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In this era of evolving technology and a fast-growing digital community, the number of money-making opportunities has significantly increased. From running an online clothing store to being a brand influencer and social media sensation, or even becoming a vlogger on youtube. There are numerous income streams to explore. 

As an entrepreneur with a business to run and little to no spare time on your hand, you may find it difficult to venture into another clear line of work, just to have an extra source of income or revenue stream. This is where the importance of creating and selling digital products comes in.

Digital products are simply different valuable items that you create and sell online. They include computer or mobile applications, e-books, online courses, design templates, tutorials, photographs, podcasts, research data, and many more. 

As an expert in your field or as a business owner in a particular line of business, you can decide to create courses and learn content on how to run a business in that area or how to make the physical product your business sells. As a professional, you can carry out first-hand research and come up with scientific data and statistics for other companies in your niche to buy and use.  

If you’re a baker or chef, you can make a recipe e-book and sell it ts. As an entrepreneur with a wig or weave-on production business, you can create hair ventilation tutorial videos and sell them. 

These are cost-effective and easy ways to make money without necessarily going all out or deviating from your field of expertise. Hence, this is a more convenient way to make passive income and generate capital for your business. With an already existing online presence and community, you can market these products and get monetary value from them. You can sell these products on your website, create a link to purchase and upload on all social media platforms and even run ads on the internet.

Here are some reasons why you should give this a try; 

A stress-free, easy and productive way of making more money

You just need a smart device to make digital products, nothing more! Making digital products is simply using what you know and the skills you have to create valuable items or content. Another advantage of creating these products is that it sharpens your creativity skills. You get to express yourself and come up with new ideas to sell a cause, product, or service in new, exciting ways. You may even learn newer skills while creating these products. For instance, by creating course videos, you learn how to communicate better and even edit videos professionally.

They are time and cost-effective

Digital products cost a lot less to create or develop than physical ones, yet they still hold as much, if not more value. You do not have to bother about taking inventory, tracking product orders, and delivery as much. It is easy to create, once you know how to create them. You do not have to worry about resources and time-consuming activities in producing and delivering these products as compared to the physical ones, like shipping, and storage costs, For instance, the cost and process of writing a book, editing, publishing, and selling a book are way more than making an e-book and uploading it on an online platform. These production and distribution processes are also not directly affected by inflation.

These products are easy to manage 

The best part is that you get to set your prices for the products you offer. There are no middlemen like you have for physical products (retailers and distributors). So you earn all or most of the profit from sales. You also maintain the line of direct communication with your customers. 

You get to reach a larger audience and leverage the global market

Your digital products have lesser restrictions and limitations to reaching more people and niche communities all around the world. Your tutorial videos can go viral. The online ads you run for your mobile app or your online courses will reach newer audiences. Digitizing any business generally is advantageous for brand exposure. There are more than enough potential clients and customers in the digital space to upsell.

Digital products never run out of stock and are long-lasting

An e-book cannot be exhausted. As many people can pay to download it at any time and it will still be available for purchase, unlike a physical book that can run out in the stores. These products are always available to customers without having to produce many copies.

They also last almost forever. These products are not tangible, hence durable, and not subject to damage or easy loss. There you go! No need to worry about maintenance, security, or storage.

What of the content relevance? You may ask. The beauty is that they can be edited, updated, improved upon, and recreated. Have you noticed when reading an article from years back, that you may see a little text, just around the heading that says, “edited by…”? That is what I am talking about- flexibility. Digital products never really get outdated.

These products help with brand exposure and establish you as an expert in your field

The content of these products gives your audience an insight into what you and your business do or represent. Putting out these products is a good marketing strategy for your business. As a hair stylist, If your audience enjoys your high-quality, detailed tutorial video they will be drawn to your brand and may even want to buy more of your products or services. As a graphics designer, creating and sharing templates and mock designs for companies will grant you more audience and visibility.

These products are good for generating leads for your business and other products.

What this also does for you is that you get recognized as an expert in that line of business. I will always think that a chef who owns a recipe book will most definitely cook the best meals and a financial adviser or consultant that has great financial literacy courses, will be the best to meet for a consultation.

Extra: Knowledge commerce is selling what you know at a cost. This can be done by creating online courses, e-books, and membership sites, which are all digital products. Think about it, you get to use what you know to make money fast and easily! 

These are a good number of benefits to make you want to start immediately. Remember that for a product to attract buyers, it has to be of value. The product you create should be well thought out and delivered excellently. This is why proper research to know what your target audience needs and how viable the product will be, is necessary so you do not end up wasting your time.

Make the most of this to make more money, and promote your personal as well as business brand!

Shecluded is partnering with Selar to teach you more about how to create and sell digital products You do not want to miss out on this! Let’s make the 26th of July, 2022 a date. Sign up today to attend the Digital Products Webinar.

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