How To Make Time When There Is No Time

Whether it’s with my coaching clients or with the people I interact with from day to day, everybody’s pinched for time. Everybody’s too busy. And (most) everybody doesn’t see how they can make more time in their already “too busy” schedule.

Well, at the risk of sounding simplistic, there’s only one way to get more time. You take it.
You have to operate from the belief that there is definitely some time, somewhere, that you can grab on to. You’re wasting (or underutilizing, if you want to be polite about it) time every day. There’s the time you’re in the car. The time you’re waiting in line. The time you’re in the shower.

It may not seem like much, but it’s key. Just follow me. These tiny snips of time, these slices of your day, they’re your golden opportunity to hold a little strategy session with yourself where you ask, “Ok, what can I do today to push things in the right direction? How can I free up 15 more minutes than I would have had today to do something I haven’t been getting to? Where can I defer doing something I don’t really need to in order to focus on what matters more?”

In truth, we have a lot more time (and money) than we let on … because we’re rationalizing the fact that we’re wasting so much of it. We’re giving it away. You have to start taking it back.

So today, keep conscious of those little slices of time, because they are your golden opportunities to reinforce the habit of acting “on purpose” to make better use of your time.

If you think this post has no value, read it again (and again) until you “get it.” None of us are using our time 100% effectively, including myself. If you’re not consciously choosing to use these “time slices” to start pushing yourself in the right direction, little by little, don’t be surprised if you feel “pinched” by time for the rest of your life.

Take on your day “on purpose” and take back a few minutes today, and tomorrow, and the next day. You’ll get better at it each day. Do it now. You’ll thank yourself for it.

How To Make Your Copy Convert Better (Part 1)

Here’s a smart morning move for you that can start earning you money immediately: leverage the power of forums to make your sales copy convert better.

Here’s the deal - you’ve already invested time (and possibly money) into building your sales copy. Because of that, you’ve build up a certain skill level when it comes to writing copy (even if you feel that level is close to zero!). And your copy is already likely making you a certain level of sales as it converts X percent of visitors to cash-paying customers.

So you want to make one of your primary focuses (I know, it’s ‘foci’, but that’s not as readable), you want to make that priority to double your conversion rate over the next, say, three or four weeks, if possible. But let’s start with at least 10%, if that doesn’t sound doable. You can certainly make it 10% better with a few good hours of work. Here’s the 30-second version of the solution:

Step 1: Build a copy of your sales page in a different directory (so people won’t accidentally stumble upon it. This is the copy you’ll play around with, your ‘test’ copy.

Step 2: Go to as many forum resources as you can and ask for some critques. You’ll find that people who know more than you, as well as people who make their living writing copy will be happy to give you some solid advice. It’s what I do with every page I write. There’s no faster way to get better at something than to get training from people with more experience than you.

Here are some good places to post your critique requests:

http://www.copywritersboard.com/

http://www.selfstartersweeklytips.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=44

http://www.turningideasintodollars.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 (paid forum)

Step 3: Tweak your copy based on the feedback and go back to step 1. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Do this and you’ll set yourself up for getting to that “doubling” point as quickly as possible. Start today. You’ll thank yourself for it.

How To Triple Your Wealth

Just a quick thought for you this morning …

Where do you want your sales to be at the end of the year? Where they are now? Just a little bit higher? Maybe 50% higher?

Nah …. you know you want more of an increase than that, but you also know it can sometimes seem a bit intimidating to ramp up sales by a huge amount.

I want you to consider “the 10% solution.” If you took the time to improve and optimize your sales and marketing skills by just 10% a month - which, honestly, is a small enough number to seem more than reasonably doable - where would that get you at the end of 12 months? Let’s do the math.

0 effort towards improvement = 100% of current sales
1 month of improvement = 110% of current sales
2 months of improvement = 121% of current sales
3 months of improvement = 133% of current sales
4 months of improvement = 146% of current sales
5 months of improvement = 161% of current sales
6 months of improvement = 177% of current sales
7 months of improvement = 195% of current sales
8 months of improvement = 214% of current sales
9 months of improvement = 236% of current sales
10 months of improvement = 259% of current sales
11 months of improvement = 285% of current sales
12 months of improvement = 314% of current sales

Where do you want your sales to be at the end of the year?

If you want to get serious about increasing the amount of money you’re bringing in, you need to get serious about improving your skills. And to do that you need to take the time.

You don’t have the time? Find it. Make it. Take it.

Time is money. Don’t pass up any of either this year.

Go do it now. You’ll thank yourself for it.

All the best -

Dave Navarro

PS - If you haven’t downloaded the 5-day QuickCourse, “More Time, More Money,” get it today!

Time is Money

Time Is Money. It’s an undeniable truth in any business and it will make or break your bottom line in 2006. If you want to make more money - and not just a little bit more - but a *lot* more, you’re going to need to free up more time starting right now so you can concentrate on the five profit centers of your business:

* Creating New Products / Services
* Building Your Mailing List
* Building Your JV / Affiliate Network
* Improving Your Sales Conversion Rate
* Improving your PPC/Adwords/Adsense Results

All these things take time … but all have massive payoffs. Spending a dozen hours learning how to double your conversion rates, just for example, instantly doubles your income. Taking the time to land a solid “power affiliate” could increase your sales ten-fold. It would be “business suicide” not to invest more time in these high-return activities.

The only problem is … where do you get the time, when you’re busy doing so much already? There’s no ‘easy answer’ … you just have to develop the skills to take your time back so you can build the level of wealth you really want.

As an internet marketer, your #1 priority should *always* be freeing up time (and making the best use of it), because when you free up time, you have the chance to make the work you’ve *already* done become more profitable. You can double your income *without* having to constantly double the hours you put into your business. You can get the jump on your competition without re-inventing the wheel.

So in 2006, your top priority needs to be getting your hands on more time to put into the key activities that will make you more money. There are three ways to do this, but only one will really give you the most return for your effort. Which one is it?

Is it staying up later? Sure, you can do this, but it can lead to being wiped out, which is going to drain your energy and productivity during the day. Staying up crazy hours to try and build your business isn’t your most effective strategy in the long run because it impacts every other area of your life. It may work out for you in the short term (like during a product launch), but it’s going to slow you down long term.

So, is it packing more into the day? Well, that’s an okay strategy … but not your best one. Of course you’re going to see some improvements by trying to make your day more efficient (and by all means you should put some focus on this), but it introduces a new problem - you’re taking your already busy day and making it *busier!* While you may get more accomplished, you have the added stress of trying to juggle it all, which can make it a lot harder than it needs to be to focus.

Instead, your best bet is to do what few people do (and it’s one of the reasons so few people are wealthy!) … become an “early riser.” And before you go “no way!”, hear me out on why this simple habit could take you from flat/low sales to six-figure sales in 2006.

When you get up earlier you can tackle your business activities with no interruptions, with no added stress of the day, and with a more powerful focus than you’ve ever had before. Even getting up just one hour a day earlier can net you 30 hours a month that you *didn’t* have before. And how much more money could you make if you had an extra 30 hours a month to improve your sales page copy … an extra 30 hours to increase your click-through rate … an extra 30 hours to write traffic-drawing articles …

And the best part of it is, when you get in the habit of waking up earlier, you get a head start on your business activities, so you’re not crunching the rest of your day - and sacrificing the other important things in your life - in order to get the income that you want.

The major thing holding people back from becoming an early riser, though, is the misconception that it’s a hard habit to master or that it will leave you feeling exhausted. But it’s really not that hard - it just takes a little bit of patience putting a few simple habits into place. And it certainly doesn’t have to leave you exhausted. I’ve spent almost 30 years of my life as a “night owl”, getting up at 6:30-7:30am, but now I get up at 5:00 am every day, and it’s a breeze to get out of bed (even if I was up late the night before).

Sure, I may feel a little tired when I first get up, but that feeling is gone in about 5 minutes because I’ve trained my body to produce energy on demand in the morning. And by doing so I’ve freed up around 60 hours a month to build my coaching and personal development program, which is paying off handsomely (and is one of the reasons you’re reading this even now). But that’s not the best part.

The best part is that I want to personally take you on the journey as well. I want to help you to free up 30 to 60 hours a month (or more) to devote to doing the things that will make you much more money in 2006. All you have to do is click the link below to find out how (and get a free “cheat sheet” on how to do it as well).

http://www.wealthbeforedawn.com/

Time Is Money. There’s no denying it. If you want the keys to getting more of both, click the link below and get your “cheat sheet” right now. You’ll thank yourself for it.

http://www.wealthbeforedawn.com/
To your success,
Dave