Getting over your fear of using PLR
Published: Mon, 07/12/21
I wanted to offer a tip for the people who get stuck on how to use PLR. PLR stands for private label rights. It's a little bit like finding an image on one of the image sites that comes with commercial use privileges. Maybe you pay a small amount for one of the images, then you use that image in your creative design, such as ebook art or company branding. You can do that with private label rights articles as well, which is what we offer here at Wordfeeder.
So if you think of the articles as a pre-written, pre-researched (if applicable) draft, you get to take the draft and then turn it into whatever you like.
Ways that you can change PLR to become more unique so that it seems like *your* content are...
If you purchased 15 articles and you want to create an ebook from it, then change the following:
- The title of the pack (it helps to do a little brainstorm on this first)
- The title of the individual articles
- The order of the points made
- Adding to what's there and expanding on it
- Editing out the parts that don't suit you and subbing in your own advice
Using PLR and really making it your own means you're going to want to engage with the content. Even though you didn't write it, the content becomes yours. If it helps you to start with a blank document open on the right side of the screen and the document of PLR articles on the left, that might be a good idea to help you evolve the content into something unique.
Another good approach to changing PLR is to think of the audience.
So if you're wanting positivity articles that speak to the middle age crowd, but these are generic, then you can change the title of the ebook to address that audience. Then you can do the same with each individual article.
You might also want to run through any examples that are offered in each of the articles, and sub in something audience-relevant. So your example of suggesting that someone join the local sports team might become "sign up for a senior-friendly activities program close to home." These kinds of small details really make the difference, and endear your audience to your words because now it applies to them specifically.
Of course, you don't have to change a word of the PLR articles if you don't want to. Maybe you'd just like to offer a quick product to sell. In that case, maybe you can opt to not even brand the product. Your audience may not be too concerned with the branding, it could just be all about getting a good price on a topic of interest that they'd like to learn more about. You're giving them a deal, and they'll like that a lot.
You can also use bits and pieces of the content to mold and shape something entirely new. Take sections of the content that you purchased, and use it to beef up your own writing - for blog posts, a course you're creating, or an email series for example.
The idea is that you really want to get to know the content and wrap it around your own interests, knowledge and whatever you're passionate about teaching. It also can be helpful to infuse expert quotes, statistics and information from relevant studies that may have been published in health or psychology journals as applicable. In fact -- that may be a good thing for me to offer more of. Plug and play facts, stats and quotes - with sources included. Thank you for the idea!
I hope this helps you in your PLR publishing endeavors. Or... if you're really concerned about creating something unique from the PLR -- hire me on an hourly basis to create you something new from a set of articles that you'd like to edit and develop in a new way.
Thanks for being on my list. Wishing you a profitable and productive week ahead!
Dina at Wordfeeder PLR