Marketing Tidbits: You’ve Got Mail, Top Email Marketing Tips http://ow.ly/18QkJD

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Tonight’s show is going to hit on email marketing, the best practices and the don’ts. Plus we will talk about how email and social media marketing mesh.

Creating A Email Marketing Plan

• Defining your readers
• Determining your purpose
• Outlining your goals
• Determining your frequency
• Creating a timeline

What To Avoid

• Not having permission
• Confusing transactions with marketing
• Being in a rush
• Assuming people want to actually hear from you
• Assuming people remember you
• Thinking blast instead of relationship
• Sending with a personal reply to
• Ignoring campaign reports

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I weighed in and lost 2.8 lbs. #LoseIt

I spent 15 minutes biking. 147 calories burned. #LoseIt

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I spent 10 minutes biking. 98 calories burned. #LoseIt

I’m sharing my progress using Lose It! on Twitter! #LoseIt

How Many Hours Are Really In A Day? http://t.co/y21nIU4

Courtesy of PMOS on www.sxc.hu

Myths

The “fact” that there are 24 hours in a day is no more true than the existence of the mythical Kraken. Do you really think you have 24 hours? If you do you are probably wasting a whole lot of time you could be using far more productively.

Victoria Ipri’s Excellent Question

We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Why do some people seem to get so much more done? Please share your tips and tricks for managing your time and organizing your day…or, if you struggle to stay organized, tell us about it!

There Aren’t 24 Hours in a Day

I am going to blow your mind. We, at least I, don’t have 24 hours in a day. I have about 7.5 hours to get everything done I need to in that day to ensure income generation. So what do I do?

First, I demand that the 7.5 hours is all I have. Second, prioritize the most important things first and give myself impossibly short deadlines to get them done (amazingly, they get done). Third, I limit time sucks, email twice per day, voicemail once per day, snail mail once per week.

I use e.ggtimer.com to keep me focused on completion, I use evernote to make time-sucking routine tasks fast. I use remember the milk to schedule my tasks and keep my top priority the focus of my efforts. Once I stopped thinking I had 24 hours in a day, I really starting getting things done.

Crazy right. Well I am a little off. As a frame of reference, I am an elected official, I sit on the board of directors (an officer) of a large non-profit, I am an adjunct professor teaching two sections and service my clients on a daily basis. Oh, and I have two kids in school, playing three sports combined and one of them starting her one leadership club which she has volunteered me to mentor!

Your Thoughts

What is you mind set? Is it keeping you from being as successful and productive as you can be?