Product Making Suggestions

Publishing kindle books, list building, and ecommerce. Just normal stuff, but I feel like I can explain things in a way that is engaging, refreshing, and straight to the point. The creation itself seems a bit overwhelming. Not too sure where to start.

Thank you, Steve. That sounds like some very valuable and sound advice. I'll be sure to implement these mindsets into my research!!

P.S. I'm not sure how to give your post thank you. Maybe because I'm still new the option hasn't been unlocked. EDIT: Nope, just blind.

Creating an information product is no different than creating any other product. As with so much else in business, it's not complicated -- but that doesn't mean it's easy.

1. You identify a need.
2. You create something that satisfies that need.
3. You sell your product.

First of all, there are needs everywhere. And needs don't have to even just be a need for something new, it could be a need for a better, faster, or cheaper version of something is there. For example, Timothy Leatherman identified a particular need while he was traveling:

"Leatherman was inspired to design a "Boy Scout knife with pliers" while he and his wife traveled Europe and the Middle East in 1975, often attempting to use a simple pocketknife to repair their repeatedly malfunctioning car and leaky hotel plumbing."
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherman)

Second, you have to have some sort of skill, knowledge, natural aptitude, something that makes you able to fill that need in a way that nobody else has done before. For instance George De Mestral was curious about -- and discovered how -- certain plants attached themselves to various types of things and then thought about how that same idea could work in other contexts:

"De Mestral first conceptualized Velcro after returning from a hunting trip with his dog in the Alps in 1941. After removing several of the burdock burrs (seeds) that kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur, he became curious as to how it worked. He examined them under a microscope, and noted hundreds of "hooks" that caught on anything with a loop, such as clothing, animal fur, or hair.[6] He saw the possibility of binding two materials reversibly in a simple fashion,[4] if he could figure out how to duplicate the hooks and loops."
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Mestral)

The point of all of the above, is that the best products -- information or not -- aren't created because the someone wanted a "laptop lifestyle". They're created because someone identified a specific need and had the ability, talent and a burning desire (and accompanying work ethic) to solve it.

As someone who has created multiple products (both physical products and information products in the form of ebooks and online courses), I would advise you to create something in a category you're genuinely interested in. This may not be everyone's experience, but the grind of marketing something in a category that you don't have any passion for can make the 'laptop lifestyle' a lot less fun. Follow the advice of the smart people in this forum, but if you can find a niche that you actually like, and you would normally follow even if it weren't your business, it'll make life a lot better...

If you act quickly, you have a great opportunity to learn. Jeff Walker is getting ready to launch his Product Launch Formula again. Before each yearly launch, he demonstrates the process with his pre-launch content. Enough content in the pre-launch videos to launch a product even if you don't buy the course.

Pay particular attention to the Seed Launch, where you can get paid to develop your product. Find the link on JeffWalker.com.

Walker also has an excellent book on the process called "Launch!", available on Amazon.

Boomsr, invitations like that are better done via Private Message (PM).

Posting an email address with a vague description of something that works for you is a common tactic used to try to spam the forum, trolling for emails.

Not saying you were trying to promote something in your first post, but it could be taken that way. Unless, of course, you were...