Nicky Papers

Ramit,

I’ve been reading your site since 2006 and I’m a fan of your work. I own the book and enjoy reading your blog posts. As blogging has turned into a business for me I’d be very interested in how you’ve monetized off web traffic and your methods.

It’s rare to see true methods revealed, but I think it will inspire other bloggers out there to tweak their sites or start blogs and dominate niches. If you show readers the power behind “web holdings” and the recurring revenue streams that popular blogs generate I think it will give many people a jump start and a new outlet for income.

All the best!

Nicky Papers

Willy

Please! That would be awesome. Even if this isn’t the place to do it (not sure if it is), do it somewhere.

Baker

I’m very interested in hearing the story/thinking/trial/error behind you building a non-traditional revenue model within the blogging niche (personal finance).

Specifically, this is one of the areas that has ramifications for anyone involved in entrepreneurship, not just bloggers. How to approach different revenue models, why you choose to promote yourself over selling advertisement, and what you think the keys were that ultimately made you successful.

Please do share!

joe

very interested

Steve Brooks

Ramit,
I am very interested. I know you are an automation freak, so I would like to hear about your systems and automation for launching new products or services.
I really enjoyed the post on maximizing ebay profits. I assume I am like most readers… I am comfortable selling my used items online (ebay or craigslist), but just can’t seem to get started selling something new online.

Mike

How about keeping this blog about personal finance and a separate one for entrepreneurship? I know it may be asking a lot, but I read both kinds of blogs and can’t think of any that do both subjects.

Nathan

Ramit,

This is absolutely what I’m interested in. I think I have nailed the “cutting costs” portion of attaining financial independence but definitely need some guidance on the “earning more” part. Would be great to have some more insight on your model. Thanks for everything so far.

aliotsy

Yes, please.

Sara

interested

A-ron

I’d like to know for sure, but maybe in a separate blog.

I keep a second blog for all my “behind the scenes” stuff (projects I’m working on, frustrations, successes, etc.) and it’s more relaxed and personal. I use posterous (no affiliation) because it’s slick and stupid easy.

CH

Yes please!

Brian

I want to know. : )

Dave

I don’t think anyone’s gonna say no to this.

Farrell

Hook it up my Indian brother!!

Hoo Kang

Yes, that would be cool.

I think the topics that you’ve listed would be a good place to start.

lim seng

Again, if it has to be paid, some might say you are no different from the rest, who actually need to make money from your how-to-make-money stuff.

sam

Yes, please – it would be interesting to know what you set this blog up to achieve, whether you think that you have achieved it and what you have learnt about the whole experience. I set a blog up with a certain intention and although I think I have roughly stuck with my aim I have got distracted on the way.

TheDebtHawk.com

I would love to know your thoughts on the best way to develop a personal finance blog and how to make money with one.

jc

Mos’ def. I would like to hear more about how you decide what to charge for and how you set up your pricing. Thanks for a great blog. Looking forward to more great posts.

John

You’re tapping into an elusive, but compelling, area of marketing what I’d call “knowledge products,” and it would be very interesting to get a peek behind the curtain.

Billy Broas

Yes! Specifically about your market analysis.

Omar

I’m definitely interested. Your tips have helped me enormously.

Christine

Hi Ramit,

I’d love to hear more about the business side to your site. More specifically: tips for building a successful blog, your thought-process behind how you differentiated yourself from the many other bloggers out there, and finally, how you established yourself as an expert in the field without decades of work experience or some crazy degree(s)(being the child of Asian parents myself AND starting a business under the same conditions noted above, I’d love to hear how you did it).

Thanks so much!

victoria

coming up with ideas and doing market research always seems like the hardest part.

Joseph Tolentino

Yes. I want to learn how it all works behind the scenes.

Alex

Yes! I’ve been waiting for you to go down this road. Sounds awesome.

Chad

* When to hire other people vs. doing it yourself
Trusting others with ‘your baby’ is one of the most difficult things for anyone, but growth requires it. How do we separate emotions from our business?

Scadman

Yes, specifically statistics and how you use them.

travis currier

Yes….

I want to learn about out sourcing…I do all my own newsletters, blogging, web design, scripting.. it just takes so much time..I want to use my time writing my cancer support book…instead I bombarded with everything else. Please help..

Go BV Broncos

Travis class of 1997

Josiah Garber

Yes, that would be great!

Erica Douglass

I already know what you’re working on, but I’d love to see how you plan to blog it. So, yes.

For those who say separate blog — I’d say no… I think everyone who reads this can learn something from you in regards to business (even if they learn that you are, in fact, a crazy mofo.

-Erica

Sam

Yes or I will never read this blog again! J/K!

Amethyst2525

These are all great topics – I’d particularly love to hear more about marketing analysis and creating a marketing plan. As a part time freelance graphic designer I often work project-by-project a la ‘whatever comes my way’. It would be great to learn how to develop some relevant business planning skills, find a direction and stick with it. Thanks Ramit!

Dane Carlson

Definitely.

RaagVamdatt.com - Financial Planning Demystified

Hi Ramit,

Its great to see you opening up a new dimension in your writings… Something that can be of tremendous help to me!

I have been writing on matters related to personal finance and investment planning for about 2 years now – but strictly from the Indian context, and for the Indian audience. The market in India is quite different from many others, thats why the focus. (You might be aware of this because of your background).

My aim is to promote healthier financial planning and investment practices among Indians – specially the younger generation that has tremendous disposable income (by Indian standards). I try to educate them about various avenues of investment and good investment practices, so that they can save adequately for their goals.

In the process, I am also trying to monetize the website in different ways. That way, I can focus more on the goal, and can dedicate more time for the cause.

I already offer a service called “My Financial Plan”, which is a web-based financial planning service. Web-based courses in various aspects of personal finance are in the pipeline.

I would love to hear the following from your experience:

- Different product ideas that come to your mind (irrespective of whether you implement them or not – many things rejected by you might be quite good for others)

- How you determine the financial viability and marketbility of each

- How you decide between free / paid

- How do you decide on the pricing (the price and the strategy – eg. one time, subscription, and other models)

- And yes, how do you decide on outsourcing (currently, I am the one-man-army for my website: design, development, testing, implementation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and of course, writing and answering readers’ queries!)

Please do write about these whenever you find time, and whenever you feel like writing about something different! And keep inspiring others…

Thanks!

jared

yes! Specificlly I want to know everything there is to know about making money from blogging and earning income online in general.

Chris

No. That sounds like a horrible idea.

(Actually, I’m just kidding. I would read those entries. I just wanted to shake the comments up a little. It does seem a little Tim Ferrissy though.)

Pat

I’d be very interested in your thoughts on free content vs. paid. And also that earn money bootcamp sounds pretty intriguing

Also, all the content here is fantastic! Whatever you decide to add I’m sure will be extremely valuable. Many thanks!
- Pat

Amanda Steinberg

@RaagVamdatt – re free/paid – focus on volume, building traffic and capturing subscribers (email, RSS, Twitter, Facebook). Once you have volume, opportunities to charge open up. If you charge too soon, you’ll stifle your growth. Re outsourcing — do what you love, and find affordable partners to help with the rest. For example, I have 8 writers now contributing to my website bc I love technology and the subject (women and finance in my case) but my editorial mind is somewhat limited. Best of luck – Amanda

JimE

Ramit,
Not sure if you ever watch Sportscenter or not, but one time they ran sportscenter on ESPN and aired the making of Sportcenter on ESPN 2 so you could watch them doing the show live. If you could somehow do a podcast of a week, or blog a “making of the post” diary with all the things you think about that would be awesome. I know the temptation to clean it up would be there but I say leave it as raw as possible.

Jon

Yes, specifically:
# How to set pricing
# How I do market analysis and craft a marketing plan — including online and offline
# When to hire other people vs. doing it yourself

Notabear

Yes, would like to learn more about how you decide what to keep free and what to charge for

Cory Kaufman

I would like to hear more about your marketing strategies.

Joy

Yes.

Ryan Gonzales

Yes, I would love to hear about your entrepreneurship life. In particular how you set your pricing for your premium subscribers, and how you decide when to hire someone else vs. doing it yourself. This would amazing.

Darryl

Bring it on. All 6 look good, Ramit.

Jon

Absolutely. Please do.

Justin

Definitely.

Nick

Yes, especially more about making money.

kate

Much of what you talk about is related to creating additional revenue streams in addition to cutting costs on things that don’t really matter to you. There are a LOT of people who are entrepreneurs in addition to their day jobs. Knowing how to create and price products would certainly be helpful! (plus some of us just love reading that stuff and passing it along to others)

Also, we all learn differently. When you explain the background and how you come up with what you are doing, why/how you are doing it – it makes the other personal finance stuff ‘click’ in a different way.

new perspectives are always welcome! I am looking forward to this series!

Chris Coletti

I am interested how you come up with product ideas, but even more interested in how you choose which ones to pursue, and in what order. My problem is usually having too many ideas, to the point where I have no idea where to start. ALso pleas go into how you decide when to charge and how you set pricing, as well as how to make a market analysis; where do you get this information? Is it research that requires only time and hard work or do you purchase statistics from relevant sources? And of course the question of when to hire someone vs. do it yourself always comes to mind. Can you trust the people you are hiring, even of the project involves having a stranger (or strangers) working with an idea of yours that is not patented/copyrighted or protected yet (particularly in the case with an invention where either drawing or fabricating a model is required for a patent to even be considered, yet you do not have the set-up/skills to fabricate/draw it yourself)?

Love your work!

-C

Suzyn

Yes!

Levi

YES!

Paul

Ramit,
Yes, I am very interested in entrepreneurship. Please share your knowledge in that area as well. I think I recognized your voice on the audio podcast from the Stanford Technology Ventures Program: “Overcoming Adversity and Taking Risks – Jackie Speier, Deborah
Stephens (Former St Senator)”. You asked the question how she got into writing a book. See? I am very interested in all things entrepreneurship. Cheers, Paul

tim

interested

Jaskaran

I want to know the specific steps to take your idea into something concrete. Logistically, perhaps you can direct us on where to build a website or who to hire to do this because these days seems like a website is the easiest way to advertise or sell something when you have an idea, but being a 20 year old guy with no experience in this area.. where do you go?

Rober

Yes!

Charlene

I am totally interested in the behind the scenes action! Please fill us in and thanks!

Cameron Schaefer

Always interested in hearing you discuss entrepreneurship!

Jenny Blake

Hey Ramit,

Great idea – and thanks for being willing to share the business-side with all of us. Some specific things I’m interested in:

-Your general approach to viral marketing (any flops? biggest successes?)
-Innovative “call-to-action” ideas (like having people send you book receipts for private calls with other bloggers/authors)
-Day in the life – how the hell do you juggle everything? You seem focused on a great mix of PR, marketing, strategy and writing – and amidst all that, you continue to connect well with your audience via email.

Thanks!
Jenny

Sam Rosen

Hi Ramit,

I’m particularly interested in a few topics:

(1) How you took the very general, decidedly non-niche subject of personal finance and built a unique voice, following, and business over time (beyond simply “being yourself”–I’m interested in the strategic dimension of it all: how you built relationships, engaged with readers, and navigated the cacophony of the blogosphere to make a distinct impact).

(2) Your approach to online marketing in general. Clearly, you don’t follow the “big-red-headline” philosophy, which usually consists of a series of “squeeze pages” written as if by an ex-con; beat-you-over-the-head hype and high-pressure sales tactics; and massively deceptive claims and email marketing strategies.

(3) What you would do if you were entering a new niche–that is, how you would approach the process of market research, product development, promotion, and business- and systems-building.

God, there’s more. Testing, analytics, partnerships. I’ve been following IWTYTBR for a little while now, and I find your business inspiring and fascinating–it’s an example of a profitable and impactful online presence that doesn’t compromise in either voice or ethics. Kudos.

Scheherazade

Hi Ramit,

One thing I admire about you is the ability to strike a credible and trustworthy tone even when being pretty relentless about building a business and self-promoting. This offer, to be transparent about your strategy and decision making on pricing, is consistent with that.

I’m curious about how you set prices and what your objectives are (profits vs. visibility/market share, etc.). I’m also curious how you can build a sense of collaboration with an audience from whom you are also interested in extracting money — that’s a tension you manage gracefully, and many others don’t.

At some point, buyers and sellers have interests that diverge — you’d like to figure out how much you can charge for your expertise, while we’d like to figure out how to get more free information from you, while sorting through as few product promotions and ads as possible. How do you recognize that place where interests diverge, and balance the interest in maximizing profits with the need to build an authentic and loyal relationship with your customers?

roy

Hi, I would like to know more about starting a business, it goes well onling so I am especially interested in getting help with the whole online process. Obvioulsly getting a web site up is easy, having it
be effective seems a whole different story. Help!

Micah

I’d be very interested in how you come up with pricing for online content.

InterestedReader

I would be very interested in this. It is always interesting to see how people come up with ideas and products for their own business.

Robert M. Cavezza

I’m interested in your forecasting. For example, based on the number of comments for this thread, how would you estimate the demand for exploring entrepreneurial topics behind the scenes at IWTYTBR?

Sachin

Surely, that sounds like a good perspective to logically thinki about while following I will teach you to be rich.

Timothy

I would definitely be interested in learning about the behind-the-scenes business aspects of iwillteachyoutoberich. More information on top of the oodles of valuable information you already provide through your blog, your book and The Scrooge Strategy would be much appreciated!

Tex Murphy

Interested in hearing the details of what to give out for free and what to charge for.

Alberto

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss!

EUNICE

Thank you so much for sharing so much..I would so love to hear what you have to say because you are so inspiring.

Meghan

Divulge, please! I, for one, discovered you through Timothy Ferriss and am always looking to build upon the framework he detailed in The 4-Hour Workweek, with particular interest in product development and sales strategies.

goodwolfe

yes please, we need something like this.

Grace

Definitely!

Especially about e-commerce (setting up a site, legalities), trademarking, employing, investors, establishing a business as an individual vs. a corporation, etc

Laura

I thought this would be a great topic to examine.

Erik Jue

Im in the top undergrad entrepreneurship program in the nation right now and I have fallen in love by the subject! I would love to know what your take is.

Preet

Hi Ramit,

Thanks for the continued brilliance you bring to the public. I’ve enjoyed your posts for some time now and believe you to be one of the better sources on money out there…excluding good ol’ Suze, of course.

Since you brought it up, I would love to learn about:
-How you come up with product ideas
-How you decide when and what to charge
-How you do market analysis and create a marketing plan
-When you hire other people vs. doing it yourself

I’ve created a service specifically for the Hospitality Industry and would love your take on it. Here’s the address:

http://www.staffcrunch.com

Would love to hear what you think of it and how it can be improved.

thanks!

Joe

Very interested!

Would like to see:

1. Steps involved in idea creation
2. Planning
3. Implementing (big one! I have trouble with the actual execution)
4. Autopilot – once the idea/biz is up and running things you do to automate stuff like reports or any other backend function.

Laura Johnson

Ramit,

I’d love to know more about how you price things and why you charge for some things rather and give other things away.

Will

Yes, it would be a great help to post this information.

Josh

Hey Ramit,

Great question! I would be most interested in hearing about your product creation ideas. This would be most important to me because in answering that one, I think that you would cover all the rest. Thanks for the great material!

Kimmoy

Yes! We’ve been begging for Friday Entrepreneurs to come back for the longest, but this will do just fine Looking forward to it…

Elise

Absolutely. I would like to learn very specific, detailed strategies (with resources) to build a content-based business.

Cory

Yes, I’m interested. Post it. Thanks

Vishal

Definitely. Market analysis, marketing, and pricing are especially intriguing. But a discussion of any of the topics you list would be great.

marcus

Yes, please!

Ronald

Absolutely. Yes!

Katy

Absolutely! I’d particularly like to hear how you come up with product ideas.

Paras Mamania

I would be interested in knowing the business side of iwillteachyoutoberich and also, how you went from being a good to great marketer.

Bob Bessette

Yes. Bring it on! How you come up with product ideas is of special interest to me…

Best,
Bob

Parul

I would love to hear more. Specifically, more about when to charge for something vs. giving it away for free. And also how to decide what to charge for it. Thank you for sharing!

Joseph Aqui

Ramit, I became a fan of yours a couple of months ago when I happened upon your book in our county library in Bellevue, WA. Yes, by all means, I would be willing to read your views and suggestions regarding entrepreneurship. Thank you for asking.

Ian

of course Id like to hear more. the book was great and implemented many of the strategies youve suggested. i have my own plans for starting business, so i would definetely like to hear about your various strategies. Thanks Ramit

kevin

Yes, i think it would be nice to hear about the behind the scenes action of iwilltechyoutoberich even if we can’t apply it to ours lives it would still be nice to hear about some of your trials and tribulations. Keep the great work and advice coming.

Cindy Barrett

I want to see stuff like:

•How I come up with product ideas
•How to set pricing
•How I do market analysis and craft a marketing plan — including online and offline
I really need to start making some more money, I’ve been saving $$ on all sorts of things,but would like to increase my income.

SK

Would love to hear:
- How I come up with product ideas
- How I decide when to charge (e.g., with The Scrooge Strategy and my book) vs. offer stuff for free (blog, Twitter, YouTube, newsletter, etc)
- How to set pricing
- How I do market analysis and craft a marketing plan — including online and offline

mbutson

YES I would love to see come more articles on the entrepreneurship lifestyle

mark

Yeah,I’d love to see your biz stuff to help us all out!

willard backman

GO FOR IT THAT WOULD BE GREAT

Jocelyn

Yes, please!!!

Rebecca

PS–love you, homeboy!

NA

you have a team?? please, fill us in

Justin Loidolt

Yes I would definitely like to hear more. I would like to learn more about bullet points 1, 4, and 5. Especially the market analysis and marketing plan topics. Thanks Ramit!

matthewZ

Ramit,

I enjoy all aspects of your teachings. I look forward to learning more of the behind the scenes parts. I appreciate all you do. Thanks, matthewZ

Brent

Yes! I’m particularly interesting in charging vs. free offerings, market research, and DIY vs outsourcing.

Looking forward to it!

Kevin@OutOfYourRut

Most definately! Gaining some insight (based on the title of the site) is the main reason I come here!

A lot of the topics here don’t go in that direction, though most are still good reads…

Justin

Yes! Sorry, don’t have any specifics for you right now … trying to get other stuff done

Chrissy G.

Yes, please – marketing and pricing, especially!

Jason

Definitely! I’ve been an avid reader for a long time and I think the most interesting thing you could talk about is how you developed the site from scratch and started developing products. The development of ideas (site, book, Scrooge Strategy) and implementation of them would be a great insight! Favorite topics: DIY vs. contract workers, idea generation, implementation best practices, and marketing. Thanks Ramit!

Madhu

Yes! I would love to hear about it

Ngu Soon Hui

Yes, of course I’m interested

Yashmi Mahat

Yes. More on how you get started with your idea, how do you find the right people/ right resources?

Ellen

Yes, I’m interested.

Oz

Hm… I admit I’m curious about what your thought process is like when you decide to market to your readers. (I’m also curious as to why there’s a pop-up when first navigating to your site offering me the first chapter of your book, etc. Personally I find that extremely aggravating and haven’t been to your site as often since you implemented it.)

Pricing particularly intrigues me.

Barth Bazyluk

Do it! This is the one thing that the majority of bloggers do not talk about.

Anthony Medina

Yes….that would be great info

b.

Indeed, looking forward to it. Perhaps I am in the dark, but a podcast would be money

Jon

Yes:

I am primarily interested in vetting ideas for feasibility and identifying key areas to focus on (i.e. skills/interests with needs).

Thanks

Mustafa

Yeh it will be awesome, I myself planning to move to Canada from Pakistan (fingers are crossed though legs are shaking big time) and instead of running after jobs without having any Canadian work experience and education (the stupid catch 22) I would be more interested to start a small business on my own and for such task the sensible and wise guidence of Ramit will be a blessing.

Bring on the good stuff please.

Mustafa

Steve

Yes Ramit, I’d love to hear more about all of the above, but specifically how to get business ideas and execute them.

-Steve

Patti

Yes! Thank you for sharing.

KCLau

I definitely want to learn more about your business side.
Hope to see your sharing soon.

dan

First, your stuff is important for anyone, as someone who woke up a couple of weeks ago and noticed I had slipped into middle age without a whimper, (46) we need to keep our thoughts and goals young. Showing people how, behind the scenes you go from idea to production would be helpfull.

As to free vs. pricing – my thoughts are simple if you parcel out a bit of free stuff that is useful. that actually works, or helps people solve an immediate small need, you should have no problem charging for complete packages. Oh wait you already do that, 1st chapter of your NY Times Best Selling Book. Keep up the good work.

Giovanni

Yes!

Syreeta

how you create your team? how you decide on the pricing for your products

poorcollegedstudent

Definitely! even though after 251 posts i’m sure mine doesn’t make a whole lot of difference!?

Eskay Bee

Como no!

Ko

Interested in how to identify opportunity and make it happens

Shaun

Yes Please! I would like to know how to start a small home business – especially something easy like an ebay store or something that I can use to supplement my salary.

Nick

would love to hear more!

Jessie B. R.

Absolutely. I think this is brilliant. In trying to develop my own business plan right now, this has been a point of conflict. What do you give away for free in order to build an audience. And when do you start charging. Thank you!

Jerome

I’d love to read more about your work and how do you come up from blogging to writing a book. Seriously anything about your work would be very interesting to read about !

Melissa

yes it would be great to see the business side of it. I just started my own business and I would love to see how you implement your ideas

Ivan Arnaudov

Whoa that’s a lot of comments so far Great work Ramit.

As a starting entrepreneur, I would be very interested in getting your take on price setting and figuring out which products/services to make available for free.

Nice reading your blog, loved the book too!
Ivan A.
BVIphotovideo.com

Kimberly J

I believe when someone shows success in their ventures it’s always interesting to read up on some aspects of what actions led them there. So yes! If only to attempt to replicate one or two of those…

Derrick

Yes! Your site is fantastic and I would love to hear more about the business side of things.

Richie

Got for it Ramit!

Ron

Yeah!!!!! the info about entrepreneurship would be helpfull, since I’m working on my startup…
Thanks!!!!

M

Yes, I would like to know and understand what’s happening.

Hamado

yes interested things

Sanjana

Yes, definitely. It’d also be great if you tell us a little about how to spot an untapped space in the market, and how deliver a product that stands out

a

yea i would love to read them, thanks a bunch!

Eric S. Mueller

I’d love to see some behind the scenes posts.

sheiler

Hi Ramit,

I think the earlier calls for you to be more transparent with your own life are a bit … forward and unnecessary. Hello, New York Times bestseller? I think that demonstrates that you’re not living freelance gig to other freelance gig.

I would, however, like deets on making a marketing plan. I for one do not suffer for lack of ideas (fortunately or unfortunately).

Thanks!

james

def. interested…

Fikri Rasyid @ Bloggingly

Definitely Yes! I’d really like to hear about how to build business from scratch to top: choosing the right idea to develop, funding, how to find investor, pricing, legal aspect, even into some specific knowledge like “how to sell product online”, etc.

Can’t wait to hear about it!

soychai

Yes. Specifically the topics you mentioned will be good for starters! Thanks!

Amne

That sounds great! Personally, I would love to hear more on pricing your products and coming up with product ideas.

NL

What do you do to determine what will sell and marketing

Pat

Yes, absolutely! Give us info on all you can! Start at the beginning (i.e. product ideas) and go from there

Michael

Yes- Specifically the cost analysis ( when to charge,when to hire other people)

Luba

Yes. I will be looking forward to it.

Shad

Ramit – it would be great to see the business behind I will teach you to be rich. I am in the midst of writing a business plan and starting a business right now, so I am interested in learning more about your strategies and plans in regards to marketing and market analysis, pricing, etc.

Thanks!

JF

I would love to hear and learn more about product development, marketing plans and how to launch into your own company.

Adriana

I AM very interested. Would love to learn about the behind the scenes.

Elizabeth

I’d love to see what you’re doing behind the scenes!

Phillip Crocker

As always, some really forward thinking…I await to here more of your guidance and knowledge.

Peace

Brandy

I would love to know more about how you find a good niche market, how you come up with prices, and how you work your marketing analysis. I see that your email campaign is one way. : )
Thanks so much!

RP

Yes please.

Joey

Yes, of course!

Claire Kimball

Yes, please count me in. I am planning to start a web site design business within the next few months.

Jagadish

Hi ramit,
It will be a excellent one, if you can share with us how you do it.

Jagadish

Ilene Frank

I’m interested too! I appreciate your offer to let us have a peek at the business side of things.

A. Caleb Hartley

1) starting/building a list
2) Determining demand
3) creating a product
4) Simple SEO
5) Upselling/continuing relationship with customers and list

Doug

Yes. Any content oriented towards entrepreneurship and the “make more money” side of the equation is very welcome. You already wrote the book (literally) on personal finance, so more content on the processes of creating those finances is a logical next step.

Nique

Yes please do, and many thanks in advance!

I’m with Tom – I work a rather busy 40+ hr week in my corporate job but would love to hear ideas about how to make additional money and set up an entrepreneurial small business on the side with 1-3 hours per day.

ramesh

Hi,

Your advice on money is very simple. And I am a fan of yours. I am definitely interested to see the things that are happening behind the scene. I am also willing to help, if there is anything that I can do with in my reach.

Thanks,
Ramesh.

Anthony

Yes! Even if the information doesn’t pertain to us, I’m sure we know someone that would be interested. I forward some of your blog posts to all of my friends. Thanks man, I’d surely appreciate it!

Phillip Harrington

I’m interested specifically in Market Analysis and When to Hire, but all the topics look great.

Jessica

Marketing analysis & when to do it yourself, please!!!

John Comberiate

Yes, I would like to know more. I’m working on building up a variety of skills and a name for myself. Rather than build a blog around a certain topic, I want to have a variety of desirable, marketable skills that people will seek me out for. I think seeing the back end of how you setup the business around your blog would be extremely useful in helping me move forward in my en devours.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Vinay Katari

Looking for some insight into how to start creating a business. Licensing, website, marketing etc. i.e. if i wanted to start a shell company to promote future business ideas.

Ben

This sounds interesting. Specifically, how you come to build up a following and such things on your blog. It could definitely add another dimension to the blog for me: I don’t read it all that much because i don’t want to be thinking about my finances all the time!

Deirdre

Sounds great… I have always been an entrepreneur and love reading about others with the same mind set

Jon

YES! That would be awesome!

Doug

Yes post away!!

Chad

Ramit, any idea when you would be able to share your thoughts ?

Hope this is not like the Snake Oil Salesman in the Prairies

rackgen

Yes please.. but on a different blog may be?
Some more thing [may be off topic] – more focus on psychology also helps!

Thanks,

Stephanie PTY

Hahaha, you’ve definitely got a lot of interest here, Ramit! What I’d be interested in is what you did for promotion in the early days of IWTYTBR. I wasn’t around for that (I started reading in late 2006), so I’m curious about how you pulled your audience in during the early days.

John

Deciding on pricing and when to charge I think would be most helpful, because that is where I feel the most uncomfortable/uncertain, but where its where the rubber hits the road on whether you have a product that people think provides significant value.

Val

Yes, it would be wonderful to get a sense of how you market your business, set and meet goals, develop business plans, etc.

Flinn

Yes, sounds like a great idea.

Matthew

Sorry, only really interested in personal finance and economics.

Senan

Dude, detail those details! I’m new to this stuff and any insight would be great

Synthiea Kaldi

Ramit – YES!

I’m already very interested to see what you’ll be offering, but learning how you made the strategic decisions involved is icing on the cake.

Can’t wait,

Synthiea

Kelly Smith

I recently purchased your book. I would love to hear about entrepreneurial topics specifically marketing online.

happybuela

Yes!

Lalitha Brama

I am very interested. Almost every adult has some experience working as an employee. Can you please teach /provide information to turn the skills used in the job to an entrepreneurial venture. This will help in letting go the fear of losing a job.

Alex

I’d love to hear about the behind-the-scenes work of running your business. As a fellow entrepreneur any information I can gain for others I’m game.

Subeer

Ramit

Yes x 5 for each of the questions.

Once I emailed you asking what goes behind making you(r) work tick. And you answered that you didnt know.

Now this is a step in that direction.

Regs
Subeer

meenu

Ramit

Meenu here, i am very interested in your strategies of coming up with bew business ideas. I also want to be independent enterprenuer but somehow doesnt have any solid idea. So please mail back if possible.

Cheers
Meenu

Cindi V

Yes – I would be very interested in learning more about what you have to say on the subject.

April K

Yes. I’d like to hear about how you come up with product ideas and doing market analysis. Thanks!

Ryan Stephen

This would be very interesting and very applicable.

I’d be specifically interested in reading about your pricing model development and marketing/distribution strategy for a somewhat intangible product (i.e., not your book, but Scrooge Strategy, possible conferences and tutorails, etc.)

Tim

Yes to all of the points you mentioned!

Marc

“How I do market analysis and craft a marketing plan — including online and offline”

“When to hire other people vs. doing it yourself”

I’d definitely like to see more of this. With my own website and getting ready to launch another one, I’d like to learn how to make a full income from it by increasing traffic and conversions. How do I go from 1000 visitors a day to 10,000 etc etc.

Nishant

here comes comment 393,303

How you craft the marketing strategy would be extremely useful. I personally implement tactics..but i have a feel they are that not strategies, more holistic. I’d like to see your take on this.

By the way the ebay post was wicked.. free shipping does wonders.. definitely works if you can get some level of mark up though..

Larry B

Yes, I would like to know how to go into business for myself in a successful way, with skills and knowledge I already possess.

Dynastydc

Hey Ramit,

Just started reading your book, though it’s been awhile since I’ve recieved an email from you on helpful tips. Yeah, I’m interested in what you’re up to. I’m assuming you’ll be covering subjects on management. Hope you cover the psychology of finance. It’s helpful to understand and examine the roots in what you preach.

Take care and I wish you the best..

Cassandra

Yes!!!! Please! I am so stuck in this area you describe and would appreciate any guidance.

Madhur

You bet we would like to know ~~

hillzy

YES!!!

Expedite the earn money bootcamp!

CBass

Ramit,

I’m interested in receiving some behind the scene tips. I read your book and got some great tips and insight.

Rhoda

DEFINITELY! Who wouldn’t want information? !!

Mark S

Yes, Definitely. I would love to know more about how you run the business side. Actually I’m interested in the entrepreneurial blog or book

Doctor S

Yes yes and yes.