What’s Working in Online Business: January Report

by Robert on January 23, 2012 in Experiences, Stage 4: Business with 2 Comments

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I don’t have tons of free time for my online business.

I don’t go to many online webinars from the “Pros” … I don’t host them either. I rarely send out e-mails to my list (once a month), barely do interviews or guest posting. I don’t have the time to dedicate those methods to my online business growth right now, and I think most would say those a pretty important ones.

It’s not that I don’t like those methods, or they don’t work, they can and do, but not for me while I’m being cut throat with my time, and holding to building IT Arsenal in only a few hours a day or less.

I focus mainly on those people who buy what I have on the shelf, or might, or have already. When I do promote something or get approached, I make sure I’m the winner for that person and they have the best experience possible. Service is my strength.

I’m just making something more obvious for myself that wasn’t previously. I don’t do a lot of popular business builders right now, or if I do, I ease very slowly into them, and it’s okay, there’s no right way and as shown below I can still earn an income without them.

That is something that is consistently mind blowing about business, it’s a human interaction when generally referenced. That’s it. You provide something, and someone pays you for it. There is no specific set of right ways or wrong ways. It’s also what makes it so difficult to grasp and pin down.

These revelations are landing for me as I’ve been in this (business) space for almost a year and a half down and continue to make sense of online business and what’s working for me right now. A beautiful meeting in Laguna Beach, CA helped grant perspective on doing more of what works helped too. Continue reading →

Why Getting Up Early is Better than Staying Up Late for Products and Projects

by Robert on January 12, 2012 in Stage 4: Business with 5 Comments

Sunrise Chesapeake Bay 6 12 08 Why Getting Up Early is Better than Staying Up Late for Products and Projects

i’ve been consuming information on productive living for a few years now. i’m by no means an expert, but from experience alone can comment on a few tactics for getting more done in less time, and the optimal actions for achieving results.

i have some challenging information for you today in growing your business based on experience and observation. i hope it benefits you.

i constantly see books, magazines, articles, and highly successful people toting the advantages of getting up early to start your day. i often feel bad about it because i have such a hard time doing it.

you’ve seen the articles, there’s typically an overwhelming outcry usually in the comments section about people who are “night owls” and do their best work or whatever at night.

but the argument has a hinge point that i think get’s overlooked… Continue reading →

How To Test Product & Service Ideas Faster (instruction and motivation)

by Robert on December 22, 2011 in Stage 4: Business with No comments

Vista Startup Faster How To Test Product & Service Ideas Faster (instruction and motivation)

how do you get over the administration and organizational hump of implementing faster when you want to test an idea and launch something? this is what it looks like for me in my own circumstance right now, how can you re-produce for your business situation?

this is an introspective look

unless you have no idea if your idea can sell, the first real problem for services and products is putting up a sales page to gauge REAL interest, regardless of what is built or isn’t. challenge your assumptions and test with a sales or pitch page as soon as possible, some sort of capture page. people so often miss this with their ideas. your thoughts on your idea are not important, others thoughts on your idea are important. Continue reading →

Using Fear for Motivation, The “Worst Case” Experiment

by Robert on December 13, 2011 in Experiences with 4 Comments

das experiment Using Fear for Motivation, The Worst Case Experiment

need some motivation? use fear.

what would it look like if you dropped everything to pursue a passion or goal you’ve really wanted to accomplish and it failed miserably? what would happen to you emotionally, what would happen to your bank account, your relationships, your day to day activities?

fear typically isn’t seen as is a good motivator, but it can be. why? because after you’ve looked your fears in the face, they aren’t so scary.

see my example below as i go through asking myself what if tried something big and it all went south. Continue reading →

Expanded Techniques for Business Automation and Efficient Behavior

by Robert on December 5, 2011 in Experiences, Stage 3: Automation with 9 Comments

ExpandContractPreview Expanded Techniques for Business Automation and Efficient Behavior

i’ve gone on at length on this blog about automation, and workflow. (See Life’s Easy Mode in 3 Steps | Automate Your System). today i’m going to expand on techniques i use in my technology support business for chopping out time otherwise wasted. you can use these techniques in your business and life.

i’ve continued to put effort into NOT wasting my time by utilizing services that have dual outcomes to a business goal, tools for automation, filters, workflow and the practice of selective ignorance. the more traffic i get, want for freedom, questions about something i’ve produced and so on push the importance of these techniques, although saving time is generally accepted as a good thing.

some tactics are fundamental for me now, certain actions have to be automatic, they need to be completely out of my way so i can continue to struggle with real metrics, new sales, new creation, marketing, understanding my clients, and where else i’m screwing up and not taking action.

the more time you spend in “administration” the more you’ll be infuriated by your business efforts, try these on to get more done. *note, more of the right stuff, not wrong stuff. you never want to efficiently waste time

below are some ideas on expanded techniques for business automation. each of them is going to have a slightly different application depending on your circumstance, i’ll list them below and then elaborate on how i specifically use them. Continue reading →

18 Tools I Haven’t Made Time to Share With You

by Robert on November 29, 2011 in Experiences, Resources with No comments

kids sharing 18 Tools I Havent Made Time to Share With You

I’m a tool hoarder. I’m an app junkie….I can’t help myself when a new website, app, or service springs up promising me untold productivity, informational, or business riches. I sign up, I bookmark, and I try to make the best use of them as I can. I’ve found some great ones lately, but haven’t shared them with you, until now. Continue reading →

9 Ways to Grow Your Mild Successes Online

by Robert on November 22, 2011 in Experiences, Stage 4: Business with No comments

tree growth 9 Ways to Grow Your Mild Successes Online

so i’ve had mild success online maybe you’re in the same boat. let’s grow them to something more than “mild”.

i’ve taken this blog, grown it, started a business, grown it, explored information products, automation and efficiency tactics, service creation, selling and marketing. i have the basics down, i understand the playing field, i have some really successful contacts and networking friends.

does this sound sound familiar to you?

i’m psyched and overwhelmed at times. i want some big wins and upward growth. how do i do that?

here’s some snappy answers, purposely short so i will, i mean you will take one to heart and go with it. Continue reading →

Reflection on Numbers and Popular People

by Robert on November 9, 2011 in Experiences, Stage 4: Business with No comments

graph tooltip popular 6h Reflection on Numbers and Popular Peoplenumbers mean a lot to internet folk, but if you have 10 people, paying you $500 a month, you’re making $5000 a month or you have 10,000 people, paying you .50 a month you’re still making $5000 a month. which is better?

more importantly, how much time do you spend (or have to spend) with those people to pay you? Continue reading →

Inspiration: Rules of Thumb, Gary V, Marketing Minute, Entrepreneur Mag

by Robert on October 31, 2011 in Experiences, Stream with No comments

Words from books or publications that have inspired me lately. Quick reads, powerful lines. Click to enlarge.

 

 

How My Business is Growing Up

by Robert on October 28, 2011 in Experiences with 2 Comments

MotherMeasuring How My Business is Growing Up

how i’ve built what i’ve built so far in online business with IT Arsenal, in shorthand, the bullet point, non-link-bate list form for review and recap.

i find it valuable to look back on the past, to improve and reflect and see where i got stuck.
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