According to Brendon Burchard,
“Information marketing is a mystery to a lot of people. But when you discover there are only 12 kinds of products and programs you can create, it’s not so intimidating and you can finally tackle them to start making money and sharing your message.” Brendon Burchard just released a video on this, and it’s here:
12 Products Video
http://www.totalproductblueprint.com/12products/
Brendon really breaks it down, and explains the outline, process and MATH for creating a business with each product.
You’ll learn:
* The ‘Create Anything’ outline & script for creating your products * 12 simple-to-create products & programs that bring in recurring revenue
* The MATH for how you can creating a business with EACH of these products
* How you can win $1,200 just for posting a video of your story & advice This all sounds high-strung, but the video nails it. It’s not hype; it’s a 50-minute training video!
Brendon is a #1 New York Times best-selling author, and he is sharing his strategies. (This was before he was famous, back when he was broke and starting out. The path to wealth is clearly product creation). At some point, every “guru” or expert decides to monetize their knowledge via products and programs. The challenge is that our community often focuses so much on generic marketing strategies that few people really know exactly how to create AND market highly lucrative products.
Here are the 12 ways according to Burchard:
1. ebooks/books/instructor guides
2. audio programs
3. teleseminars
4. DVDs
5. subscription/membership
6. webinars
7. tools and templates
8. seminars/live events
9. speaking
10. online courses
11. coaching and consulting
12. mastermind programs
Brendon Burchard advises to be in a position of expert and leader, when creating and marketing products and services. His training put it in a framework for students to follow.
Sidenote for study: Jay Conrad Levinson, Founder of the best-selling Guerrilla Marketing series of books and information products once mentioned that there are 52 Different Kinds of Information Products. He said:
“Someone once asked me how much I made for my first ‘Guerrilla Marketing’ book. The answer I gave was $10 million. The book itself only paid me about $35,000 in royalties, but the speaking engagements, spinoff books, newsletters, columns, bootcamps, consulting, and wide open doors resulted in the remaining $9,965,000.”
The 52 in his list:
- Books Published or Self-Published
- E-Books Including how to distribute
- Audio Books Not just a reading of your book, but original content in audio form
- Audio Programs More than one cassette or CD, typically in a vinyl audio album
- Single Audio Cassettes Used both as products and as marketing tools
- Video Trainings An easy way to deliver the same content at a higher price
- Multi-Media Programs Audio / Video / CD / Printed materials sold together as a program
- Workbooks Individual, standalone training tool not part of other products
- Coaching Programs Provided by you or by others under your direction
- Mentoring & Apprenticeship Programs Offering one-on-one advice + group training to protégés
- Keynote Speaking Delivering motivation and inspiration to thousands from the platform
- Breakout Sessions Delivering content and recruiting new customers at industry events
- Speaking Representing Your Employer Delivering product information at industry events
- Public Seminars Used to upsell attendees into higher priced programs
- Train-the-Trainer Programs Teaching others to present your material and use your products
- Corporate Training Programs Your material licensed for use on a company-wide basis
- Presenter at Large Events One of several presenters masterfully selling from the platform
- Boot Camps Intensive weekend trainings by you and your hand-picked experts
- Teleboot Camps Same intensive content delivered by phone over several weeks
- Hourly Consulting Packages that boost your hourly rate and image in the industry
- Long-Term Consulting Contracts Consulting to meet a long-term goal for major corporations
- Subscription Consulting Ongoing consulting for a monthly or annual fee
- Spokesperson Contracts Your reputation and expertise utilized to sell products & services
- Licensing Your products, services and content distributed by others under your name or theirs
- Infommerical Product Product designed to sell on the radio or via television infomercials
- Home-Study Courses Multi-media product format designed to be a complete system in a box
- Teleseminars Seminars conducted via one or more group telephone conference calls
- Weekend Retreats Typically self-help or personal-growth weekends delivered to foster change
- Subscription Audio Cassette Series Your subscribers receive monthly tapes or CDs for a fee
- Newsletters Printed or electronic, free or for profit
- E-zines Monthly or semi-monthly communications, either for free or paid subscriptions
- Radio or Television Show Everything from short segments to syndicated radio shows to TV specials
- Philanthropic Foundation As an outlet for your message or for other causes
- Media Expert Providing regular content to news organizations
- Syndicated Column Your articles appearing regularly in periodicals
- Private-Label Magazine Magazine with your name and title, but produced by others for your use
- Ghostwriting & Co-Authoring Writing for others with cover credit or not
- Branded Retail Products Hard and soft goods produced for retail consumers with your logo or name
- Mini-Books Smaller versions of your book with cut-down content used as premiums
- Rights — Yours Foreign, serial, broadcast, syndication and derivative product rights
- Rights — Other People’s Acquiring and re-selling other experts’ products and content
- Special Reports & White Papers High-priced information on a specific business topic
- CD-ROM / DVD Training Typically sold for use as a training tool, but can be used for marketing, too
- Counseling Services Usually one-on-one, personal growth counseling
- Adult Professional Education (Continuing Education Units) For industry associations or for consumers through local seminar companies
- Compiled Reference Guides Directories and other compilations on useful forms, resources and material
- Software Your own or templates designed for use with off-the-shelf applications
- Trade Association Operated by you to assist a specific industry group Industry Conventions &
- Trade Shows With revenues from workshops and trade show booths
- Agenting & Arbitrage Representing others in deals and profiting on the margins
- Business-Building & Practice-Building Systems Materials developed to help others increase revenue
- Seminar Company Workshops Your material developed and licensed for presentation by others at public seminars
Brendon Burchard simplified version of 12 only can be found here:
