Copyright 2006 Marketing MavenAs long as you are providing a
service, there will always be a ceiling on how much you can earn
that is based on the number of hours you can work in a week. Even
if you hire an assistant andor raise your rates, you are only
raising the ceiling a little higher. The way you can blast that
ceiling skyhigh is to package your brain into infoproducts and sell
them online.You have a particular system and unique way of
providing service to your clients. Package it into an information
product that will show people stepbystep exactly how you do it. The
incredible advantage to this is that you can teach people all over
the globe, day and night, every day of the week.With infoproducts,
you dont have any limit on the number of information products you
sell. While your service will always be limited by the amount of
time you have to give face to face, your information product can
teach countless numbers of people.Another advantage of packaging
your brain into infoproducts is that you can develop your brain
into more than one product. Your packaged brain can be sold on your
website and at your public speaking events as CD sets, ebooks,
paper versions, recorded online seminars, DVDs, and so on. Because
you will be developing a loyal client base who wants to learn more
and more from you, you will be able to feed this hungry audience
with your infoproducts.Here are other benefits of packaging your
brain into information products1. A lowcost option to use your
services. By offering your clients infoproducts, they can purchase
your packaged brain for substantially less than they could ever
hire you for. For instance, a homestudy course could provide a
condensed version of what a financial planner or a coach provides
to clients over a series of months.2. A lowerrisk alternative for
prospects. Often your system serves as a doorway to you. Your
prospect may study your system first and then later purchase your
fullmeal deal. This is powerful your prospect pays you to be your
lead! She begins to feel like she knows you. Remember, people work
with people they know, like, and trust. Your infoproduct is
building relationships for you.3. Your products build credibility.
Like writing books, producing infoproducts will elevate your
perceived expertise. You reinforce your brand and people find you
trustworthy because you have outlined the exact steps to solve
their problem. Remember, this is always about answering Whats in it
for me for your target audiences perspective.4. You become more
efficient. By turning your process into a system, you can show the
precise sequence that helps your clients. Instead of trying to be
intuitive about how to solve each persons problem, take him or her
step by step through your process. You save time because you will
know what each session will focus on and how long it takes to
achieve results.Your customers will be impressed when you have
worksheets and specific homework assignments for them to work
through. It reinforces your expertise and makes them feel secure in
their decision to hire you.5. You can offer package options.
Because you know each step of your system, you can offer your
customers options. People are MUCH more likely to make a purchase
if they have options. By giving your customers choices, they can
purchase what is right for their unique situation. Your clients may
decide to do one option now and add something else later. The nice
thing about this is your customers get RESULTS and you dont have to
work as hard because you have a SYSTEM.I recommend always offering
options that set your customers up to work with you on a continuing
basis. For example, a professional organizer could set up one
package that includes an initial consultation, a clutter analysis,
four weeks of roombyroom organization, and then four weeks of
oneonone work with the customer to teach them how to create systems
of organizations. This option could include a Clutter Free Tips and
Workbook.A personal trainer could offer an option called Fantastic
Fitness! This 68209month training package could include oneonone
workouts, a nutrition guide, a personal grocery shopping session to
show how to Shop for Fantastic Fitness! and a goals and progress
workbook.6. You can turn your package into a very expensive option.
Once you have your brain packaged, you can create an expensive
option that will give your prospects a LOT of information in
person. Most people that offer this generally offer a live event
over several days.Because you are spending hours and hours giving
your audience information, people are willing to spend anywhere
from 1,500 to 10,000 and more for this type of program. With a
powerful sales letter that is placed on your website, you can bring
20 to 50 people to your event. You do the math.7. You can use your
system for your talking points. Once you have a system, it becomes
much easier to make sales, give presentations, and offer public
talks because you have specific talking points which will always
tie directly back into your infoproducts. You can offer people a
chapter or a sample session based on a section of your system to
give people a taste of what you offer.8. Prospects can become
customers at many different price points. If you are selling
information products, the going rate for an ebook is between 17 to
97 and for a teleseminar, the range is about the same. For a
manual, the price ranges start to spread out quite a bit. Ive seen
them between 100 and 1,000 depending on the complexity of the
information. In general to command more than 100 200, you have to
start including CDs, templates, and other valueadded components.
The informationproduct business is a wonderful one to get involved
in and very addictive for both you and your customers in a good
way.I hope this is getting your brain percolating on how you can
package your brain as a system and how it will make it SO much
easier for you to both market and implement it. The end goal is you
can attract more customers and make more money with less
effort.ACTION ITEM Take a look at your current offerings. What can
you do to package your brain into your first infoproduct What
format will it take How will you market it What will it cost
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