Creating products - more for newbies, but others may benefit.
I was going to entitle this post "Creating products - more for newbies than anyone else" but those of you who are more experienced may benefit too...
It is based on what in my experience is a workable formula - whether or not you are a good fit for it, is not for me to say or judge.
Knowing how to begin creating products is something that will come more easily to some than others.
Just like anything in the off line industry, it can take years, like it has for me, to learn this (IM/niche) industry. Do you think a nurse can be top-flight matron within a week of their career? or a graduate of engineering be a skilled engineer straight from college? - of course not! and being successful in the online world is no different.
YOU NEED TO LEARN THE ROPES; you need to invest (time & money) in your education, and hence your future.
In terms of being able to supply a product to the market, it appears to me that, with respect to many good research techniques, there's a common theme running through this thread in the Warrior forum and that there's still evidence of what seems to be an approach to creating/marketing products based on the techniques of the old mind set... the old type of "push" marketing strategies employed over the last 50 years.
Marketing is all about developing successful (trusted) relationships now, not companies or individuals creating a product they think or believe will be a winner in the market place, in spite of every flash research tool on the Internet. Now don't misunderstand me, these tools have a place, but in my opinion their most efficient use is in the initial stages of building an online business in which about attracting targeted traffic in the first place.
What the customer needs, the customer can have, and the easiest way to know what they want or need is by asking them! When they TELL you what they need - through the evolving process of building a trusting relationship (through list building or social media for example) - then we can create products to fulfil their needs, and THAT is all the product research you need.
On the topic of procrastination, when you develop and deliver products in accordance with what your list members are struggling with, you are in effect, being held accountable by them so it more often than not becomes an evolving, dynamic process.
Creating and developing a product or products is NOT an exact science; how can you possibly know what someone wants from a product until you find out directly from them through the process of conversation and dialogue? - which leads to them trusting you to the point of investing in you.
It is based on what in my experience is a workable formula - whether or not you are a good fit for it, is not for me to say or judge.
Knowing how to begin creating products is something that will come more easily to some than others.
Just like anything in the off line industry, it can take years, like it has for me, to learn this (IM/niche) industry. Do you think a nurse can be top-flight matron within a week of their career? or a graduate of engineering be a skilled engineer straight from college? - of course not! and being successful in the online world is no different.
YOU NEED TO LEARN THE ROPES; you need to invest (time & money) in your education, and hence your future.
In terms of being able to supply a product to the market, it appears to me that, with respect to many good research techniques, there's a common theme running through this thread in the Warrior forum and that there's still evidence of what seems to be an approach to creating/marketing products based on the techniques of the old mind set... the old type of "push" marketing strategies employed over the last 50 years.
Marketing is all about developing successful (trusted) relationships now, not companies or individuals creating a product they think or believe will be a winner in the market place, in spite of every flash research tool on the Internet. Now don't misunderstand me, these tools have a place, but in my opinion their most efficient use is in the initial stages of building an online business in which about attracting targeted traffic in the first place.
What the customer needs, the customer can have, and the easiest way to know what they want or need is by asking them! When they TELL you what they need - through the evolving process of building a trusting relationship (through list building or social media for example) - then we can create products to fulfil their needs, and THAT is all the product research you need.
On the topic of procrastination, when you develop and deliver products in accordance with what your list members are struggling with, you are in effect, being held accountable by them so it more often than not becomes an evolving, dynamic process.
Creating and developing a product or products is NOT an exact science; how can you possibly know what someone wants from a product until you find out directly from them through the process of conversation and dialogue? - which leads to them trusting you to the point of investing in you.
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