We’ve all heard the stories about people who can do some quick research and write a decent article in ten minutes or less. On a subject they know absolutely nothing about to boot! I believe this usually involves a system of structuring the article perfectly. There’s a set format that each one follows. Once you have that structure committed to memory, it’s just a matter of filling in the information you need to put into each section. So, the idea is that you do some quick research online, find some points of interest, then write. Everything falls neatly into the template. No thinking involved. This is a wonderful technique.

In theory.

But it’s never worked for me. Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure it does for a lot of people. I’m sure a lot of people swear by it. But I could just never get the hang of writing in that way.

There are many more people that I know of who can at least get an article out in half an hour. That sounds like a reasonable time frame to me. I actually envy them. It must be nice to be able to churn them out like that. My time spent on an article that I write from scratch is usually double that if I’m lucky. Maybe it’s my typing speed, maybe I’m just too much of a perfectionist. I don’t know.

But what I have found that increases my productivity tremendously is to use PLR articles as a place to start for whatever I write. I think it helps so much because all the research has already been done, and the article has already been structured perfectly for me. Sometimes, I think I also need a jolt as far as just getting my brain going. Left to my own devices, I can just sit here staring at my monitor for a long time, wondering what to write about. That becomes completely unnecessary if it’s all been done already, and all I have to do is put some things into my own words.

With PLR articles as a starting point, I find that I am able to keep a good pace going and get a unique, finished article out in about fifteen minutes. You have to love anything that quadruples your productivity instantly. If you’re having the same problem with your own writing, then give it a try.

The first PLR membership site that I wanted to review is Victor Franqui’s Private Label Chest. I want to start there because it’s a resource that I wish was around when I first began to build websites. It’s something that really stands out from the crowd, and I think that anyone who reads this would most benefit from hearing about it first.

By the time I got to this site, I really wasn’t expecting much. This had nothing to do with the site itself. It was just that I had been a member of quite a few private label sites already, and I thought this one would just be more of the same. There are only so many things you have time to work with in the month, you know. I’m not completely sure what got me to give it a try in the end. Maybe it was the opening video. Mr. Franqui struck me as a genuine guy. That’s something that’s in short supply these days.

So, I paid my membership and stepped through the virtual door. And I am very glad I did. Private Label Chest has what other membership sites have, plus a good deal more.

Of course, there are articles. Every PLR site has articles. So, that’s nothing new.

But then I looked at the ebooks he offers. Yes, other sites have those too. But many of his come complete with book-cover graphics and the sales page already written for you too. Both of which are great, but I particularly appreciate that last part. As anyone who has read my other posts knows, I write very slowly. And good sales copy is a skill in and of itself.

And those aren’t even the best ebook packages. The ones marked as “Premium” really are. Some of those come with everything I could ever need to sell them. They have the book covers and sales letters just like the other packages. But on top of that, there are things like alternative Home pages, a squeeze page included so that you are ready to build your list, autoresponder messages already written up for you, blog spots written for you too, niche videos to put on your site, and even a list of suggested keywords you can target. I was absolutely amazed at everything these packages included. It really cuts my work down, and leaves me more time for other stuff.

And if all that wasn’t enough, there are also things that you can use to help you build other kinds of websites. There are Wordpress themes, newsletter templates, mini-site templates, landing pages, website headers, website graphics, and scripts. Just to name a few, I have found a script for a virtual sales bot on there, and another one that helps to centralize and track your affiliate links.

Basically, for anything that I ever need to put a site together, I’ve learned to look here first. Which is why I wanted to post this Private Label Chest review, and recommend it as my top pick. I can’t see anyone being disappointed by joining. Especially since the cost is a fraction of the price that many other membership sites charge. The value is absolutely insane and only gets better as the weeks pass and more items are added.

If you want to take a look for yourself, you can find the site by clicking on the image below.

Private Label Chest is my pick for the best private label rights site around.

All I can say to those who are struggling with the same decision that I was is that I have never regretted the choice that I made to give private label rights a try.

So, where do you go for this and what can you expect to pay? PLR content is usually distributed through membership websites. As far as which ones are the best - That really depends on exactly what you want. There are several good ones out there. I do have some definite ideas on a few that stand out for me though. I’ll start posting some reviews on them shortly.

Now on to the issue of cost. This can really vary quite a bit. The payment structure for these sites usually requires you to pay a higher fee up front to join the site, then a much lower monthly fee to maintain your membership. They do this because once you are a member, you have access to many, many different kinds of products. You are free to download everything in the first week if you like. The higher up front cost prevents people from joining, downloading all the material, canceling their membership, then repeating the process six months later. It makes it fair for everyone.

If you were to hire a writer to write a few articles or an ebook for you, this can easily cost several hundreds and even thousands of dollars. With private label rights membership sites, they do this for you month after month, and the cost is essentially split between all of their members. Therefore, the monthly cost frequently doesn’t exceed what you might expect to pay for buying one or two articles on your own.

Now, as I said before, what you’ll pay to become a member of each PLR content site depends on the site owner. Some of them will cost you much more than that to join. But rest assured that I will be reviewing low cost options that don’t skimp on the quality of their products.

I think this is a problem that many of us have though. A lot of people seem to be thinkers and not doers, at least part of the time. I don’t know why. Daydreaming about things doesn’t help anything. Neither does doing every other thing you can imagine but what you’re supposed to be doing.

The other day, I logged into one of the sites that I am a member of, scrolled through the list of PLR ebooks that were available to me, and left it at that. I have an excuse. My telephone rang. A friend wanted to see a movie, so off I went. That’s a horrible habit. It’s not like I could do it if I were in an office somewhere. It’s not like anyone would even call me for something like that if I were in an office either.

That’s one of the pitfalls of working from home. No-one respects the fact that you have to work. They all think that if you’re in the house, you must be doing nothing. I know, it’s my fault too. I’m an easy mark. I actually answer my calls, and even worse, go out and meet people sometimes when I had planned on working. You should never, ever do that.

Sometimes I think that you have to have some fun every now and then. But other times, I wonder how much I could get done if I “did” more. Could I have a virtual empire by now? Could I be working from the beach with a laptop on the sand? I’ll find out one of these days. It’s all in print now, so I’ll start tomorrow. No more putting things off for me!

It was a good movie though. And if you want to know the funny part - One of those PLR ebooks that I saw was about cures for procrastination. Maybe I’ll just sell that one to myself.

This technique can be used to create your very own ebooks as well. How many of us could ever dream of writing a book from scratch? I know I couldn’t. But what I can do is find good PLR content, and change it as much or as little as I like. Then all of a sudden, I’m a writer with my very own product to sell.

Mixing and matching is another popular way to go. You can package several different things together to create an original product. If you are trying to build a list, you can use different parts of articles, or break down an ebook and you have several weeks worth of information to load an autoresponder with.

Remember that any tool is only as good as the person who is using it. If you infuse some creativity into your PLR content, there are a great many things you can do with it. From constructing free reports, to helping you promote or populate your niches, the possibilities go on and on.

I really hate writing sales pages. Unfortunately, that’s the most important part of the process. It’s the part that helps people find you. All the ones who would benefit from the information you have to share with them. So, I have to do it. I think that’s another reason why I love to get a head start on everything by using PLR ebooks. Doing this lets me save time where I can, so that I can spend it where I absolutely have to.

Let me start off by telling you that I can’t give you any magic formulas that will get you to rattle off a sales page in your sleep. I can only tell you something that I try to keep in mind when I’m writing one. It’s simple really.

I figure out who I’m trying to reach as best as I can. That always has to be my first step. I spend as long as I need to in order to do this one, crucial part. If I have a book that will help dog lovers, for example, I think like a dog lover. What problems do they have that this book can solve? What is important to them? If I have to, I’ll find forums, and immerse myself in them for as long as it takes for me to really understand their needs. I read everything I can. I participate in discussions. This really helps to get me in the right frame of mind to pick out the parts of my book that will appeal to someone, and include that in my sales page.

The beauty of joining a site where you have access to many different PLR ebooks is that this problem can frequently be solved before it even begins. Just find a subject that you know a little something about already. If you can already connect with an audience because their needs are yours, then you are halfway there right now.

The long answer is that the extent to which you have to rewrite is up to you and depends on where your personal comfort level is. The first thing that you will probably want to do is to insert some of the keywords that you’re trying to target into the PLR articles that you choose. Search engines that can find our sites is a recipe for happiness.

After that point, webmasters tend to go in different directions on the matter. Some choose to rewrite a certain percentage of the article. Sixty percent is a popular safe zone for what will be considered unique content. Others rewrite less, and simply choose to add an RSS feed or several to the page in order to give it a steady stream of changing content.

Then we have the extremes of the craft. On one side, there are people who just add their own paragraph to the beginning, a few sentences to the end, and on a particularly energetic day, maybe a line or two in the middle. On the other side of the spectrum, are the ones who use their articles as a base, then go through them, rewriting sentence by sentence.

Which group you fall into will depend on your own personality. Any one of these approaches can work. There is no absolute right or wrong on the matter. My own thoughts on whether private label rights are worth it or not are this - It will always be easier for me to edit and improve something, than it will be for me to try and create. Everyone has to make the decision on their own as to what will be the easiest way for them to go. After all, that is the entire point of doing anything. To figure out the easiest, most productive way to accomplish your goal. Personally, I’ll stick with making good use of PLR articles.

There’s no question that ebooks have become increasingly popular over the years. They are generally less expensive than purchasing a book in a store as they share none of the traditional costs associated with publishing. They are also way more convenient to buy. Since they are delivered electronically, someone who is in search of information can get instant gratification. And they don’t even have to leave their home to get it either.

This has really helped to fuel the popularity of this medium. And as a consequence of that, has helped to fuel the desire of many to be internet authors. But there is just one small problem with that. One that I had to find out the hard way. Writing any sort of book is a lot of hard work! I think I fell into the same trap that many others do of not having enough respect for the art of writing. But I quickly realized that even though I would like to think that I’m reasonably intelligent, and I didn’t do too badly on my college term papers, this does not necessarily translate into me being a great, or even a competent author.

If you’ve never done it yourself, it may be hard for you to understand exactly what talents you need to have. I’ve always thought that people should get their money’s worth when purchasing information online. The first thing that I realized was that this would mean that the book would have to be fifty, sixty, maybe a hundred pages long. And some of them are longer than that! If I was lucky enough to get this done at all, it would take months to complete. First there’s the research, then the actual writing, then the proofreading and rewriting, and proofreading and rewriting in a big, vicious circle. This just wasn’t for me.

But luckily enough, I found that PLR ebooks could fix a lot of this for me. And I’m so glad that I knew where to get them at the time. If I hadn’t, I might have been discouraged enough to just give up on the idea right then. Not that I would have given up on the internet, but just the idea that I could have my own product. I think that having options and knowing what they are is always an important part of where you wind up in life.

And I wound up with my own book. I searched through all the PLR ebooks I had access to until I found the perfect one to start off with. From there, it was just a matter of changing a few things here and there until it was exactly what I wanted to put my name on. I guess things are always easier when you have a head start.

Can you just write these things yourself? Of course you can. But not all of us are cut out to be writers. Where do you get ideas from? How do you flesh those ideas out into a good article? Where do you even get started? These are all things that you’ll come up against on a daily basis. And even if you can write your own stuff, can you do it fast enough? Having the talent to write yourself is a wonderful thing, but if it takes you three days to come up with a five hundred word article, this will do you no good.

The next thing that many people think of is the possibility of outsourcing the work to a ghostwriter. This is, of course, an option that is worth considering. Especially if you have the budget to make it work. But good writers don’t come cheap. For a quality article that you would be happy to use on your site, you can expect to pay in the twenty to thirty dollar range. A few times might be okay, but can you imagine doing this to solve all your writing needs? The cost would get ridiculous!

And that is how PLR content came about. As a solution to this need. It has helped a great many people get over the hurdles that everyone on the internet has faced. PLR is short for Private Label Rights. It means that you can use it exactly the same way as if you had written it yourself. Do you want to change the way something is written? Go ahead, it’s yours. Do you want to sign your name as the author? You can do that too. Do you want to sell it? Make a mint, if you can. Or maybe you even want to just give it out to get people to sign up on your mailing list? Great! Let the generosity flow!

In a nutshell, this is all that PLR content is - Someone else has done all the hard work, and created a product for you. You can then use this product as if you had created it yourself. How great is that!