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As I talked about in my 7 Things to Think About While Becoming \u00a0a Product Creator<\/strong><\/span><\/a> post, I’m currently working on getting my first product online so that I can market it. I’ve also started on a possible signature product for an upcoming product creation challenge.<\/p>\n

Over the past month, I’ve gone through the painstakingly slow process of setting up my shopping cart and affiliate program. It may not be painful or slow for some, but there was just a lot more technical things to do than in most other projects (but less than I expected so that’s a plus).<\/p>\n

This past weekend, I went shopping for the products that would assist and teach me about the 7 things I discussed in the last post.<\/p>\n

\"ShoppingSo, without further ado, here’s the list of items I am now the proud owner of, along with a couple that my honey found and wanted. I believe there are one or two that came as bonuses to another purchase and I also got a couple for free as part of my membership over at Online Business Insiders (OBI)<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0. The freebies alone pay for the price of my membership over there so I always love THOSE!<\/p>\n

The plan is to review them as I use them and put my\u00a0Shiny New Object Syndrome<\/span><\/strong><\/a> product to good use!<\/p>\n

I’m thinking that means I’ll be doing several at once since it may take working on several items at the same time so they work together. I’ll divide them into processes though in case you might be looking for something in particular.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> If you use any of these and already know some things about them before I get reviews up, I’d love to hear it. The only one I know for sure that I’m loving and will be writing about soon is the\u00a0Product Creation Lab Workshop<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0by Kevin Riley. This is the one that I recommend you check out first. If you like it, drop me a note. I know how you can get it for less than the cost of a nice dinner out right now. I’d put the info here, but I’ve gotta check to see if I have permission since it’s through my OBI Membership. And unlike many marketers I’ve found out there, so far he doesn’t appear to be one of those that uses false scarcity so I have no clue how long he’ll leave it there<\/div>\n

So if you’re taking part in Tiff’s product creation challenge, you may want to at least check that out and see if it’s something that could assist you along the way. I know it’s keeping me focused and I’m already learning.<\/p>\n

So here’s what I got…<\/p>\n

Product Creation<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Product Creation Lab Workshop<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (Kevin Riley) – \u00a0I learned about Kevin recently over on the OBI Forum I belong to. He had offered a free recording to members of a NAMS training he did. I ended up taking so many notes on this alone that I just knew I had to take his workshop to see if it’s as good as the training.<\/p>\n

Clockwork Recipe For Publishing & Selling A Profitable How-To Guide In Just 3 Days<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Kevin Riley) – This is another Kevin Riley product. He has several of these Clockwork Recipe books that offer information about various topics. Since I love the short how-to guides, I thought this might be a good one to add to my arsenal but I haven’t gotten into it yet.<\/p>\n

30-Minute Product Creation<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Rob Howard) – I found this over at the Warrior Forum. I’m still learning about Rob as well but I can tell you that he’s the first one who has ever turned down my request to be an Affiliate. To me, that means he cares about who his products are associated with. I sent him a note to ask what I can do to eventually be able to promote it. He replied to thank me and let me know he didn’t completely understand how I was planning to promote. I’ve sent a note back and am waiting to hear from him on that.<\/p>\n

Redneck Product Creation<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Sam England) – This is another one over at the Warrior Forum. I’ve purchased Sam’s products before, and while I’ve always learned SOMETHING new from them, he’s one of those guys that I’m not 100% on yet or who really gets my heart beating fast when I dig into his products. Ihaven’t put my finger on yet, but I always trust my intuition so I’m withholding opinion on the product till I gets started with it.<\/p>\n

List Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

1-Minute List Builder WordPress Plugin<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (George Katsoudas) – I want to learn more about list building, but any time I can replace training with a plugin that does it for me, it’s worth my time to take a look at (well, at least from vendors I trust).<\/p>\n

Elite Email Marketing Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Bertus Engelbrecht) – I’ve never heard of Bertus but my other half found this one and from what I’ve found so far, he appears to have ethics. I’ll have to dig further as I get to this.<\/p>\n

No BS List Building<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(SaSEOPete) – This one appears to be no fluff which I always like. Haven’t opened it yet. I strictly went off the sales page.<\/p>\n

Rapid Subscribers & Sales V4.0<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0– (David Kirby aka InvestASAP) – This is another one my sweetheart found and the only thing I can say so far is that it’s going to the bottom of my list of where to start. Not because I know anything about the product, but because of the way it’s listed. Without tons of detail, it took me way to long to associate the product I thought I bought, with the emails I got from the creator. The product might be the best thing since sliced bread, but my initial reaction was that if the sales delivery process is confusing, there’s a good chance the product may be too. So, I can already say I learned something from it!!<\/p>\n

The Ultimate List Building Arsenal<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Ryan Molina) – I absolutely didn’t like the sales page for this because I didn’t care for the “Army Green” theme, but that’s just cosmetic. What I did like was the bonuses offered. I want to check them out because they’re the kind of things I’d like to include in my own products. That means that even if they’re as “icky” to me as the sales page, I’m still going to learn what not to do and that’s always a plus too. For me, that alone will make the $10 bucks worth it.<\/p>\n

Premium List Building Magnet Plugin<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (Welly Mulia) – I have the Lite version that came as part of my PT Profits purchase. From what I understand, the premium version is for multiple sites. But since I’m testing it out on this one, I’ll start here and see how well I like it.<\/p>\n

Marketing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Tube Method<\/strong><\/a><\/span> (Jason Fladlien via Zane Miller) – This is another one that I’m REALLY excited about. I think it was the highest priced one of the weekend, but after watching their video about what we can do with G+ Hangouts, I would have paid twice as much. I’m hoping it’s as good as their marketing says!<\/p>\n

Google Hangouts Made Easy<\/span><\/strong> (Tina & Trish) – This one came as a part of The Tube Method but they offer it on its own as well.<\/p>\n

Viral Ad System<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Kevin Riley) – I figured that as much as I’m enjoying Kevin’s information, I can’t beat testing this out when I’m ready to market, especially since it’s free!<\/p>\n

PT Instant\u00a0Plugin<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Welly Mulia) – As I said earlier, when I find a quality plugin that can do things for me a whole lot faster than I can figure out on my own… I’m there to listen. Welly is one of those marketers who encourage you to check out his reputation and what his company does. In fact, he includes links in all his emails to do just that (although I still go look elsewhere too). This plugin is about sales pages, opt ins and Facebook stuff so I’m hoping it’s as strong as it states.<\/p>\n

I also have his Premium Content Lock<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that I’m going to play with. It lets you lock up PIECES of your content or ALL of it really simple-like… on pages, posts, or both. Not sure exactly where I’m going to use it yet, but I have lots of ideas that came flooding in while I was watching the demo video. \u00a0The personal license is $47 (Developer’s for $67), but check out the note below…. something I found out about while researching…<\/p>\n

SECRET NOTE:<\/strong> Even if PT Instant isn’t the right tool for you, you may want to check out the sales page. If you exit and then stay when it asks, you’re offered Premium Content Lock<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for FREE…<\/div>\n

Membership Sites<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

WP Member Champ Plugin<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (Jason Fladlien) – As I mentioned in my post yesterday, I’ve found valid reasons to learn about setting up membership sites, even if they’re free memberships.<\/p>\n

Jason has a product called\u00a0Members Lab<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0too. It’s a 4-hour training that I might have picked instead if I was using anything other than WordPress and Aweber to build my sites. The Aweber is optional with this plugin, but if you don’t use WordPress, this Plugin will NOT be something you can use.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Keyword Retriever\u00a0Plugin<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Simon Warner) – My guess is that you’re already past this point in your business but I tend to be a keyword tool addict. I own almost every one that’s out there except Keyword Canine<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. But they only open their doors every so often because they get such a great response.<\/p>\n

So… there it is. My weekend spent online spending money like we have it right? LOL<\/p>\n

The bottom line is I have just over a month left to either put this stuff to use and generate some income, or start looking for another trucking job. Knowing what that did to my health and the difference it’s made being home… you can bet your ass I’m going to be putting in the time it takes to figure this stuff out!<\/p>\n

Your Turn:<\/span> Do you own any of these products? Are you familiar with any of the creators? I’d love to hear any feedback you have whether it’s good, bad or indifferent.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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