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[Jared Wiener Company: One-24 Contribution Level: 2]

Hello Fellow Networkers,

I would love to get some feedback on this topic. Because there is SO MUCH training given by many networkers who want to provide value to others, which is great, I feel it can be distracting to doing the real job at hand, which is marketing.

Yes, everyone says you must invest time in yourself in education with regards to internet marketing and personal development, but there is only so much time in the day.

If you have an online business that you do either full or part time, I would like to know how you schedule your time? What is your daily action plan?

Thanks!

Jared

[Nathaniel Johnson Contribution Level: 6]

My daily action really revolves around my daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals as well as how they are coming along.

Don't beat yourself up if you don't come firing out of the gates with a set daily plan and long term goals. You will waste some time, it's called trial and error - but as long as down the road you are still dedicating time and energy in a consistent and efficient manner to your business then the world keeps on spinning.

[Adam Taha Contribution Level: 8]

Years back, I had this challenge until I did the following -

When I had a plan of where I want the business to go. I planned out the team I needed so I can outsource to. Now, some may say, "but when I'm starting off, I ain't got monies."

No probs.

Just have this in your mind - that when you make the monies, it doesn't take thousands to outsource someone to write your articles from your audio transcript and send it back to you.

It may costs $40 to transcribe a lot of your audio which can be different articles.

It may cost $60.00 for someone to build your capture page, thank you page, the autoresponder hooked, the works.

So look at these costs for outsourcing with added info on other outgoings and include them as future actions to take.

And master one skill to create you the monies, that you yourself can outsource to others who need your skill.

I will say that it may take sometime finding the right person for each part of your business to outsource. Like skill, their reliability etc.

So recap on what I applied..

A) Changed my mindset from doing everything and recognised I cannot do everything. I only have 24 hours and even rich has 24 hours a day

So I accepted this and planned out for future to create a power team. Skilled people in each area and..LET GO.

B) I master a skill that I can outsource as either training, or ebook that people need and turn this into profits.

C) Use the monies to outsource to the team of skill people I've developed relationship with and seen from experience they got what it takes to do the work.

Now, my time is free for developing the vision of the business and ideas.

It didn't happen straight away. I had to master a skill and turn it into monies and used some of monies to outsource.

I'm glad I changed it this way because years back I was busy doing everything and it was moving slowly, and it was tiring.

It's what all of us go through mate. So don't feel down. It happens and we grow to learn .....doing everything, ain't going to cut it if we want to succeed in our dreams.

Adam Taha

[Volker Schaefer Company: Life Plus International Contribution Level: 5]

Thank you Adam, for this answer.

This is very useful for me because since I started with Magnetic Sponsoring one month ago I am working all around the clock and sleeping very less. I know exactly what Jared is talking of.

Now I know a way how to organize all the things to make it better in future.

I wish you all the best

Volker

Years back, I had this challenge until I did the following -

When I had a plan of where I want the business to go. I planned out the team I needed so I can outsource to. Now, some may say, "but when I'm starting off, I ain't got monies."

No probs.

Just have this in your mind - that when you make the monies, it doesn't take thousands to outsource someone to write your articles from your audio transcript and send it back to you.

It may costs $40 to transcribe a lot of your audio which can be different articles.

It may cost $60.00 for someone to build your capture page, thank you page, the autoresponder hooked, the works.

So look at these costs for outsourcing with added info on other outgoings and include them as future actions to take.

And master one skill to create you the monies, that you yourself can outsource to others who need your skill.

I will say that it may take sometime finding the right person for each part of your business to outsource. Like skill, their reliability etc.

So recap on what I applied..

A) Changed my mindset from doing everything and recognised I cannot do everything. I only have 24 hours and even rich has 24 hours a day

So I accepted this and planned out for future to create a power team. Skilled people in each area and..LET GO.

B) I master a skill that I can outsource as either training, or ebook that people need and turn this into profits.

C) Use the monies to outsource to the team of skill people I've developed relationship with and seen from experience they got what it takes to do the work.

Now, my time is free for developing the vision of the business and ideas.

It didn't happen straight away. I had to master a skill and turn it into monies and used some of monies to outsource.

I'm glad I changed it this way because years back I was busy doing everything and it was moving slowly, and it was tiring.

It's what all of us go through mate. So don't feel down. It happens and we grow to learn .....doing everything, ain't going to cut it if we want to succeed in our dreams.

Adam Taha

[Adam Taha Contribution Level: 8]

Thank you Adam, for this answer.

This is very useful for me because since I started with Magnetic Sponsoring one month ago I am working all around the clock and sleeping very less. I know exactly what Jared is talking of.

Now I know a way how to organize all the things to make it better in future.

I wish you all the best

Volker

My pleasure.

Totally understand where you're coming from. It was that way too when I first started. I was doing everything, from creating Capture pages, blog, ezine articles, writing ebook etc.

When all these can be outsourced and you just lead the person to exactly how you want it. Your the idea man, the visionary and they are the employee, the skilled worker.

It takes sometime mate, to shift from mindset of business owner because we may not want to let go of our baby, our dream, our business.

And you want to do it right.

The challenge I faced in begining was this:

A) Finding a way to explain and communicate ideas, strategies and the way I want the site etc. Instead of writing it down as loads of text - I realised every person is different.

So I had to explain differently to others. The best method for all I found is explaining using images, sketches, doodles I do.

There are softwares online where you can draw a diagram of website for example, and how pages connect etc, and where you want everything to be.

I also use a desktop share so the person can see my computer screen as I talk and share my doodles. That way they are not translated it in a different way but hearing me speak, and seeing me showing them exactly what I want.

For them to ask questions on anything else.

You can take care of capture pages, blogs, all these practical stuff that take a lot of your time dealt this way.

I don't see it as a cost but as an investment.

B) The other side is also you want someone who does the work on time. With quality. This is where it may take sometime to find the right person.

The one I know who has built my designs is Mike Morgan Jr.

Brillaint graphic designer and very fast. I've got 20 years of graphic design and web design skills and yet... I'm outsourcing to him to build my new capture pages etc which I'm launching on Jan 09.

And blogs to others etc.

The way to handle this is test people out.

Test them out with a small project first. See how long they do it, if they on time, if they deliver with quality. test them again.

Now you know who to use for bigger work as well.

C) The ebooks, the articles - I know of a story of a woman, who has written thousands of ebooks, novels, books, without writing one word.

She would stand or sit in her room. A person would come in and record her speak or she will record herself and hand it to the person.

They would go away and transcribe the information, knowledge she gave into the ebooks or any format she wished.

As that person walks out of the room - another steps in and she continue talking and they record. Or today, you can record and email the audio and have it transcribed.

That's now cut out a lot of time. You can be travelling, with a speaker on your collar or a dictation on your dashboard and press record and talk. Or when you're sitting down at home or office.

D) Articles. Imagine now,...from these audios emailed, they are ready, cleaned up. We can now give it to someone to upload it to different blogs, articles ezine submissions. Let them do these tasks.

Again, to have people do this, it takes time to find someone you trust and have tested out.

Have a mockup site blog to test people out doing that before getting them into the real deal.

E)Calling prospects who have opted in - Again, we can take the money we made from our business, ebooks, and our mastered one skill - and invest it right back into hiring a company to call the prospects.

Imagine if we had 10,000 qualified prospects kicking off a month. You just haven't enough hours in day to call them all.

Especially if they all did qualify, real hungry.

So you hire a company, a reputatable one to do it. Test them out.

They'll call the prospects who opted in. They'll find out what their needs are and and qualify them even more. And relay back to you or you can even let them follow your instructions to exactly what to ask and say to the prospect.

Sales done for you. Calling done for you.

All these levels take time but when all these are reached, everything moves faster, smoother and you're relaxed.

Plus, you have time for what one builds the business for. Either more time with family, going on holiday with kids, or doing what we love..

Coaching or chilling or...creating more ideas for the business in how to get it turning more business volume.

Adam Taha

[David Batchelor Contribution Level: 3]

I really like what Mike Dilliard has to say about this...

Pick one marketing strategy and master it by creating 20 - 30 leads a day consistently and then move onto the next one.

As far as mindset goes, I don't know how someone can't be positive if they are bringing in at leastr 20 - 30 leads a day.

[Sanjay Wadhwa Contribution Level: 1]

Jared and Others,

I have started about 2 months back and this is how I am managing all that needs to be done.

I have divided my tasks in to separate headings and decided on how much time am I going to spend on each of these.

1. Training - My Own Training (20% about 4 hrs)

2. Applying the Training - Actual Marketing (60% about 12 hrs)
I use 3-4 methods to promote as of now :

Articles - I spend about 6 hrs writing 5 - 8 articles and submitting them to various directories
Blog - I spin these articles and make them in to bigger better 2 - 3 blog posts per week. About 2 - 3 hrs.
Twitter - I work 20 mins on Twitter every day
Forums - I learn a lot from them, contribute where I can, absorb everything. About 2 - 3 hrs in the week.

I also dabble in 1 new marketing method to create my base every week. e.g. In a week I may create my facebook fan page. In another week I may create my squidoo account.

3. Research - On what do I write, what are people looking for (10% about 2 hrs)

4. Review - Track results, see if the plan is working or not and plan for next week (10% about 2 hrs)

Initially it was a bit difficult to make sense out of all that had to be done. But I belive by consistent work, I am beginning to see results. I am also experiencing a lot of ease in what I am doing. I put down a plan at the begining of the week, work on it through the week and review it at the end of the week. This allows me set and achieve goals. When I plan with specific goals in mind, I space out my activities. I usually train myself on Mon & Wed. Forums on Tue. Research on Thu. Blog on Fri. More Articles on Sat. Forums on Sat. Facebook updates on Sunday. Planning and Review on Sunday and so on...

Hope this helps.

[Adam Taha Contribution Level: 8]

As far as mindset goes, I don't know how someone can't be positive if they are bringing in at leastr 20 - 30 leads a day.

David, mindset isn't just about being positive. It is the part many fail in:

Mindset is about investing in financial IQ and investing in skills that is relevant to ones own journey of success.

Mindset is about creating a plan, strategies from A-Z. Having the market research skills.

Mindset is about creating a power team and influencing and leading the team to the vision.

Mindset is about strategy, looking at the world as a problem solver.

Mindset is about knowing what cashdflow is, what asset is and what liability is. It is about getting the home in order and knowing the ins and out of that home BEFORE starting a business.

So once the person knows what they dealing with and can create strategies under expertise advise to get out of the rat race.

The positive part comes with knowledge, which raises the attitude anyway but mindset is not purely about being positive.

Mindset is knowing the laws, and tax laws and beat the system. It's understanding the two rules of the game and not to use the rules the 95% have been handed with but the real rules where you can really win.

It's knowing the game and playing it because that's what it is - a game. And who wins is the one who shapes their mindset with such knowledge or the Tax man and the system will kick an entrepreneurs butt due to ignorance in not knowing the rules.

That's mindset.

This, without doubt will of course give the person a higher attitude and confidence even before results happen.

Belief first not result and belief must built on a foundation of knowing the rules of the game. Not the rules the 95% think is the way.

Adam Taha

[Tami DuBose Contribution Level: 2]

Adam,
Wow!! Thank you for sharing - your insights and the time it takes to put them in writing.

[Deb Webb Contribution Level: 1]

To put it in football terms, I like to get the first down. That doesn't always happen but as long as I'm not losing yardage momentum is on my side. When it feels like I am continuously getting sacked I walk away, revive my battery so to speak. There is often somebody who wants you to succeed as it will help them also; listen to that person and if you are stuck on something give them a call and say what's on your mind. Good Luck to All.