7 Ideas for your report writing.

[GordonJ]

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Here is a small sample, 7 types of Small Reports you can write and profit from quickly.

1. How-To Tutorial.
Our index begins with the classic “how-to” tutorial. This style of report is organized in a systematic, step-by-step approach to accomplishing a task. The steps are most commonly organized in chronological order. (I.E. Step One is…, Step Two is…, etc.). These are generally known as “systems”, “formulas”, “checklists” or “blueprints”.
A few examples include –
1) How to Design a Web Page in 5 Easy Steps
2) How to Lose 10 Pounds in 10 Days
3) How to Meet The Woman Of Your Dreams
4) How to Make Your First $1,000 Online
5) How to Teach A Sunday School Class
6) How to Make a Small Fortune Online With Small Reports
(Sound Familiar? )
2. Frequently Asked Questions.
Another style of report is, “frequently asked questions”. In this model, you would take 10-20 of the most asked questions about a particular topic and answer them in your content. This is one of the easiest kinds of small reports to create because outlining is simple due to the Q&A style:
1. List the question.
2. Answer it.

The Harvey Brody we have is done in this QOP style..Question Oriented Person.

While you’ll want create a better title than the ones below, here are just a few ideas for how this kind of small report might be created –
7) Top 20 Questions About Home-schooling
8) Top 20 Questions About Generating Site Traffic
9) Top 20 Questions About Saving A Marriage
10)Top 20 Questions About Adopting A Child
11)Top 20 Questions About Starting A Membership Site
12)Top 20 Questions About Self-Publishing
3. Interview. Moving from questions that YOU answer to questions that SOMEONE ELSE answers is another way to write a small report. An “interview” small report is, not surprisingly, a series of questions that you pose to one or more qualified experts to create the content you’ll be selling.
(Reasons why experts would do this for you include: free publicity for their web site or business, rights to the completed report or paid compensation.)
Again, these aren’t “titles” for your small report, but these are some things you might do for a handful of different topics –
13) Ask a fitness trainer questions about weight loss.
14) Ask a charity chairman questions about fundraising.
15) Ask a travel agent questions about discount travel.
16) Ask a loan officer questions about securing a mortgage.
17) Ask a real estate broker questions about selling/buying a
home.
4. List. Another very popular kind of small report is what I’ve labeled the “list”. It is simply a listing of ways, strategies, tips, secrets, tactics, techniques, habits, exercises, principles, etc. with a detailed description of each entry to the list.
Some examples of this kind of small report include –
18) 7 Ways To Automatically Burn More Calories
19) 5 Little Known Weight Loss Strategies
20) 50 Email Marketing Methods-
21) The 3 “Advantages” You Need To Beat Your Tennis Rivals
22) Top 10 Time Management Tips You’ve NEVER Been Told
5. Case Study. Next on our list of “types” of small reports is the “case study” model. This would consist of you profiling different successful examples of accomplishing a common task. In other words, you’d show how several different people (including or not including yourself) have achieved the desired result. The great thing about this kind of small report is the variety of different methods people use in attaining similar results. Your readers will likely “connect” with one or more of the examples and get a sense of motivation and empowerment to reach their goal as well. Bottom line: you’ve got a satisfied customer.
A few examples include (these are ideas, not titles) –
23) Learn How 7 Stay-At-Home Moms Each Lost 20 Pounds
24) The Machine Weight Workouts of 7 Top Fitness Trainers
25) Outreach Program Plans of the 10 Fastest Growing Churches
26) 10 Affiliate Marketing Campaigns You Can Legally “Steal”
And Use to Promote Any Program You Want
6. Resource Directory. The next kind of small report is the “resource directory”. That is, you would include a group of related entries of resources (usually indexed categorically and then alphabetically) along with their contact information such as web site, phone number and or mailing/physical address.
A few examples of this kind of small report would include –
27) The New England Bed And Breakfast Guide
28) The Wholesaler’s Resource Guide for Import
29) The Christian Publisher’s Resource Guide
30) The Product Duplication and Fulfillment Source Book
31) The 101 Most Fun “Kid Friendly” Web Sites
32) The Top 50 Recommended Home-Schooling Resources
7. Idea Generators. Up next we have the “idea generators” style of small report. This particular kind of report is a best described as “a series of prompts to help the reader brainstorm ideas”.
Case Study:

Dien Rice has his Great Ideas letter, which led to his book, 57 Secrets.
Here are a few different examples –
33) 101 Idea Prompts for Fiction Writers
34) 75 Starter Questions for Small Group Discussion
35) 97 Winning Ad Headlines For Your Sales letter Swipe File
36) 101 Best Prayer Starters For New Christians
37) 101 Fill-In-The-Blank Internet Auction Templates
38) The Ultimate Book of Ideas for Home-Schoolers
We actually have over 35 different "kinds" of reports and HOTSHEETS to share with you in the Writing and Publishing Forum.