Day 17 Saturday 5 May 2012 provides ideas for adding value to my new product.

Suggestions to add value include adding audio, video, worksheets and checklists.

John also explains how to create audio and video as well as suggesting tools to use.
Some are free others, like Camtasia Studio, cost $299 or £230.50 (about $370) if you live in the UK.

Luckily I already have all of these tools and know how to use them – so nothing much for me to do today.

If you are just starting out, this is very useful information about the tools you need – something that took me a long time to discover.

Summary of time spent for the day:

• 5 minutes creating MP3 audio files
• 17 minutes listening to audio files while out walking
• 5 minutes making notes of days activities (to help me rinse and repeat later)
• 17 minutes watching videos and doing the days work including blog posts
• 0 minutes sorting out technology problems

Summary of time spent on One Month Mentor to date:

• 113 minutes creating MP3 audio files
• 233 minutes listening to audio files while out walking
• 292 minutes making notes of days activities (to help me rinse and repeat later)
• 1094 minutes watching video and doing the days work
• 195 minutes sorting out technology problems

I’m still around 21 hours behind and also need to spend about $178 to get up to date for one product.

Additional spending on tools such as Camtasia Studio and a headset cost around another $350 – but these are ‘tools of the trade’ for working online and not just for the creation and marketing of one product.