Decisiveness

Business cartoon showing people in a meeting and chart with flat sales.  One person says, 'of course we'll make a decision... once we have considered the 5243 factors'.It can be really hard to make the right choices in your business. There are so many different things you can do, choices you can make, and things that can go wrong. You want to make sure everything goes right in your business. You want to make sure you succeed beyond your wildest dreams.

But, how can you possibly succeed when you’re totally confused with all the options that are in front of you? First, I want you to know that you’re definitely not alone in this. Many people, especially in online business, have a big problem with decisiveness. There are so many different business models to choose from and different ways to implement each of those business models – it’s no wonder it’s so confusing.

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Hofstadter’s Law

Performance Improvement on Metal Gears.How long is your list of goals? It’s probably a mile long… or close to it. How long is your to-do list at the start of the day? You might start the day smiling because you think you’re going to get everything done. You’re motivated and pumped up, right?

Not so fast. There’s something called Hofstadter’s Law to contend with. If you constantly find yourself with huge goals and to-do lists that you’re sure you can get done…but you’re constantly missing the mark, missing deadlines, and feeling frustrated with your lack of productivity, then Hofstadter’s Law is definitely something you’ll want to pay attention to.

Hofstadter’s Law states: “it always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”

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How to Get Twitter Followers

Pulcini Uccelli Blu Cartoon-Blue Birds Chicks-VectorMany marketers and others who are desperate for traffic really like the idea of Twitter, but are stumped on how to get followers in the first place. After all, if you don’t have Twitter followers you’re basically tweeting to yourself, and that’s no fun.

There are certainly automated tools out there that are designed to get you a lot of Twitter followers. There are even services out there that promise the same. However, growing things more organically is usually a good idea.

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Building Backlinks

3d LinksBuilding backlinks is a big part of ranking well in the search engines like Google. So, how do you build backlinks? It’s important to be creative and build your link profile over time.

You can’t just submit tons of articles to tons of different spammy article directories and expect to succeed. You can’t just spam blog comments and expect to zoom to the top of Google in no time. It takes some hard work, some smarts, and some patience.

The first thing I want you to know is that you should not be scared of building links. Yes, there are search engine optimization experts out there who will charge you a ton of money to make it happen. But, this really is a case of slow and steady wins the race. It is much better to have high quality, relevant back links then it is to pay for a high-priced package to have your link spammed all over the web.

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Researching Bestsellers

Market research word cloud, business conceptThere’s a lot that goes into publishing a book that does well on the charts. It makes sense to do some early prep-work to make sure you’re on the right path. Rarely can you just come up with a topic, write on that topic, and watch the sales start rolling in.

Readers know what they like. There are ebbs and flows with certain topics. What’s hot today might not be hot tomorrow. If you don’t write on a topic people are interested in and willing to spend money on, you might be wasting your time. You’ll end up disappointed when it comes time to check your sales ranks and earnings.

Of course, you might have reasons for publishing that are different than making a lot of money. Maybe you have a specific business or product you want to promote. Maybe you want to become known as the go-to person on a certain topic and just want to make use of the credibility that naturally comes as a result of having published a book, even if that book never goes on to become a bestseller.

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