If you’re in the “help other marketers” niche, you probably get questions all the time from your prospects. Some like, “How do I cloak an affiliate link” are easy to answer. But every once in a while we get questions that require a lengthy response. Usually, when this happens, the biggest problem we have is getting our thoughts in order. There is so much info to share, where do we begin? This article is going to give you a brief outline that should help you with any response to almost any question you get.

First thing you do in your response is summarize the information that’s to follow. For example, let’s say somebody asks you how to start their own business online. That’s quite an open ended question that requires an involved response. So what I would do is begin by saying that to start a business you need the following things…and then I would list them, such as having a business plan, researching a market and so on.

After outlining all the things that I was planning to go over, I’d then take each item, one at a time, and cover it in detail. For business planning, I would talk about the need to have a budget for expenses, a projection for income, how to do each, and so on. If you take each item one at a time, you’ll be able to focus on that item in isolation and not get distracted by the other items.

Think of responding to an question for help as writing an ebook on the subject. That’s the approach you should take. The only difference, if this is going to be an email response, or even a skype or phone consultation, is that you don’t have to worry about formatting and making the info look pretty. Simple paragraph formatting will be fine.

Finally, I would list any resources that the prospect might need in order to complete any of the tasks. For example, let’s say somebody asked a question where your response was to do something that required knowledge of HTML. If the person doesn’t know HTML, you might want to include some free resources to sites that teach HTML. Always think about the technical parts of what you’re teaching and anything you can share that will help in those areas. Resources are great for that. And there are plenty of free ones online.

Bottom line is this. Get your head and thoughts together. Think of what has to come first and what has to come last and simply report the facts in that order. Always finish by telling the person that if they don’t understand anything, to ask.

Follow the above outline and you should have no problem answering any question that anybody asks you.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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