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Plan To Succeed With Information Product Creation: Why You Need To Split Your Process Up

One of the keys to succeeding in information product creation is to break the process up into discrete steps. This frequently isn’t an instinctive reaction for the typical information marketer. Especially on the internet where small sized learning products are the norm.

However, it is extremely important to your ultimate success. In fact, I would go so far as to say that if you don’t do this you probably won’t succeed… even when you are starting out let alone as you move forward.

Your product creation system should do this for you if only to help you to understand the overall task.

But why?

In this article, I’m going to ignore chunking and focus on the practical aspects. That’s not to say that chunking isn’t important. It is. It’s important to understanding and to learning the process. But while you can use the same chunks as you move forward, long term your focus needs to be on the operation of the system not the understanding of it. Unless of course you are constantly training new people!

So why is chunking important to long term use of the product creation process? (Yes, I know systems design uses a different term for this process but I’m not teaching you systems design. So I’m going to use the word learning content designers use.)

The first reason that having individual discrete tasks is important is one of schedule estimation. Frequently it is very difficult to estimate how long the total task of creating a product will take. After all, the size and type of the products matters as does the number of products in your product funnel. And those are just the most obvious elements. However, estimating a discrete task is often much easier. The total can then be estimated as the total of the discrete tasks.

Secondly, scheduling a large task can be problematic. However, by segmenting the task into a number of discrete tasks, you gain a much greater flexibility in scheduling. Not only that but as your business begins to add people you are able to schedule multiple people to the product creation.

Finally, segmenting a large task into smaller discrete tasks allows you to have much better control over the product creation. This affects two different areas — status and quality.

By segmenting your process into discrete tasks you are able to schedule and record the progress at much more detailed level. As a result you are more in control of the status of the product creation. You know what everyone is doing. When they should complete it. And how much it should cost. You also know exactly what has been done.

You also improve your overall quality. Instead of waiting until everything is done you can check quality as you go. This allows you to immediate react to low quality products without absorbing their costs. This means that you have less rework and your rework costs less. And if the product is not going to meet its quality requirement you will know about it in time to stop the development, change the requirement or fix the product.

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Could Starting A Home Based Business Be A Profitable Way For You?

In a time where the economy is chaotic and security in a 9-5 job is something from the past, a lot of people go on the internet to find ways to earn money. It is a fact that people are losing their jobs without having any backup plan, to assist them and their loved ones. And let’s be honest, wouldn’t it be cool if you could build a business from your home in your spare time, while still having your normal job. You then have an extra income if that is what you prefer. I personally believe that starting a home based business is going to be more and more popular over the next few years as it has been for several years. What is fascinating is that in the future, the home based business industry such as Network Marketing will be responsible for generating the most millionaires world wide. This is truly an amazing foresight because it gives the average person the opportunity become financial independent without first having to, go to school for 3-7 years in order to learn the skills required for the chosen vocation. One of the unique and splendid things about starting a home based business is that in the process you can earn while you learn.So, Could starting a home based business turn out to be a profitable investment of time and money..?The fact is that too many people don’t make a respectable seize of money in this industry which result in them leaving the industry. But this doesn’t mean that people are doomed before they even enter the industry. It just emphasizes that you need to make a clear decision and commitment to become successful no matter what it takes and how many struggles you have to over come.See, some of the differences between starting a home based business and getting a normal job is that you receive the exact amount of money equal to what you provide of energy and value to the market, in a home based business. In the majority of jobs you wouldn’t be motivated to work harder than you already do, because you know that you will get them exact same salary as last month.Knowing that this kind of business challenges the way you used to think and that you suddenly have carry all the responsibility yourself, will turn a lot of people off. These kind of people are looking for a safe and secure job but as mentioned before that era is over and if these people don’t make a choice to take full responsibility for their financial future they could sadly wind up losing everything they own.To make it profitable in this industry, you first want to start on a journey of constant and never ending improvement of yourself. By that I mean reading books on self improvement, goal setting, success, sales, prospecting and human psychology. Reading this stuff will give you more awareness of yourself and your surroundings. You will also experience more discipline and clarity as you indulge yourself with this type of knowledge. Second you want to find out what exactly it is that you want or how much money you want to earn and then get to work, right away.. Learn everything that you can get your hands on in the industry, committing yourself to becoming excellent in your particular niche and you are well on your way to make serious profits when starting a home based business.

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Low Cost Home Based Businesses

Low cost home based businesses are a popular option in these difficult and uncertain economic circumstances, as many people are looking to earn some extra money to help pay their bills. With the advent of the internet and the possibilities that it opens up for home-based businesses, this is one option that people are actively exploring. They are looking for low cost home based businesses, either because they want to test the waters or simply because they do not have the money for starting up a traditional business such as a franchise. There are thousands of different opportunities that are low cost home based businesses and I will outline some of them below:Accounting services. A person can choose either to provide basic bookkeeping services or more advanced financial services such as preparation of final accounts or tax accounting and advice. A lot of small and medium businesses that cannot afford full-time financial specialists will happily pay for part-time advice. Obviously the more value added by the advice, the higher the level of remuneration. Marketing the services is extremely inexpensive on the Internet if social networking or businesses networking websites are used cleverly. Because marketing on the Internet is often free, this is a genuine low-cost home-based business opportunity.Business planning services. A lot of small businesses realize the importance of business planning but are not equipped to carry out the exercise by themselves. The service offered should be comprehensive ranging from market research to financial projections. Depending on the purpose for which the client requires a business plan, that particular service from the package should be highlighted. For instance, if the plan is required for inviting investment or for raising debt, the presentation and the financial reports should be tailored accordingly. An individual can market themselves online very effectively and take full advantage of this low cost home based business.Writing and editorial services. The proliferation of the Internet has generated considerable demand for content and, as a result, freelancing has become a lucrative proposition. Editorial services consist of activities such as proofreading, indexing and getting books ready for publication either in print or online. Writing services generally include writing SEO-optimized articles for article marketing as well as website content. There is also a considerable demand for freelance marketing copywriters to write promotional and sales copy. There are a number of websites (such as Elance or ODESK) that act as online marketplaces to bring freelancers and prospective buyers together. Buyers post projects on the sites and freelancers bid for them. For certain types of jobs, the website guarantees payment and, in general, their fees are extremely affordable. Operating through these websites can create a genuine low cost home based business opportunity.