I've been able to find out more about Time Boxing online but nothing about Question Formatting. Are you able to elaborate on this for maximising time management or is it in that new product course you've mentioned?

Thanks

I often give the advice to focus on building your brand (niche) by sticking to a core theme at first.

While I find it hard to follow my own advice as I'm a total spaz ADD all over the place kinda person. (Working on this as we speak)

Your great training does not make it any easier mind you as I now have a superman level ability to create new products at will!

Whats your take on this based on your opinion or rather experience should one FOCUS on one area then expand after having more success or should we blast the shotgun and wish for the best?

I can already do every kind of research there is except figuring out what people want to buy.

Donna, how do your organic search rankings look? Have you done any keyword analysis or SEO on your site? I'm curious because my site doesn't get into the top 100 Google results for most pages, despite having objectively better content. But it's new, and the niche is crowded...

Blatant shameless plug: somebody hit my link, and grab my last "coupon" for a WordPress article.

I have just finished all the text work on my first product, and i am just starting to add still screenshot illustrations throughout the chapters complimenting the written word, have you got any traffic and promotional tips please?

Thanks Rob....John.

I'm actually in the middle of creating a product myself, and have been getting sidetracked from it for the past few days... so now today I will make sure to continue on with it!

P.S. It looks like this was your 99th post... got something big planned 100?

The best kind of research you can do is whether or not people buy.

For a very long time this was my formula in creating products: people asked me to write a simple script for them. I said I don't want to be paid, just let me put this in my next book.

If people are asking for it, it's not easily accessible and you should write about it.

I follow your blog posts, with interest, not just at your site, but when you guest for Michel Fortin and others. Always interesting.

You've been instrumental in helping me to up my game and be a more productive content creator. I agree that valuable content does not need to be the length of "War and Peace" and if it is, in most markets, it won't be read. Short, bite-sized learning works best.

Where I don't like to scrimp, however, is in research. I want to make sure that what I do is as original as possible and actually contributes to the conversation rather than just reiterating it. If I'm not able to contribute to the conversation in a productive way, I find a freelancer who does have the expertise to do the writing for me.

Liz N.

To start, yes. That's the quickest and easiest way to prove you're an authority.

Years and years ago I used to struggle getting freelance jobs, and as soon as I had a couple of products, I was flooded with more work than I could handle until I quit freelancing.

Rick