Too Much Brain...Not Enough Action!

I have a problem.

Sitting on my hard drive doing absolutely nothing are the following:

1) "The Truth About Success" - A 200 page ebook that I wrote in the early part of the year - I reckon it would take me one week to finish it (although it would take another month to get the 'system' in place for selling it.
2) To Our Success" - A 183 part e-course that is two-thirds finished (I've even written the sales letter for this one!)
3) "Concentration Power" - A re-working of an old classic that is one-third finished
4) "Magnetic Wealth" - A new 'small' ebook which will be the first in a series - this is also two-thirds finished.

I only began #4 last week!

And...my new workbook - The Millionaire Mindset was written after #1,#2 and #3!

Each of these products could be earning me income - yet I am not happy enough to put in the time required to get them up to scratch.

Why?

A number of reasons...and they are different for each one:

The Truth About Success
This is my 'pride and joy'. The plans I had for this ebook would require a lot more effort to get it up to the 'standard' that I want to achieve with it.
My aim was to add at least another 50 pages of various links, reviews, content, etc which would have fit in with the message of the ebook. So - I don't want to launch something that I believe should be priced (and valued) higher - just to bring income in. It's also very difficult to 'step back' six months and get back into the original groove of my thinking.

To Our Success
This is currently designed to be a email 'lesson' every other day for an entire year.
At the moment - I still have to finalise the technology side, which is doable, but nevertheless time consuming. I also have a number of ideas for it - an audio version, or just an ebook version. I also have some ideas about a different way to market it - yet despite devoting three solid weeks to it recently - events have moved on.

Concentration Power
This is a re-write of a 'forgotten' book, which in my opinion is excellent - despite it's age. It takes a lot of time to go through sentence by sentence re-wording a 200 page book, believe me! The 'brain power' needed is surprising, given what I am doing - and at the moment - this is the last in line. This will be an ebook - which will also have a supplementary workbook attached.

Magnetic Wealth
This ebook cum Workbook will be the first in a series of concise, simple, and plain-speaking ebooks that you will be able to easily print out and work with, without using up half of a tree. It will be priced under $20 - and each ebook in the series will complement each other and be badged under the same 'banner'. This one, again is probably a week away from the finishing line.

So - why don't I practice what I preach , you're no doubt asking?

Well, in a way I am. Why? Well, all of these projects WILL be finished when the time is right. I guarantee it!. So - what can be more important than getting these ebooks out - and start making more money?

Well...

This is what I have been doing with my time instead :

1) I have been learning more about copywriting. This is a key 'skill' that many marketers on the net ignore, or put very little importance on. People say get traffic to your site - but if you don't have a website that converts that traffic then - what's the point?

2) Second education - I have started to read-up on persuasion, influence, and how people are moved to do things. This isn't from a manipulative viewpoint - the subject itself is an extremely interesting one - snippets of which I will no doubt be sharing with you in the future. It also links in quite nicely with the copywriting education I am giving myself.

3) I am about to embark on the more 'technical' aspects of becoming known on the net. I am working on plans to make sure that my articles are distributed, that my web pages load more efficiently, that I have a plan for link exchange, and that I configure everything to work well with the search engines. This is no mean task, believe me! The reasoning behind this is that I can drive qualified traffic to my site for free through search engines etc. It should be as important as any other thing that I do online.

4) As it is the school's summer holidays - I am concentrating on being 'just' a Dad. This is as important as everything else put together. I will never, ever neglect my duties as a parent at the expense of more 'material' gains. Another day - another dollar, but every day I need to 'deliver' as a parent.

And the 'moral' of my story? Concentrate on building your foundations before you even think about building your 'empire'!

Posted by vurnumg