Team Update 6-11-2007

2007-06-11 Posted at 01:53:44 PM

Is this how YOU feel?

I have programs, I even paid someone $200 (a well-known marketer) to build
my first website, the autoresponders, the whole thing. That was maybe a month
and a half ago. I have yet to make a dollar.

Why? Well, there IS the list I don’t have, but I did get a list of a thousand or so
but no instructions on just how to use it (I can’t read what was sent.) It looks
like Greek to me. My biggest problem .. my BIGGEST problem, is — since I
do have it all, or I think I do .. is that I can’t seem to get a “plan”. Not just ..
need a webpage, I need a blog, I need a list, etc. ..

See, I don’t really know what comes first, second, third, etc. Obviously, it’s
not the webpage or the autoresponders cause I have them (although, even
though I “have” them, I’m wondering if I can duplicate them on another site
(or hopefully several) all by myself (or not!). Ok, the plan. I have information
overload, bigtime — hundreds, if not thousands of programs, and how to’s ..
so many that I am overwhelmed with it all.

I need a SIMPLE plan .. today, I need to do this .. oh, not just I need a list …
I need to know .. step by step how to create this list .. like today I write an article ..
don’t forget to put good sig file (maybe I should have the sig file down first since
it has to be thought out well and created … several of them, no doubt ..

Then the article, or the ideas first, or the responders first, or decide which
giveaway to use first, or finish my own ebook first (it’s almost done), then
make the cover, the backend, the frontend, the mid-sell (each one something
specific I have to do) and that seems overwhelming — which first .. I saw a
jv giveaway program I’d love to be a part of, but see no way to do it all in time
(before it starts) ..

I suppose I’d need the autoresponder set up first before I start trying for a list
or I’d have nothing to send them, same with the ebook, or even branding an
ebook to give or sell — so much stuff, not knowing where to begin, and I HAVE
to start deleting email (without reading!) cause I spend most of my time trying
to stop my email account(s) from reaching the 1000 per name that will cause
them to bounce and I’ll miss something important, not to mention my bank
account is dwindling from membership sites and $7 sales ..

I feel I’m drowning and have done nothing but SPENT bucks, not made the first one!
I need a SIMPLE plan ..
1 - make a backend page, (oh wait, what do I want to sell? that should come first?,
2-make a disclaimer,
3-start a blog ..
I mean I can think of a hundred things I need to do, I just don’t know where to
start in all the chaos.

So, How do I figure out what comes first .. and I mean literally .. make a some sig
files, make a back end page, decide what you’re gonna sell, each individual thing
I have to do . .and in the right order .. it’s the order I think I need, like a checklist ..
when I get this done and this done, I should have blog ready, when I get done,
my ebook should be ready, when I get this done .. my autoresponder is ready ..
is that too much to ask? Yes, I have videos (yes!), just need that order, I guess.......

If you are burned out with information overload.....here are a few suggestions:

You can’t create an opt-in page or sales page if you don’t have the product for it.
And it really doesn’t matter exactly when you create your autoresponder account
as long as it’s before you make your opt-in and sales pages live online.

Some marketers say to start with the backend first, meaning the first product you
choose is really your backend product. Then you find a complimentary lower-priced
product to sell as your front end product. Personally, I think either way works. But
definitely start with choosing a product to sell. (I’ll assume you’ve already verified
that there’s a market for it because you didn’t ask about that.)

You should also have 2 or 3 more products in mind that you’ll try to sell them after
their initial purchase. You could use one as a one-time offer and the others for
backend sales later. But at least KNOW what other products you want to sell to
your new customer list, even if you don’t have the sales pages ready when you
launch your first product.

You could start a blog before launching your product, but in this case I would say
worry about your main website and product first, then blog later. There is no hard
rule about “needing” everything all at once. You’ll run yourself ragged if you try to
do it all at first.

My best suggestion is to write down everything you need to do, then number them
in logical order. You’ll be able to see better what comes first, then next, and so on
if you have a list in front of you. Check off each item as you complete it and make
sure to work on just one thing at a time. Trying to do too much at once is the worst
thing you can do to yourself.

It reminded me of something a friend said to me recently as he was
getting more and more discouraged about not making much money…

He said “I don’t have your contacts” and “I don’t lead your charmed life.”

And just how does he think I got those contacts? It certainly isn’t because
I lead a charmed life. I worked hard for them and everything else I have.

‘Nuff said or I’ll go on a rant about excuses.

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