Make Money Online | Internet Marketing Success with Tom Duong

I have a number of friends who had the entrepreneurial spirit, but did not have the entrepreneur determination and drive to stay focused and be productive enough to maintain a business. Here are a set of tips that I recommend you follow if you want to be a successful entrepreneur.

1. Stop Browsing the Internet Aimlessly!
The beauty of the internet and technology is that we can find anything in the world we want, whenever we want. This is great when we need to get information in a hurry to pitch an offer or close a sale. We need to know what our competitors are doing. However, it is very easy to be sucked into the wireless web and get lost for hours.

The fact remains that Internet marketing does require time online. This time needs to be used for checking out the competition and looking for ways to not only build your online business but improve the efficiency of your business. This should include networking on different sites that pertain to your business model. Responding to posts on blogs and forums that are related to your niche and or product. I easily spend a good hour or two doing this each day.

2. Invest in Time-Saving Tools and Resources

You are in business for yourself. Which means the success of your business depends completely on your work ethic and skills. This doesn’t mean that you have to do everything yourself. The key to productivity is to use tools that are going to help you do the same work in half the time. There are a number of products on the market that will help you do parts of your job in half the time. Just to name a few - RoboForm, Article Marketer, and TicketDesk Pro are products and services I use everyday to help maintain and grow my online business, while saving me a significant amount of time. I use this extra time to work on other marketing aspects of my online business.

3. Create A Schedule and Stick To It

I don’t live and die by my schedule but I do keep one because it helps me stay on track. My schedule may not be the most ideal schedule for you, so take a moment or two and create one that is going to meet your lifestyle and fulfill your business requirements. If your work day doesn’t start until 3pm and lasts until 10pm you need to make sure those 7 hours are productive. Make a “To Do List” for your day.

4. Outsource As Much As You Can

Believe it or not there are a lot of people out there that will help you do your job more efficiently than what you can do yourself. This is where outsourcing comes into play. If you need content for your site or product, instead of spending the time writing the article yourself, outsource to a writer.

5. Joint Venture with a Trusted Person

This could be one of the most lucrative tips out there. I say this because you have to know that while you may be good at one aspect of your business there are other aspects that you could use help. Consider undertaking a joint venture, but just make sure you can trust the person you are partnering with. For example, if I wanted to take my knowledge of Internet marketing and create an eCourse, I may enter into a joint venture with a writer who can put together a killer eCourse using my extensive knowledge and we would share the profit.

6. Break the Email Habit

Do what I do, check your email once in the morning and once at the end of the day. Email is a wonderful luxury and a necessary evil. Marketing requires you to be available to your marketing world 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This does not mean that you spend 7 hours going through your email. It isn’t going anywhere, and if there is something that is earth shatteringly urgent you may get a phone call. Most emails can wait a few hours to respond to.

7. Automate as Much as You Can

Take advantages of pinging services, RSS feeds, autoresponders and email providers that combine multiple accounts such as Google or Outlook so that you are still sending out updates, checking emails and taking care of other menial tasks that need to be handled, but can be done through an automated service. This gives you time to tackle other projects.

I cannot make you more productive. I can only provide you with tools and tips that will help you take your business to the next level. If you decide to step up to the plate and use the seven tips I have provided, you will find that you will be more productive and your business will be more lucrative. To end it with a quote:

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer

Do you know of any other tips for becoming a more productive entrepreneur? Feel feel to share it with us by posting in the comments field. I’d love to hear what your thoughts on this.