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What do all these off the wall topics have in common?

-Learn to put on horseshoes
-Get your child into commercials
-Home designs from the 1800's
-How to build a skateboard half-pipe
-Making money using a food cart
-How to make a play house for your cat
-Knitting patterns

What do these topics have in common besides they are each individually horribly boring to 99% of the population?

These are all successful eBook or information product topics created by "amateur" sellers on eBay. Even the most remote "niche" topic can find a buyer if the audience is big enough. With eBay the audience is MASSIVE. WACKY info SELLS on eBay!

Remember the beauty of selling info products is that you keep about 95% of the price as pure profit. There is no shipping if you sell downloadable information. Even if you burn CD's or DVD's the price to create your product is nominal compared to the income opportunity.

Looking for your own unique niche idea for an info product?

Here are some ideas:

Using Amazon.com

Look at best sellers lists on amazon.com. If a concept sells well there it will likely sell on eBay as an info product. Don't spend too much time on the top 10 sellers. Drill down a bit for the good ideas.

To browse the various top seller lists from amazon.com use the drop down list in the upper left hand corner of the homepage. Look for the "SEARCH" prompt and select "books" from the list. Next, click "go". You'll see all the categories of books each with its own top 100 selling books list. That's a great tool for searching out ideas.

Once you find an idea simply research it, test it (more on that in a moment) and begin selling it on eBay within days! I've told you about these ideas so many times that I won't go into more detail here...read my book and old newsletters for details

DRILL DOWN
Let's get nichey! (sounds like an "Old Navy" commercial doesn't it?)

Don't be afraid to DRILL DOWN to a smaller, more passionate niche audience! Examples of drilling down are subjects like "how to put horseshoes on a horse", or "how to build a skateboard ramp", or "how to build a play house for a cat". Those are all REAL topics and they are each quite successful info products on eBay.

Some related topics that likely wouldn't have done as well as the info products above are the broader topics that don't appeal to the passions of the "die hard" enthusiasts. For example, consider these POOR topic choices: "The history of skateboarding" or "Why you should own a cat". Those are topics that are already common knowledge among the "die hard" fan of each topic and they are too general to get a fan interested.

What results should you expect if you find a good niche topic?

In some cases remote topics are bringing the info-preneur over $1,000 each week JUST on eBay. Notice I said info-preneur and I didn't say "author" because you don't have to necessarily write to get an info product of your own. You can record your voice, interview an expert, create a video etc. The options are limitless and the skills you lack can be bought cheap any step along the way.

STEP BY STEP SELLS
Consider an info product that will be useful for hobbyists or enthusiasts by showing them step by step how to do something. A good friend of mine did this in a word document by taking pictures of the process and writing descriptions next to each image to explain the process. He turned the Word document into a PDF (simple) and he was in business.

KEEP IT SIMPLE
It is easier than ever to create video, audio and appealing graphics, but don't feel like you have to have an amazing look and feel in order to sell an info product. My first info product still sells many copies everyday and has NO PICTURES and only one CHEESY graphic repeated in a few places. It's 20 pages long, but it gives the reader the info they want.

SUCCESS IS CERTAIN
Have a topic that you think MIGHT do well? You'll never know without testing it out first.

Step one: Write your sales letter (keep it simple - that's okay) Step two: Put your sales letter on eBay and see if anyone wants the idea!

In the past I've even created eBook covers (a book image) BEFORE I've written my eBook. I then set up a "mock" 7 or 10 day auction on eBay with a sales letter BEFORE I EVEN STARTED THE BOOK. Next I monitor the interest level by watching traffic and bidders. If there is interest I cancel the auction BEFORE IT ENDS and notify the bidding customers who they will get a free copy of the book once it's finished.

If there isn't any interest after 7 to 10 days I cut my losses and try a new topic. The total time invested is a "losing" idea is minimal using this strategy.

The winning ideas start out as eBay auctions and then quickly move OFF eBay (hidden from competition) to a website, affiliate programs, mailing lists etc...that's more info than you need to get going though so I think I'll cut this article off right here...

Jim Cockrum has sold multiple millions of dollars of products and services and has been helping others start successful eBay and online businesses since 2000. His free newsletter "Creative eBay Selling" is read by over 100,000 subscribers. He has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine and Ebay radio. He is currently best known for his all-time best selling eBay success eBook titled "The Silent Sales Machine Hiding on eBay"

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Aikdo:Aku pernah blaja ni..

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Arsenal 1-0 Man U

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But,after 3 days of analysis of Arsenal team,I have a strong believe that this team,Arsenal can get their first winning at Old Trafford.Although without Henry and Persie(both are injured),the Gunners still can showed a good football and enjoy playing as a team.

Emmanuel Adebayor netted an 86th-minute winner to end Manchester United's 100 per cent Barclays Premiership record and give Arsenal a deserved win at Old Trafford. :)

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Bahasa Arab kini atasi bahasa Inggeris

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Bahasa Arab kini atasi bahasa Inggeris
Oleh: MARZITA ABDULLAH

BAHASA Inggeris akan menghadapi zaman kejatuhannya dan tidak lagi menjadi bahasa komunikasi utama dunia.

Pakarlinguistik Britain David Graddol berkata, pada masa ini bahasa Inggeris menghadapi persaingan dan bukan lagi menjadi bahasa kedua bagi sesuatu komuniti dunia.

Bahasa Mandarin dan bahasa Sepanyol serta bahasa Arab kini mengambil alih kedudukan bahasa Inggeris sebagai pilihan kedua penduduk dunia selepas bahasa ibunda masing-masing.

Di negara-negara Asia, Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat (AS) bahasa Mandarin muncul sebagai bahasa yang `mesti dikuasai' oleh masyarakat negara berkenaan.

Graddol dalam ceramah yang dianjurkan oleh British Council baru-baru ini berkata, perkara yang sama juga berlaku di Korea Selatan.

Malah di United Kingdom (UK) ada sekolah yang mewajibkan bahasa Mandarin kepada para pelajarnya.

Kerajaan China juga menyokong minat masyarakat dunia mempelajari bahasa Mandarin sebagai bahasa asing atau bahasa kedua melalui suatu rangkaian di seluruh dunia yang dikenali sebagai Institut Confucius yang mula ditubuhkan di Seoul, Korea Selatan pada November 2004.

Institut yang sama juga telah ditubuhkan di Stockholm, Perth, Nairobi dan Washington. Dianggarkan 30 juta masyarakat dunia telah mempelajari bahasa Mandarin dan kerajaan China menjangkakan angka itu akan meningkat kepada kira-kira 100 juta orang dalam tempoh beberapa tahun lagi.

Banyak negara Asia menyedari keperluan untuk menguasai bahasa itu berikutan meningkatkan kepentingan ekonomi di China, contohnya, Korea Selatan kini lebih banyak melakukan perdagangan dengan China berbanding AS, katanya. Dalam pada itu satu lagi pesaing terdekat bahasa Inggeris ialah bahasa Sepanyol namun peningkatan jumlah petuturnya banyak berpunca daripada peraturan yang diluluskan oleh sesebuah negara.

Contohnya Brazil, salah satu negara baru ekonomi yang penting di luar China dan India telah meluluskan satu undang-undang pada Julai tahun lalu yang mahu semua sekolah menengah di negara itu menawarkan kursus bahasa Sepanyol, sekali gus membenarkan pelajarnya memilihnya sebagai alternatif kepada bahasa Inggeris.

Kekurangan guru dan buku teks dijangka akan berlaku berikutan penawaran kursus itu kepada sembilan juta pelajar sekolah menengah di seluruh Brazil, katanya.

Peningkatan kepentingan bahasa Sepanyol amat jelas di beberapa bahagian Amerika Selatan seperti Trinidad dan Tobago yang mengisytiharkan pada tahun lalu bahawa negara itu mahu menjadi sebuah negara yang masyarakatnya mampu bertutur bahasa Sepanyol menjelang 2020.

Sasaran negara itu ialah sekurangkurangnya 30 peratus kakitangan awam mahir bertutur bahasa berkenaan dalam tempoh lima tahun. Sementara bahasa Arab dilihat antara bahasa dunia yang paling cepat berkembang dan menjadi persaingan kepada bahasa Inggeris berdasarkan keluasan demografi.

Malah peranan media seperti Al-Jazeera yang kini dapat diikuti oleh masyarakat dunia turut mempengaruhi minat masyarakat dunia untuk mempelajari bahasa berkenaan.

Dalam pada itu Graddol semasa melancarkan buku barunya yang bertajuk English Next berkata, walaupun kemampuan menguasai bahasa Inggeris pada suatu ketika dahulu dilihat sebagai suatu kelebihan kepada seseorang tetapi kini menguasai satu lagi bahasa adalah suatu kemestian.

Bukan maksud saya mengatakan bahawa mempelajari bahasa Inggeris tidak lagi penting kerana ia masih lagi bahasa yang luas digunakan di dunia tetapi penguasaan satu lagi bahasa juga penting, katanya.

Graddol juga menegaskan pelaksanaan bahasa Inggeris kepada sesuatu mata pelajaran atau kurikulum di sekolah contohnya dalam Matematik dan Sains memerlukan tempoh yang lama untuk melihat kesannya.

Minimum antara 20 sehingga 30 tahun diperlukan bagi memastikan kejayaan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris dalam pelaksanaan itu kerana ia perlu kajian, pelaksanaan yang sistematik serta berperingkat kerana ia melibatkan bahasa, katanya.

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