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    DIY Inventions
    DIY Inventions
    DIY Inventions
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    DIY Inventions

    By Richard Cromwell

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    DIY Inventions by Richard Cromwell
    Guides an Inventor through ALL the Invention "Success Steps" to develop an initial idea into a new product which will earn an income.

    How to Evaluate your idea to see if it will earn money,

    How to select your best idea to start the Invention Success Steps,

    How to check to see if your Invention is in the market place,

    How to Check the Patents Office for your Inventions,

    How to Draw the Inventions,

    How to Write Technically about how your idea works,

    How to Protect the Inventions in the World Wide Patent System,

    How to find Manufacturers to produce & package your inventions,

    Author, Richard Cromwell, has been promoting inventions for 34 years and has been through all the combinations of inventions, ideas, promotion companies and manufacturers, as well as earning royalties.

    Not all ideas will make it in the market place.
    So how do you know if your idea is the one that will make it to market?

    THAT IS WHAT THIS BOOK IS ALL ABOUT.

    There are plenty of Invention Books quoting all the "Rules".
    This Invention Book does it differently. It is a practical guide with easy straight forward steps that show you "How To" and then instructs you in the fine detail.
    All written in layman's terms, with full illustrations.

    Remember you may have a great new invention but if it can't earn any money then put it on the shelf for a rainy day.

    Ask yourself:
    "Will anyone buy my idea", or "Will it sell 100,000 or a million items or more?"
    If your answer is NO to these questions then forget it. Invent another idea.

    GREAT IDEAS are great because they make a great heap of money.
    Make sure you fit into this category of "GREAT".

    START MARKETING YOUR OWN INVENTIONS TODAY
    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereBookIt.com
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781456618995
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      DIY Inventions - Richard Cromwell

      DIY INVENTIONS©

      [Do It Yourself Inventions]

      EDITION 2

      By: Richard Cromwell

      Copyright 2000 – 2013 all rights reserved

      Copyright © 2000 – 2013 Richard Cromwell

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced mechanically, electronically, digitally, photocopying, photography, or by any other means, without the written permission of the publisher.

      The trademarks and logos referred to in this book are examples, and they are each the property of their respective owners.

      This book references websites that may be of interest to the reader. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information about these resources is correct and up to date as of press time.

      DIY Inventions  by  Richard Cromwell

      Full Color Paperback Version is available from

      Internet Book Stores

      Publisher: eBookIt.com

      ISBN 9781456618995    Ebook Edition

      First printing February 2013

      Second printing July 2013 Edition 2

      THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS INVENTING GUIDE IS © COPYRIGHT 2000 – 2013 RICHARD CROMWELL, AUTHOR, AND IS PRESENTED AS A GUIDELINE ONLY FOR A PURCHASER TO DEVELOP THEIR IDEA/INVENTION. NOTHING IN THIS INVENTION GUIDE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS A REPRESENTATION, INDUCEMENT, PROMISE OR GUARANTEE THAT THIS BOOK WILL OBTAIN ANY RESULTS, SALES OR LICENSING AGREEMENTS FOR THE CLIENT. THE AUTHOR SHALL BE UNDER NO OBLIGATION WHATSOEVER TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND OR SERVICES TO THE PURCHASER.

      THE PURCHASER/USER OF THIS BOOK AGREES THAT THIS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR GIVEN TO OR SHARED WITH ANY ONE ELSE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF RICHARD CROMWELL, AUTHOR.

      © COPYRIGHT 2000 - 2013 RICHARD CROMWELL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

      DIY INVENTIONS©

      [Do It Yourself Inventions]

      - - - Page 1 - - -

      DIY Inventions

      By: Richard Cromwell

      HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

      There are a lot of Invention Books that tell you the Rules of inventing and give a general overview of what happens. But none of them show you How To to build an idea into a tangible product that makes money.

      This book is a practical training book to help you develop your idea into a successful new product. It has Internet Links through-out the entire book.

      These Links will take you to constructive web pages to help you learn how to manipulate the data in a way that will help grow your idea into a New Product that will earn you royalties.

      You can still read this book without the Internet as all the Link Web Pages are displayed in the book. But to gain practical internet experience it is by far better to read the book on your computer screen and follow the Links as required.

      The Web Page Images have been captured from a browser which has lowered the quality, making some pages hard to read. It is better to go to the Link and view the relevant Web Page live.

      Because the Internet is a growing organism, where tomorrow is a new day with new ideas & new products, some of the Links may change from time to time.

      This going to a link can sometimes disrupt your reading place within the book. Before clicking or going to a web link put a bookmark in the Book to make it easier to return to and continue at the right spot.

      - - - Page 2 - - -

      Your Idea is important.

      Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

      - - - Page 3 - - -

      DIY Inventions

      Success Step 1.

      HOW TO

      DO INVENTIONS YOURSELF

      This Training Program will help you every step of the way

      From the first Idea, The Invention development,

      Through to the point of receiving your first

      Royalty Dollar.

      The MAIN Success Steps™:

      - - - Page 4 - - -

      Following each Success Step in this book is a cheaper solution to prepare and develop the right Invention prior to partnering with a Promotion Company who may charge thousands of dollars to do the same work.

      The Success Steps help you with the fine points of each phase, making sure that you have selected the right Idea/Invention that can be molded into a money making New Product.

      Putting it together correctly NOW,

      Will pay you huge benefits later.

      - - - Page 5 - - -

      DIY Inventions

      Introduction

      Back to Main Menu.

      Promotion Partners, such as Invent Help, Davison, Lambert, to mention only a few, all charge fees; some are in excess of $10,000. They will do a great job in promoting your Invention with the view of securing a License Agreement with a Manufacturer.

      Unfortunately not all ideas will make it to the market place.

      You have to make sure that your Invention is going to be the right one. The right one to Make It In The Market Place!! But you don’t want to be spending over $10,000 only to find out that your idea failed.

      This Book was written to show you a low cost method to help you judge your own Invention. The Success Steps Program shows you each step of how to develop and judge your Invention to determine if it will be a money maker. The Program is in a simple to understand format and you don’t have to have great skills to figure out what to do next. You can go at your own pace and still be in charge of your own Invention results.

      When you have judged your Invention on the basis that it will make money, you can approach the Promotion Partners with confidence that your Invention is going to be successful.

      Do the simple approach first DIY Inventions Success Steps.

      Can’t wait to get going ! . . . . . then bypass the Introduction and go straight to:

      Introduction End

      Link goes to page 10

      Continue with the Introduction below so that you can pick up a few tips.

      - - - Page 6 - - -

      Success Steps™ Introduction

      An Overview of How to Get The Most Out Of Your Idea.

      Why These Success Steps Were Written

      This Inventing Guide was written to help Inventors find their way through the maze of procedures required by a large number of bureaucratic areas of industry, both government and private, and to eventually have their New Product pay a royalty income. It sometimes takes years to find success, and sometimes it takes years to find out that no one wants your great Idea!

      The Basic Question that all new Inventors ask is:

      I’ve got a GREAT IDEA;

      Now what do I do?

      - The Market Place:

      •  How do you find out what products are in the market place to see if your Idea is there?

      - Inventor’s Skills:

      •  Most Inventors create a New Product in an area they know very little about.

      •  With great fervor they learn the new area [like learning a new Trade!] and start developing the new Idea.

      •  Once built, then what?

      •  Each step to get the Invention into the market place requires a new Skill

      •  i.e. making the Prototype, writing the Technical Description, Drawing, Patent writing, Manufacturer Letters, Presentations, etc.

      •  Very few Inventors have all the skills. So, many good Ideas are lost forever!!!

      - - - Page 7 - - -

      - Pro’s & Con’s of Invention Marketing Companies:

      •  Should you use an Invention Marketing Company to do all the hard work of finding the right Manufacturer?

      •  How much do they charge?

      •  Will they be more serious about your Invention or some other person's invention?

      •  How successful will they be?

      "The only worthwhile person to push

      your Invention is

      YOU"

      The DIY Inventions Success Steps have been put together to assist You with each step to take on the long road to getting your Invention to become a New Product sold in the market place.

      ** See below for a real life Invention Case Study **

      Can’t wait to get going ! . . . . . then bypass the Case Study and go straight to:

      Introduction End

      Link goes to page 10

      - - - Page 8 - - -

      CASE STUDY

      A REAL LIFE Example

      of the Basic Invention Process:

      This Real Life Invention Case Study was carried out by the Author o ver 35 years ago. The principles are the same today.

      I started with my first Idea (an Art Board Carrier) to make some real money. My job was paying for the family bills but with nothing left over.

      I built a prototype and gave it to my wife to take to her Oil Painting Art Classes.

      At the class everyone wanted one! We got our first orders for 4 Carriers.

      Well that’s when my troubles started. My original was made of scrap wood and various old parts. I visited the local Hardware shops about 500 times looking for just the right parts to Mass Produce them. Once I had Tooled-Up for mass producing, I was able to make 10 Carriers at a time.

      They sold like Hot Cakes at $20 each. I was able to make them for $7 each, so I made a good profit on each. I continued to manufacture them on weekends and sold about 10 per week locally.

      Then I decided to broaden out a bit, sell to other suburbs, other towns. Then to Retail Businesses.

      Well, if I thought I had problems in my manufacturing area, the Marketing problems turned out to be a lot more tricky. Firstly I knew very little about selling, marketing, advertising, etc. I knew even less about what price to sell to the Retailer. The Retailer wanted to make a profit too!

      - - - Page 9 - - -

      After trekking around to about 50 or so small private retailers of Art Supplies, I found several who said they would put them in their shop for free for a couple of months to see if they would sell. I wouldn’t get any money at all until they sold, and then only about 30% of the sale price. With a sale price of approximately $30 meant I would get $9 for each Art Board Carrier [but they cost me $7 each to make, therefore I would only get $2 for my effort].

      Next I went to several large retailers of Art Supplies, ones that had shops all over the country. They said I would have to supply 100 Art Board Carriers initially and the sell price to consumers was going to be $30. Then their buy price from me would have to be $6 !! Take it, Or Leave it.

      Well, I then had to do my homework back at my Manufacturing Office [my Garage, the car was now left out in the rain].

      How could I sell the Carrier to them at $6 when it was costing me $7 just for materials for each Carrier, let alone the time and energy to produce each one? With much gnashing of teeth, a lot of ringing around for cheaper materials, and trying to figure a better way of mass producing them, I came to the conclusion that for me to make money as well as the Retailer then they would have to be made for about $3 each.

      My conclusion was that the only real way was to have the Carrier made out of Plastic and stamped out by the thousands. But the Plastic Stamping Tool was going to cost approximately $18,000 plus the up-front cost to stamp out 10,000 Carriers.

      Well that Idea got put on a very high shelf, out of site. I still made a few for the local Art School but I guess my heart wasn’t really in it any more.

      I let go, and said NEXT!

      From this small Idea that failed from a marketing problem, I gained a lot of Business Experience, and now have a better Idea on how to evaluate New Inventions and sift out the most likely to succeed.

      - - - Page 10 - - -

      INTRODUCTION END

      This Practical Training Course has been put together using years of practical experience. The aim is to help you have an easier Invention-Trip and enjoy the fruits from your good Ideas sooner and with less waste of money and waste of energy.

      Following each Success Step in this book is a cheaper solution to prepare and develop the right Invention prior to partnering with a Promotion Company who may charge thousands of dollars to do the same work.

      Remember your IDEA has great value, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. You are the Expert in your Invention Area and don’t listen to the hundreds of well meaning people who will try to talk you out of it. There are plenty of Knockers in this world but not many Creators.

      Be a Creator not a Knocker.

      Creators make more money!

      - - - Page 11 - - -

      Go slow with each Step, be thorough with putting your Idea/Invention together.

      The Success Steps help you with the fine points of each phase, making sure that you have selected the right Idea/Invention that can be molded into a money making New Product.

      Putting it together correctly NOW, will pay you huge benefits later.

      - - - Page 12 - - -

      The MAIN Success Steps™:

      **** END OF DIY INVENTIONS SUCCESS STEP 1. ****

      Next

      2. THE IDEA THEN THE DESIGN

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      DIY Inventions

      Success Step 2.

      2. THE IDEA THEN THE DESIGN

      Take the first Step towards building your Idea

      into a money making New Product.

      2.1 How To Invent.

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