Private Label Rights, or PLR as it’s most often called in our industry, is a term that is laden with connotations these days.
If you’re reading this article, chances are good that you already know what PLR is, so I’m not going to talk about what it is or about the general benefits of using PLR. I’ve covered those details in past trainings.
I happen to be an avid PLR enthusiast. I’ve used it in many ways for many different projects and products over the years. As a teacher in the info-marketing realm, I also like to sell high quality PLR because it can be a great shortcut for others, just as it’s been a shortcut for me.
Unfortunately, PLR has gotten a bad rap in recent years due largely in part to the amount of “junk PLR” that has infiltrated the marketplace. I believe this can be partially attributed to the trend of using low-wage outsourced workers to write materials in languages (particularly English) that they have not mastered.
In spite of the junk-PLR problem, I think PLR is still a potentially very valuable resource for information marketers, and can be used to create high quality products that are appreciated by end-users.
In the following video, I make a case study of a successful magazine, and explain how you can use PLR to create a similarly high quality product:
If you’re an information marketer or anyone who is a user of PLR in any way, I hope you’ll take the time to watch the above video for some inspiration and ideas for using PLR.
What to take away from the case study:
– Curate high quality content for your niche.
– Ghostwritten material is not inherently inferior.
– In some niches, aesthetics are important, so take the time to make it look good or get some help with it.
– You may be able to get free content produced by writers and artists.
– If you want long term stability, consider evergreen niches.
– Consider creating products that can be distributed widely like the one in the case study.
Toward the end of the video I mention a tool called Sqribble which I reviewed here on my blog last year.
Let me know what you think of this case study, and share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments below. I approve comments periodically, so your comment won’t appear instantly.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day!
Good case study Eric, I agree that PLR can be a big time saver.
A little constructive criticism. The audio in the video is horrible. Invest in a small remote or wired clip on mic to improve audio quality and user experience.
Other than that, your stuff is always great. 🙂
Sorry about that! I actually have a fair amount of decent audio equipment, I just wasn’t using it. I used onboard mic to save time, dropped it into camtasia and used one click noise removal which apparently clipped the waves too much at times 🙁
Hey Eric have been following you for a while always found your articles interesting and has helped me
This post is no exception.
I have and still use PLR for articles on my blogs saves so much time.
Cheers
Bryan
I also have been following you for some time now. I have purchased quite a few of your products and definitely benefited from your Lessons. Thanks a bunch. I use PLR material for my website and emails. Great case study. Learning how to use Sqribble.
Absolutely agree with you mate. Just have to do the work and adapt it to your avatars language.
Hey Eric. I. really appreciate you sharing information and your experience in Internet marketing. I have purchased a few of your products over the years as well as Plr rights. A couple of things your viewers should consider is make the plr product unique and please use a spell checker. Too many grammar mistakes and no one will take you seriously. Keep up the great work, Eric.
Eric… I think you may have just saved my life! REALLY!
I have a gobsmack TON of PLR on my hard drives in numerous niches… 90% of which is totally UNUSED to this date… now I just have to find out if I can publish some magazines using this company or some other company. I’d REALLY like to LOCALIZE some of this content and make REGIONALLY BASED mags… my brain is SPINNING right now!
THANKS
Investing some time and thought, to produce genuine quality has to be worthwhile, people these days respond to true value-gone are the days when hastily assembled junk sells in volume anymore, folks are savvy, sophisticated and discerning! Great thoughts Eric, and food for thought definitely.