Treeman New Case study bitches " Blaze Up"

[TreeMan]

As the year winds down, I find myself thinking about it. I started quite a few case studies here and they generated a lot of views and comments. I even had quite a few members inbox me about them. I notice that I have a lot on my plate as in work and how much I actually get done is about %50 of it. In my eyes now, that's no longer any good. I want to maximize my efforts and time. So I'm only going after that which actually benefit me the most.

I started my warrior forum thread but I haven't finish designing my sales letter. Now I decided not to go through with it. I decided instead of writing for some one else, I will fully focus on writing for myself. And I'm not even that active there but here. I also thought about starting a couple different blogs. I also thought of a way to market my books in the most simplest way.

I also just deleted over ten gigs of books I never read. They where just laying around on my hard drive. I never actually had time to read them. So I know its no use to keep them. Esp internet marketing books. So I deleted all that. Feels good actually.

So my resolution this year would be to stop wasting time on things that don't help my business or me advance forward or help others. That's it, nothing fancy or extravagant.

[Hajjopei]

Hi TreeMan,
I love the idea you had about focussing on 6 (!) sites to start out with. I am the same man.
But I know from many teachers, it is wrong. That isnt focus.
Sad but true. And I have still problems to "get focussed" cause I am like that, you know?

So, I am in sales of IT for over 8 years now, it s a nice branch, but crazy in my market. Then I started a webdesign business, a good concept.
Really. But I only want ou tof it, the way it works now.

I only want to make money online, that as a stable base of earnings, and when I like a client of webdesign, then work for him.
Only when I like.

Cause this working for clients can be a pain in the A55
.
Doing one-on-one-services now for over 12 years, and I am sick of it.
So, I focus on kindle now. Learn only about and for kindle (meaning marketing and promotion made for kindle also, and SEO, and stuff).
But the everyday job (this ONE job of webdesign) sucks already too much of the time to really be focussed at all.

So, managing 6 sites, I think personally, will be a dream unless, not one of them gives you (grand) automated earnings, therefor enough spare time, to build up the next.

Or you are perfect at outsourcing.
But, all this "building an empire" thing, I am also focussing on (in kindle, or better said amazon) only work, when you have anything else you are making aliving from and THIS needs to be letting you enough time.
Cheers.
Hajjopei

[TreeMan]

YOOOOOOOO, Your insight on this post was very valuable to me bro! I won't lie. I love this man. The whole online concepts the whole showing people stuff that took me years as a young man to find out by reading and trying. I don't mind at all. You bet i'm good at outsourcing to. lol and I wasn't going to add that until it was time to. But the whole point of starting big and going small is a chinese concept I gain from my martial arts teacher.

See it breaks down like this.

A lot of times we don't know what we really want until we try enough and see what we don't want! Start big discard whats not useful and keep what only benefit you. From there you add to what fits and not what doesn't.

It applies to my training and what I had to go through just to learn. But when it applies to Internet marketing or online marketing. There are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many ways to make money. Take yourself for example you went into the web design niche. Very profitable when done right. But it seems your not outsourcing your work. Why not add a project manager to help you get more organize and find other workers within a set budget to help advance your company.

That's always the first step any marketer should take when it comes to outsourcing. That way you take yourself out the equation but your still viewing all the needs and wants of your system. See the whole six site thing is real to me, wheter I go in those niches or others along the way.

Its a starting point for me, btw way I made some money with a kindle book I only uploaded and didn't touch. Amazon sending me a check lol ! but that's beside the point. or not really.

I'm just saying bro. Don't let no one tell you what you can't do. WILL yourself to do it. It has nothing to do with attraction marketing, which is a hit and miss depend on your feelings toward it. It has everything to do with you. If you want to do six sites. Plan it out and focus everything you have to it. If your feeling down fine feel down. But keep your will strong so you don't stay feeling down.

This is one goal I will achieve and It helps that I'm young I wand went through the whole shiny marketing syndrome for years. If only I had jump on board when google was letting marketers send people directly to a squeeze page. O r ever other phase I notice and watch go by. Hell even the wordpress theme phase. I won't say anymore.

I'm saying and i'm rambling now. But I thank you for your insight into the web design business side. for I knew the clients was a holes, I just didn't think how many could be. Hmmm but still I would like to experience for myself after hearing your words!

(12-25-2013 10:38 PM)Hajjopei Wrote:  Hi TreeMan,
I love the idea you had about focussing on 6 (!) sites to start out with. I am the same man.
But I know from many teachers, it is wrong. That isnt focus.
Sad but true. And I have still problems to "get focussed" cause I am like that, you know?

So, I am in sales of IT for over 8 years now, it s a nice branch, but crazy in my market. Then I started a webdesign business, a good concept.
Really. But I only want ou tof it, the way it works now.

I only want to make money online, that as a stable base of earnings, and when I like a client of webdesign, then work for him.
Only when I like.

Cause this working for clients can be a pain in the A55
.
Doing one-on-one-services now for over 12 years, and I am sick of it.
So, I focus on kindle now. Learn only about and for kindle (meaning marketing and promotion made for kindle also, and SEO, and stuff).
But the everyday job (this ONE job of webdesign) sucks already too much of the time to really be focussed at all.

So, managing 6 sites, I think personally, will be a dream unless, not one of them gives you (grand) automated earnings, therefor enough spare time, to build up the next.

Or you are perfect at outsourcing.
But, all this "building an empire" thing, I am also focussing on (in kindle, or better said amazon) only work, when you have anything else you are making aliving from and THIS needs to be letting you enough time.
Cheers.
Hajjopei

[Hajjopei]

Sorry Treeman, that I took a while answering.

Great, that you answer this way, cause it too gives me insight, that I didnt expect.
You know, I HAD some success in online marketing, but either hadnt the time to follow it, make use of it or was reaching goals I have set ( a newspage with over a 100k unique visiors for example, during three months).

You just tell me now, that there IS a system behind my behaviour of gathering some sorts of projects, let run them, see what sticks and have the most attractive (or succesful) one be the winner.

I mean, YESSSS, that means I am not a complete loser, only because everybody says "Stay focussed, do one thing, but that right!" blabal, You know?
How the hell am I doing this: "I can listen to a person talking, respond to that person, watch a video AND write a text meanwhile. All of this pretty perfect along aside." ?

... though my english can become only better each day I fuck1ng live... :D

So, to conclude: I have never had any encouragement, that going several ways at once is right and then target down will be right too...
Thanks to you and your martial arts trainer, maaan
...

In terms to outsourcing and my business right now:
I have a nice guy who really can design well. In his terms of earning money, I really make him pay well, cause he might be earning 6 times more than a doctor in his country, if we only would receive enough jobs.

The margin from what he costs for one job (psd design and theme integration) to our offer to client is very very profitable for me to sell in my western country.
But you know when the a55-work starts? When I have the ready WP theme, start to enter clients data... and there is none. I start to develop the content..
Okay. well done, I am not an expert in "physiotherapy" but I can research and write well...
But then, hell... the client says "Hey, I need to take pictures and add them or give you before we pay..."
Me: "But.. urgh. Buddy client, it was written and agreed from proposal, that we finish the site and core structure and get paid on delivery, no MATTER how F * * * 1 N G long you take to gather your contents/pictures/videos/emails/BS.... We did tell you from the start to gather your stuff".

I tell you, 2 out of 5 clients dont care.

THEN even a great concept starts to embarass you. Thats why I need to get out of this vicious circle...
Or people clients starting to urge you on this or that task.. You deliver (meanwhile cut off other peoples work) and then they only tend to F * * * 1 N G not be available for the next 4 weeks.
You know?
Urge you and then hide... (and even more embarassing is when they dont want pay you what they urged you to deliver... with the reason they hadnt ordered. BS, tell ya) Happened in this or that variation too often. 4 years now... been through all of it.

When should I give my designer more work? When should I start with kindle?

Besides this:
I start outsourcing when a concept is proven to be winning at one mans hand.
When I PERSONALLY am able to cover a job well done, proof that is bringin in winnings and THEN I can start to ourtsource managing, content production, customer services....

This is also a thing most gurus hide completely... the hard and stony way TO outsourcin.
You know? I am oldschool in this terms. Doesnt it anyway seem to be profitable, no way of networking or outsourcing at all.

and having not even the expenses earned, why should I start outsourcin myself in webdesign business (or the other two lazy bastards aside me)?
Even also because that business is not as profitable as it seems. And it is not the right time for outsourcing now.

In terms of online money only, I was really a victim of the shiny object syndrome.
But I counted down to nothing and told myself: "Yes, learning is fine, but why not only learn about ONE thing only?"
First I tried with local online marketing (Places, and BS) but in the end Amazon was that thing.
Right now, I will F * * * 1 N G concentrate on kindle and ePubslihing in gerneral only.
Then will be able to use more channels of amazon.

But hey, if earning a living for every day is such a struggle, I really wonder how next to the hours in the night, I will be able to make me and my small famliy survive (or better said, be financially independent)... without always following these unthankful and disturbing customers (german ones)...

Baahh.

Really, I would like to have anybody pay my costs for two months and have the peace and time for two months and then would pay him back grand.
But my nerves are not endless, u no?
Cheers.
Hajjopei

EDIT: And Yes: I am a true guy and WANT to deliver quality and not webdesign without any standards at all, worst of the worst quality and thenhope that client never calls again. I know I could do it similar to all the guys breaking the prices in our economy, but I am addicted to the web and want to make it a better place, not a worse one. that looks like an atari-game website.

[TreeMan]

I seee hmmm I will post more later

[TreeMan]

I was just thinking about what you said in this.... I have a suggestion. If you want to link up, I have plenty of clients that's looking for web graphics! But I can also show you how to write a DAMNNNNNN good story without much effort to. Its your choice though.

[Hajjopei]

aren't we already linked in a way ?

I am looking for succesfull jv's in both two areas.

Well, okay, to tell a story I have no doubt that I got serials of series of myriads of fiction to tell. I have another challenge.... thats called time

[TreeMan]

hmm I will pm you ! I haven't updated in a while. I'm sure we can help each other .

[Hajjopei]

Great. Lets headway

[TreeMan]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo new update ! Running a new kindle promotion. Will let you know the results in a week ! Stay tune!