Comments on: Smart Passive Income Podcast Survey Results and Some Quick Analysis

By: Kevin Schmidt

Kevin Schmidt — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 03:04:00 +0000

Hey Pat,

I love the podcast!
I was wondering if now, after doing the podcast for awhile, do you feel the results of the survey were dead on? I think you have pretty much structured the show exactly as your readers wanted from the survey. Are your listeners looking for the show to be any longer or for you to cover any additional topics?
I’ve heard you say how blown away you are by the impact your podcast has had on your business. I’m fascinated by how much potential there is in the early stages of podcasting, as a listener and as a marketing opportunity.

Thanks,
Kevin

By: Quint Jones

Quint Jones — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:52:08 +0000

I understand your point but things are always better in the end

By: marie-jeannne

marie-jeannne — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:00:44 +0000

Pat: First time posting here. Thanks for sharing the results of your survey. you’re doing an outstanding job! love the transparency/integrity. And greatly appreciate that you are accessible to folks and respond. I know how much time this takes and you could be charging for it

Have a couple of questions:

1) I received your recent email saying you will keep responding to your readers/viewers unlike some others in the blog world when they get really big. It’s a great differentiator that fits with your brand. However, you are growing and at some point individual responses will be hard to balance with lifestyle design due to how time consuming they are. What is your strategy? Only grow to a certain amount – or?? would love to hear your thoughts and see a discussion on this topic. I just listened to the interview with Christiane Holbrook on Purposeful Product and figure this decision to continue to “be there” for your readers is totally in line with her idea of building a sustainable/purposeful online business. http://www.inspiredbusinessresources.com. here’s the link for the mp3 download: http://purposefulproduct.com/christiane-holbrook

2) Question: Now you are blogging on SmartPassiveIncome.com as a way to “give back” by sharing how to build an online info. product biz. At some point do you plan to start selling courses on “how to build on online info. product biz?” It seems like that’s a logical next step. Again – ties into the recent Christiane Holbrook discussion

3) i don’t have an online info. biz — yet. However, I’ve been studying many biz models and seem to see a pattern: most folks have an underlying online info. product that provides their core revenue BEFORE they start selling products that TEACH how to make money online. You have your green architecture test ebook (saw the Purposeful Products video interview). Eben Pagan has his dating products – only now is he branching into teaching how to make money online.

Question: Is this the route you recommend – having a money-making product under your belt first? In my case, I’m a traditionally trained business journalist, former head of large women’s organizations, and most recently have a marketing consulting business (but not online marketing). For years I was on staff with big name magazines interviewing big name entrepreneurs about their success and how they run their businesses. So I created info. products — for others.
Now I want to inspire BUSY WOMEN to create online info. products – for the same reasons you do – feed my/their family, have time for my/their family, have time to care for my community/world.

Do I need to create my own product first to have credibility to teach it?
Do you think I need to have a super narrow niche? I’ve heard arguments both ways.
If I niche super tight I could focus on women coaches/therapists first. Less tight would be Busy Women wanting to create info. products online. For this strategy, I could gain a following by writing transparently about my journey of starting this online info. biz targeted at women and at the same time using my journalism skills to interview and inspire? At what point then can I start selling a product? This seems more like what Yaro did but seems it would take much longer. And yes, time is of the essence – I have a family to feed

thanks again for your generosity of thoughts and time!

Marie-Jeanne

By: Deneil Merritt

Deneil Merritt — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:40:50 +0000

Yeah, first time I have planned out a large website. Sadly I didn’t count for the cost. So i’m doing what I can. I come by and read your blog but to save time I haven’t been posting comments. Trying to get back into the habit of commenting. So you will see me around here more often.

By: Sean Breslin

Sean Breslin — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:30:45 +0000

Hello Pat, Those graphs were just the ticket, I surf your blog on a semi regular basis and they really drew my mind into the content! Which is fortunate because it is going to change the way I approach my latest blog, totally. Thank You.

By: Tony Ruiz

Tony Ruiz — Fri, 21 May 2010 06:56:33 +0000

Great statistics Pat! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the podcast. I’m a fan of audio mostly because I like to listen to some great stuff on the road.

By: Parag Shah

Parag Shah — Fri, 21 May 2010 04:37:01 +0000

Hi Pat,

I look forward to your podcast. I enjoy listening to podcasts and also spend a good amount of time hearing them. Just a few suggestions on the things that I have appreciated in podcasts. This is not a definitive list, and it’s possible other people may have different preferences…

1. Good sound quality matters (at least 64 bit encoding)
2. A dialogue sounds better than a “monologue only” podcast (have guests often)
3. Provide links in the show notes to important stuff you discuss in the podcast
4. Take listener questions (not live… maybe email and/or voice recording)
5. A bit of humor adds tremendously to the fun factor of listening to the podcast

Hope this helps… and good luck.

By: Owen McGab Enaohwo

Owen McGab Enaohwo — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:45:01 +0000

Hi Pat, I got this tip from David Sethman Garland. If you are looking for guest to interview try HARO (HelpAReporterOut). I tried it just early this week and the response I got was great! I have already interview 3 small business owners and working on editing the content for my blog. I just thought you should know incase you are looking for guests with insight on the topic you might be covering (also I owe you a lot for being so helpful to me so far).

By: Tom at Recovery Helpdesk

Tom at Recovery Helpdesk — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:57:41 +0000

Pat, Now I don’t feel so bad about feeling confused by my limited efforts to read up on podcasting…hadn’t realized it was going to be so complicated! Sigh

Part of what I really like about you and your site is that you offer really concrete, step by step, practical, hands-on stuff. My copy of eBooks the Smart Way is beloved and dog eared!

So whatever and whenever you are able to offer about podcasting I will be happy and grateful…you are my preferred source for this kind of information.

Keep up the good work!

By: Nunzio Bruno

Nunzio Bruno — Thu, 20 May 2010 21:41:11 +0000

I think it was awesome the way you presented the results of the survey. An extra side-note though is that, at least for me, I don’t really see any fluff here. We get to see who you are and what you do through your voice, that’s what keeps me coming back. As far as the podcasts go I can’t wait to see what the interview line-ups look like Great analysis!!