FA002 Products, Services, and Bits

Published: April 7, 2015, 8:42 p.m.

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In our first installment, we discussed finding your passion to know what niche you should be in. In this second installment, Izzy and I cover what form your passion should take \\u2014 physical products, services or digital products (we call them bits).

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Inside this show, you\\u2019ll find pros and cons for each type and which one we prefer (I bet you can guess).

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Services

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  • You can typically start selling your services faster than trying to create and market a product.
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  • Usually low start up costs.
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  • Unfortunately, still trading your time for income\\u2013the hours for dollars dilemma of employment.
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  • And if you take a vacation or get sick, you\\u2019re not earning any income.
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Physical Products

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  • The world still runs on physical products. Clothes, electronics and more make up a gigantic global economy.
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  • Problems include manufacturing, warehousing, shipping and inventory management.
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  • You can use drop shipping or affiliate programs to earn an income without ever having to ship or store a single product.
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Digital Products (Bits)

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  • No shipping, inventory, warehousing or manufacturing. Woohoo!
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  • Can have huge profit margins, allowing you to earn a good living on smaller number of sales.
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  • Digital products can take all sorts of forms such as audio, video, text and software.
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  • Pricing can be anywhere from $1 to several thousand dollars.
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  • Can be sold while sleeping, sick or on vacation.
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  • And much, much more\\u2026
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