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So I’m working my way through all this!

Over the past decade I thought I’d done almost all of this Internet marketing stuff.

(For those who don’t know… my affiliate program of 16,000+ affiliates has tracked over $850,000 in sales of my own products. I’ve earned affiliate commission checks in excess of $12,000 in 7 days. I can email almost 30,000 opt-in contacts whenever I wish. A few years ago I sold one business asset for $154,000 in cash. The homepage of ScamFreeZone.com has seen over a million page views as certified by a third party tracker. Oh, and the audited accounts of my business show it generated over a million dollars in turnover in the last five years.)

… but after watching Rich’s movie yesterday (twice), I realized I have to change some things… drastically.

So I got up at 5.45 am today and wrote out some necessary changes.

I’ve been playing with Smart Draw (for process mapping) and MindJet (for brainstorming and keeping track of everything in an organized way). I’ve installed Gizmo Project (hat tip to Mike Merz) which seems to be a cross between Skype, an Instant Messenger service and your own teleconference system.

I’m having a blast!

I’m starting to see a new business roadmap laid out before me… it’s really exciting!

If you’d like to check out the same tools, we can share thoughts and tips. :-)

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3 Responses to “So I’m working my way through all this!”

  1. Wade Says:
    July 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 am MyAvatars 0.2

    How do you like smart draw? I have spent the whole day looking for a process mapping tool. Smart draw seems to be a good one. Although it looks pretty much like a clone of visio.

    I really like mindjet and the ease and quickness you can type out a map. I just wish you could make a process map with it.

    I am looking for a process mapping tool that is quick like mindjet. Oh well I guess, smartdraw and visio are the best options.

    What are you thoughts.

  2. Neil_Shearing Says:
    July 23rd, 2006 at 8:51 am MyAvatars 0.2

    Hi Wade,
    I like MindJet for the easy mapping, but, like you, I’m surprised such an advanced (and costly) tool doesn’t let you do process mapping too. I installed SmartDraw but haven’t got far with it… I’ve spent more time with MindJet so far. :-)
    Neil.