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Turn Your Ideas Into Cash
How to sell multi-media information
products
with Joanna Penn@thecreativepenn
www.TheCreativePenn.comMonday, 29 April 2013
http://www.TheCreativePenn.comhttp://www.TheCreativePenn.com
J.F.Penn - Author The Creative Penn Ltd
Over 55,000+ copies sold. Amazon bestsellerRepresented by Irene Goodman Agency NYC
* Multimedia courses
* Non-fiction
* Live workshops/ speaking
* Consulting
Blog live Dec 2008 - full-time income from Sept 2011Monday, 29 April 2013
~50% of monthly income from digital course salesMonday, 29 April 2013
Time Based vs Scalable * You are paid once for the time you work* Constrained by upper limit based on time
e.g. coaching, 1:1
* You create intellectual property assets
* You are paid for every time that asset is bought e.g. a book/course can be sold once or millions of times
* No constraint on upper limit of income* Serve more people* Global reach
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People value multi-media more than text based products i.e. courses over books
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Types of multimedia courses* Guides/PDF ebooks
* Webinar & recording
* Audio only or video only series * Multimedia product* Membership site model - multiple lessons, structured
* Monthly/subscription model - forums, webinars, articles, access
VALUE YOUR TIME - evergreen or live aspects?
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Generating Ideas * Use your non-fiction book as a starting point
* What are the problems your clients face over and over again?* If you coach or consult, what are the most common questions?
* Survey existing customers - or sell basic version e.g. ebook then a full on multimedia course
* Google Keyword Search Tool to narrow down topic * Think groups of products/sequence
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* Market research - what are others doing? How are they selling? Pricing?
* Authenticity - you are unique. What do you bring? * You have an audience or you’re building one who want your take on it
* What’s your social proof?
* Niche e.g. blogging for authors & writers
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STRUCTURE: * Go through piles of notes/blog posts, journals etc. Create Master file in Word/ Scrivener
* Use mindmaps
* Speak into a recorder for each chapter, get it transcribed (or use speech to text software - Nuance Dragons), then rework
* Create questionnaires, conduct interviews, use transcription.
* Create Powerpoint/Keynote presentations
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Create outlineTurn Ideas Into Cash initial outline:2 page Word doc:
* main lessons & sub-topics
* The bonuses and who we want to interview in order to arrange times
* What the course will be made up of - video, audio, text* Webinar topics & interview questions
* How it will be sold - JV partnership* Dates to deliver the content, do interviews and go to market
BUDGET YOUR TIME!
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Basic Tools for text product:
* MS Word or Pages for Mac
* Powerpoint or Keynote
* Excel or Numbers
* PDF creator - retains formatting
* Anything else not video/audio
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Types of video * Physical demonstrations e.g. yoga poses
* Interviews with experts
* Screen videos of a particular skill
* You speaking about something, either at your computer or out and about. Talking head.
* You (or others) speaking over powerpoint slides e.g. record a webinar
* Live on location videos e.g. gardening or behind the scenes
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Recording video Live footage:* Flipcam/iPhone or other small cheap device => Expensive camera* Use a tripod
Screen Capture: * Camtasia for PC / Mac* ScreenFlow for Mac
Skype Calls for video interview: * Ecamm for Mac * Pamela for PC Record webinars with these too.
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia2-1111.html
http://screenflow.en.softonic.com/mac
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/
http://www.pamela.biz
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Ideas for Audio Products
* Interview series with experts
* Online conference with recordings or after live event recordings
* Your own teaching recorded as an audio or interview
* Recording of teleseminars or webinars
* Turn video into audio
Ecamm movie tools
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Recording & editing audio
* Use Audacity or Amadeus Pro for your own voice recording/ Garageband/ other tools
* Headphone or hand-held mic into portable mp3 recorder
* Smart phone apps - quality variable
* Pamela / eCamm for Skype
* Save as ‘raw’ file before editing in new file - keep originals
http://www.hairersoft.com/pro.html
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Building your product page & sales * You are selling access
* Use shopping cart delivery e.g. e-junkie.comwith Paypal - download to bank account
* Use password protected page OR/ * Use custom install and membership site software (WP plugins)
* Set-up time, maintenance, forum?, your time
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What about pricing? * The value you offer
* What your specific market will accept
* What the platform average is e.g. Kindle vs websites
* Other competing products
* Multiple price points
* Price changes => sales, increases etc
* What you can personally handle
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Joint Venture Model* Expands product offering. List-sharing. Wider audience.
* What does each partner bring?* What does each partner do?
* Who hosts the material? Takes payments? Emails?
* How will the money work?
* Agree in writing, even just a Google Doc
* Honesty, trust, friendshipMonday, 29 April 2013
Your Internet Home
Sell books, products, consulting, services,
software ...
Use multimedia
for marketing too!
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Attention
Interest
Desire
Action They buy your book/ product and recommend it to a friend
They see a tweet, blog post, video, audio, FB pic, you answered a question in a LinkedIn group
They like it => follow you, subscribe to your blog, like your page, connect somehow
They’ve been reading your blog for 3 months now, have listened to an audio interview/ watched a video. Your product has just come out & sounds interesting. They know you, like you & trust you.
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* Title of course / headline
* Social proof - why you & why this course, testimonials
* Features & benefits
* What they get in the course - be specific
* How they pay and what happens after
* Guarantee of satisfaction
* Visually interesting
* Long form ok - or focus on know, like, trust
Build your sales page
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Recommendation: Start small* Best way to learn new
skills is to do it
* Produce something small e.g. intro video for your
blog or a free giveaway to build an email list
* Easy product to start: webinar recording, PDF
guide, then move to more complicated over time
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