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Digg it UP - How to Establish a Successful Online Business Plan - Part 2
Time management is still one of the most frequently searched times as a solution to improved performance. A Google search (September 2006) indicates 19,200,000 hits. There appears to be a lot of individuals seeking answers from training such as workshops to purchasing tools such as PDA’s in their ongoing quest to improve performance specific to this limited, fixed, constant.During the last 10 years in my performance improvement and executive coaching work, I have consistently asked the following simple question to even the busiest of CEO’s, entrepreneurs, small business owners, executives and fron
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
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Perhaps the most daunting challenge any budding exporter faces is to find buyers for his/her products. Selling in international market has never been simple - with diverse language, geographical distance, cultural difference and lack of market knowledge posing real challenge to any manufacturer/ exporter.However, given right homework and planning, selling in overseas market today is easier, simpler and less expensive than it was a decade ago. There are many silver linings in the forms of positive Govt Policy, favourable international climate, less tariff and non-tariff barriers and above all easy a
The big money is in the repeat sales, the backend products. If your customers are not satisfied with your front-end product their will be no repeat sales. Without backend products your company will be operating at well below half of it's potential.
Do not think that your business is different. How successful you are at marketing your backend products depends entirely on one thing - the quality of your front-end product. If your front-end product disappointed your customers they will not buy your more expensive backend no matter how great you make it sound.
They have been cheated and they will resent you for it. If on the other hand, they were amazed by the quality of your front-end product they will jump at the chance to buy a bigger, better product from you that will solve an even more pressing problem in their lives.
The quality or usefulness of your front-end product should not be based on its price tag. You should over deliver on your front end. You want people to think "I can't believe I paid only 'x' amount of dollars for this." Then, when you offer them your backend you will already have built incredible trust and they will be much, much more likely to buy.
You see, making a superior, high-quality product is 80% of the work. Marketing is not really that much work. Anybody can market but to create a truly excellent, valuable product takes time, patience, research, skill, motivation, and talent. Not anyone can make a great product. If you have the drive and talent it takes to create a great product then you should have no problem with marketing it. Great products are the only products worth selling.
If you feel that your product is somehow low par or low quality, you will be fighting yourself every step of the way. You will have trouble staying motivated, your conscious will nag you, and there will be no passion or belief to fuel your sales messages.
Now that you see the importance of initiating your business plan, the development of your product or service is a separate phase for a reason. Too often I see and hear about entrepreneurs trying to blend and combine the different stages of setting up a direct sales business. They skip around, and they do things out of order. They get their idea. Then they start working on their website, then they start on the product, then they write the copy, then they go back to working on their website some more, then they start working on their autoresponder campaign, then they go back to working on their product.
In order to get the best results, focus on one thing at a time. Spreading your focus, time, and attention out over 3 or 4 tasks simultaneously does not allow you to produce any one thing well. Shifting your entire focus on a single task is incredibly powerful. I have found that perhaps the greatest benefit of focusing effort on a single task is that it allows for bursts of creativity that otherwise do not occur.
Beyond that, you will produce better results in a shorter amount of time by focusing on one thing at a time. Focus tends to create momentum that is difficult to accumulate otherwise. It isn't as much fun and it does take discipline but doing one thing at a time has proven time and again to produce better results. It is tempting to take on everything at once as one feels as though they are accomplishing more in a shorter amount of time, which is untrue.
When you tire of one task you should work on another for a while and then come back when you are ready. This is highly recommended. If you grow tired of working on your product then leave it alone for a couple days and do something else entirely. Take a day off, go fishing, spend some quality time with your family, etc. But do not begin on another phase or you risk spreading yourself too thin. When you do something. do it right. Focus 100% of your efforts, talents, thoughts, and energy on that single task until it is complete.
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
Copyright 2006
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on your web site as long as the byline is included and the article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you activate any html links found in the article and in the byline. Please send a courte
Executive summaryIts revenues made up US $139($184) billion, assets equaled $62($82) billion, and the number of employees reached more than 30,000 people in 20 countries around the world.While Enron Corporation was so highly praised by the outside observers, internally it had highly decentralized financial control and decision-making structure, which made it practically impossible to get coherent and clear view on corporations' activities and operations. Of course, the problem was not exclusively due to poor managerial performance, all the departments of the corporation were involved in the
The quality or usefulness of your front-end product should not be based on its price tag. You should over deliver on your front end. You want people to think "I can't believe I paid only 'x' amount of dollars for this." Then, when you offer them your backend you will already have built incredible trust and they will be much, much more likely to buy.
You see, making a superior, high-quality product is 80% of the work. Marketing is not really that much work. Anybody can market but to create a truly excellent, valuable product takes time, patience, research, skill, motivation, and talent. Not anyone can make a great product. If you have the drive and talent it takes to create a great product then you should have no problem with marketing it. Great products are the only products worth selling.
If you feel that your product is somehow low par or low quality, you will be fighting yourself every step of the way. You will have trouble staying motivated, your conscious will nag you, and there will be no passion or belief to fuel your sales messages.
Now that you see the importance of initiating your business plan, the development of your product or service is a separate phase for a reason. Too often I see and hear about entrepreneurs trying to blend and combine the different stages of setting up a direct sales business. They skip around, and they do things out of order. They get their idea. Then they start working on their website, then they start on the product, then they write the copy, then they go back to working on their website some more, then they start working on their autoresponder campaign, then they go back to working on their product.
In order to get the best results, focus on one thing at a time. Spreading your focus, time, and attention out over 3 or 4 tasks simultaneously does not allow you to produce any one thing well. Shifting your entire focus on a single task is incredibly powerful. I have found that perhaps the greatest benefit of focusing effort on a single task is that it allows for bursts of creativity that otherwise do not occur.
Beyond that, you will produce better results in a shorter amount of time by focusing on one thing at a time. Focus tends to create momentum that is difficult to accumulate otherwise. It isn't as much fun and it does take discipline but doing one thing at a time has proven time and again to produce better results. It is tempting to take on everything at once as one feels as though they are accomplishing more in a shorter amount of time, which is untrue.
When you tire of one task you should work on another for a while and then come back when you are ready. This is highly recommended. If you grow tired of working on your product then leave it alone for a couple days and do something else entirely. Take a day off, go fishing, spend some quality time with your family, etc. But do not begin on another phase or you risk spreading yourself too thin. When you do something. do it right. Focus 100% of your efforts, talents, thoughts, and energy on that single task until it is complete.
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
Copyright 2006
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on your web site as long as the byline is included and the article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you activate any html links found in the article and in the byline. Please send a court
The end of the year is fast approaching. I remember that years back I would take a couple weeks in December and just solidify my relationships with my buyers and sellers. I know that we are a little early right now but it is a good time to plan as some of the work can mount up during December if you are lucky.Today, go through your list of clients and maybe clients and decide two things:1. What is the value of this relationship today and tomorrow?2. What is the best way to show that I care as a person and not as a salesperson?Here is what I used to do. I would hand write Christ
Now that you see the importance of initiating your business plan, the development of your product or service is a separate phase for a reason. Too often I see and hear about entrepreneurs trying to blend and combine the different stages of setting up a direct sales business. They skip around, and they do things out of order. They get their idea. Then they start working on their website, then they start on the product, then they write the copy, then they go back to working on their website some more, then they start working on their autoresponder campaign, then they go back to working on their product.
In order to get the best results, focus on one thing at a time. Spreading your focus, time, and attention out over 3 or 4 tasks simultaneously does not allow you to produce any one thing well. Shifting your entire focus on a single task is incredibly powerful. I have found that perhaps the greatest benefit of focusing effort on a single task is that it allows for bursts of creativity that otherwise do not occur.
Beyond that, you will produce better results in a shorter amount of time by focusing on one thing at a time. Focus tends to create momentum that is difficult to accumulate otherwise. It isn't as much fun and it does take discipline but doing one thing at a time has proven time and again to produce better results. It is tempting to take on everything at once as one feels as though they are accomplishing more in a shorter amount of time, which is untrue.
When you tire of one task you should work on another for a while and then come back when you are ready. This is highly recommended. If you grow tired of working on your product then leave it alone for a couple days and do something else entirely. Take a day off, go fishing, spend some quality time with your family, etc. But do not begin on another phase or you risk spreading yourself too thin. When you do something. do it right. Focus 100% of your efforts, talents, thoughts, and energy on that single task until it is complete.
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
Copyright 2006
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on your web site as long as the byline is included and the article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you activate any html links found in the article and in the byline. Please send a court
High Definition Update - Paul Wheeler InterviewIn July 2005, I wrote an E-Zine with the headline “High Definition – When?” At the time we saw little demand for HDCAM equipment aside from some clients in the U.S. Seven months later, the situation has changed dramatically. We added two Sony HDW-F900 HDCAM camcorders (Sony’s top of the line HDCAM camera for television and/or cinema) to our stock in January 2006 because of growing demand and see this as the beginning of a trend. And we have just taken a booking for a multi-camera shoot in March with six HDW-F900s.Interview With Paul Wheeler – So
Beyond that, you will produce better results in a shorter amount of time by focusing on one thing at a time. Focus tends to create momentum that is difficult to accumulate otherwise. It isn't as much fun and it does take discipline but doing one thing at a time has proven time and again to produce better results. It is tempting to take on everything at once as one feels as though they are accomplishing more in a shorter amount of time, which is untrue.
When you tire of one task you should work on another for a while and then come back when you are ready. This is highly recommended. If you grow tired of working on your product then leave it alone for a couple days and do something else entirely. Take a day off, go fishing, spend some quality time with your family, etc. But do not begin on another phase or you risk spreading yourself too thin. When you do something. do it right. Focus 100% of your efforts, talents, thoughts, and energy on that single task until it is complete.
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
Copyright 2006
You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter on your web site as long as the byline is included and the article is included in it's entirety. I also ask that you activate any html links found in the article and in the byline. Please send a court
Have you ever stopped and thought about why you got into business? What was the driving force behind your decision to lose the security blanket of having a regular paycheck, benefits and regular vacations? Do you lay awake at night, worried about how you are going to feed your family, the unresolved client issues, or just the stress of an employee upsetting one of your best clients? These are some of the questions entrepreneurs ask themselves on a regular basis when trying to figure out why they ever got into business for themselves.When I decided it was time for me to take the plunge, and start
Upon completion, once your product is complete you should have it reviewed by the most honest people you know. If possible, don't tell them that you created the product, just ask them what they think about it. Make sure that they are knowledgeable about the niche and the problem you are attempting to solve.
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