
© Chrisharvey | Dreamstime.com
Because I help newbies find solutions and resources for their new business, I wanted to find out what they needed help with.
In order to do that, I put together a survey, asked folks to fill it out and now the results are in.
As a once newbie myself, there were so many things I needed to learn but I ended up with more information overload than I could handle, leaving me more confused and frustrated. I didn’t start off on the right path and ended up spending WAY too much money on unnecessary products and programs before I was even ready to utilize them.
When I started my own business, I vowed to help my clients learn from my mistakes and not do what I did. That’s when this all started. I asked what newbies wanted.
You know, if you don’t ask you will never know! I am glad I asked because the results amazed me. It was a great learning experience for me and now I can help the newbies find the solutions to their problems.
So let’s get right down to it. What were the results? See below……
Out of 60 replies, here is what they wanted:
When I asked the question “What areas of business do you want to master first?”
- Over 50% wanted to master their niche.
- About 16 % had equal interest in mastering marketing, social media, teleseminars and webinars. As a matter of fact, the graph showed the exact percentage for each category.
When I asked the question “Would you like to have live training calls?”
- Over 75 % said yes to finding their niche
- Only 25% wanted a live call for time management
- Surprisingly, blogging, article marketing and social media showed very little interest. That was amazing to me.
When I asked “What is your greatest challenge with your online business?” I got these results:
- Marketing
- Converting people who visit to people who buy
- Attracting enough people with the right mindset. I get a LOT of leads… but so many who just want to complain and won’t get off their A$$ to do something constructive
- Who to believe
- How to make landing pages
- How to get started with Social Media
- How to build a blog
When I asked the question “What keeps you up at night about your business?” these were some of the answers:
Competition
Gathering and getting followers
Getting clients
Pricing my products
Setting up my online store
Finding my niche
Marketing
Finally, in the survey, I asked what their preferred learning style was. The options I chose were audio, video, text or All of the Above.. There results were….
40 % perferred video
10% preferred audio
50% preferred All of the above
So there you have it. A short survey with 60 responses and valuable information.
If you took the survey, thank you so much. If you didn’t, and want to participate,
feel free to do it now. I will go back in another few days to update these results.
What do you think? If you are a newbie, what questions or concerns do you have to get started?