A really good package doesn’t just include how-to information – it also includes tools that make it easy for people to implement what they’ve learned. That’s why your package should include tools such as checklists, cheat sheets, worksheets, planners and more.
If you’re lucky, you’ll find PLR content that includes these tools. Many times, however, you’ll need to create these tools yourself. The good news is that you can do it with PLR content, which is much faster than doing it from scratch.
Let’s take a look at how to create some of the most common tools…
Checklists
A checklist is a succinct list of all the steps the user needs to take in order to complete a process. This is fairly easy to create, because all you have to do is literally copy and paste the steps from the PLR content. This includes both the main steps, as well as any sub-steps within those main steps.
For example, if you were compiling a list of steps for setting up a blog, it might look something like this:
Step 1: Install WordPress
· Download the files from WordPress.org.
· Unzip the files.
· Create a database.
· Rename the config file.
· Upload WP files to your server.
· Run the WP installation script.
Step 2: Customize WordPress.
(And then here you’d list all the sub-steps within this main step – just like the example above in Step 1.)
Note that the steps are listed without explanation. The how-to content should include the details, while the checklist is just a reminder/overview of what to do.
Cheat Sheets
Cheat sheets are similar to checklists in that they include lots of information, but very few details. A cheat sheet is typically one page, and it includes:
· The main steps of a process.
· Important sub-steps.
· Tips and ideas.
· Examples, mistakes, dos and don’ts and similar.
The idea is to pull as much information as possible from the PLR content, but be succinct. Each step, tip, idea or other piece of information should be around one sentence, or in some cases just a few words. People will then need to refer to the content itself to get the full details or a step or tip, if needed.
Planners/Calendars
A planner or calendar is where you give people a list of steps they need to take on a specific day. To create this, do the following:
· Start with a “how to” piece of PLR content.
· Determine how long it will take for the average person to complete the various steps.
· Rewrite the content so as to assign an action step to each day, week or hour (depending on how your planner is set up).
· Be sure that the task is complete by the time the person walks through all the steps.
This guide you’re reading right now is an example of assigning an action step to each of 31 days.
Swipes
Swipes are typically just examples. As such, you can comb through your PLR content to compile as many examples as possible.
For example, if you’re creating a copywriting course, you might pull all the headline examples out of the PLR content to create a headline swipe file.
Templates
This is where you create fill-in-the-blank templates for readers to use. In this case, you pull examples out of the PLR content, but leave key points blank for readers to fill in themselves with the necessary information.
Let’s go back to the example of a copywriting product where you’re pulling headline examples. Let’s suppose you find an example headline like this:
“How to Get Rid of Cellulite for Good!”
You can turn this example into a fill-in-the-blank template like this:
“How to Get Rid of ___[Insert Some Bad/Unwanted Thing]___ for Good!”
TODAY’S TASK: Your task for today is to continue working on your PLR content in order to make it unique, add value, and do what’s necessary to create your package.