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> Business :: Million Dollar Idea Maker.  
Million Dollar Idea Maker.

An article by Gary Durkin
© Copyright 2005 - All Rights Reserved worldwide.

We’ve all seen some absolutely fantastic products, services or systems which are incredibly hot profitable money-spinners, and many of us have often wished we had thought of it first.

But just where do the ideas come from? How do the creators come up with the products and concepts?

Surely it’s based on massive research and development, huge capital investment, public scrutiny, market assessment - and that’s just a start.

WRONG! Whilst the above may be true of some products, services, systems, ideas and so on, the absolute best don’t involve any such in-depth planning - far from it.

I’m going to reveal to you the secret of how some of the biggest, best and hottest ideas are conceived. - and how some of the most successful ever product ideas, were positively the simplest.

Don’t get me wrong, product testing and market analysis is still very important, but completely pointless until you have clambered over the initial hurdle of ’thinking up’ a product.

Let’s look at a couple of brilliant examples of a product which is a world-wide name and multi-million dollar profit centers,

Firstly, just about everyone on knows about Duracell Batteries, and how they came from nowhere, and trounced the competition virtually overnight.

Was it because their batteries were better than the competition? No, not really….. Not in general terms. But the marketing people behind Duracell came up with not one, but TWO pieces of absolute sales and marketing brilliance.

Firstly, they looked at the competition, the market-place, the mode and method of battery sales, then compared their product side-by-side with other leading batteries. It seemed that their battery was just as good as the rest, or at least as good as the market leader.

But in the marketing world, trying to sell a product on the basis of “It’s just as good as the rest” - doesn’t really work.

They needed an EDGE.

During comparative product testing, it revealed the Duracell was in fact, better than the leading battery, in a particular way. They had discovered that Duracell batteries lasted longer, much longer than the others….. during ’continuous use’.

EUREKA! That was it! They had found their edge….. The marketing angle….. The secret weapon.

So now, we all know that …. “ Duracell lasts longer any other battery during continuous use “…..

They had found a NICHE in the battery market……. ‘continuous use’.

Why is this so important? Simple. Most people who use products which require batteries, seldom actually use the product (and therefore the battery) for long periods, i.e. continuous use - but rather use them in shorter, regular periods - like flash-lights, electric door-bells etc.

But that was of little importance - they marketed heavily on the ’lasts longer… ’ concept - with the funky little Duracell Bunny going on, and on, and on… and on……..

Duracell were not misleading anyone - they were completely truthful in their advertising, and with it, became a virtual household name overnight.

BUT - they also wanted a second scoop of the market, and devised yet another unbelievably simple, but so effective concept….. of gigantean proportions. What was it? Sell the batteries in PACKS! Simple but Brilliant!

Many readers may not recall, but before today’s multi-packs of batteries, they were simply sold loose, separately, individually. If you wanted just one - you went to the local store, and purchased just a single battery.

Now, Duracell decided to sell in multi-packs, and that was the only way to buy their new batteries. No singles. Period. Instead of selling one at a time, they sold FOUR At a time. Battery for battery, against the competition, they blew them away.

The multi-packs have another great side-effect. Some products which require batteries, need perhaps just one, or maybe three batteries, leaving an odd number of batteries left in the pack for future use. Next time the consumer needed to replace the used batteries in the product, they went to the drawer, and noticed perhaps that there were ’some’ Duracell batteries left, but not enough. So the consumer had to purchase more. And if they had already looked at Duracell’s, and had some Duracell’s left to use up, what are they likely to buy?

You get the idea.

This is a perfect example of taking something which already exists, and remodelling it, re-branding it, re-marketing it, finding a niche for it - and away you go.

Look at the music industry. It’s rife with similar concepts, which make millions. Bands, groups, singers, performers…. often do ‘cover versions’ - that is they will copy a song or track previously done by another artist.

Sometimes music is a ‘fusion’ - a mix of existing styles, but blended together to create something new. How about ‘sampling’? Taking a beat, rift, chord, chorus, few lines, track….. From another artist, and remixing it to create something different.

All they have done is to use something that already exists, make a few changes, amendments, alterations, improvements - and RESELL IT.

Unless you can reinvent the wheel, or perfect ’cold fusion’ - the World is jam packed full of existing markets, products, systems, services, concepts, ideas and customers - all of which can be used as your drawing board to get started.

First of all, where to locate great concepts?

Look around. What do you like? What do you dislike? Can it be improved? Can you take a hot product and improve it? Can to take a mediocre product and develop it? Can you take a completely useless product, and turn it in something better? Listen to what others say.

Can you re-package something? Bundle it? Deliver it differently? Re-brand it? Find a different, untapped market for a product which already exists, but is focussed on a different customer-base?

Can you add more value, more options, better support or service?

Do you use a product and think to yourself…. “Wow…. That’s great… but if only it did this too….”

Here are the vital tools and tips which you will need to start you off creating your own Million Dollar Ideas.

1. Your Eyes - seems obvious, but always be aware and on the ‘look-out’.
2. Your Ears - keep them open listen to people, those around, what they say about products, especially the things they dislike, as this could be a great start for you, if you can remove the problem with an existing product, you may just have a seller.

3. Your Mind. Keep this open too. And try to think ‘laterally‘.
4. A notebook and a pen / pencil (write your ideas down - don’t forget them!)
5. Go back to number 3 and remember to do this!
6. A ‘sounding board’ - a way of discussing your ideas with a few trusted others.
7. Patience. It may take a little time, the best ideas don’t necessarily come instantly -stick with it.
8. Don’t get down-heartened if some of your ideas don’t pan out. Just start again.
9. Don’t’ spend too much time over ideas. Give yourself 60 seconds (no more) to think of a product, service, system etc., Then Stop. Then spend 9 minutes writing down as much as you can, all the pros and cons of the ‘idea’, how it can be improved, simplified, delivered - just write as much as you can in those 9 minutes. Then STOP. Take a break. A good break. In fact put your notes away till the next day. Then review them.

When you do finally come up with a really hot idea for a product, service, system etc., don’t tell the World until you’ve taken a few steps to protect yourself! Get advice from experts - Lawyers, Business Professionals…… Patents…. Copyright…….. It’s important to get these right, or else someone may steal your idea, register it first and make HIS/HER fortune from YOU!

That leads me on to the last area. Don’t outright steal someone else’s idea, product etc. Breach of Copyright can be serious, Patents are relatively easy register, but a little care is needed - and plagiarism is just downright nasty!

In summary, Million Dollar Ideas can be found in TWO PLACES.

1. Everywhere in the outside world.
2. Inside YOU.

It’s just a case of putting them together. Some of the best ideas, really are the simplest.


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An article by Gary Durkin
Founder of the Internet Advice Center®
http://www.InternetAdviceCenter.com

Gary has more than a decade of offline international business success behind him - each day controlling millions of dollars of investments world-wide, and has been doing business online for 6 years.

If you would like to join thousands of subscribers to his newsletter ‘Delivering Success’ - send a blank email to deliveringsuccess@kioskcities.ws

© Copyright 2005 - All Rights Reserved worldwide.


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