Smart Passive Income #160 - Pre Product Market Research

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Pat starts a new series:  How to test your online product before it exists?

First,  check if a market exists

• Enter possible keywords into Google. Do the results contain paid advertisements?
• Are there other web sites selling similar products?
• Check Amazon. Are there books or products related to your product idea?
• Add the keyword "forum:" to your Google search. Are there any forums? Is there a lot of conversation/posts/replies? When was the latest post?
• ...

Smart Passive Income #132 - Second Law of Business (again borrowed from Mr. Newton)

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As predicted - ok, I could have just read ahead - here comes the next of physics law raped in the name of business:

The acceleration of your success is directly proportional to the amount of force you apply, but inversely proportional to the number of markets you try to reach.

Pat summarizes this trip into the world of physics better by just saying:

Just focus on one market and you’ll do better.