Ridiculous and Interesting Passive Income Topics

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I never want to hear anybody say that they cannot possibly come up with an idea for something to sell and succeed with online. The first rule of earning a passive income is: there is absolutely no room for pessimism. This is, of course, unless you’re thinking that the convertible might ruin your hair on the way to dinner.

To sell something online, you don’t have to be an expert at anything. I mean – what is an expert anyways? To many, an expert is just someone who knows more than they do. If you were to go to the bookstore today, pick up a book about fishing for rainbow trout in California, you’d become an expert in the eyes of someone who knows nothing about trout fishing in California.

Now, I’m not saying to sell an information product about something you hardly know about – quite the contrary (although this is possible). Selling something about what you know will be much easier and profitable because you’ll be more passionate about the subject. I’m just showing you that you don’t have to be an expert in your own eyes, in order to be able to provide helpful information to people, who may pay you for it.

A Real Life Example

Let’s take my blog at intheleed.com as an example. Again, it’s a blog I started that contains study material and tips for a specialized exam.

When I started it, I was a total newbie as far as the exam material went. As I learned things, I posted about it. People who visited my site immediately saw me as an “expert”, even before I passed the exam. This was because I knew where to start and how to guide them through the process.

Then, when I finally passed, I was seen as even more of an expert! Did I get a perfect score? No. Were there people who probably knew a lot more than I did at that point? Uhh, yes – most likely. But because I organized the information that people needed, people were listening.

I’ve digressed a little from the point of this post, but I really wanted to prove to you that you don’t need to know everything about something in order to sell a product about it, you just have to know more than others, or at least have that information available. The “others”, in this case, is your target market.

There will always be people who know more than you, but they aren’t who you’re trying to sell to. It’s the people that need your information who you will sell to, and there are some juicy ways to find out exactly who needs what you’re selling, which I’ll talk about in a later post.

The Point of this Post

I just wanted to show you that there are people out there making money selling information products, like eBooks, on subjects that you probably would never even think of. Check these out, and then tell me that there’s nothing that you could sell online (I’ve included the links to the following websites as a reference, not as an endorsement of their products):

• Grinding Teeth
• Constipation Relief for Women
• Sweaty Armpits
• Racing Remote Control Cars
• Lip Balm Recipes
• How to Catch Trout
• Weird Genital Warts Cure
• Making Up With a Loved One
• How to Control People’s Minds
• Witchcraft Secrets

Actually, for the subjects above, quite a few of them have similar websites selling the same type of things. I wish I could tell you exact numbers about how much money these websites bring in, but they are paying a lot of money for keywords through Google Adwords, and some of these sites have been up for a long time. It’s my educated guess that they are doing fairly well.

To The Reader

Again, I’d just like to point out that I do not use any of the products from above – really, I don’t.

Before finishing, I’d just like to ask you one simple question: what is keeping you from creating your own product to sell online? There are no wrong answers. It could be anything. Lack of ideas, time, money, family, motivation, whatever. I’m going to review your comments and see if I can address most of the major concerns, and how you can still get things done.

A BIG thank you to all the new readers, as well as any of you who may be pointing towards The Smart Passive Income Blog from your own website. You rule!

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