That’s my new motto. Don’t quite remember what the old one was but that’s not the point.
It’s the advice I’ve been giving myself when I come to face a new challenge. The most recent was creating a free product, creating an opt-in box and setting up the email sequence – I had never done it before. Thinking about it was scary.
What if I don’t get it right?
What if I could never do it?
What if it takes me a whole year?
And on and on.
So to get myself started mentally, I had a rebuttal for each of my fears (that’s what they were, really)
If it breaks you fix it,
If you get it wrong, you do it over again,
You’ll never do it if you don’t do it and
If you think it’s going to take you a year, you’d better get started.
That last bit, I think I was channeling my mother.
Keeping It Simple
My first concept was, I’ll build a mini-site with every possible offer available blogged or put on flash banners and what-not.
The next was, I’ll create a video- a POV video of me walking through crowded NYC streets. What does that have to do with marketing?
I’m thinking graphics and video, rotating banners, P. Diddy on jet skis,…; I was creating one of those marketing campaigns where no one knows what the product is.
Internet marketing is simple and it takes a bit of work. Don’t make it harder than it needs to be.
Get It Done
As I simplified things, it became easier to perform certain tasks. Instead of trying to figure out how to work an auto-responder, I went to the source. I went to a couple of AWeber seminars and called them a few times when I was stuck on stupid. They were great.
When it came to writing a follow up message, I wrote like I was writing a quick note to a friend about a deal I got and wanted to share. Wrote it all in NotePad, saved it and got it done.
My next challenge is to prepare at least 3 months worth of content with bonus offers of course to my list. I want to have this done by next week so that I can work on another income stream. Don’t know what it is yet but I trust the Universe.
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Jules:
Nice job! I can’t believe you are sharing this secret with everyone. So for this we should use the acronym KIS GID. How does that sound?
With so much technology and so many choices today, keeping things simple still seems to be the best way to get things done.
Talk to you soon,
- Rick
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jules Reply:
July 16th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Ack! More acronyms! Just when I thought I had left them behind,… [think Godfather III - awful film but still managed a great line or two]
And you’re right, we have so many choices. Do you know people will still stare at the McDonald’s menu even though nothing has changed in 6 months? Order the burger and fries already!
KIS GID.
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Hi Jules
I have been thinking or rather skirting arround getting things done simply because I havn’t done them before. This is not my normal modus operandi, I think you way of braking it down into managable chunks, and looking at the consiquences is a good way to get things done
Thanks for the advice
Vince
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jules Reply:
July 16th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
Hi Vince,
I’m glad you enjoyed the post. I read your post comparing internet marketing and music. Brilliant!
I was immediately reminded of the first time my piano teacher plopped a sheet of Czerny in front of me. I thought, “Jesus! What’s this?” He had me take it bar by bar, stanza by stanza and in no time, I was playing it badly but still,…playing it.
Like James Brown said to Fred, “Break it down!”
This new stuff we’re learning is the same. Seems like everything we have done so far in our lives is coming into play.
To your success,
Jules
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HI Jules,
All I could say is niceeeeeee!
Trusting the universe and taking action one step at a time.
Cheers
Jason Ser
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jules Reply:
July 19th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
I guess that’s just my way of applying the law of least effort.
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Thank you for visiting my blog and thank you for the encouragement.
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All are what ifs are just a result of our fear of failing and not of doing something We need to do something in order for us to know everything. If we don’t risk and accept failure, we won’t achieve any of our goals.
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jules Reply:
September 10th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Hello Cole,
Thank you for stopping by my blog. I have a friend who is very economical with words and he says: No Risks. No Rewards.
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