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How do you handle your social media online?
Aug 3rd
As is often the case with traditional email, social media can quickly consume your time and actually make you less productive if you allow it to get the better of you.
I remember the first time I got Facebook, I thought it to be an incredible site, connecting with friends, making new friends, the ability to post pictures, it became like a popularity contest. However, you quickly realize just how much time it can occupy, there were times that I would be on Facebook for no good reason other than trying to build my friend count, I was not interested in building relationships, I just wanted that number to be higher.
I suppose that it is one of the caveats of the social media in general, it is like there is a meta-game that plays over top each of the platforms, like achievements in video games, social media has introduced an achievement system into real life.
For Facebook, it’s your friend count, Twitter, your follower count, FourSquare, the number of badges you have. While there is value in it, all too often the value is overlooked and replaced with wasted time.
The scary thing is that I’ve touched only on a few examples where social media can become an absolute time sink. Between Linkedin, Tumblr, RSS Feeds, endless amounts of blogs, and various website to visit, I could wonder where the day of productive work goes.
I came across an interesting article at http://www.biztipsblog.com/2010/03/the-dr-pepper-method-for-managing-social-media.html
on how to use the Dr. Pepper method for managing social media. A quick excerpt from the article:
Remember the old Dr Pepper line…Have a Dr Pepper at 10/2 and 4? I just have in my personal schedule to bring up a firefox that I’ve saved all my social accounts in as tabs. I bring it up around 10 2 and 4 every day, tab thru them and answer queries, check updates from people, and interact. Usually it takes 5-10 minutes.
That way I’m online and paying personal attention at least three times a day w/o allowing my social web activity to suck away work time. I sometimes get on later or earlier in the day. But I nearly always do my 10/2/and 4 to answer queries, etc. It works pretty well and keeping me connected.
Have a look at the article, it’s something that I would like to try in my own routine to see how it works.
How do you manage your social media life online?
Let me know in the comments.
#TC10 Module 1 Day 1
Aug 1st
Well now that all the pre-work is done, I’m ready to embark on the first module of the thirty day challenge.
It is an exciting proposition and after having read through the forums and hearing from the experiences of others I’m feeling more motivated that ever.
The Challenge: A Disclaimer
Jul 30th
It is refreshing to see the candor that the 30 Day Challenge offers to its viewers regarding what to expect out of this exercise. More often than not we are bombarded with ads and promotions that claim to provide a system or methodology that will make us rich. While some of these systems may be viable ways to make money online many are simply re-hashed and re-packaged programs designed to make the creator money.
There is certainly nothing wrong with this approach, as it is simply another way that people are trying to do business, however, I feel that in some ways it’s a sham. Many of these advertised systems paint the picture of online businesses with rose-colored glasses, offering systems that make it easy to make hundreds of dollars a day with very little work, or one of their favorites, on auto-pilot.
This is never really the case, because if it were that easy, then everyone would be doing it. The stark difference in the 30 Day Challenge is Ed Dale offering a view that is so much more genuine that the other offerings that I have seen.
There is no promise that the end of the course everyone will be successful making thousands of dollars a month. There is only the claim that the course will offer a best-in-class learning foundation with the pillars necessary to make a successful online business.
It really is an exciting venture and Ed Dale with his humility and openness is certainly making for an interesting experience thus far.
Chrome is the new black
Jul 28th
So day 3 of the pre-challenge calls to install Chrome. I always used Chrome on my old Samsung netbook because it worked so well on the screen real estate. However, since using a larger monitor I have been using either Firefox or Safari.
I suppose that it is out of habit more than anything else. After installing Chrome, I must say that it is quite fast. Before one of the drawbacks I found with the browser was the lack of extensions, and while I was never a very heavy extension user on either Safari or Firefox, I always found them a nice feature to have.
I been called to install several extensions which I think will no doubt assist in the 30 Day Challenge.
Among them include: Chromed Bird, Kuber Pagerank Checker, SEO Quake, Ultimate Chrome Flag, Google Global, and RSS Subscription Extension.
Guess we’ll see how all these different things interact with one another.
Ustream, I stream, we all stream for Ustream?
Jul 19th
So, as part of a Pre-Challenge Training regiment that the 30 Day Challenge has me working on is getting signed up with Ustream. A few of the reasons for doing so was to get a direct line to the challenge people as well as to highlight the broadcasting capabilities of the site.
From my initial impression, it does seem to be more robust than youtube in the sense that it is able to more easily do live broadcasting and features a direct ability to interact with your audience while you are recording your show.
Content wise, I have not been able to poke around as much, though you can link it up to your Facebook account, however, so many sites are doing that these days, still need to see the full value of doing so.
Day 1 of the Pre-Challenge was pretty easy, just setting up the Ustream account and getting more familiar with the site.
For more information check out http://challenge.co/training/
Take the challenge yourself.
The 30 Day Challenge
Jul 18th
For all aspiring internet marketers, I found one of the best guides that one could ask for.
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/dashboard/
Check it out, it shows a step by step all the critical processes to successfully start and internet based business.
Keep looking back here on InfinoVision as I go through the challenge to post my key findings and results.
Juan
First set of tools
Dec 11th
Well there must be a start somewhere. The field is a large and daunting one. My first resource is:
I could have picked any number of these online cash generation programs a plethora of them exist online. There was really no particular reason that I picked The Tycoon Cashflow program other than it being one of the first ones that grabbed my attention. I suppose that’s a good a reason as any. A few of the elements of the site that I wanted to highlight:
- Videos directly on the landing page
- The videos were filmed in a casual setting making it more real
- There was a video example of the system working
- They made a point different from the rest that this was not a get rich quick, that work would be necessary (I think that this was the most compelling point for me, they didn’t promise 5 figure income every month, rather a more modest $300-$500)
So I took the plunge, dropped $25 dollars to see what the course was about. In the next posts, I’ll review some of my key findings from the course, without giving away too much.
My inspiration to start
Dec 7th
I recently spent some time reflecting on my motivations to start internet marketing. When it came down to it, there really was no complicated motivation behind it other than the prospect of earning more money and generating a residual income stream all with a goal to free up my time to do the things that are more important to me.
I just finished a book entitled “How come THAT idiot’s rich and I’m Not?” by Robert Shemin, a fantastic read full of those everyday, common sense, adages that most people know but with an added twist. I recall within the first 20 pages the following passage that struck a chord with me.
I knew I was different, but I never fully reflected on how different until one Thanksgiving. I was working in a huge corporation filled with unhappy and stressed-out executives all chasing dollars and sweating to get rich fast. It was the day I made one of the best “mistakes” of my life. I asked my boss for the Friday after Thanksgiving off so I could spend it with my family. At first he didn’t say anything. Then he gave me a cold look and asked, “Robert, where are your priorities?” His tone left no doubt that my answer would determine my future at the company. He then said, “Obviously your priorities are not with your career or this company.”
Reading further, Shemin goes on to highlight the realization that his priorities were with his family and that was moment that he decided to stop working for somebody else.
Your priorities should be with your family, friends, relationships, and spiritual pursuits, not with a career. In the end, what else is there?
My inspiration for starting this is inline with Shemin’s quote, there are much more meaningful and important things outside out the scope of work and career. If internet marketing is the vessel that can facilitate this and allow me to amass wealth, have more freedom, and to spend more time with those I care about, pursuing ventures important to me, then I’m all for it.
You’ve already seen it…
Dec 7th
If, like me, you use the internet, and I’ll assume you do since you are viewing this page right now, you have no doubt seen a multitude of ads proclaiming the following messages:
- Earn Extra Income
- Work at Home
- Earn Cash Online
- Making Money Online
There is something about these ads that makes them so appealing to the internet populace. The idea of working from home or simply on a part-time basis with the opportunity to earn thousands of dollars a month is for many, a wonderful dream. It would afford them more time to spend with their friends and families, pursue other hobbies, and experience financial freedom in the truest sense, time and money.
More often than not, however, these ads lead to nothing more than scams attempting to part a fool from his money. All right, I suppose that may be too harsh of an assessment, there most certainly is money to be made online, a lot of it, thousands of people in the field of internet marketing do successfully make a viable career from their craft.
The misleading aspect those thousands of ads professing money online is that it’s easy and fast. In reality though, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. Many people will see those ads and click them with the mind-set that they are arriving at a one-stop solution that will offer them complete financial independence. Very similar to the lottery, it’s easy to advertise a jackpot of 20-million dollars and excite in people a chance to win, however, the cold-truth of the matter is that the chances of winning are no more than one in 14 million.
Making money online, is like anything else, an endeavor that requires a significant investment of time and effort in order to be successful. It is not something that will happen overnight, it may not happen in many nights, however, those people who are persistent, willing, and able to invest the necessary resources will find success.
I’m not yet a successful Internet Marketer, though I aspire to be. Many people who click those ads will never be successful at making money online, they will possess neither the resolve nor the patience to endure early failure which is most assuredly guaranteed which entering into this space.
InfinoVision will be a platform that will cater to those people who chase the dream of being a successful Internet Marketer. It will not be an easy path, it is one though that I’m committed to taking.
It starts here.