If you're involved in an internet marketing
business, then you've probably already come
face-to-face with your #1 enemy - "Time Wasting".
What you need to know is that
"
Time Is Money".
And this applies even more to the online world,
than in regular business.
You see, anyone can become an online entrepreneur.
It doesn't involve start-up capital or expensive
equipment to start. A low grade PC and a net
connection is all you need.
And since cash isn't really a barrier,
time management has become all the more
critical. Your challenge for success is
simply to get more done - in less time.
So what are the greatest online time wasters and
what can you do to avoid them?
- Retyping the same old thing time and time again.
- Failing to manage your email effectively.
- Getting sucked into pointless forum discussions.
- Failing to set a goal, before you switch the
computer on.
1. Retyping the same old thing time and time again.
This sounds simple. But stop and think how many
times you retype the same old simple information.
Most people have cottoned on to automating their
email signature, but you can go far beyond that
when it comes to communicating words quickly.
Get yourself a clipboard or shortcut extender.
This will enable you to write much faster and
prevent you from ever having to type the same
thing twice.
I use this utility (
typepilot),
but there are lots of other useful
typing assistant utilities available.
2. Failing to manage your email effectively.
I know, there's so much spam flying around, but
you should be attempting to win this war with a
few weapons of your own installed on your computer.
i. Make sure you have a working piece of anti-spam
software set up. Whilst sometimes the wrong messages
will get trapped, the best software will still
remove 98% of the emails that you don't want. Make
sure they are filtered into a junk email file, so
you can manually sift through them afterwards and
pull back any that have been incorrectly assumed to
be unwanted.
ii. Set up folders in your inbox and get yourself
properly organized. I keep a folder for SALES,
another one for FEEDBACK and others for JOINT
VENTURES + many more.
3. Getting sucked into pointless forum discussions.
As someone who owns the fastest growing internet
marketing forum, I can tell you the truth.
Forums can be incredible marketing resources, but
they can also crucify huge amounts of your time by
sucking you into discussions that you just don't
need to have.
So structure your time and include some forum
reading and posting - but avoid spending wasted
hours in protracted debates with people who are
never going to buy from you anyway.
Better still sign yourself up to a good weekly
forum roundup and that way you can keep yourself
up-to-date, but without checking in every minute
of the day. My own 'How To' Forum is called
TOP POSTS and you can receive it each Thursday
by sending a blank email to
mailto:topposts@howtocorp.par32.com
4. Failing to set a goal, before
you switch the computer on.
It's so easy to sit down, decide you'll take a
quick look at some website, only to enter a
mini-time warp. Three hours later you look up
and discover you've yet to do a thing.
The internet has an uncanny capacity to "Waste
Your Time" and you've got to be resolute in your
desire to beat off the temptation to click all
those enticing links.
I avoid this problem by proactively thinking about
what I plan to achieve each day... before I even
sit down at my PC.
Remember, by the time you've turned on
your monitor... it's already too late!
To your online success!
Michael Green
Developer of the
"
Create & Sell Products Online" toolkit.
Well known internet marketer, Michael Green, has
built his name by developing 13 award-winning
toolkits - sold online. BUT... he only works a day
a week on his 'How To' business and other marketers
are left wondering how come he has more hours in
his days. Michael has written a
toolkit which
reveals all and you can emulate his success by
picking up a copy at
http://how-to.cjb.net
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