What if your muse is ahead of its time?

[buttonsnrainbows]

Hi Everyone,

I just finished Income Autopilot I and have picked a market and designed an informational product for that market. My product has to do with creativity and is marketed to small business owners to increase their potential of overcoming obstacles and setbacks.

I searched Yahoo's key word search for creativity training, creativity workshop, creative thinking and many other phrases (including phrasing that leaves out "creativity" all together) but kept coming up with low amount of hits or no hits at all. This is also the case when searching on Google or Yahoo for anything that has to do with creativity whether it's a product or information. At this time creative topics are just not very popular.

Despite this, the book The Rise of the Creative Class and many other people have said (and I believe them) that creativity is going to be a very valuable commodity in the near future and one that businesses (especially small businesses) are going to need to survive. So my question is does anyone have any advice for someone like me who is developing a product that may be a little before its time?

Thank you for any help you can give and good luck to all you entrepreneurs!

May creativity always be near,
Sara

[kamakiri]

People also said that California swamp land would be big business in 1928, doesn't make it the case.

Never build a pizza shop in a town with no pizza shops.

Always find a town with 10 pizza shops and build a store there, because you know they eat pizza.

Throw your idea on a back burner and work on something else. The process will not only help you make money today, it will also make it easier to convert your idea into a muse when (if) the day for it comes.

[networkmemetics]

You need to sell to a hungry market...If the market doesn't exist, it takes a HUGE amount of work to create one.

Is this something that people are going to search for online? If they are going to search online, are they going to want it bad enough to buy?

Weight Loss, Health Problems, and crises are great markets because people want a solution now!

[Sven]

"creativity is going to be a very valuable commodity in the near future and one that businesses (especially small businesses) are going to need to survive."

Creativity will never be a commodity. It's a skill that requires more talent than most other skills. And you also need very little to actually make money. In fact, almost none. True, where there are two people that only differ in creativity, the more creative one will probably get ahead.

But I think immagination will always matter more than creativity.

[buttonsnrainbows]

Thank you for your input so far.

I have on last question before I give up on my original idea.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can tweak my marketing/the product so that it fits in with something small business owners are already searching for?

Thanks again,

Sara

[nghs22]

I'm a small business owner. If you want me to check out your product and give you some pointers, I'd be willing. Maybe I can help you find a feasible market.

PM me.

Thanks

[webgal]

"creativity is going to be a very valuable commodity in the near future and one that businesses (especially small businesses) are going to need to survive."

Creativity will never be a commodity. It's a skill that requires more talent than most other skills. And you also need very little to actually make money. In fact, almost none. True, where there are two people that only differ in creativity, the more creative one will probably get ahead.

But I think immagination will always matter more than creativity.

I love hearing that, Sven.

[Marcie]

I also think it might be worth putting up a free/cheap site just to make your mark with the terms re: "creativity training" etc. Tim often says he built a big buzz & coined the term "lifestyle design" - so putting something out there & blogging about it might be big thing if you beleive it will be a future buzzword.

Just like the Apple Newton was before it's time as the 1st PDA, you never know.

HTH :)