Don Debelak offers affordable patents http://www.patentsbydondebelak.com Publicity in trade magazines and local papers can help launch your business. It is also most inventors fail to take advantage of.  There are three types of publicity that can assist inventors, all three should be sent with as many pictures as you can furnish.  Images attached to press releases need to be high-resolution, meaning they need 300 dpi (dots per inch) or higher.  Simple product releases. Just announcing a new product. You can send these to media outlets in your industry, to commun ..read more

Don Debelak offers affordable patents http://www.patentsbydondebelak.com buying company’s name. Inventors frequently pursue this strategy to build a quick sales base or when the market resists a one-line company. For example, most inventors won’t have much luck selling a painting accessory to mass merchants such as Wal-Mart. Rather than accept defeat, inventors often find another company that does sell to mass merchants. They then offer their product to that company to sell under the selling company’s name. The mass merchants may then be willing to buy your product. Private label manufacturers ..read more

Feature image Don Debelak offers affordable patents www.patentsbyDonDebelak.com Alt. tag: a hand holding a lightbulb against the skyhttps://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=72bd8a897a&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1794604092525174187&th=18e7b6e9f76cddab&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_lu8jqo1x1 Today, innovation is not just a buzzword. Rather, it’s a necessity for survival and success. The journey of moving innovative products to market is filled with excitement and potential, yet it also poses unique challenges. Innovators face various hurdles, from understanding marke ..read more

INVENTION ILLUSTRATIONS BEFORE PROTOTYPES If you are trying to get financial help in producing prototypes, it is often worthwhile to do an invention illustration so people can understand your idea, We are visual people with a better understanding of what we see rather than what we read or hear about. If you have a brilliant invention idea, you may need to convey its usefulness before the prototype is developed. That means you’ll need some kind of imagery of what it may look like and what it does. Product illustration is the visualization of your idea, a conceptual representation. It is used to ..read more

Originally Published at https://bnnbreaking.com/world/us/minnesotas-bright-minds-transforming-innovative-ideas-into-marketable-products. By Shivani Chauhan Don Debelak offers affordable patents http://www.patentsbydondebelak.com In the heart of Minnesota, a state known for its fierce winters and warm-hearted inhabitants, a group of entrepreneurs is blazing trails that could very well shape the future of consumer products. Among them, individuals like Ashley Mooneyham and DeLonn Crosby stand out for their relentless pursuit of turning simple ideas into tangible innovations that promise to enhan ..read more

Ask Questions First – Then Invent Companies license products based on their own needs, what they see in market trends and holes they see in their own product line.  Your best chance to license a product is to offer companies a product that meets what companies perceive to be their needs. How do you do that?  Number one is you need to be a member of an industry. You need to attend trade shows, read trade magazines and make contacts with people in the industry.  Some of my recent Invention 101 columns have dealt with how to make those contacts. But I’ve found it doesn’t work ..read more

Don Debelak offers affordable patents www.patentsbydondebelak.com Most trade magazines, targeted at retailers, distributors and salespeople of a particular industry, for example bikes, or hardware tools, have new product sections.  You will also find that many consumer magazines dedicated to a user, such as Bicycling, or Bike magazines also will carry new product sections. Press releases are a great tool for inventors because magazine editors may publish information about your product in a new product section that might be read by key industry people who can help you. Often you will get i ..read more

Don Debelak offers affordable patents www.patentsbydondebelak.com Creating the Great Invention All inventions start with an inspiration about something that needs great improvement, or just  someone coming up what they think people would like.  The question is now how to move from a problem that needs solving to an invention that will really work. I recommend the first four steps of any invention to be: 1) understanding all aspects of the problem or opportunity from an end-user point of view; 2) doing a search of available technologies; 3) brainstorming; and 4) choosing your best cho ..read more

Don Debelak offers affordable patents www.patentsbydondebelak.com Every now and then someone invents a new fad product that becomes a great success. to me, it seems like we are overdue for the next fad product. This article below, first published in Columbia Magazine, https://www.columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=130141 features the mood ring, which was a big hit in the 1970s. Don’t overlook the fad market. By Carol Perkins In the early 1970s, two genius inventors created mood rings, and within a year, millions of women sported one of these rings and compared notes with their friends on the ..read more

Don Debelak offers affordable patents www.patentsbydondebelak.com I mentioned in an earlier post that one of the biggest tactics you need to pursue in order to be a successful inventor is to know your market, and to have contacts in your market that can help you. Most inventors don’t do this and they struggle. But learning and making contacts in your target market is something every inventor should be able to do.  I’ve laid out the steps in this post, plus I’ve listed a group of questions at the end that inventors can use to start conversations with potential contacts. Find Your Trade Ma ..read more