This Is What I’d Sell Online If I Had to Start Over — Transcript
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- 0:00If I had to start over online today, I
- 0:03would not start with inventory. I would
- 0:05not start with figuring out things like
- 0:08shipping. And I would definitely not
- 0:10start with a product that I have to
- 0:12remake every time someone buys it. I
- 0:15would probably sell something that I can
- 0:18create once, deliver it automatically,
- 0:22and sell it again and again, which means
- 0:25that I can actually make money while I
- 0:28sleep. And in this video, that's what I
- 0:30want to talk about because I want to
- 0:32show you exactly how to create and set
- 0:34up this product. So, I'm going to show
- 0:36you as well the type of product, who I
- 0:39would sell it to, how I would package
- 0:41it, how buyers would receive it, where I
- 0:44would list it for sale, and how I would
- 0:47turn one product into a whole bundle.
- 0:50Rockstars, let's build this passive
- 0:53income stream together, step by step.
- 0:57Welcome back to the Rockstar Academy.
- 0:59I'm glad you're here. Thank you for your
- 1:01loyalty and thank you for those who keep
- 1:03coming back. For that, I'm grateful. And
- 1:05if you're not yet a rockstar and you
- 1:07want to become one, you can go ahead and
- 1:08subscribe, but it's not required. I'm
- 1:10just glad you're here. We have a lot to
- 1:12cover. So, I'm going to jump right into
- 1:14it. Now, let me talk about first the
- 1:17product that I would sell. And the
- 1:19product is editable templates, but this
- 1:21is editable templates with a difference.
- 1:24So, make sure you stay tuned for that.
- 1:25What this means is that the customer
- 1:27will buy access to a particular design
- 1:30that they can actually open. They can
- 1:32customize it and then use it themselves.
- 1:35So instead of selling a flat image,
- 1:37which is what most people do online,
- 1:39you're selling something that's
- 1:40editable. And here's the best part that
- 1:42can include videos, which is what I'd
- 1:46say is very unique. And because of that
- 1:48uniqueness, you're likely going to get
- 1:50more sales. Now, if you're wondering why
- 1:52would people buy editable templates or
- 1:54data, it is because they need marketing
- 1:57material and they need this marketing
- 1:59material constantly. And many of them,
- 2:01they don't want to hire a designer
- 2:03full-time or pay freelancers to create
- 2:06content. They're looking for something
- 2:07that's readymade that they can easily
- 2:10customize and use to market their
- 2:12products. Now, let's talk about the tool
- 2:14that I would use to do this because
- 2:16there are quite a few of them out there
- 2:18on the market, but they cannot deliver
- 2:20what I'm about to share. For this
- 2:22tutorial, I'm using KD. And one of the
- 2:25reasons why I really like using KD is
- 2:28because it's very beginner friendly. And
- 2:31what you can do is if you want to follow
- 2:33along with the steps that I'm about to
- 2:35take, I'm going to grab my computer so
- 2:37we can do this together. I have placed a
- 2:39link at the top of the description. It's
- 2:41going to be above all the writing or on
- 2:44top of the fold. And you can decide if
- 2:47you want to upgrade to KD Pro or the
- 2:49expert plans. And to get a 25% discount
- 2:53for either of those plans, you can use
- 2:56the link that's in the description.
- 2:59Enter code Odetta YT that I'm popping up
- 3:02here on screen and you're going to get
- 3:0425% off the first month or the first
- 3:07year of a KD Pro or a KD expert plan.
- 3:11Now, KD is a good option because it has
- 3:15strong design tools like typographic,
- 3:18posters, labels, logos, product mockups,
- 3:21business graphics, social media designs,
- 3:23and so much more. And I'm not going to
- 3:25tell you, I'm going to show you. And the
- 3:27feature that I'm most excited about is
- 3:29the fact that you can integrate videos
- 3:32seamlessly into your design using KD.
- 3:35And also the fact that you can use KD's
- 3:38designs commercially and sell them
- 3:40anywhere without having to worry about
- 3:43licensing rules as long as you have the
- 3:45pro plan or the expert plan. So before
- 3:48creating or choosing your template,
- 3:51research what people are already buying.
- 3:54Don't just guess. That's what you do
- 3:56when you're taking chances with your
- 3:58probability of success. I want you to go
- 4:01to marketplaces like Etsy, Creative
- 4:04Market, Gumroad, Payhip, and Pinterest.
- 4:07And you can search for template products
- 4:09in your niche that you're thinking
- 4:11about. As an example, you can search for
- 4:14beauty business and then look at things
- 4:17like a nail tech price list, lash
- 4:20technician flyer templates, salon
- 4:22Instagram templates. And for the food
- 4:25business, you can search, as I'm showing
- 4:26you here, for things like restaurant
- 4:28menu templates, food flyer templates,
- 4:31lunch special templates, or lunch
- 4:33special flyer. for real estate agents.
- 4:36If that's the customer base you're
- 4:38targeting, you can search those
- 4:40platforms for real estate flyer
- 4:41templates, openhouse flyer templates,
- 4:43rental listing templates, and what
- 4:45you're looking for when you're searching
- 4:48are patterns, things like what templates
- 4:50appear again and again, which products
- 4:53have reviews and are the reviews good,
- 4:55what words are sellers using in their
- 4:58titles, and are they selling one
- 5:00template or bundles? Also, how are they
- 5:04showing their product images? Now, we're
- 5:06not looking to copy anybody's methods.
- 5:09You are studying demand by doing this
- 5:12research. The goal is to find out what
- 5:14buyers already want and then you can
- 5:17create your own editable templates using
- 5:20KD around that specific need. Now, let
- 5:24me grab my computer so we can get this
- 5:26process started and we can create
- 5:28together. Now, [clears throat] let's do
- 5:29this step by step. And again, we're
- 5:31going to click on the link in the
- 5:33description for KD. And let's say that
- 5:36we're targeting editable template for
- 5:39restaurants. Let us search KD templates
- 5:42as I'm showing you here for restaurant
- 5:44menu. And we get many options to choose
- 5:46from as you can see here on the screen.
- 5:48Rockstars. So, we're going to choose
- 5:50this particular template. And we're
- 5:52going to go ahead and select it as I'm
- 5:54doing here. And as you can see, we can
- 5:56change the colors of the template as I'm
- 5:59showing you how to do here on screen.
- 6:00It's pretty simple, very user friendly.
- 6:03You can change the images as well. Let
- 6:05us search K photos for sandwiches as an
- 6:08example. And let's find a sandwich photo
- 6:11or image that we can use to replace this
- 6:14one here on screen. Just click on it and
- 6:16let's go ahead and replace it. We can
- 6:18also use Kit AI and we can describe an
- 6:22image as I'm doing here on screen with
- 6:24this particular prompt that I'm
- 6:26entering. And then we're going to click
- 6:28on generate. And when you get the image
- 6:31like this one here, you can use the
- 6:33generated image. You may need to remove
- 6:35the background by clicking background
- 6:37remover right here as I'm doing and then
- 6:40just position it on the template as you
- 6:43see fit. Now you can also search for a
- 6:45lunch special flyer. And again, Kit
- 6:48gives us a variety of options to choose
- 6:51from as you can see here. And what you
- 6:53want to do is customize your template to
- 6:55make it uniquely yours. Now, let's say
- 6:58your goal is to create editable
- 7:00templates for realters because they're
- 7:02always looking for marketing material.
- 7:04We're going to go ahead and search KD
- 7:06template for property listing flyer as
- 7:09an example. And I think the options that
- 7:12we're seeing here, even without us
- 7:15customizing them, they're pretty
- 7:17impressive and they can cater to any
- 7:20market and any price point in real
- 7:22estate, whether it's low income or
- 7:24luxury properties. So, they're very
- 7:26versatile. But let us select this
- 7:28template as an example for editing or
- 7:30customizing. And let us go ahead and
- 7:32enter this prompt in the Kit AI command
- 7:35box here. And what I'm going to say is
- 7:37change the property on this flyer to a
- 7:40modern luxury beachfront property and
- 7:44change the template colors and themes to
- 7:46be more high-end. Or you can enter any
- 7:50prompt of your choosing and hit
- 7:52generate. And rockstars, here's the
- 7:55result. I think this is pretty good. And
- 7:57again, you can regenerate if you want to
- 7:59get more options to choose from. Now,
- 8:01let me show you the feature I'm most
- 8:03excited about. Let's search templates
- 8:06for openhouse flyer. And again, we're
- 8:09going to get many options on KD to
- 8:11choose from as I'm showing you here. So,
- 8:13let's go ahead and select one to
- 8:15customize. And this time around, we're
- 8:17going to select AI video board. Now,
- 8:20let's go ahead and choose the template
- 8:22size as I'm doing here. And we're going
- 8:24to choose a 9 by6 aspect ratio because
- 8:27it would be perfect for our mobile
- 8:29phones, which is where most of this
- 8:31content is viewed by potential customers
- 8:33anyway. and we're going to leverage C
- 8:36dance 2.0 which is the video generation
- 8:39tool that is built into KD. Let's also
- 8:42choose the video length and select audio
- 8:44because we want sound for our content.
- 8:47Now next we're going to enter a video
- 8:49generation prompt like this one that I'm
- 8:52showing you here on screen. And you're
- 8:55then going to hit generate. Feel free
- 8:57rockstars to modify the prompt based on
- 9:00the results that you want. No rock
- 9:02stars, here are the results.
- 9:06[music]
- 9:10Listen, I think that was pretty
- 9:12impressive. And like I said earlier,
- 9:14this is one of the reasons why I find KD
- 9:16to be so unique when it comes to
- 9:18designing templates. As most of the
- 9:20design tools out there, they don't allow
- 9:23you to generate videos this simply and
- 9:26build video assets in the actual
- 9:29template. And that way you're not just
- 9:31sticking to static designs. Your [music]
- 9:34creativity rock stars, it has no limits.
- 9:37And I'm hopeful that if [music] you take
- 9:39this seriously, your editable template
- 9:43sales will have no limits as well. Now,
- 9:46what I just showed you are one-off
- 9:48products. They're simple, they're
- 9:50searchable, and they're easy for buyers
- 9:52to understand. But a buyer may not only
- 9:55need one item. So one-off templates
- 9:58allow you to serve the market quickly.
- 10:00But I encourage you to create bundle.
- 10:02Let's take as an example a beauty
- 10:04business bundle could include service
- 10:07menus, price list, booking policy, an
- 10:11appointment reminder, promotional
- 10:13flyers, client review posts, a thank you
- 10:15card as an example. It could also
- 10:17include Instagram post and Instagram
- 10:19stories. Bundles work well because they
- 10:22feel like a complete toolkit for whoever
- 10:25is buying them. That way the buyer is
- 10:27not just buying one design. They're
- 10:29buying a mini marketing kit and they can
- 10:32make the product feel more valuable with
- 10:34consistency. Now step two is to create
- 10:37the template access link which is very
- 10:40important. And you are not selling a
- 10:43screenshot. No, what you're doing
- 10:45instead is giving them access to the
- 10:48editable template. So once your template
- 10:50is ready inside KD, what you want to do
- 10:53next is to create and share the template
- 10:57access link. What you don't want to do
- 11:00is to send a link where customers can
- 11:01edit your original work file. You want
- 11:04to use the correct template sharing
- 11:06options that are available in KD. And
- 11:08I'm going to place the instructions in
- 11:11the description. And I'm showing you
- 11:13here on a high level how to get this
- 11:15done. After you create the access link,
- 11:18you want to make sure that you test it.
- 11:19Open the link in a private browser as if
- 11:22a customer would or a different browser
- 11:24where you're not logged in to your
- 11:26account so you're able to see how the
- 11:28customer will experience the link. The
- 11:30customer should be able to open the
- 11:32template, customize it, and be able to
- 11:35use it in their business. You also need
- 11:37to ensure that your original file stays
- 11:39protected. That way a customer cannot
- 11:42take the link and send it to multiple
- 11:44people and they get your product free.
- 11:46It should only be downloadable by one
- 11:49customer or accessed by one customer.
- 11:52And this is one of the most important
- 11:54steps in the whole process. Now step
- 11:56three is to create the PDF delivery
- 11:59file. Why do you need this? Because most
- 12:01marketplaces do not want you to upload
- 12:04only a link. They want you to upload a
- 12:07digital file. So what you're going to do
- 12:08is you're going to create a simple PDF
- 12:11file that contains the template access
- 12:13link. And you can use KD to do this as
- 12:16I'm showing you here using KD chat. And
- 12:18you can use chat GPT as well to create a
- 12:21simple PDF with this prompt that I'm
- 12:23showing you here on screen that you can
- 12:25screen capture and enter to get that PDF
- 12:28where you're going to embed the link.
- 12:30This is the file your buyer is going to
- 12:32download after they make the purchase.
- 12:34And this PDF, as an example, can say
- 12:37something like, "Thank you for your
- 12:38purchase. Click the button below to
- 12:41access your editable template." Then
- 12:43what you want to do next is to create a
- 12:45big button that says, "Click here to
- 12:48access template." If it's a bundle, the
- 12:51button can say something like, "Click
- 12:53here to access your template bundle."
- 12:55Then you want to add some instructions
- 12:57in that PDF, like step one, click the
- 13:00access button. Step two, open the
- 13:02editable template. Step three, customize
- 13:04the text, colors, photos, logos, and
- 13:07your business details. Step four,
- 13:09download your final design. And step
- 13:12five, post online or print as is needed.
- 13:15Now, you also want to add an important,
- 13:18what I'm going to call a disclaimer,
- 13:20which is this is a digital product. No
- 13:22physical item will be shipped. You are
- 13:24responsible for customizing the template
- 13:27for your own business. You also want to
- 13:29tell the customer to download the PDF as
- 13:32a PDF, not as a PNG or a JPEG because it
- 13:35may not keep the link clickable. Now,
- 13:38step four is to create listing images.
- 13:41For your product to sell, people need to
- 13:43see visuals. These images, they sell the
- 13:46product before the customer reads the
- 13:47description. For one-off templates, you
- 13:49can show the templates. And for bundles,
- 13:52you can show all the templates in the
- 13:54kit as small thumbnails. Now, let's move
- 13:56to step five, which is to write the
- 13:58product title. And what you want to do
- 14:01is to make sure you write a title that's
- 14:03searchable. Do not make it too clever.
- 14:06As an example, for an editable nail tech
- 14:09price list template, which is a one-off
- 14:11product, you can use a title like
- 14:14editable nail tech priceless template
- 14:17for beauty business owners. For a
- 14:20bundle, you can say editable beauty
- 14:23business marketing template bundle for
- 14:25nail tech, lash assistant, salons, and
- 14:28spas. The title should tell the buyer
- 14:30exactly what it is that they're going to
- 14:32get and who it's for. Step six is to
- 14:35write the product description. And for
- 14:37oneoff templates, the description could
- 14:39say something like I'm showing you here
- 14:41on screen, which again you can
- 14:43screenshot and you can use it as a
- 14:45guide. And you should also include, like
- 14:48I said earlier, how it works and the
- 14:50fact that it needs to be downloaded as a
- 14:52PDF. Now, step seven is to price your
- 14:55one-off templates or your bundles. And a
- 14:58simple one-off template may sell for
- 15:02about $5 to $12. And you can get this
- 15:04from the research that I mentioned
- 15:06earlier. A bundle, which is a small
- 15:08bundle, could go for $19 to $39. And a
- 15:11premium business kit could sell for as
- 15:13much as $97. And there are no fixed
- 15:16rules when it comes to pricing. Just
- 15:18find a starting point and test it with
- 15:20your market to see if people are
- 15:22converting. If you find that people are
- 15:24not biting, then you might want to tweak
- 15:26your price, your description, and
- 15:28different things to make sure that
- 15:29you're grabbing attention. Now, step
- 15:31eight is to upload the product to sell.
- 15:34And you can sell it on platforms like
- 15:36Etsy, Gumroad, PayHip, Creative Market,
- 15:40Shopify, Standtore, Beacons, or on your
- 15:43own website, which is where I sell my
- 15:46editable template. I'll use Etsy as an
- 15:48example because many of you are already
- 15:51searching for digital templates on Etsy.
- 15:53What you want to do is to go ahead and
- 15:55create a new listing. Choose the digital
- 15:57product or the digital file. Upload your
- 16:00PDF delivery file, add the listing
- 16:02images, and add the product title, the
- 16:04product description, and make sure you
- 16:06add keywords and tags because that's
- 16:08what customers are going to be searching
- 16:10for for your products to pop up on KD.
- 16:13Make sure you add your price and preview
- 16:15the listing before publishing to check
- 16:18to ensure that things like the product
- 16:21and the way it presents is clear and
- 16:24that it indicates that there's no
- 16:26physical product and that the buyer is
- 16:27going to get a PDF with the link
- 16:29embedded in the PDF. Then you can go
- 16:31ahead and publish your product. Once
- 16:33your listing is live, the customer can
- 16:35purchase and download the PDF
- 16:37automatically, which means you do not
- 16:39need to manually send the template every
- 16:41time somebody buys your product. Again,
- 16:43we're trying to make money here while we
- 16:45sleep. Step nine is to promote the
- 16:47product because it's one thing to
- 16:49create, but if you're not promoting that
- 16:51product, the likelihood of you getting
- 16:53sales will be slim to none. Do not just
- 16:55upload and hope people are going to find
- 16:57it. Create content that shows the value
- 17:00because the more clearly people
- 17:02understand how your product works, the
- 17:04easier it's going to be for them to turn
- 17:06it into something that they can use.
- 17:09Now, rock stars, if I had to start over
- 17:11online, like I said earlier, I would
- 17:13look for a product that is easy to
- 17:15deliver, that is useful to a clear
- 17:18buyer, and that has the possibility to
- 17:20sell more than once. You do not need to
- 17:23start big. And if I had to start over,
- 17:26this is one of the first products that I
- 17:29would
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