you know someone with type 2 diabetes try here.

    By Blogger X, at 10:03 PM  

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