1. Interview clips for consultants
Who you could help: Consultants already recording interviews.
You use your basic editing skills and an existing contact.
You need to check whether they pay to avoid this work.
Fictional example · this is the same format as a real Idea Check report. The situation, amounts and conclusions are illustrative, not a personal assessment or market research.
Business Match · Business Snapshot · Sample
Your next decision
Worth a limited first testExplore a small video-clip package
Explore clips first: you can already edit and know a consultant recording interviews. Check their need before preparing samples.
Illustrative case. Your own report uses your answers and cites its research sources.
Directions that fit your starting point
Directions to explore, not proven demand. The recommendation considers your resources and the findings below.
2. Captions for short videos
Who you could help: Professionals who often publish videos.
You can start with your current equipment.
Automatic tools may already cover much of the need.
Your starting point and first customer
Based on your answers
You have basic editing skills, your own computer and eight weekly hours. You have not sold this service yet.
Who you could help
A consultant with recorded interviews and little time to reuse them.
The need to check
Publish useful clips without doing all the editing.
What you would need to investigate
Illustrative questions and hypotheses
Finding 1
Your customer might edit alone or use automatic tools.
Why it matters: Ask what work remains undone and why.
What it does not establish: These are hypothetical alternatives; this example contains no real research.
What to keep or adjust
Suggestions for your idea
Limit your first offer to one source video.
What this helps you do: You can control the scope before accepting more work.
Your Seed Offer
A proposal to test
- The useful result
- Two clips ready to publish.
- What is included
- Cuts, simple captions and one revision.
- What is left out
- Recording, posting and reach guarantees.
- Price and conditions
- To be set: record time and costs before proposing a price.
- Delivery
- Digital files; agree a date after reviewing the material.
- Capacity and limits
- Start with one package and check how long it takes.
The money & your time
Calculations use only your answers. Missing inputs remain unknown.
You need a price, delivery cost per sale and currency for this calculation. Missing figures stay blank.
Weekly deliveries, before reserving time for sales: 2
Theoretical delivery-only limit. Allow time for sales, admin and unexpected tasks; this does not predict sales.
View the inputs behind these calculations
Hours to deliver one sale: 3
Answer 6: “Three estimated hours per package.”
Total available hours per week: 8
Answer 7: “Eight total weekly hours.”
The First Buyer Test
A small test · 24–48 h, when your schedule allows
You already know a prospective customer. Choose ten available minutes to request a conversation; editing and delivery come later.
Estimated time for these actions: 10 min
Choose a time that works for you. Estimates exclude waiting for replies.
Step 1: Ask your contact what happens to interviews after publication.
Estimated time: 10 min
Who is involved: The consultant you already know.
What to observe: Note whether they reuse content, what is difficult and whether they will talk.
What this helps you do
Identify repeated work that needs solving.
For later, with more time
- Wait for a reply and ask permission before editing their material.
Spending limit
No initial spending or new subscriptions.
What would tell you to continue
A specific problem and an accepted conversation justify exploring the offer.
When to pause or adjust
Avoid persistent follow-ups or preparing a full package before agreeing interest.
Risks to address
- Revisions can use up your eight hours: limit their number.
What you still need to find out
- Would they pay to avoid this editing work?
- How long does a package actually take you?
Sources consulted0
No sources were consulted to create this fictional example. A real report shows the supporting links and the limits of each finding.
Discover what your Action Plan adds
30-Day Action Plan · For your feedback
Turn your snapshot into a 30-day plan
Your Business Snapshot helps you decide. Your Action Plan helps you act. Share what helped and what was missing in a survey to request a plan prepared manually for your case.
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Compare alternatives with evidence
See what other options include, how they charge and which gaps are worth checking before you choose your approach.
Comparison: offer · published price · source · limits
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Put price, costs and time together
Compare a few possible prices and workloads. See what needs to be true for each scenario to fit your resources.
Scenario: price to try − cost per sale · delivery hours
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Prepare your first sales conversations
Build your Minimum Sales Strategy: one place to reach people, one clear offer and questions that reveal an actual need.
First question: “What have you tried to solve this?”
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Know what comes next over 30 days
A 30-Day Action Plan with small tasks, time estimates and checkpoints to keep, adjust or pause the idea.
First checkpoint: what did you learn before spending more?
Illustrative preview