Today's Adventure in the Biz Opp Jungle:
'In which Charlie steals an idea off the telly... and offers YOU a way to turn a small money making idea into The Big One'.
Hi,
I hope there are no BBC executives reading this... Because I am about to shamelessly rip-off one of their big ideas.
Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!
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Welcome to the Drago---- no, er
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As you know, I am a great fan of satanic television programmes like 'Deal or No Deal' and 'Dragon's Den'... shows where people put their dreams on the line, hoping for luck or a benefactor to change their lives.
It's something we know about here in the Biz Opp Jungle, right?
We've all got dreams of The Big One.
By that I don't mean anything saucy. I mean that we'd all love to hit upon an idea that makes us wealthy enough to live in Caribbean mansions, design our own robots, and fill our boots with cheese.
But we know that the chances of hitting upon The Big One right way are slim. Whatever these gurus promise in their SHOUTY promotions...
...£250,000 in 6 months - while you sleep!
...watch £5,000 slip into your bank account every day AUTOMATICALLY
...make £20,000 a month without any skill, product, programme or idea - all at the touch of a button!
Hmmmm... call me an old cynic, but methinks there is a stench of manure about claims like these. My bovine excrement-ometer starts swinging like crazy when I see these outlandish promises.
Don't you have to have some kind of desirable idea, system, product or breakthrough to make that kind of money?
I mean, sure, The Big One is out there. But it has to start small. It can't come from thin air. It has to start with something.
An oak tree must begin with an acorn.
Imagine if one of these miracle-working marketing geniuses went in front of the panel in BBC2's "Dragon's Den". (If you have no idea what I'm banging on about, see http://www.bizoppjungle.com/letters/e07022007.html )
You'd get a scene like this...
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CONTESTANT: I'd like £100,000 of investment for my business, please.
DUNCAN VALENTINE: What's the business?
CONTESTANT: It's an internet marketing system that could return you £250,000 in your first year alone. At the touch of a button. Without doing anything. Overnight. While you sleep. In your pants.
VALENTINE: How?
CONTESTANT: Aha, that's the secret you'll learn if you give me £100,000.
VALENTINE: What's the product?
CONTESTANT: Well... it's... there's no need for a product... I can't go into detail now... all I can say is that you will never have to work again.
VALENTINE: Right... so why are you here, then?
CONTESTANT: What?
VALENTINE: Well, if you know how to make millions at the touch of a button, why do you need my money?
CONTESTANT: Can I explain again about how you could be sailing on a yacht made of gold just by...?
VALENTINE: No.
CONTESTANT: Can I tempt you with a free gift of a CD-ROM of me in my pants, pushing a button over and over again?
VALENTINE: I'm out.
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I'm being a bit cheeky here. But what I mean is that, if you were to go on something like Dragon's Den, you'd need to explain what you were going to sell, who would buy it, and how you'd sell it for profit.
Which brings me, at long last, to my point...
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I am looking for entrepreneurs with a good idea
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After watching Dragon's Den, last week, I hit upon an idea.
What if I got together with a few other biz opp publishers and created our own Dragon's Den?
We could ask readers who think they have a good idea to submit it to us. If we like it, and the figures add up, we could then publish it.
Imagine... you've hit upon something that makes you a bit of extra cash every weekend... so you tell us about it... we like it and decide to publish it so that other biz opp seekers can do the same... and you make a big pile of money from your idea.
Great!
So I talked to What Really Makes Money's Nick Laight, and he agreed to join forces, along with his wife, Heloise, who is a brilliant, experienced marketer with an eye for profitable ideas.
Together, we can be your panel. Except I doubt that The Beeb will be happy with us using their programme title.
So we'll call it "The Tiger's Lair"!
What do you think? Could you be the next biz opp success story? Could you present us with something that we could publish or develop?
*** Have you got a trading system that works?
*** A betting strategy that gets results?
*** An original home business idea that you've tested?
*** An Ebay or online trading success story?
*** A useful invention?
*** A way to consistently make extra cash at the weekend?
*** A unique new product?
*** A formula for doubling sales, increasing traffic, growing lists, or boosting a website's profitability?
*** A profitable e-letter, newsletter, blog or book that you've sourced or written yourself - and that's ALREADY making money?
If so, then email your idea to tigers@bizoppjunglecom
Here's what you'll need to include...
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3 rules for your proposal
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In your proposal, you need to give us:
*** Details about the product, idea, blueprint, invention or system.
*** Any sales figures, results or projected figures -at least some evidence that your idea works or makes money.
*** A bit about yourself and why you could be the next biz opp success.
While resale products are fine, The Tiger's Lair is interested only in original ideas.
If we see something we like, then we'll get back in touch with you and see if we can take it further.
Please don't be offended if we don't get in touch or turn down the idea. It doesn't mean it's bad, it's just not for us.
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You could join Sharon or Jonathan
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With this experiment, I'm hoping that I can find the next Sharon Fussell...
She found a way to make £15,000 a year in her spare time selling books on Amazon. Nick Laight tested the idea out and, when it worked, published her!
Now she's not only making money on Amazon... she also has a successful biz opp book and even her own weekly e-letter.
Or perhaps you're the next Jonathan Street. He came up with an idea about how to make money from blogs... now he's also got his own product and e-letter.
So it can be done!
I'll leave you now to get your thinking cap on. Or thinking trilby. Or whatever it is you wear on your head when you think.
If you've got a proven money-maker, don't hang about. Go for it. Send your proposal to tigers@bizoppjungle.com
Oh, and don't forget to check out my website. I'll be working on it this week, so you might notice some exciting changes:
http://www.bizoppjungle.com
Later alligator!
Charlie Wright
The Biz Opp Jungle