Two big things going on for me.

1) As many of my summertime readers remember, I dislocated my kneecap in June.

(That damn thing FINALLY healed well enough a few weeks ago so that I’m now walking without a brace.)

2) Within the next couple of months I’m going to be buying a shih tzu.

(Mothering instincts kicking into overdrive again – but the baby factory is closed on this side of town. So a dog it is.)

Okay so what do these two events have to do with one another?

They’re both life changing situations. Experiences that could be “ebook-ized” and sold.

Allow me to elaborate.

When I dislocated my kneecap, I had the hardest time finding really good information on the healing process. I mean there were a couple of good sites with exercises and stuff. But the landscape was bleak for the questions I had outside of exercises.

And trust me when I say I searched… and searched… and searched.

I mean I have like 20 books on the topic of research, so I know how to get my hands dirty when it comes to searching online. And still nada.

This is a beaming example of a niche just screaming to be exploited.

Hey, people who have dislocated their kneecaps are sitting on their arses ALL DAY LONG. Couple that with the fact that the Internet has made us a self-medicating society.

Talk about a captive audience!

I would have definitely paid for an ebook from someone who could explain why my knee felt like jello, how I would heal, what would happen while I was healing, how to walk up/down the stairs without having a heart attack, how to open a heavy door, etc.

But there was nothing. So I’m writing one.

It won’t make me rich. But it will survive a long, long time. And it absolutely matches topic profile from DBO.

Moving on to shih tzu’s. Another major life altering deal.

And my biggest concern (since I’ve never owned a dog, and he will be an inside dog) is potty training him.

I went and subscribed to an ahem ’supposed’ shih tzu membership site, because the salesletter led me to believe that they had some revolutionary information on potty training shih tzu’s.

The information they gave was generic for all dogs. Once you log in to the site, it’s obvious that they promote to all types of dog owners, not just shih tzu owners.

I feel cheated on one hand.

But enterprising on the next.

As a prospective shih tzu owner I want an e-book that is geared towards shih tzu owners ONLY. I want it to come from someone who owns a shih tzu or two or three.

Quite frankly I don’t care if advice for poodles or chinese cresteds also applies to shih tzu’s. I want to read it as it applies to me – the shih tzu owner.

So guess what?

When I get Maximillian I’m going to document all of our experiences. When he’s all potty trained, and he can sit, and play catch, I’ll have an e-book to sell.

I’m going to interview the breeder where I’m buying Maximillian from, and include that information as well. Perhaps even include some tips from other shih tzu owners (please e-mail me if you have one).

You see how brilliantly this concept works?

It’s a winner because it easily builds from your personal experience. You’re not searching for desperate buyer topics. You’re living them and writing about them.

So for all of my DBO readers who swear they’ve got nothing going on in their lives to write about – think again. Think again.

Write about your life events and grow rich,

Alexis Dawes

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