No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Kick Butt Take No Prisoners Guide to Time Productivity and Sanity
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You can sell your way of doing things. (I didn’t say: negotiate. I said: sell.)
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
For example, one of the most important things to me is a continuous stream of new requests for my services. As long as this demand for “me” exceeds the available supply of “me,” I can demand and get premium fees, choose clients I like and blow off those I don’t, choose projects that interest me and reject those that don’t, confidently turn away bus
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Fully automated webinars, with online registration, instant, automated confirmations, time-triggered multimedia follow-up, the playing of the webinar, order-taking, credit card processing, direct funds deposit, multistep follow-up to the nonbuyers—this is all now a part of the ecommerce landscape, and
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
Is what I am doing, this minute, moving me measurably closer to my goals?
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
The more I use this technique, the better I like it. The idea is simple: You have 90 file folders: red numbered 1 through 30; blue numbered 1 through 30; and white numbered 1 through 30 representing the current month, next month, and the month after that. This is most commonly used by accountant-type folks, to keep track of bills to be paid. But it
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those prospects automatically get 12 email and 4 direct-mail follow-up communications, all customized and personalized, with precise timing (i.e., Follow-Up #1, 3rd Day, Follow-Up #2, 5th Day, etc.).
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
But what also matters is the comparative experience and expertise of the copywriter and what translates to results, early success vs. repetitive experimentation, and performance without babysitting. I, for example, have been doing this work for 40 years, have a fine track record, and can be counted on to perform without supervision. What actually g
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have an exceptionally busy day, so I am only dealing with 9s and 10s on a 1–10 scale. Everything else MUST wait until tomorrow. Are you convinced that what you want to talk to me about is a 9 or 10?
Philip Powis added 1mo ago
My own, in my home office, is not unlike a pilot’s cockpit; without getting out of my swivel chair, I can operate my computers, my TV, and my CD player. I can reach my most important reference books, and I have two “surfaces” for paperwork. Once you get to work, you ought to be able to stay at work without having to jump up and down every minute or
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