What do think about USR (UltraShort Reports)?

I think it is a GREAT idea, so great, in fact, I've been selling my version of the USR, the HOTSHEET for over 15 years. Over 400 Warriors have rec'd my specialty report on HOTSHEETS.

Michael Ross has a site where he sells the Ultra Short Reports, it is Hotsheet City

You might want to check it out and add some of your reports to his site for yet another
potential income stream.

gjabiz

Thank you very much for your reply!

I checked HotSheet City, but I didn't find any free report to see how it looks. I downloaded their guide, though.

From what I understand, HotSheet uses a fixed format and I'm suggested to change the font size to make my ideas fit the format. That's the main thing I'm trying to avoid in a USR : making my report longer, just to fit the format.

It looks that the HotSheets are totally different from what I'm trying to do. If my USR is only 4 rows long, and it that 4 rows it explains everything that make the reader happy - then so be it.

I surely want to make money with USR, but only with the "How To" section, not with both "What To" and "How To".

Also, only my USR's "How To" sections are developed on request, not both sections. There is a reason for this : I read that I can order a HotSheet on a certain topic, but what if I'm interested in something only after I heard the main concept?

How do I know to ask you to write a topic for me about tranixylin, if I never heard of it? But, if I read in a USR that tranixylin can cure cancer, I will definitely want the author of that USR to write the "How To" part for me.

The important aspect about USR is that it separates the procedure from the implementation.

Don't get me wrong : I'm not criticizing HotSheet, I just want to better explain what I'm trying to do.


I attached a report, to illustrate my point.
Compare with How to Change Your WordPress Password | eHow.com - an USR is downloadable, brandable and expandable on request.

The concept is interesting but I find it confusing to read. As short as it is, the whats, whys and hows are extraneous. Without those, it's really just this, isn't it?

How To Reset The Wordpress Administrator's Password?

Answer.

If someone needs to reset the WP admin's password, don't they already know why they need to do that and are just looking to find out how? I must be missing something.

I have always liked what I call step reports
Step 1. Do this. Step 2. Do that. Step 3. Etc.

George Wright

gjabiz, Thank you very much for the report. It's very interesting and I'm grateful for it.


It seems that I have no talent to explain what I want to do differently about an USR, so maybe is better to write down the questions to which the USR has the answers:

1. You have a standard report. How easily do you contact the writer of that report to ask him a question or to leave feedback?
USR : Each step has a link to the author's website, where is a section of comments.

2. You want to ask a question about a section from a report. You also want to read the other people's opinions. How do you do that?
Standard reports : some reports have a link to the author's site, where the whole report is commented. You have to read the whole comments to find the section you need.
USR : each report links to a certain subforum area on the authors's site. Each topic from that report has a thread associated with it. You can find very fast exactly what you need.

3. The report was written in 2004. Since then, a lot of things changed in the "How to" section, although the "What to" is pretty much the same.
USR : The reader follows the link to the forum, where he finds the newest information written about that subject.

4. What if the information from the report is obsolete? For instance, old eBooks about selling information products on eBay are obsolete, because eBay significantly changed its policy.
USR : the reader is warned that the method might be obsolete and is invited to see the newest method by following the link to the subforum section.


By standard report I mean a report that doesn't have the above features. It doesn't matter if it's a HowTo, or a 50 pages report. I'm talking here about interactivity with the reader and keeping the information from that report up to date. I've never seen these features I'm talking about in any reports I've read so far.

Standard reports are static : they represent the point of view of the author of the time they were made. Standard reports can become obsolete.

USRs are dynamic : they describe the most recent ways to solve a specific action. When a better/newer way is found, this is mentioned on the website associated.

I'm thinking of 1 page minimum. Obviously, a USR can't have 0 pages, so the minimum possible it will be 1 page. However, there is a maximum limit - an USR can have no more than 9 pages.

I believe that the steps to solve a specific problem can fit in 9 pages, while there is no restriction for the content included on the site, which explains in greater detail how to do the steps.

An USR is just the tip of the iceberg.

From my point of view, even a document with half a page can be useful.

More than that, even if simply contains links do different sites, can be useful, as long as it can answer the reader's questions.

I would prefer a document with 1 page, where is only 1 row, with the next lottery's winning number, than a 100 page report about how I might win the third prize.