Writers, like any other professionals, can get stuck in a rut. To get out of it, some turn to tools such as Private Label Rights (PLR) materials.
If you’re not familiar with PLR writing, it stands for Private Label Rights. It’s content you can purchase and use as your own. However, you shouldn’t just upload this content as is, you use it to prompt your ideas and rewrite it to “make it your own.” It’s very popular tool in the Internet writing world.
There is good PLR and bad. The main thing is you are to rewrite the pieces before putting your name on them.
Some people use PLR material “as is” which isn’t a good idea at all. Several people can purchase the same set of writings and publish them as is. Eventually, this can be found online and shown to be similar or exact pieces. If this happens, your credibility as a writer can be suspect.
When the materials are used in their original format you really need to find high quality PLR materials, and preferably those that only sell a limited number of copies of each writing bundle. The general thinking is that many people never use the PLR they purchase which limits gives those that do use the materials a better chance of not finding duplicate information online. With ChatAI and other Ai programs it’s easier than ever to revise pre-written content. But even with that spin, it’s best to still insert your original thoughts to the content.
To be represented by the writing of others is not really authentic as a writer. So it’s important to learn to utilize tools for what they are, not your actual thoughts but starter ideas. Find ways to turn these writings into what’s authentically your thoughts.
This is easier said than done if you’re using PLR that is on a topic you’re not familiar with. For instance, health and wellness is a hot topic now with a lot of demand for this type of information. If you’re not in that field but writing health and wellness pieces for yourself or a client, it’s important to be careful and accurate in giving advice. You might need to call on your research skills to verify information or provide documentation to a statement represented as fact. A writer needs research skills anyway so this is a great area to use them in.
PLR is also good starter material to get your own thoughts moving. Whenever I’ve used PLR, it never comes out the same. You wouldn’t recognize hardly any part of the original piece. I just can’t use something verbatim but must put my authentic voice to the piece. That’s why I suggest using these pieces as your writing prompts. If you have a difficult time getting started with your daily writing practice, pull up a piece of PLR and start writing through it. Let your real self come though and adjust from the PLR piece to your own words as quickly as possible. Put on a timer and continue writing until your time is up. Do this as practice for a few days and you’ll most likely start to churn out some usable copy to add to your area of focus.
Try using a piece of PLR as a story starter for a fiction piece. For example, if you have a PLR piece on a new technology, why not develop characters who are using the new technique instead of just writing a straight business presentation. You might develop a whole series of fiction pieces or start a novel.
Create your own writing prompts with bits and pieces of PLR. Put these on your blog to build a mailing list or to encourage your daily blog posting.
Of course, you can use PLR as it was intended which is to help you develop fresh written content – turn it into an ebook, articles, courses, or more. Learning to use these tools doesn’t have to take away your authenticity. See them as your power tools that you pull out as needed.
What are some creative ways you can suggest for using PLR? Let’s see if we can build a list of at least 50 ways. I think I gave you about five ideas to start with.
What are yours? Comment below. Thanks!