Most people think that making money online entails creating one’s own content. That can daunt you because nothing can be more frightening than a blank page. But did you know you can make money using the input of others?

I already discussed this last year with the use of CMS system like an online recruitment portal. One example I gave was Jobcentralasia which streams in an extra $1500 without intervention.Today, I want to share with you another method. This one entails selling interviews of successful folks.

The objective of this system is to create profitable websites or reports from scratch- but using the brains of those who’ve made it. It will have just one page and contain the responses of successful web entreprenuers.

To begin with, you are going to ride on the success of strong businesses. You will use these
successful businesses to churn in cash by creating informational products around their various
businesses, and then sell them on our website.

I know what you’re thinking. You feel that creating your own informational product is just too hard, well it’s not. It’s a piece of cake and you can do this in a day. Hence the first step is to find a successful online business. I prefer working with businesses that are making between $1k-$10k per month. Any less than that, and your market won’t be interested. Much more than this and people become skeptical of the claims.

Here’s how to find those businesses:

1. Mining the Sites for Sale category at Sitepoint.com and forums.digitalpoint.com
2. Mining the top sellers in each category on eBay – Many of these sellers have an
online store too.
3. Posting a classified ad on sitepoint, etc…looking to interview those who are successful.
4. Posting a message in the joint venture and/or off topic forum at WarriorForum.com

The next step is the easy part. You are to send the owners of these businesses an email soliciting their secrets. Understand that folks are leery about giving answers regarding their business to a
random stranger, so you must send in a very non intimidating letter.

My preferred method is to send a letter like so:

Hi,
I’m working on a presentation that features inspiring success stories from those who have
created powerful businesses for themselves. I’ve looked at your business, and must say that it’s very interesting! I’d like to do a short interview via email with you regarding your business. You can answer these questions at your convenience, and it should take around 10-15 minutes, that’s it. The contents of this report will be used to inspire aspiring entrepreneurs at xxxx.
For your time I will give you a free copy once the report is completed.
Let me know if this interests you.

Thanks,
Saijo George

Once I get a positive reply, I email the questions to them. It is critical that you want to ask questions to get a detailed understanding of exactly how the business works.

This done, you simply create a three page report containing their answers in prose format. (Make it funny and insightful- this way you get word of mouth advertising!)  Compile the data in secured  PDF then sell the report on a one page website or at ebay, digitalpoint, warrior forum or sitepoint. Good ad copy is what will sell the report. The following are my favorite venues:

1. SitePoint “Advertise Your Services” Forum

2. DigitalPoint “Buy Sell Trade” Forum

3. WarriorForum “WSO Forum”

4. WarriorForum “Classifieds”

At these sites, bloggers usually make $2000 a month at no advertising cost! These locations are frequented by hundreds of users at any given hour. Imagine the views you’ll get!

Good luck!