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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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Home Based Business – Achieving Efficiency With Decision Making For the Advanced Business Owner

For the experienced business owner, you know that the air of uncertainty is a common feature with any home based business. In such a situation, it is very vital for you to make the right choices. The choices have to be based on rational analysis which should be taken in consensus with everyone involved with it. Arriving on accurate strategies lead the way to success.Even the mistakes committed by the home based business owners will need to be documented and analyzed for the root causes. This analysis will prevent the future occurrences of such mistakes. There will be times when the decision has to be taken very quickly and the inability to make the right choice at that time can prove to the disastrous for the business. Our biggest lessons often come from our mistakes along the road of building your business.Making subjective choices cannot be listed with the best business practices. All your decisions have to be made in accordance to the historical data. It is very dangerous to make decisions without the support of data. Also you will feel a lot more confident when you make decisions based on supporting documentation.There are few tips which can help you with your decision-making abilities:o The system operation procedure has to be prepared for each segment of your business. It has to be updated according to the changes in the business environment.
o Review your plans on a regular basis in order to initiate specific action and strategies.
o Collecting customer feedback can help you with understanding the market better and clarify your target market needs.
o Systematic analysis of all the business aspects and operations has to be conducted on a regular basis. Taking notes and making reports can become very handy during the business analysis.
o You will need to overcome the fear or any procrastination of making decisions since they can hinder the long term goals of your home based business.
o The collection of data on operations is very important in an ongoing basis. The trends and patterns can be understood better as the volume of data keeps growing over time
o It is very important to understand the root causes of various misses in the daily operations. The solutions to the problems mostly lie with the understanding of root causes. Big issues can be broken down into smaller fragments and resolved individually in order to reach the complete solution.
o Brainstorming sessions with your team can be extremely helpful to induce new ideas and strategies. By doing this, you will be encouraging the flow of fresh ideas which can turn out to be extremely crucial. You’ll be amazed at the number of perspectives which can be reached during the brainstorming sessions.
o Learning about the best practices by the successful business organizations can help you to replicate the same success on your end. The best way to learn is to learn from the successful people.
o You will need to make decisions by taking the cost and time into strong consideration.It is very important for you to make the right decisions in a timely manner for your home based business just as it is in the biggest corporation. It will protect you from committing the mistakes which can prove to be very expensive; both in time and money for your business.

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Best Rated Home Base Businesses: What Business Is Right for You? Part 2

There is a lot of argument concerning what the best home based businesses really are. The fact is there are people making tons of money from home doing thousands of different things and following countless opportunities. The reason that over 97% of people fail at working from home is because most folks jump into the first reasonable thing that’s put in front of them without careful thought. Just because a system worked for someone else does not mean it is right for you. There are many skills, and environmental factors that must be considered.In part 2 of this article series we are going to look at some of the main home based business structures and the pros and cons of each one. This will give you some more guidance and get you closer to making the right decision to bring you home based success!In part one of my three article series titled Best Rated Home Base Businesses I discussed the four main personal considerations when analyzing a home base business opportunity. If you have not reviewed that article I would encourage you to do so. The next step is going to be to consider the different structures of home based businesses and likely pros and cons of each.The 5 Main Categories of Home-based Businesses 1) MLM (network Marketer) Pros: Low cost to join most MLMs, very flexible hours, pre-existing plan to followCons: Most MLM opportunities involve selling to folks you know, there is usually some ongoing financial commitment involved, to make money in MLM marketing you must build a team which can take months of hard work in most cases2) Home Based Franchise Pros: Franchises have a previously developed product or service, many allow an individual to input their own creativity and personal touch when running the business, most opportunities provide some kind of training and plan to followCons: Start-up cost for most safe franchises are high, many take a set of specialized skills to run3) Affiliate Marketing Pros: Many have a good income potential, there is a previously branded product or serviceCons: Many affiliate marketing opportunities come with little training or mentorship, “marketing” is the key skill necessary to succeed4) Online Business Pros: There can be major income opportunity online, very flexible hours, this is a type of business that most people can do around their current employment until they can afford to quite their jobCons: There are specific skills needed to be successful online, 97% of all online endeavors fail do to a lack of knowledge on the part of the entrepreneur5) Following Your Own Idea Pros: This can be the most rewarding personal experience; if one can brand their own product or service they can create substantial wealthCons: Most folks underestimate how much time, money, and work it is to get a “good idea” off the ground, there are many skills necessary to run a successful, unique home based businessI would encourage anyone looking into working from home to thoroughly look at the different structures of home based businesses and the pros and cons of each. To fail at working from home can be costly. Many invest countless dollars and time to eventually find themselves facing foreclosure and bankruptcy. I would encourage anyone who has a serious desire to work from home to take the time to consider all the possible options, talk to folks who are actually doing it, and consider the day to day work involved before making any decisions. In part 3 of this article series I will discuss some of the specific home-base businesses that you might want to consider.