3 Rules For Choosing Your: First Million Dollar Product
3 Rules For Choosing Your: First Million Dollar Product
3 Rules For Choosing Your: First Million Dollar Product
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3 RULES FOR
CHOOSING
YOUR FIRST
MILLION
DOLLAR
PRODUCT
THERE’S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME IN HISTORY TO BE AN
ENTREPRENEUR - PARTICULARLY IF YOU WANT TO START A
PHYSICAL PRODUCTS BUSINESS.
It’s why big name celebrities are piling into the space. In
fact, according to The Guardian,
“In the last few years, celebrity makeup, clothing and other luxury
lines have moved from a side hustle into a multi-billion-dollar
industry that can generate fortunes for
the famous that far surpass the money
they make for doing the thing they’re
famous for.”
•Rihanna
now makes
more money
from her Fenty Beauty makeup line than
she does from music – the company
turned over $100 million in its first
40 days trading. By comparison, in the
whole of 2016, the last year she had a
record out, she earned $7.6m from
streaming and $2.5m from music sales.
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• And Jessica Alba more than replaced
her acting income after starting The
Honest Company, now generating
annual revenues of $250 million with
a value of $1 Billion in 2017.
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Because, there are now countless tools and resources available
nowadays that make starting an online business easier than
ever.
In this short guide, I’m going to walk you through the 3 Rules
for coming up your first product idea and making it a success
right out of the gate, as well as setting yourself up for long
term success with your business for years to come.
You can’t just come up with a widget you think people might
want to buy… that might allow you to make some sales for a
bit -
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And the way to improve someone’s life, is to identify a
struggle or point of suffering, and become the person/
company that removes the problem causing the struggle…
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Before long, she was able top scale up to the point of
replacing her full-time income…
Their idea had wings… and within 4 years, Peter and Jared
were able to sell their company to Kellogg’s for
$600,000,000.
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Now, let’s apply this to you. Take
some time to answer the following
questions…
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STEP 2
FIND SOMEONE
TO SERVE
She set out to make bath time more enjoyable for everyone
involved, to make it something kids could look forward to…
AND her brand and messaging gave moms permission to take
extra time to pamper themselves.
She created a way for Moms to connect with their kids, and
reconnect with themselves.
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So, while they aimed
to solve the problem
of not having a truly
healthy and delicious
snack bar readily
available - when
Jared and Peter
started their
business, they
specifically looked
to serve Crossfitters
like themselves.
The result?
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When it comes to figuring out WHO you’re going to serve with
your product, the best place to start is to create what is
called a “Customer Avatar.”
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STEP 3
CREATE A PRODUCT THAT
SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR
YOUR CUSTOMER AVATAR
Now, for the REALLY fun part - creating a product for your tribe
to solve the problem you’re taking ownership of.
First - we need to get a few things straight…
Sure, Amanda, Peter, and Jared all started out by making their
own products by hand… but in the lifespans of their respective
companies, the time they spent bent over mixing bowls was
fairly short.
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2. Your product does NOT have to be original.
There are countless brands of snack bars in the world… but
none of them were marketed specifically to the CrossFit Tribe
until, RXBar.
You just need to sell wheels to people who’ve never been sold
wheels before. Most of the time, the packaging or branding is
what makes the difference between a product that sells for a
nice profit and one that doesn’t.
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3. Your product needs to be something YOU would buy.
I can’t say this enough… Creating a Million Dollar Brand is
only possible when you’re motivated by more than the money.
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To come up with your first
product idea, take some time
to brainstorm 5-10 product
ideas that solve one or more
specific problems for one or
more specific audiences.
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CONCLUSION
Now you have the fundamental three steps for coming up with
your first Million Dollar Product idea.
If you’d like some help taking your ideas and bringing them
to LIFE in a business that’s exciting to own, profitable to
run, and that has the potential for scaling even bigger or
selling… we’d love to help you! (In fact, we might even
invest in your brand like we’ve done with many others.)
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