So I got the go Ahead from Kurt to open this thread.
PLEASE NOTE - This is NOT for gaming it with the vulnerable. I have seen already some scam marketers digging deep in the pit by selling more fear...This is not about that. Thank you.

Lets put our heads together as a Braintrust here perhaps?
Or If not - Lets look at trending Niches of sales/services we can honorably help out, helping our own families at the same time.

My first seed ideas based off what I could do with my skill sets are:

1. Small membership club on Localised B2B helpline Information & Networking
2. Free Webinars (to) Paid consultancy on supporting sales & Cashflow Ideas for New Home Business start Ups
3. Helping Schools set up webinar platforms
4. Helping B2B to set up seminars online

I've taken a few "formal education" marketing classes. Honestly, they do lack a lot of actionable info. Although I dodged it in my classes, a lot of college marketing classes is going to a mall and conducting surveys.

But they do teach some very important things you probably won't get online in IM.

The first is ethics. You really don't see much discussion of ethics. And I seriously doubt an info product about ethics in marketing would sell very well, because of lack of demand.

Another thing discussed in a college marketing class is basic business law.

Don't take my word on this. I'm old and I took these classes many years ago. I could be wrong. Or maybe I'm right but things have changed. I'm posting this for discussion and not as legal advice.

Here's an example. How much money do I have to make to claim I made "thousands of dollars"?

Most people think "thousands" means two or more. Actually, it means "more than one". That means if I made $1000.01, I can say I made "thousands of dollars".

I sold "dozens" could very well legally mean 13 or more, assuming you couldn't sell a fraction of one. "Scores" would be 21 or more, etc. Someone that lived to be 100 years and a day could say they lived for "centuries".

Another common (and important) legal definition is the use of the word "sale". IIRC a product/service has to be at least 5% off the REGULAR SELLING PRICE. "Launch" or "Grand Opening Sale" should be OK since you're telling folks it hasn't been sold before.

One law I found very interesting at the time was that you couldn't charge someone more for using a credit card. But it was OK to give a "cash discount". No one student or professor, ever understood that one either.

DIY Hand Sanitizer According to CDC Specifications.

CDC says you need at least an alcohol content of 60% to make your own hand sanitizer. Using this number and a lot of research, this is the best formula I've found. Of course, you can use the CDC's recipe...it you want about 2 1/2 GALLONS of sanitizer. But if you don't want that much....

Yes, it's best to use soap and a lot of water and friction (and time scrubbing). But if you're not around a soap, sink and water and/or want the alcohol to stick to your hands a little longer, a hand sanitizer is probably a good idea.

Using 71% isopropyl alcohol

• 11 parts 71% isopropyl alcohol.
  
• 1 part 3% hydrogen peroxide.
  
• 1 part aloe or glycerin
  

• 6 parts 91% isopropyl alcohol.
  
• 2 parts 3% hydrogen peroxide.
  
• 1 part aloe or glycerin
  

Here's an excellent video that shows an experiment to see if Google has a hidden ranking factor. Plus it seems a few WP "optimization" plugins probably delete this data.

Ever think of something too late? I really wish I would have named this "Out to Pasture" forum "The Water Trough" instead. It's the cow version of "Water Cooler".

This is an idea for promoting pheeds with a rebrandable pdf.  I have not made one yet but I thought I'd share.

How many people are joining other earning forums or programs to get "coin"?  There are quite a few out there.

Well feeds compliments them because it can allow someone to create an earning forum of their own. so if you
do this you may be much more targeted in your advertising.

Kurt mentioned somewhere that he'd like to promote pheeds with rebrandable pdf's.  So that got me thinking of
a good way to do that and combine these earning forums to get referrals.  This will kill two birds with one stone
and get you some free cash.  Idea lends itself to any product, any resource list.

You could easily create a rebrandable pdf (you could use any program that allows that
right now. I can think of free open office and paid microsoft office.  In that program use a blank document to create, then use
the resource they have to convert it to pdf.

First join the other earning forums you like then....

In the pdf just make a resource list of those forums with your affiliate links but
advertise pheeds above them as an advertisement.  Use kurts graphics.  Once you get it
set up just add on last little step;  "Rebrand this pdf by going to: http://www.pdfaid.com/rebrandpdf.aspx"

Its hard to know how super hot these little earning places are.  But I think its more like steaming.  So kurts product
is in high demand.

Here's a few ideas for other thing you can do as lists.  There are tons of sites/blogs that do lists but not rebrandable pdfs.  Most people just use
a lot of content when they do a pdf or rebrandable pdf. If you want an example of one place I know does list pdf's head over to reducethehype.com
there are a few over there you could not only learn from but use.

-do a list of places you can sell printables
-do a list of apps that pay in gift cards and paypal
-do a list of other kinds of affiliate programs
-make a pdf full of affiliate youtube videos, for coin earning forums, or gift card apps, you can still add your own affiliate link under
the video.   (back in the day John Rogers did this trick). I bought his training. I do remember that.
-Make a pdf full of places you can flip Your stuff for cash
-do a list of apps for getting gig jobs
-do a pdf of places you get blogging job or earn for blog posting places
-do a pdf of microjob places you can earn from
-do a pdf of places where you can do surveys or a neat strategy for earning from surveys
-do a pdf of places you can earn for listening to music, or watching videos.


There's so many things you can do a list of. Put on your creative hats.

This is a mechanical battery. It uses energy when it is plentiful to lift blocks of cement by crane. Then used the energy gravity creates when needed when the blocks are lowered.

From what I can tell, a regular lithium battery returns 90% of the electricity it takes in, whereas the mechanical batter returns 85%. While not quite as efficient as a chemical battery, the mechanical battery is much cheaper and easier to create.

And in many areas, it's cheaper to leave the electrical generators running 24/7 even when not needed because it takes more energy to start them up than to let the run. This means there are long periods of time at night when electricity is just going to waste. If these mechanical batteries work as well as they say, this seems like a better way to do things.

Why do you think RAP music has been so popular for so long?

I like American music history and most types of American music is popular for 10 years, or about a generation. Rag, Big Band and original rock and roll like Chuck Berry and Elvis were popular for around 10 years.

For this discussion I define rock and roll as Elvis stuff and "rock" as post 1965 or so, after the British Invasion. Rock has lasted for a few decades but it doesn't dominate like it did in the 60-80s.

Rap started in about 1980 and new-ish rap stars are still popular and famous.

I think it's popular because it's so simple and everyone thinks they could be a rapper. It doesn't take any musical skill with an instrament (practice, practice, practice) and everyone can talk...but few of us can sing.

How about some things you miss in IM?

I miss the old AllPosters affiliate program when it was in house. It was great for using images on your site but you also make money from them. It was especially great for things like celebrities, movies and other images of famous people you would normally have a hard time getting a license to use...and again you would make money if someone bought a poster from you. I did pretty well from their old affiliate program and used their poster images to decorate many sites.

One of the things I do online is sell print on demand tee shirts, mugs, etc. I have a couple of ideas for humorous tees about the corona virus.

Since this is a very new and trending topic/niche, corona merch could be in demand.

So, is it ethical for me to create and sell tee shirts with corona virus as the theme and profiting off what could be a major tragedy?

Please let's not get political with this topic...thanks.