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Using Time Management To Attack And Destroy Stress

Posted on : 17-08-2009 | By : Chris | In : Stress Management

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Your career is suffering from not using time management aggressively to manage stress. You are missing promotions and raises, because you are spending your time defending against stress instead of attacking it.  This pain is caused by using time management basically the wrong way.  Too many time management in the workplace seminars teach you to just make To Do lists and then prioritize them.  A proper time management system will not only prioritize your tasks, but allow you to defend your To Do list against interruptions and crises, since those are a huge source of stress.  Nothing you have been doing can alleviate this pain.  This is why you have been passed over for promotions and raises.

Using time management within a complete stress management system can really make you stand out at work.  The type of leadership that is being looked for today is the type of leadership that prevents problems.  Using time management to prevent workplace anxiety instead of just reacting to it keeps the workplace running smoothly.  You can learn a new way to manage your time and your tasks, to prevent stress.  And when you prevent stress, you are spending more time finding the opportunities in stressful situations.

Here are 5 ways to use time management to turn stress into opportunities.

Recognize that time management is really self-discipline.  Time flows forward, no matter what you do.  Time management is really disciplining yourself to stay on task and to be able to resist interruptions and temptations. Embrace the Pareto Principle.  This principle says that 80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts (or time or customers or any number of variations).  So constantly review your work, to focus on the 20% that gives you the 80%. Use the SMART method of goal setting: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Tangible.  This keeps your efforts focused. Use the TF30 method to prioritize your schedule. Tasks that must be done Today, tasks that must be done by Friday, and tasks that must be done within the next 30 days.  This method will easily allow you to reject distractions that are less important than whatever you are working on. Delegate properly.  Pick the proper person, and explain clearly what is to be done.   Set a date certain to be completed, and set periodic review dates to monitor the progress.

If you don’t use aggressive time management, your being passed over for promotions and raises will get worse.  Without a time management system that removes stress, your time will continue to be chewed up by fighting stress.  This means that the bad health effects of stress will be magnified by the bad emotional effects of stress.  You think it will be painful to change your time management system.  It will be much more painful not to.

You have seen how time management is an integral part of a comprehensive stress management system.  But many times, your time management system becomes a source of stress instead of part of what to do to relieve stress.  This is because most time management systems do not allow you enough time to handle your tasks and any interruptions.  That’s like planning to travel by plane in winter, but not considering that flights might be delayed from snow or ice.  Using a  comprehensive stress management system which includes time management throughout will eliminate missing promotions and give you more recognition at work.

The good news is that not only can you use this sinformation in whatever j.o.b. you have, you can also use these proven techniques to help you with your internet marketing endeavours.  I hope that you find this useful.
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Chris Jensen

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Make Money With Website Flipping

Posted on : 16-07-2009 | By : Chris | In : Website Flipping

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Website Flipping has emerged as one of the most lucrative businesses on the internet today. There is no doubt that website flipping, if done professionally, can result in unimaginable profits with very little or no investment. There are primarily two ways of entering into the exciting business of website flipping:

1) Creating one’s own websites: creating one’s own website can save one from any investments as one can create a great website with quality content, purchase an impressive domain name, monetize the flip website to a required level and then find a suitable buyer for it on one of the popular auction sites.

2) Purchase an existing website and renovate it: It is an easier and faster way of entering the business; however it does require some investment.

Some important steps involved in making money through website flipping are as follows:

1) Acquiring a good domain name: A domain name which is short and sweet, and at the same time reflects the gist of the content of the website can take any business a long way. Hence, acquiring a good domain name plays a very important part increasing the value of your flip website

2) Create or find a template: The next important step is to create or find a suitable template which goes well with the determined niche. One also needs to have basic HTML skills to ensure that all the other pages are linked to the home page. Adding free Photoshop templates to the flip websites will give the website a very professional look, increasing the value of the websites considerably.

3) Monetize your flip website: Monetizing a flip website will ensure that your flip website attracts high paying buyers. Potential buyers seriously look for monetized sites as it saves them considerable time and energy. They just have to start the promotion of the website through affiliate links. While monetizing your site, it is highly recommended that you consider products only from Clickbank and Adsense. Unlike other sites, these two sites are very liberal, and hence the buyer will not face any problems in the future.

4) Sell your flip website: Before selling your flip website, ensure that you covered all the necessary steps like increasing the traffic and the sales. One should also try to improve the ranking of the website on search engines; as such websites are sold for a higher price. Once you are sure that everything is perfect, you can sell the flip website on sites like E-Bay, Digital Point or Sitepoint.

If you are wanting to get started doing this right away with little money out of pocket, check out this guide called “Easy Website Flipping.”

I hope that this answers any questions that you might have about website flipping.  I plan on giving more information about this in the future because I have been doing this lately, and I am really starting to see just how amazing this stuff really is.

Please feel free to comment with any questions that you may have.  Don’t be shy.  I don’t bite, hard…

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen

Build Your List In Under 30 Days

Posted on : 10-07-2009 | By : Chris | In : Email Marketing

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Having a list building technique is synonymous with success for any website or internet based business. List building is used to collect information from visitors so that future contact can be made. In some cases the individual or business may want to send a newsletter or some other follow up type correspondence. By having this contact information the company can send marketing attempts to try and generate further revenue. This comes in especially handy when traffic is down or sales are following a flat line pattern.

There are a number of ways to collect contact information for websites. There are squeeze pages, sign up pages and other techniques that fall under the list building campaigns. For more details www.mailing-list-gold.com  Some sites come right out and ask for the visitors email, physical address or other personal contact information, while others attempt to gain the information a little more sneaky. Most advertising advocates boast that whichever method works is the one that should be used! If a squeeze page is used, then it should be very specific and work appropriately.

Any list building technique should work and have at least half of the visitors leaving their information. If half are not leaving their information, the site owner should consider employing a different technique. Testing and tracking the results of any type of marketing is always suggested to ensure that it works appropriately and is worth the money spent. If the program is failing it should be removed at once and replaced with a more effective list building strategy.

How Do I Build My List in Under 30 Days?

List building is something that does not happen overnight, however with a few solid marketing methods and some hard work you can have a big list in just 30 days. One of the most common questions I get asked is how do I build my list? Many people are aware that they need to build a responsive list, but just do not know how to do it quickly.

To build a list of buyers you have to market to the correct crowd. I have two main marketing methods that I use which bring me consistent, targeted traffic which I can turn into buyers.

My first tip for list building is article marketing. Whether you like it or not, nothing builds a targeted list quite like article marketing. See most people think that you have to write a great among of articles to build a list, which is just not true. For more details www.build-own-list.com  I have had several of my articles get me tons of traffic! If you write 20 well researched articles each month in a niche that is not overcrowded you can build a list of buyers fast.

The other method I use is Google AdWords. Adwords is great for building a list, because you can test a page instantly to see if it is going to bring you profits long term. When people ask how do I build, I always tell them to use Google AdWords as a part of your campaign.

List building is crucial, but it is also important that you stay in touch with your list in order to build a responsive list of buyers. If you are building but not providing value to your list of customers then you need to start trying to build better relationships with your list.

I hope that you are abe to use this information to get your list growing.

Let me know if you have any questions!  I really want to hear from you!

Go Hard or Go Home!

Chris Jensen