Prioritize and Get There Faster!

Many times it’s hard for those of us in business to really keep things organized and moving forward smoothly. Specifically projects…
As your business takes off, you will find the things you’ve done in the past get you buried. And it’s hard to figure out what should be done before what…
When I’m planning my projects, I try to prioritize them based on a few things:
1. How much time will it take?
This is especially important when you are first starting out. You want to focus on things that are going to line your pockets the fastest because you need to pay the bills! You also want to make sure you can do it along side everything else you are doing without making anything else suffer.
Or you will have to decide if something else should be sacraficed to do this new project…
2. What will make me the most money?
Again, money isn’t everything, but it sure helps… especially in the beginning. You can always do charity work later.
3. What will make me money the quickest?
Money again? Yeah, well money is what makes the online world go round. So try and find a good opportunity and direction for yourself that will get you from rags to richest in a reasonable amount of time.
4. What am I excited most about?
If you can concentrate on things you are excited about first, that is optimum. You will find more energy for it and will be more passionate about it… in turn you will probably get to a positive cash position faster!
5. How will it affect the whole as I roll it out?
Will it take away from other things that I am doing? You don’t want a project to consume you so much that something else that you’ve worked hard on suffers…
6. Can it wait?
All of us should have short term and long term strategies and goals. You can’t do everything now. Focus on what will get you where you want to go fastest now… reserve the other stuff for later…
There are more things that go through my head, but you get the idea. What is most important and what will get me there the fastest?
This is so essential in the beginning! You have to make sure you are doing all you can to make money if you want to survive.
It’s very easy to get rapped up in things that don’t…
You are the captain of your ship. You are responsible to navigate that ship and make sure you stay on course to the land of the riches (your goals). To not get stuck on a sandbar.
Remind yourself of this. When you are sitting at your computer or whatever looking at a list of things to do, look at it from a monetary standpoint. What is most important for my business now? What can wait?
That’s the monetary approach you should take, but from a management standpoint, you also must consider what needs to be done in the course of your business…
Before anything else, take care of the customer.
You can go after all the new business you want, but ALWAYS take care of your new, current or established clientele or customers first! If you lose one, it will cost you more to replace them than it would have cost to keep them…
1) Customers always come first…
2) Then the general management and routines of your business that keep your ship running smoothly…
3) Your prospects & lead follow ups…
4) Then developement and projects…
This is by no means a complete list, but it should give you some ideas.
It should at least make you think about your actions everyday. Everything you do will have an impact on your future and will have an effect on your success or failure.

Think about it!

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Make Sure You're Strategies are In Place…

Do you have a strategy?
From my observations, I see a lot of people online that are moving forward without much of a strategy. Or they are stuck using other peoples strategies and don’t develop their own based on their needs and abilities.
It is very important to understand that those that are teaching you things online, are doing what they know or have been successful with themselves. It it not necessarily the path for YOU or the only path you should take.
I use a combination of strategies… I strongly use the old saying, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.”
I just saw a guy the other day freaking out because Google was wiping out his business… He fell by around 400 visitors to his website per day which crushed his income.
Why? Because he had all his eggs in the Google basket! Google is the type of animal that can make changes that don’t make sense, have no ryme or reason, and simply just happen.
You may think you have control, but you don’t.
That’s why you must diversify. Have a strategy that takes into account these type of things…
Don’t do just one thing… Let me rephrase that… You can do one thing, but make sure that you are covered within that one thing.
For instance if you depend on Google Adwords for 100% of your income, that’s fine. Just make sure that you are not doing just one thing within that. Make sure you are not in one market or are driving traffic one way.
Things are in a continuous state of change online. You must brace yourself for that change.
Make sure you have a strategy and you aren’t just mesmerized by some opportunitiy and you lose sight of the big picture.
This is a business not just a way to make some quick cash… it can be, but generally I think most of us want to have long term results and not live on the edge…
So have some sort of strategy in place for your business that insulates you from the environment.
You should have a short term, medium and long term strategy. Where do you see yourself in 1 month, 6 months, 5 years?
How are you going to get there?
There are things I do to make money now, but there are also things that I am building now that will blossom in the future or offer long term stability.
Just sit down for a few minutes and write down some of your goals and what you want out of this business. After you know what you want and have taken into consideration the environment, map out how your are going to get there…
If you do this, you will not only find stability over the long term, but you will find peace of mind.

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Time Management For The Internet Marketer

By Michael Melia

I don't think I have to really tell you how easy it is to get distracted while conducting business online, especially from home. With all the tasks we have to undertake,it's a wonder that anything gets accomplished. I thought I would take the time to share with you some of the things I do to help manage my time.

1. Create a To-Do List

I usually create my list the night before, or the very first thing in the morning. I simply make a list of all the things I need to get done that day, and work my way through it until all tasks are complete.

2. Keep Your Focus

This is probably the hardest thing on this list to do. Just keep telling yourself that these are things that you must do and the results from them will be a more profitable business. Do whatever it takes to stay on track.

3. When You Get Sidetracked….Get Up!

If you find yourself on a browsing or clicking binge when you should be working your task list, stop and get away from your computer. After a small break you will find yourself refreshed with a ready-to-work perspective again.

4. Set Time Limits

Set a limit for how long you have to spend on certain tasks. Set an alarm or use a timer to help keep track. When the timer stops or the alarm sounds, stop and move on to the next task.

5. Pull the Old Switcheroo

When there is something that you are working on and you just can’t seem to stay focused on it, stop and move onto another task for awhile. This break will help you feel more focused when you come back to it.

6. Breaking Big Rocks into Little Stones

When you have a very large task it can sometimes seem overwhelming and like you are getting nowhere fast. You may find yourself moving the same task from one day’s To-Do-List to the next. When this happens try breaking your larger tasks in smaller, more manageable tasks. The smaller tasks can be marked off your list more easily and at the end of the day you will see how much you have really accomplished.

A common issue among Internet based businesses is becoming overwhelmed and overworked. Keep in mind that Rome was not built in a day, and your business won’t be either. Take your time and cut yourself some slack if you don’t get everything accomplished as quickly as you were hoping.

About the Author: Michael Melia is the owner of Earn24x7Online.com and writes on a variety of subjects. To learn more about this topic Michael invites you to visit: Earn24x7Online.com

Source: www.isnare.com

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Find Your Niche Using These Resources

Determining your niche market before you even start buying your domain name is crucial to your success online.

Browse and determine what's helpful to you. Stick to it and move your way to finding your niche.

1. Google Trends
2. Google News
3. Google Press
4. Google Groups
5. Yahoo Buzz
6. Yahoo Answers
7. Lycos
8. AOL Hot Searches
9. Ask.com Top Searches
10.Amazon Hot New Releases
11.Amazon Best Sellers
12.What's Hot in Ebay
13.Ebay Pulse
14.Barnes & Nobles BestSeller
15.eHow's Top How To's
16.Top Viral Videos
17.Food in Seasons
18.Technorati Top Searches
19.Must Have from Mysimon
20.All for Dummies

These are all suggestions from 30 Day Challenge

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Start Your 30Day Challenge

First you have to download the ThirtydayChallenge Toolbar in your browser first before you sign up with the following sites. After downloading, you can find most of these sites under Tools in TDC Toolbar. Make sure to have an account before you start the Day 1 especially if you're still making up and failed to start on time. Get it done. Good luck :-)

Bloglines
Del.icio.us
Digg
Facebook
Google
Meebo
StumbleUpon
Twitter

Then see to it you download the following TOOLS:

Firefox
Itunes
Skype

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Article Marketing and List of Article Directory Sites

Article Marketing is one of the effective ways to build free traffic. If you have the talent in writing, it is highly recommended to make use of it to help you succeed in your online business endeavor. If you really find it hard to write and you take the whole day just to start a sentence, then delegate and let other people do it for you. Hire a ghost writer.

In the Philippines, you can hire one for as low as $3 per article. That's a lot cheaper compared to sparing your precious time to do it yourself.

When you already have these articles, you then need article directory sites where you can submit it. Nowadays with the advancement of technology, there's a lot of software available to make your work easier and faster. Some uses Article Submitter to submit their article to 600 or more sites. Other uses My Article Pro that can easily submit your articles to over 140 article directories with the click of a mouse.

But if you are out of budget or just want to try it for a while. Find below some of the article sites which can help you definitely:

Article Cube
Article Dashboard
SearchWarp
Article Trader
Article Hangout
Easy Article Search
PR Web
Buzzle
Search Guild
Associated Content
Article Alley
Advertising Knowhow
Idea Marketers
Isnare
Article Geek

The reason I'm giving you the list which requires registration is that you can easily manage your articles from their Article Stats if you have account with them. You'll know when they are approved or declined and the reason why if unluckily it's the latter. Other that that, you can see report which will tell you how your articles are doing and you can preliminarily observed the pattern of information most people are searching.

For the benefit of those needing sites with no registration requirement, I will gladly post it next time.

Cheers to Your First Step in Online Success :-)

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What we really need to know about Masterlisttools

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