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Interview For Fun And Profit |
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Stephen Beck |
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My students dread at the idea of creating their own original work that they can sell. These are their common reasons why they object to the idea:
"But I can't write." "I don't have any ideas." "Everything has been done before."
But, I can show you a way to come up with your first product. Get an interesting person and interview him. See, its that easy. I'm sure you'll be able to find somebody who is very good in their field. You can then prepare a list of questions, about 10-15. Then schedule their interview at their convenience and record the discussion.
Before you ask questions, I'll tell you the main ones I receive.
What are the topics that make good interviews? Anything will do as long as someone out there will like it and pay good money for it. Do you happen to know a marketing whiz? Somebody who can explain about taxes without flinching? A photo bug whose shots are breathtaking? There is an endless list of people out there waiting to be interviewed.
Would these professionals allow themselves to be interviewed? If they're into the mainstream market, they know the benefits of being interviewed by another party who has tons of regular readers or subscribers. A lot of people can be reached even those you haven't heard of you. You can start a relationship with their customers that way. Even if they aren't into the mainstream market, it's one way of increasing their sales. You can even split the profits from the sales with them, if they have an Audio CD up for sale. After accounting for the production costs like the blank cd media, labels, jewel inserts and shipping; you share the profit with the expert you interviewed. Selling at wholesale is also another way of selling the CD's and they can put them up for sale on their own internet site.
I don't know a lot about his field. You don't have to. That is why you are the "reporter" and not the expert. All you have to do is guide the interview by asking questions that you or others like you would have. It really helps to send the questions to your interviewee ahead of time so that they are not caught off-guard and know where the interview is going. Also, you want to make sure that you ask about any products he is selling and give his website a few times. Ask if there are any questions that are off-topic. He may not want to reveal who his wholesalers are or how much mark-up he has in his products. Those are a few good presentation tips I share with my students.
If you want the fastest way to create a product on your own and start a business online, then interviewing others is the way to go. An interview each month should guarantee you tons of resources in a short span of time.
Stephen Beck enjoys showing families how to make money with a home based business. You can get a free audio workshop with his 7 step system to make money online. Get your own completely unique content version of this article.
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