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Product Creation On A Shoestring Budget
By Folusho Orokunle | February 22, 2008
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When I tell people that the best way to earn a significant income online is to create their own product or service, the first thing I hear is, “But I can’t afford all the stuff I need to create something.” Well, believe it or not, it doesn’t take a lot of money to create an informational product. As a matter of fact, you can create one for close to nothing. This article is going to show you just HOW cheap it is to actually create your own informational product.
First thing you need to know is what an informational product is and what formats they usually come in. An informational product is a product that provides a solution to a problem that a person might have in the form of written or verbal instructions. Yes, some info products are audio or even video in format. The most common formats for info products are PDF, EXE, Flash and mp3. All of these can be made cheaply or even for free.
Most of my own products are in the form of PDF files which I create from Word DOCs. Now, springing for Microsoft Office can cost you some big bucks, granted. However, there is a free solution to this that is just as good as MS Office, if not better, and that’s Open Office. Open Office is open source software that has all the functionality of MS Office, if not better, and the best part is…it’s free. That’s right…not one thin dime will it cost you. All you have to do is go to www.openoffice.org and download it. You do have to be careful with installation but for the most part, it should go smoothly.
Open Office has the capability to create PDF files as well, as where with MS Office, at least the older versions, you have to get your own PDF maker, which can cost a few bucks. The one I got was $97. Don’t get me wrong, it’s very good and comes with the ability to create PDF files to text files, but Open Office is just as good, if not better. You’ll find very few people who have anything bad to say about Open Office.
So if you think that it has to cost a lot of money to create an info product, it doesn’t. And there are cheap or even free solutions for creating video and audio files as well. No, they’re not as good as some of the higher end paid versions, but they are more than good enough to get the job done. Then, after you have created your first product and made a few sales, you can start investing in better tools.
Product creation on a shoestring budget…It IS possible.
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