Project Mojave: Finding and Brainstorming Markets, Part 1
jbeidler
· 8 months ago
Great video!
There's one thing I'm still confused about. To take an example from your video, weight loss products in general have a very high ClickBank gravity, but the highest-gravity facial weight-loss product has a gravity of less than 15. Similarly, there is a grant-related product with a gravity of 24.66, but there's no product about grants for single mothers.
Would these examples still pass the BILT because the parent category has a high gravity?
Andre_Kibbe
· 8 months ago
Terrific video. This lesson makes market brainstorming a lot less amorphous.
I do keyword research for my day job, and often use Yahoo Answers to create article titles for our writing staff. So using YA, Google Answers and the other sites you mentioned makes total sense.
Ask.metafilter.com might also be a good resource. While it doesn't have the bid-for-answers model of Just Ask or Google Answers, it does require a nominal membership fee ($5, I think) to asks questions, so there's less link spam than Yahoo Answers.
jadebarclay
· 8 months ago
I take it back... that whole request for suggested action items at the end of a video... I still think it's a great idea in theory... I just felt a whole lotta pressure when you announced the homework!!!!
Nah, seriously, great vid (again). Great pace, great balance of perspective and practice.
Mark Benjamin
· 8 months ago
Clay - best video so far in my opinion. I really feel like I can get going now...
Hmmm, seems like Google Answers has been retired too - http://answers.google.com/answers/ - "We're sorry, but Google Answers has been retired, and is no longer accepting new questions."
Clay - do you still feel these 'retired' answers are a valid place to look for current questions or would you recommend an alternative?
Clay Collins
· 8 months ago
Hi Mark. . . I'm pretty sure that I say in the video that Google Answers is retired. I'm fine with that service being defunct: if someone willing to pay for an answer to a question a year or two ago, then people are probably still willing to pay for the answer to the same question now. Of course, there will be obvious exceptions when it comes to time-sensitive information, or advice about technology, etc. But, in general, I'm looking for themes.
The reason I look Google Answers is that it puts dollars values on questions, and that information is valuable to me even though Google Answers is now defunct.
Mark Benjamin
· 8 months ago
Thanks Clay, I appreciate the reply.
Please let me know if you have any objections to me doing this, but I've made a few brief notes from your video and wanted to make it available to members. The main value is probably in the fact that the document contains clickable links to the sites you mention.
Let me know if you'd rather I remove them (or upload them to a members only area within this site). Whilst in theory they're currently public, I can't see how anyone outside PM would stumble across them.
guri
· 6 months ago
It seems that the high cost answers (checked only few) in google answers comes from people/organizations that probably are interested in this information for the purpose of making their own product or for doing research... I doubt that many people will be willing to pay such amounts without this purpose in mind. Am I wrong?
Ron
· 8 months ago
I like your approach so far. It differs from some other approaches out there (like the 30 day challenge) which look at traffic first and do a ton of work before thinking about a product or monetization. This could be the "magic bullet" for finding both a niche and a product at once.
Michael Martine
· 8 months ago
Clay there is so much serious gold in this, really.
scottn23
· 7 months ago
Clay, can you define what you mean by 'irrational desires' with respect to keeping those in mind while addressing the market 'question'?
aworkingrachel
· 7 months ago
I just found another site that puts prices on questions...www.uclue.com. Looks a little broader than JustAnswers, which seemed heavy on legal and automotive questions.
The howtodothings.com "today's list" is still the same now as it was when you made this video. Any chance their info is out-of-date?
aedavila
· 6 months ago
I have an initial idea for my information product that could also lend itself to up selling other types of info products (how to video) and also physical products (tools, accessories, consumables, etc.). If you are planning on discussing how to setup an e-commerce site, count me in.
WholeHeartedWay
· 6 months ago
Clay, could you post the homework somewhere so that we don't have to replay the video again to get to it if we missed it the first time. The video player here doesn't let you fast forward easily. Thanks, Fern
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There's one thing I'm still confused about. To take an example from your video, weight loss products in general have a very high ClickBank gravity, but the highest-gravity facial weight-loss product has a gravity of less than 15. Similarly, there is a grant-related product with a gravity of 24.66, but there's no product about grants for single mothers.
Would these examples still pass the BILT because the parent category has a high gravity?
I do keyword research for my day job, and often use Yahoo Answers to create article titles for our writing staff. So using YA, Google Answers and the other sites you mentioned makes total sense.
Ask.metafilter.com might also be a good resource. While it doesn't have the bid-for-answers model of Just Ask or Google Answers, it does require a nominal membership fee ($5, I think) to asks questions, so there's less link spam than Yahoo Answers.
I still think it's a great idea in theory... I just felt a whole lotta pressure when you announced the homework!!!!
Nah, seriously, great vid (again). Great pace, great balance of perspective and practice.
Clay - do you still feel these 'retired' answers are a valid place to look for current questions or would you recommend an alternative?
The reason I look Google Answers is that it puts dollars values on questions, and that information is valuable to me even though Google Answers is now defunct.
Please let me know if you have any objections to me doing this, but I've made a few brief notes from your video and wanted to make it available to members. The main value is probably in the fact that the document contains clickable links to the sites you mention.
The notes and links are here - http://is.gd/uSN3
Let me know if you'd rather I remove them (or upload them to a members only area within this site). Whilst in theory they're currently public, I can't see how anyone outside PM would stumble across them.
The video player here doesn't let you fast forward easily.
Thanks,
Fern
Warm regards,
Clay