How Pirates Make Money Watching TV
Stuck for ideas?
Looking for a good idea for a ‘commercial lens’ you can make a few bucks on?
Try this.
Next time you are watching TV sit down with a pad and paper. Each commercial break watch every commercial and write down the one that strikes the strongest emotion in you (interest, hate, disgust, warm and cuddly, piratey, etc).
When you pick your favorite commercial for that break, jot down 3 quick facts about it on the notepad (if you didn’t learn 3 things from the commercial you should probably watch something else).
Do that for every commercial break.
At the end of a half hour show that should leave you with 4 or 5 commercials at least that were worth noting, each with a few facts about the product or service being advertised.
These commercials were all selling products that are clearly profitable enough to pay several thousand dollars a night for air time for (if not much much more) so they should definitely have enough search volume on the search engines to make it worth your while.
Okay, you’ve got all your Lens Titles and Module Titles sitting there on a piece of paper looking at you. Go make a kick butt review lens of the product!
Get to work before I make you walk the plank… arrrrrr
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I did that very thing just this morning! Only it took a visit here to realize that (1)I’m a product reviewer, so (2)Why haven’t I been making lenses about some of those products I love?
Sometimes it takes a Pirate to knock some sense into me. I’m now officially excited about 2009. Let the fun begin.
Indeed, Seedplanter! Let the fun of the power of recommendation begin. 
Thank you for your advice, Captain!
Are you kidding me? This sounds like my definition of hell. Anti-depressants, sleep medications, cold/flu medications, automobiles and car insurance. Oh yeah, and now losing weight and getting your taxes done. I can’t flip the channels fast enough to get away from the ads.
Thankfully, I have more ideas than I can ever turn into a lenses - and I prefer to stay away from TV anyway. Although, your suggestion might work for many.
It is going to be difficult, watching all those commercials! I usually skip commercials because it is the most irritating thing in the world
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Nice post!
We can all learn something from commercials!
everyone is different so there is an opportunity in each one!
thanks for the post!
don’t beat me to the lense… lol.
Have a great night!
David King