WIZE TIME MANAGEMENT

Save Time Money and Energy Learning How to Sell Information Products Online

The Trick

The internet is like the wild, wild west – mostly untamed, unbridled with a few tsars thrown in there for good measure!

As exists in the non-online world, there are all kinds of people on the internet.  There are those who are honest and provide good value and others who would sell anything to make a buck.  I’ve learned one important thing:   when they ask me for a lot of money to teach me the basics, I run! Why?  Because it’s never worth the money!

Learning the basics is critical but it shouldn’t blow your entire budget on one course nor strap you with huge credit card debt!  One course won’t do it – it will get you started and that’s it – you’ll need to continuously keep abreast of the latest and greatest and the internet does move fast.

The good news is that there are people out there who are really making good money on the internet, know how to teach others and offer their programs at a reasonable cost. The trick is finding them because they are not always the “high flyers” of the internet putting out launch after launch after launch.

What constitutes the “best” instructors?

First, the best are those who are making money online every day as their primary means of making money; the educational component of their business is only one of the many add-ons they have created.

With the information obtained from these real practitioners, you can get started in a realistic way and have the best chance possible of making money.

Second, they can teach.  They are skilled at crafting instructional materials which are clear, to the point and from which anyone can get started immediately building their business of choice.

It’s a lot of work starting an internet business and it takes a lot of time, energy and money to build a business online as it does to build a business the old fashioned brick and mortar way.  The nice thing about the internet is that you can learn bit by bit without investing a lot of money upfront and you can change your mind.

Information Products

What are information products?

They are products which can be delivered electronically or as a digital good.  They are knowledge-based products.

They range from downloadable reports, files, PDFs, eBooks to CDs, DVDs to information delivered by email such as mini courses, etc.

Why should you be interested in information products?

They are a good source of income especially if you like to write, have expertise in a few areas which you would like to share and are seeking extra income.

Is it difficult?

Not really.  But like any other business, you need to know some basics and you need to know the pitfalls:

• how to create a PDF
  
• how to manipulate images
• how to write for instructional purposes
• how to protect your work
  
• how the sales process works
• how the delivery process works
• where to find products you can sell if you don’t want to create your own
• and a host of other details

Though it’s not that difficult, it does take work and attention to detail.  It is the details which can derail your best laid plans!  You do need to know how to make all the details work in tandem so that you can sell your products.

Why would people want to sell information products?

• Information can be created with little or no money and produced in quantity
• Production costs for products delivered electronically are zero; no problems with inventory, shipping, shipping costs or packaging
• Delivery is quick for downloadable products
  
• People like them
• It’s easier than selling other types of products
• Generally, people selling these types of products like to write and read so this is a perfect avenue to make money
• Or sellers would like to add this type of product to enhance the products they are currently selling online

How can you get started?

I know someone who has produced information products of all description on line for many years and continues to successfully produce and sell new material.  He’s quite prolific and has created many information products, successfully promoted and sold hundreds of thousands and is a great instructor.  I have some of this material.  You’ll find his material being sold on Amazon, on eBay and other sites.

His material is clear, concise and he tells you everything you need to know.

The bonus:   his materials are reasonably priced and comprehensive!

If starting a business selling information products online appeals to you, check this out.

Just click here and get started!

Lorraine Arams

info@wizetime.com

Do you want to learn how to sell online using websites?

Want to Save time, money and energy?

If you do, you’ve come to the right place – unquestionably!

real quality, real value, and real training!

The instructor of this training struggled to find anyone to teach him when he started out. He was willing to pay the big bucks to get someone to help him.  He just couldn’t find anyone who could show him how to make money on the internet. There was always something not properly explained or not explained at all, parts missing and confusion at every turn.

Even the simplest processes were made difficult – What was happening as it happens more often than not, people know their field but can’t explain it to others so it can be understood.  This has been an issue plaguing the computer world since computers started to arrive on our desks.  In reality, anyone can learn most common processes on the computer or internet it if it taught effectively, openly, honestly and clearly.

He persevered. He kept asking questions and spending money. He worked very hard and long hours.   He learned!  Boy, did he learn!  And with that knowledge, he started to teach others.  He found thousands of people were in the same boat as him and he helped more and more and more people until it turned into a business for him.  He had started with his own product – a book on how to make money with pictures.

He is an excellent communicator – an excellent instructor – a talent honed from years in the entertainment business.

He is here today to help you too - at a reasonable price - all that he has learned and is still learning is available to you today 

everything you need to know how to earn money online using websites -

everything on his site is ready for you – hundreds of videos, PDFs, guest interviews, webinars, a forum -free ebooks

it’s all there – stay on that site for a while, and you’ll learn everything you need to know.

and . . . one price gets you everything – every single thing on that site – it’s all there for you!

There are people of all ages and all levels of  technological ability.

I was awed by what I found on this site. Things I had struggled with for a very long time were explained clearly in minutes.  Eventually, I watched the videos and worked along with each video.  I applied what I learned immediately.  All this “stuff” which had been so difficult, all of a sudden the dark clouds of confusion started to lift and I started to understand.  I had the problem  to unravel all the confusion and anxiety which had built up over a long period of time from misinformation  I had been given along the way by some very “high-priced help”!!!!

It’s one of the best pieces of education on the internet that I had every encountered.

Websites –

Making money using websites seemed to be such an insurmountable obstacle for me – the work, the cost, and the sheer terror of having someone else in control of my site – how would I update it myself?  How did it all work? What if I wanted to change a picture or add some words or delete some words – how could I do that?  How would I know what to expect from someone selling me a site?  I needed to know in order to make intelligent decisions.

I found out – and I’m not scared of anything any more – I’ll do it – because I know how – in this case knowledge is not only power to control presence online but to understand the processes of making money online.

I had to start all over again – but slowly and surely – it began to sink in – Allelujah! Eureka! Yahoo!  You will be amazed what you can learn in one month!!!  Actually, you’ll be amazed what you can learn in one afternoon!

For you, if you’re just starting out, this is the place to learn – the place to be –

you’ll never regret this decision if you are serious about making money online.

You’ll learn everything you need to know to be successful online – step-by-step and I do mean step-by-step.

It won’t take you a year either - 21 days to success – you can take longer or take less time – but in the end you’ll have the confidence to create an income online for yourself because you’ll know how.

If want to learn, don’t walk – run!!!

Click here and get going today!

You’ll see that it won’t cost you an arm and leg either – you won’t have to spend thousand of dollars, not even hundreds.

I know it sounds so unbelievable  because you’ve probably seen the promotions – wow!  The cost are unbelievable for those programs – you’re broke before you start!

You don’t have to go broke here.  Even if you’re on a limited budget, this is affordable.

If you work very hard, you’ll be amazed what you can accomplish in a very short period of time.

But . . . don’t get me wrong – this is not a get rich quick scheme – this is solid learning over a period of time – at a extraordinarily reasonable cost -

I’ll be very excited when you send me your success stories – and I know you’ll have success if you put your heart and soul into it!

I promote this product as part of my business model – I just can’t help it -

this is so extraordinarily exceptional especially today on the internet!

it’s number 1 in the ratings – ratings by real people and you’ll be adding one of your own!

Please . . . . do yourself a favor  . . . . .  go now  . . . .  look & see – learn —- if you do sign up –

It’s $4.95 for the first month -yes, it’s not a typo – $4.95 for your first month - and you’ll be amazed at what you can learn in a month!!!

if you want to stay after the first month, it’ll be $37 per month – you heard right – no tricks, no added fees, nothing – and you don’t even need to stay for the second month!!!  It’s whatever you feel you need!

You know that this won’t break the bank – you know it – and there’s so much here for you!

and $37 for every month you choose to remain a member – over 500 videos available – webinars – forum – you just can’t lose!!!  There are no catches here – none – it is what it is!  And every month, there is something new!

You’ll be so glad you started today!

Click Here to Get Going – 21 days and you could see success!

Are Time Management and Knowledge Connected?  Have you ever thought about that question?

I present a workshop to would-be entrepreneurs on time management and organization.  If you’ve ever had a business of your own, you’ll know that how you spend your time as “your own boss” is much, much different than the way you spend your time as an employee.

As an employee, there’s a job description and everyone else working in the same environment has theirs.  You all work together towards generating positive results for the enterprise for which you are employed.  Within the context of that job description, time is spent doing what you’re suppose to be doing and connecting with others as needed.  Each of you manages their time according to the work which needs to be accomplished in your own area, your own job description.

As “your own boss”, especially if you have never been your own boss before, you simply don’t have a clue.  Why?  Because much of the knowledge you need to run your own business is knowledge you simply don’t have!  Simple!

If you’re an engineer, you know how to do the job of engineering but how about the job of promotion, accounting, setting fees, contracting, sales, web sites, social media and a host of other areas which the entrepreneur needs to master in their own business.  Creating a budget and reading financial statements are often overwhelming to new entrepreneurs because everything is so new to them – how can they predict the future of a business they’ve never owned before when there’s no history on which to substantiate numbers?  Most people, even if they have had to deal with financial statements before in their jobs, have only a micro understanding of what the numbers mean especially if someone else was responsible for the budget.  In your own business, you need to understand thoroughly what the numbers mean and the story being told.

How can someone possibly manage their time when they don’t know what they’re suppose to be doing?  They cannot.  It’s impossible.

For instance, if someone said “make a chicken soup from scratch” and you don’t know how to cook, how would you know what to do to make a chicken soup from scratch.  You’d have to ask someone who knows or you’d have to find a recipe to follow.  Either way, you’d need the knowledge.

Knowledge is paramount – know-how – if you know what to do and how to do it, it’s much easier to manage your time – step 1, step 2, step 3 and when the steps don’t quite follow, you know what to do about that too because your knowledge and experience will give your brain the ability to come up with a solution.

Next time you see hours passing by and you still haven’t produced anything worthwhile, knowledge is likely the missing link.  The same happens with new employees.  Often managers are bewildered why a new employee isn’t performing.  Good training is likely the answer because once a person knows how to do a job, generally, they can organize themselves to get it done.

If you’re having problems with your time management at work, sometimes it’s useful to determine whether or not you have the knowledge required to do the work efficiently. If so, find the knowledge or the people to help you.

Time management is intricately connected to what you know, to knowledge and to experience. That’s why experience is so valuable – experience is knowledge gained outside of the book learning – the creative side of learning.

Lorraine Arams

http://www.wizetime.com

Technology – a help or a hindrance – Technology was suppose to save us time!  And that is true for many processes we encounter every day – crunching numbers, finding directory information, researching, word processing, taking pictures and sharing them, etc., technology has made life much easier.

But . . . . go outside the main stream services and products just a little and . . . . BANG!  . . . . your time disappears into a black hole of technological marvels all telling you what each widget can do.  Great! 

Programmers - Lots of great programmers coming up with lots of new tools.  What they don’t tell you, are the glitches with applying each one.  You have to go here and you have to go there and you have to ask this person and that other support person and then you have to ask more questions (because they know their stuff but you don’t know what they know) - the time consumption is horrendous!  And, of course, you find out in articles that if you happen to pick the wrong basic thing and combine it with another wrong basic thing, you’ll have to start all over again!!! 

Segmentation & Specialization – The industry is so segmented and each component is so specialized, there’s no one out there thinking through the business aspects and linking everything.  – oh – correction – there could be – but another chunk of hours trying to find them because you’re likely not using the right terminology! . . . .I could be asking for an orange but I was suppose to ask for a navel orange . . . !!!!

Yes, it’s okay to have specializations – it’s necessary – the same as a mall – you have a clothing store, a shoe store, a drug store, a grocery store but they are all linked into one common thread – shopping and there’s a path from store to store.  Stores display their wares – warts and all – and store people help you figure out if something is right or wrong for you.

For instance, someone told me to start a blog on WordPress so I did and I have found it to be a very interesting process.  Because I’m learning, I have been doing a lot of research and am now starting to understand how I turn blogging into an on-line business. 

So, I think up an idea, I want to try it only to find out that I cannot do that on .com but I need to go now to .org of the same name company - huh????  For non-techie’s, this simply doesn’t make any sense whatsoever.  Why not just simply include it in upgrades and make it seamless for the consumer.

Now I have to figure out the difference between the two, find a web host, download .org software, and I’m on my own for all kinds of things like controlling spam.   Makes no sense at all to me.

If I were the company, I’d make it possible to add on some widgets on the sidebar the same as Blogger does – I don’t have to go to Blogger.org to do it – and I still get all the same coverage as just the regular old Blogger – simple – easy! 

Some can explain and their services are easier to integrate – I have spent hours now talking to AWebber who are so terrific in explaning technology easily and making their services so user friendly, it’s incredible!  If all online services studied AWebber about how to explain their to services to clients and how to make their product easy to use as well as how to use their product with other products, then all of this process would be simple.  AWebber know their stuff and are willing to help – they know they are the technology experts and the people using their services are often not nor do clients have the time to “figure it all out”.

Chewing Time to the Nth degree – So, the moral of the story – technology can chew up time like there is no tomorrow.  If you are entering into a new part of the technology world, expect to spend a huge amount of time sorting what’s what and practically becoming a techie yourself. 

It’s like this – getting into new technology is like buying a car in parts – you have to research and pick your own body, engine, drive shaft, transmission, ignition, etc  and understand what each part does, figure out if they are compatible and then you have to put it together yourself, do the mechanical repairs yourself and monitor your car with all kinds of gadgets to make sure it’s all working properly!  Oh, yes, and you’d have to know little tricks too like adding the transmission fluid – if you didn’t know these tiny little facts that likely no parts person would tell you, your transmission won’t work!  If anyone had to buy a car this way, there would be few people buying cars – in fact, the car industry would likely never sold a one!

Those who can help – yet another story – They say, well, there are techies who can help you.  Ah . . . . but . . . . that’s a whole other story altogether – which one?  for what purpose?  Unlike a car, there is no car mechanic who knows all the systems, how they are all work together and how to fix problems.  No, in technology, even for a small thing like a small website, you need a designer, a graphic designer, a SEO expert,  and the list goes on for just a simple website.

 Yes, you say, well get one already made.  Really?  Then, you have to figure out if the the company which is offering these “ready mades” will stay in business, are they reputable, do they offer large enough bandwidth, the amount of downtime they experience or not and the list goes on and on and on and on.  And, when you do arrive at the be all and end all of prefab websites, then you have to figure out all the plugins, shopping cards, merchant accounts, entering new products, creating new descriptions, uploading pictures (& hosting picture), and, there again, the list goes on and on and on.  See a Yahoo store – so popular today and some of the best prefabs you can get  - but it takes 1Choice 4 You – a whole company – to help you put it together properly so it all works as well as possible!  Great looking stores – prefab – but, again, it chews up time like mad!  Yes, it’s true – you can go to forums and blogs and get help – guess what???  More time is chewed up finding the good forums/blogs/etc. . . . .

And that time doesn’t include all the other things you need to do in order to give it yourbest shot at creating a viable business – business plans, product sourcing, capitalization, newsletters, customer service, etc. etc. etc. 

The difference – You say, well, if you had a brick and mortar store, you’d have to do leasehold improvements too – maybe – and once done, it was done – not so with websites – you continually have to work on them and keep them fresh.  Then you have to be connected to Twitter, Facebook, LindedIn – then you have webcasts, podcasts, webinars, etc.  And you have to intergrate all the old fashioned stuff too into your business plan - and both kinds – traditional paper and untraditional online advertising and promotion!

We are so connected to the internet now and the industry is still so “unconnected”, the challenges for the average person are overwhelming not to mention trying to understand lingo and instructions that don’t work because they missed a few steps that “you, the customer, should have known”. 

The industry needs work – Lots of great people in the industry – great online help in some cases – but if they only could sit where I sit and so many other people are sitting, they would be amazed at the maze created by the internet and technology.  It’s no wonder that many people just sparingly use the internet for find a phone number or get an answer to a question but to actually use the internet in any other way for most people is very, very difficult and time consuming.

For instance, if my blogging software company just made a “mall” type service as its business, it could be making a lot of money.  A person shouldn’t have to know from the beginning that there are 2 different categories of  – .com and .org and that each allow the user to do different things.  Make it one company – one thing - then offer people options as people who choose to grow with the software can take advantage of. 

Support only goes so far – Yes, the Support  has been terrific in answering questions but after 3 days I still have no idea what the transfer will take in order to do what I want to do.  It should be seamless – what I want to do is so simple, it should be seamless and should really take no more than a few clicks to accomplish – it’s just a matter of adding an opt in box onto my blog – simple.  Over 3 days of trying to get that done and I’m still nowhere!  All I wanted was to put an opt in box on my blog from AWebber!  That’s all – and all of this for just that!  The amount of material one has to read to do the simplest task is extraordinary!

So . . . small business people . . . be prepared for a long haul or throw money at it – and, then, again, you’ll have to make sure the money goes to the right people to do right things for what you want – in addition to just regular ‘getting into business’ processes.  Prepare for one heck of a journey!

To be vague – is to be lost as a result of not  understanding what you are either trying to do or think or say.

A professor mine in stats taught me a great lesson and certainly it has served me my whole life. 

He used to give us all the questions ahead of the exam which was quite unusual all in itself.  Here is how is system worked:

-  students were to practice answering each of the questions ahead of the exam.  Why?

-  because, at exam time, you were required to answer the questions in 60 words or less otherwise you were docked marks for every single word over 60!!!  Quite a concept, huh?

Well, it worked.  I can tell you it worked like a charm!  If you did the work ahead of exam time, you really, truly understood the concepts taught in the course.  The confidence it gave you was tremendous.  Why?  Because, in your mind, the concepts were very, very clear and understood so you could write them down often in less than 60 words. 

So when you see long, long writing about a topic and it seems to go around in circles which happens very frequently in today’s world, you know the person has no understanding of the topic so they try to bamboozle people with a lot of unnecessary words.  We say we have very little time and yet we tolerate this kind of communication.

Try it in your life – whenever you are vague about something – try writing the idea or concept in 60 words.  I guarantee one thing – if you can express it in 60 words or less, you’ll understand it.  It takes work, thinking and reworking the words until you reach the heart of the matter.

I’m a “rusher” – I get an idea and I want to jump into it right away and get it done – that’s good and that’s bad.

Sometimes, for short-term solutions, it’s great!  It gets a lot out of the way, solves an issue and away we go!

But when starting your own business, it’s really not the way to go.  You need to REALIZE what you’re getting into.  The romance of “being your own boss” is just that – romance – and as with every other type of marriage in the earthling universe, there’s knowledge, skills, work and understanding that keeps the marriage buoyant and thriving.  And don’t think of going out to get an MBA if you haven’t already got one – it won’t help you do what you need to do – there are other ways.

Tool:  So, begin with a list of what you know how to do and then beside it a list of what you don’t know how to do but you’ll need in your business.  For instance, most people in a job do one thing – they “do” marketing, manage a department, work in communications, sell, co-ordinate, etc.  There may be several components involved in each of these activities, however, the range is quite limited as compared to a business owner. 

Think of all the departments in a large corporation - simply go to the web to find this information if you don’t already know it or want to check that you have a complete list.

How long does it take to learn all of these things?  Depends whether you got the tradional way (university, college, etc.) or where you take shortcuts to getting just what you need for your particular enterprise.

Begin here in any case – make the list – figure it out.

Canadians and Americans need to sober up about business in was once “the center of the universe”.  The reality that these two countries faces is sobering.  Read this article and you’ll know what I mean – so if you’re thinking about going into business for yourself, think seriously about your strategy – your “target market” -

http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20091031/BUSINESS/910310319/1003/business

A client said to me in an email recently that it was difficult for her to get back to tasks after an enjoyable telephone conversation.  Knowing her extroverted personality, I wasn’t surprised. 

Extroverts are energized by talking to people – they like to laugh, talk and just love to be around people.  Isolation is a real motivation killer for an extrovert.

Being an entrepreneur of a one-person company, of course, there will be a lot of time necessary spent alone doing proposals, reports, billing and a host of other tasks associated with a small business.

My advice to her:  after a great telephone conversation, take a break.  Make yourself a cup of tea, relax for 15-20 minutes, and then get back to work.  Even a short walk around the block will help.  It’s a way for an extrovert to “come down” from the high s/he gets from interacting with people.

So, if you’re an extrovert – try it – I know it works – it’s the only way because if you force yourself to get back to tasks right away, you’ll be hyper, uninterested in what you are doing and, maybe, even feel as though you’ll blow up if you sit and work.  The energy either has to be dissipated or used up before you can get back to the type of activity that is really not your preference. 

There is an pandemic out there and it has nothing to do with a virus. It kills more profit, more businesses than I would imagine any one other thing could ever do.  Are there stats?  No – unfortunately not but most people who have worked in these companies will tell you the same thing – the left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing!  

So I have no real, tangible, measurable proof.  However, you can test it for yourself.

Ask most managers to describe precisely what each person on their team is doing and how each job interlaces with everyone else’s work on the team and within the company.  Most managers and executives will not be able to tell you.  Why?  Because they just don’t know. Why?  Because they are concentrating on meetings, measurables, reports, marketing – all the things which are easy to put on paper – gathering information as they did in university to create a paper.

The most important thing is ignored – their operations, their structure and worst of all . . . . their people.  They have no understanding of their operations and their systems.  They just don’t know.

Any small business must start out on the right foot in creating their business and that means understanding the basics.  Understanding how much time they really have.  Understanding who they are.  Understanding how little they understand about putting together an efficient and effective small business so they spend the majority of their time making money.  It’s so intricate the dance of the small business person, but, like a symphony orchestra all the pieces must be there, interlocked in sync and working for them rather than against them.

Most small business people simply don’t know how in the same way that most managers don’t know how because the concentration is elsewhere.

I can tell from experience having worked with a multi-billionaire and multi-millionaire business people, if you don’t understand what you do, what your people do and how your organization is structured, you will never make as much profit as you would like and you’ll be chasing your tail most of the time.  You won’t understand why you have so many people working for you but you are still doing a lot of the work yourself.  You won’t understand how your sales are through the roof but you’re not making the right profit.  You won’t understand how to restructure in a down cycle.  You won’t understand what is happening day to day which is killing your business.

Think about it – very seriously before it’s way too late.

Save your time and your energy – be who are – it’s the most important thing you have to do in your life for greater happiness and joy every day.

On Oprah one day, she said that there is a place for everyone – a place where they can be themselves and belong – quite an approach because we’ve always been told we have to be what “they” want us to be whether it be the teachers in school, the profs at university, or the boss at work.  And we have been repeatedly told to put up and shut up – do your work and go home to be who you are. 

So for 8 or more hours per day you have to be someone else in order to make a living – does that make sense?  When it’s put like that, of course, it doesn’t.  However, people need food, shelter and clothing – they must earn money and they must keep that money coming in especially when they have family members who are dependent on that income as well.

It’s not easy either to research the “culture” of other businesses and organizations.  So we find a job.  Then we learn about pensions and find a job with a pension.  Then, we show up for work every day, take our vacations and be who we are at home until we retire.  So will you be able to be yourself then?

Wouldn’t it be best to love and accept who you are, change jobs until you find an environment which empowers and allows your very best to shine?  And if you can’t find such a job, how about developing your own small business?  Could it be possible that a small business could give you the same security but in a much healthier way?

Think about it - be who are – honor your specialness - love your uniqueness – be happy, generally – what a concept!