Time Management Strategies

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16/08/2011

 3 Questions to Supercharge Your Effectiveness

Time management strategies, which are really guidelines to rethinking your time choices, are powerful tools for meeting daily challenges. Dissatisfaction over how you use your time can motivate you to fine-tune your time choices.

Start by reviewing what felt unsatisfying to you yesterday. Be as specific as possible, jotting down a few key words to refer to. Then zero in on what techniques will lead to greater satisfaction and energy, using these 3 questions.

1. Do you set clear objectives or an agenda at the beginning of the day?

If not, adding intentionality to your life will yield dramatic advantages. Values clarification enables you to set daily, reachable goals. Then day-by-day, you learn what is satisfying. This is no small achievement! Become an expert on your happiness with daily experiments, and use this as a cornerstone for productive time choices.

Just as important, by setting clear objectives daily, you will learn over time what you can realistically accomplish. By setting reachable objectives that challenge you to stretch, you experience life more intensely. This magnifies your pleasure in the moment.

2. Have you delegated responsibilities to people who can’t or won’t meet your expectations?

If so, you can multiply your effectiveness and improve your relationships by developing effective delegation strategies. Time you invest in learning how to select and help prepare others to succeed at the delegated tasks translates directly into personal success for you.

This process enhances trust, morale, confidence and creative collaboration. And as you open to this flow, gratitude and enthusiasm ‘stretch’ your energy and time.

3. Do you work on the assumption that today will follow yesterday’s course, and then feel thrown by unexpected events?

If so, you will be able to gain resilience by building more flexibility into your objectives to withstand sudden change.

An additional side benefit to anticipating change is that your alertness increases. This skill strengthens with practice, and so, too, does your confidence. As curiosity replaces fear, you will experience more zest and vitality. No formula exists to make your day run smoothly, or even like days you’ve ever experienced so far. However, your potential to enhance your possibilities is limitless. This is better than magic, because the power is all yours.

Of course, this doesn’t happen automatically. But if you consistently use these suggestions to make new time choices, you will successfully supercharge your day.

Now, ask yourself: What is the next step you can take to create time choices that transform your time?
 

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How To Submit Articles

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16/08/2011

5 Common Beginner Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

Even if you’ve been submitting articles for years, you still may be making some beginner mistakes. It’s never too late to turn things around!

Beginners–you can save yourselves a lot of trouble if you will learn how to avoid these mistakes now, as you’re first learning how to submit articles. You will see better results and have a better understanding of what it takes make a great article marketing campaign.

Here are 5 common mistakes and how to correct them:

1 – Not doing any research for keywords.

You may have heard that using keywords plays a role in submitting articles, but you’re not sure what it’s all about. You may think, “Is that really necessary?”

It’s easier just to put it off or not think about it at all, but it’s really to your benefit to start learning about keywords and how to use them in your article submissions from the beginning.

At the very least, you can use Google’s free keyword suggestion tool and come up with some phrases to target in your resource box. Alternate the keywords you target, and be sure to hyperlink the keywords so that they go back to your website.

You can start simple, and then learn more as you get more experience. The important thing is to start somewhere!

2 – Not putting enough attention into your resource box.

This can seriously impact your article marketing success. You need to have a resource box that tells the reader why he should take your advice and also convinces him to click the link going back to your website.

This takes some attention and finesse. Don’t just slap together any old resource box. The link is not the only thing that matters–be sure to include a brief author bio and a reason for the reader to go back to your website. You’ll see better results if you do.

3 – Submitting too few articles.

You might not know how many articles you should be submitting in order to see results. For automatic submissions, shoot for 8 articles a month. For manual submissions, the quantity of articles needed to make an impact goes much higher.

However you are submitting articles, submitting one or two a month likely isn’t going to be enough to make a difference. In order to see the results you’re looking for, be sure that you’re submitting the right number of articles a month and that you’re doing it consistently (each and every month).

4 – Submitting drastically more articles than necessary.

Some people have the mindset that if a little bit is good, then a lot must be better. That might be true in some situations, but not article marketing. If you submit drastically more articles than is recommended, then it can have negative SEO consequences–it can do the exact opposite of what you’re trying to do!

So, stick to what is recommended, and don’t think that you’re going to get faster results or better results by going way over those recommended quantities.

5 – Expecting results right away.

We all suffer from this–we like to see that our efforts are having a payoff from Day 1!

Some people try something for a little while, and when they don’t see a drastic change right away they give up. Don’t let that be you.

Article marketing takes time to take effect. With your very first article that you submit, changes are starting to happen, but they are behind the scenes, where you can’t see them. It usually takes several months for a steadily executed article marketing campaign to create tangible results in the search engines. This is why patience is needed in order to be successful at article marketing.

If you saw yourself in any of these 5 beginner mistakes, know that you’re in good company. These mistakes are extremely common, but also extremely easy to correct. Now is the time to make your corrections and move forward with new knowledge. Implementing any one of these solutions can have a huge impact on your article marketing success!

Steve Shaw’s article distribution service has helped thousands of business owners worldwide build traffic, leads and sales to their websites – grab his free report giving you a blueprint for attracting sustainable, dirt-cheap, long-term, targeted traffic to any website! Go now to http://www.submityourarticle.com/report and learn how to boost your traffic by up to 600%!

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Managing & Maximizing Your Time

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16/08/2011

Managing & Maximizing Your Time

Many entrepreneurs are wasting so much time!

You’re spinning your wheels doing things that aren’t making you any money or bringing in any new clients. You’re even doing some of the very things and marketing strategies that ‘they say’ should be working but yet they aren’t working for you. Does this sound familiar?

You have so much potential and such a great message or product to share yet you’re not reaching enough people. This is a shame. Most of the time however this can be fixed pretty easily by watching how you manage your time better. Afterall, when you free up some of your time by delegating, automating or systematizing that allows you more time for sales and marketing activities and that’s what brings in new customers and clients!

Many big gurus talk about time management all the time but they talk about the what and why and not really the HOW, the nitty gritty tasks and details of what you should be doing instead. So here’s the real scoop on how to get more done and how to bring in many more qualified new leads every month into your business.

5 Steps to Managing Your Time Better So You Can Have More Time to Really Focus on Sales and Marketing:

1) Calendarize Your Life for More Structure *

Plot fun, vacations, family time and self care into your calendar first *Put blocks of time into your days so you can focus on specific projects and tasks *Schedule key networking events (local and not) into your calendar next Then schedule clients and business calls or appointments

2) Organize Your Emails, Paperwork and Files

Funnel emails by type or category into folders in your inbox (especially newsletters)

Save files, documents, emails for specific projects or clients into folders on your desktop to store, purge files over a year onto a CD to free up storage space.

Only print what really needs to be printed for serving clients, accounting or other If you must save old client paper files, put them in a box in your garage or office closet but purge them after a year at most.

3) Track and Analyze Your Time and To Dos:

Keep track of everything you do for business and personal every day 24/7 for a week at least Sort tasks that you do that you don’t like to do, don’t want to do or don’t do well and find someone to outsource them to do this activity once every 6 months as more things will come up you can pass off.

4) Hire Help

Hire home help for yardwork, housekeeping, running errands, laundry, nanny, shopping, paying bills, cooking meals and more to free up your time for money-making activities. Hire assistants for things in the above list that you aren’t good at, don’t like to do or just aren’t getting done that need to get done (like your marketing!)

5)Systematize Social Media and Follow Up

Develop or learn a system on how to reach 250 or more new people every week on social media, interacting with them, not just blasting information to them.

Develop or model after templates that can speed up your connecting online.

What should you do about this and how can you make some changes?

It’s simple, if you are ready to get serious about your business and put a real marketing and business Action Plan into place and learn EXACTLY how all of these multiple marketing strategies will be implemented into your business either by you or someone you outsource to.

(c) Copyright 2010 K. Sawa Marketing International. Katrina Sawa is an Award-Winning Author & Speaker who’s helped hundreds of small business owners take dramatic steps in their businesses to get them to the next level in business, revenues & their personal life. Get her Free Entrepreneur’s Success Kit at http://www.JumpStartYourMarketing.com !

 

 

Writing for Article Directories

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15/08/2011

 3 Tips for Writing Articles for Article Directories

Whenever you submit an article to an article directory, it first has to go past an editor who screens the article to be sure that it abides by the directory guidelines.

This is why you need to write articles with publishers in mind–after all, there’s no use in writing an article only to have it declined. It’s so frustrating and discouraging to get an article declined–if there’s anything that you can do to avoid that, then it’s worth it!

Each article directory has its own guidelines, so they do differ a bit across the board. However, there are some commonalities. In this article, I’d like to teach you 3 things that article directory publishers usually look for.

1 – Write articles designed to benefit your readers and teach them something about your niche.

The number one reason why an article is declined is that it is a “promotional” or sales oriented article. The impression that the reader gets is that the article is not for them, but is rather written to serve the author.

That’s the wrong way around. The article is meant to serve the needs of the readers. Publishers are looking for that type of reader-focused content.

Articles also need to contain enough helpful information to make them worthwhile. If an article is 500 words long and doesn’t really say much of anything, publishers can see through that. They are looking out for their readers and are picking articles that their readers will appreciate.

2 – Put special thought into your article headline.

People sometimes don’t realize the importance of the title of the article, but really the title can get your article declined before the editor even reads the article. Let’s talk about what a good title should be like:

*A good title should clearly describe what the article is about. That is the purpose of a title. If your title claims something, then the article must deliver on that.

*A good headline should look interesting to a human reader. It is not enough just to have a few keywords as a headline. You have to think of your human readers, and not just search engines.

*A good headline has proper grammar and spelling. A title that has any type of grammar or spelling issues may warrant an immediate decline.

Here are some formatting issues for titles to keep in mind:

*There’s no need to put a period at the end of your title.

*You should not put your title in quotation marks.

*Please don’t put your title in all caps (LIKE THIS)

*Refrain from putting multiple exclamation marks or question marks at the end of your title for emphasis (Like This!!!!! or ???!!) One of these is enough.

3 – If you are using keywords in your articles, be sure that they sound natural. There are few things that turn an editor off more than trying to read an article that has phrases and sentences that don’t make sense.

You can use keywords in your titles and articles, but they must have proper spelling and be used in a grammatically correct way.

These are three main things that article directory publishers screen for across the board. For all of your articles, you need to ask: “Is this article what publishers are looking for?”

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Eight Tips To Help You With Twitter

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09/07/2011

Eight Tips To Help You With Twitter

According to the latest social networking news, Twitter has begun to outpace Facebook. Reportedly, Facebook lost six million users in the last month. Twitter appears to be the new generation in social networking. Twitter is being used worldwide to educate, sell products, and socialize. New research reveals that people who use virtual networking are healthier than those who do not participate.

1. Define the Target Market Precisely, and Stay Focused.

The biggest mistake new Twitter marketers make is that they attempt to reach everyone who might be interested in their product or service. But Twitter doesn’t work that way. In order to maintain subscribers, you have to engage. For examples, consider how many of the largest corporations use Twitter solely to target their young consumers.

2. Proactively Acquire Followers.

Another big yet common mistake is the expectation that followers will magically arrive. Instead, we must earn our followers. A great way to do this is to follow high-profile individuals and groups in the appropriate market, and then communicate with them, which will draw attention to your account if that communication is engaging enough.

3. Quantity Matters

Do not waste time wrestling with quality versus quantity. An active presence is a key to recognition and to maintaining a large subscriber base. That doesn’t mean you ought to tweet nonsense, but your followers will quickly forget a tweet that falls flat, and that failed tweet still has the cumulative effect of making your presence felt.

4. Share Content from Others.

A good means of consistently delivering interesting tweets is to share tweets from others that you think will engage your base. This has a number of positive effects, including possible recognition from the original poster. A consistent effort in this regard can get you talked about by Twitter users who are influential within the target niche.

5. Leverage Automation.

We don’t have to do all tweeting by hand, and we can use automation to great effect to maintain our presence. For instance, a number of sites provide free Twitter automation based on RSS. Simply choose a relevant, high-profile blog, and then the service auto-tweets each time it publishes a post; you can even filter it based on tags and such.

6. Use Followers like a Focus Group.

Most Twitter users understand that they have to engage their audience, but they find it difficult to so. The truth is it’s not that difficult if you approach your followers as you would a focus group. Twitter followers follow because they’re interested. They also want to exchange ideas. After all, communication is what social networking is all about.

7. Do Not Fear Controversy.

In fact, controversy is so effective that many Twitter marketers go out of their way to create it. You don’t necessarily have to go that far, but if you have a hot topic that is relevant to your niche, you should tweet it, encourage conversation and run with it as far as it will take you. Of course, always be careful not to alienate your base.

8. Be Human.

When operating a business online, people tend to act professional to the point where it becomes impersonal. We don’t want to make this mistake on Twitter because emotional connection is a big part of what makes Twitter so productive.

Be business like, but don’t be afraid to have fun and to engage with your base on a personal level, have fun with your twitter marketing.



Twitter marketing is using social media tools to market your business online, there are a wide range of twitter marketing tips available

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Nine Blogging Tips For Your Online Internet Maketing Business

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04/07/2011

Nine Blogging Tips For Your Online Internet Maketing Business

With millions of blogs on the internet – and more being added every day! – it can seem like an impossible task to get your online internet business up and running and get your blog noticed. But it is possible to make a niche for yourself, even in a very competitive market space. Here are nine ways to create attention to your blog:

1) Write great content. It sounds simple, but it’s true. If you want people to want to read your stuff, and refer your friends to your site, write content worth reading. Then do it again, and again, and again.

2) Interact with other bloggers. There are many bloggers in your niche, and instead of viewing them as competitors, see them as potential partners. Comment on their blogs via social media sites and so on. Make yourself their supporter, and they’ll be more receptive to helping you out when they can.

3) Add eye-catching images. Lots of people are scanners, and they’ll pop over to your blog to just see what’s happening. Strong images are a great way to grab their attention; long blocks of text are a turn-off for most people.

4) Add audio and video. Adding other media forms is a way to mix things up and keep them interesting. While any one particular visitor might skip an audio, another one might be dying to hear your voice!

5) Keep things relevant. Comment on the latest trends in your industry, or relate top-of-mind news stories to your market. For example, if everyone’s talking about reality TV, can you take a spin on the most popular show for your market? Be the go-to expert.

6) Interview “big names.” While you may not be able to compete with the “celebrities” in your market when it comes to traffic, you can divert some of their traffic your way by interviewing them. This is a great place to bring in audio and video.

7) Do a giveaway. Find something people in your market would really like, and hold a contest or giveaway. (Hint: The more tightly tied the prize is to your market, the more targeted your traffic will be).

8) Guest posting means appearing on other blogger’s sites. It allows you to reach a new market, complete with the stamp of approval from someone that this new market already knows, likes, and trusts. For more information on guest blogging – including how to hold your own “blog tour” – visit Nicole Dean’s blog at nicoleonthenet.com.

9) Interact with readers. Your audience is your bread and butter. When they comment, you should be appreciative AND responsive. Engage them in conversation, either in the comments section of your site, or via email. Never ignore your readers!Very few bloggers – even those who consider themselves “professionals” – do all these things.

That’s why there will always be room for someone new at the top – someone who’s willing to do the things others aren’t. Someone like you!

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The Importance of Traffic Generation to Your Business

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25/05/2011

The Importance of Traffic Generation to Your Business

Copyright © 2011 Andrew Berrey

The paramount aspect in any online business is the traffic that the website gets. If your website is not attracting any one, you might as well flush it down the drain. You cannot just sit around believing things will get better; if your approach remains the same, there is a fat chance that your business will prosper. You have to generate traffic, if you want a profitable business.

There are many simple, yet effective ways in which you can have people streaming on you webpage, and even becoming your customers. One of the most popular is affiliate marketing. You can get an affiliate to promote your product; they publish your ads on search engines such as Google or Yahoo, the pages that thousands visit every day. Another way is getting partnership with the webmasters, where you can link exchange. You should get into talks with related and popular websites for reciprocal exchange links. Another thing which I found effective was having attractive article content. You can have your articles published at any of the free websites, with a free link at the bottom. If you are not a good writer, it is best you hire a freelancer to do the job. It is imperative to use the right keywords to direct traffic from the search engines.

Besides this, keep records and email ids of the people who visit your website. This way you can continue sending them your newsletters and keep them posted. Furthermore, another very popular way of driving traffic these days is to have page or group on social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter. All you have to do is keep updating your status, posting pictures, updates etc. Posting on forums and blogs also works, but the social networks are the hot works these days. Video marketing is also very helpful at times. God probably created YouTube keeping your needs in mind. On YouTube there are explicit instructions on how to upload descriptions and URLs for your video so that you can use them to lead traffic to your site without paying a cent!

Nonetheless it is important to remember that even the guru’s had to start somewhere and nobody is an expert overnight. You need a good solid foundation and that takes time. Find a good resource, learn the basics and then work up from there. Before you know it you won’t be a beginner anymore.

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Working from Home Online

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24/04/2011

Learn to Make a Success of Working from Home Online

The number of people who are choosing to work from home on their own online businesses is growing daily and one hears all the time about those who gave up working in a job to become enormously successful. No matter how appealing the idea of working from home may seem to be, there are some pitfalls that are common and it is important to think about them as it is not as easy to work at home as one tends to think.

Here are some vital points to remember is the thought of working from home is something that you aspire to do.

It is essential for anyone who chooses to work from home to be able to separate their work life from their home life. This may seem like a trivial point, but it can be quite a problem if not taken into account right from the start. When you go out to work in a day job, the last thing on your mind is the washing, ironing or the possibility that the house may be in a total state of chaos, you are usually able to focus completely on the task at hand and get on with the job.

When you work from home all of these household duties are in your face, and it is really easy to fall into the trap of spending more time on carrying out these duties than doing any actual work on your online business. For this reason alone it is essential that you become very self-disciplined. For example if you set yourself the hours of nine till two pm everyday as your business hours, then sit down in your office and devote these hours to your online business work and only leave the office if it is absolutely necessary such as getting something to drink or to go to the toilet. Do not have anything in your office that is likely to distract you from your task at hand.

To work successfully from home on your own business requires a good deal of self-belief in your own ability. There will always be ups and downs and some months will be great while in other months everything will appear to go wrong. Having the confidence in yourself and your own ability will help you to overcome the bad times.

A good idea when the times are great and the money is coming in regularly is to save some of it for when thing go wrong and you are not generating the same amount of income.

Remaining motivated is essential for anybody who is determined to make a success of working from home. Keep in mind that there is no one to motivate and inspire you to keep working nor is there anyone that you can use to bounce ideas off.

There are people who cannot work from home as they simply find it too lonely and they will return to the workplace where they can then have greater contact with other people. Remembering the advantages one has when working from home is especially important when things are not going as well as we hoped, as this is usually the times when the lack of company is felt the most strongly.

To me being your own boss and working from home online with a business that I love, and having the right attitude makes it all possible and there are many other people who could quite easily do the same thing.

For more information and advice on building successful legitimate online businesses Michelle Jayes invites you to visit her online income opportunities website http://www.online-income-business.com

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