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.

Why You Need to Have a Successful Home Based Business

Unless you are a butterfly who hasn’t been born yet or are a larva stuck in that cocoon you may have noticed a insurgence of people starting a successful home based business in the last few years. Coincidence? Why is this happening? If you look at the Internet you will find many reasons.Many people are now realizing (like many have for decades) that there is no security with a job anymore. Ask yourself this, do you know even one person who has lost their job in the last few years in this economy?So why should someone think outside the box and start a successful home based business? Well, there is a big difference having a home based business and running a successful home based business first of all, but you started one to become successful, right? Let me start by addressing the benefits of having a home based business first of all as compared to a w-2 employee.As a w-2 employee you do not get to write off your car mileage every day that you go to work but you can when you have your own business for business purposes. If you travel for your job you do not get to write that off on your taxes either, the company does. You can expense it, but not use it as a w-2 write off. If you are trying to have a successful home based business and have an office at home, you can write off your utility bills based on the square footage of the office space. You can write off supplies for your computer or printer needs, you can also write off your cell bill or internet service if you use those as a way to grow your business. Now, let me say I am not a tax advisor or CPA but when I do my taxes I have my schedule C all filled out with my operating expenses and it has consistently paid me between 8K and 10K dollars a year to have a home based business as compared to having a job and fighting that rat race as many people say on their commutes to work especially on a Monday morning. The many benefits go on and on. Ask your CPA or H and R block guy then next time you do them in a few months here upcoming.Ask your self this question why is the tax system set up differently for different people? Doesn’t it make sense to take advantage of something that can better yourself in the long run and set up a successful home based business. Most of these businesses you can start for less than one thousand dollars.Now, if you are looking at that and saying I don’t have an extra thousand dollars to invest in myself. Then look at what you are doing now and be honest with yourself. Is what you’re doing getting you ahead in life? If not then something has to change or you will always have what you got. Now think of where you work, was that company started with that little of money, odds are probably not. Not to mention all the governmental regulations that businesses have to comply with (not saying it’s all bad) but when I used to work for a governmental compliance company I would hear from a lot of small and medium sized traditional business owners that between workman’s compensation and insurance and rising rates it can be tough to compete with the competition due to the large amount of overhead and to bring in just enough to break even before they even begun to profit. Ask anyone who owns a brick and mortar business and has these issues.So overall it will pay you in the long run to start a successful home based business which is why so many people are getting involved in the network marketing field. In my opinion there is no better model to get all the benefits and advantages for owning your own life again and leave the cell when you’re in cubicle prison. (Sorry I used to be in several of those with my former jobs so I had to say it…big laugh). And one final thought with having a successful home based business. Robert Kiyosaki advises that you start something on your own so that you won’t be part of the middle class who will continue to be wiped out into poverty in this world over the next few decades.

What Are The Benefits From A Home Based Business?

Job security is a thing of the past, in this fast and furious world that we find ourselves in. Keeping up the pace at which we work is a challenge, and the pressure to succeed escalates daily. We feel out of control, working 50, 60 or more hours per week. Meeting deadlines, long hours, daily travel, which for some can be extensive, competition even angry bosses can all be ‘in a day’s work’! And that’s while you have a job. But for how long? Jobs aren’t easy to come by, and they are also not as easy to keep. Gone are the days when you had the same job until retirement. Now is the time to be looking for different directions and careers. Now is the time to take matters into your own hands, and work for yourself.Home based businesses are great. If you choose wisely, and have good management and leadership, you can have huge amounts of success, and working for yourself instead of a boss is very rewarding.Here are eight exciting benefits to owning a home based business.
Low overhead costs
No boss, no employees
You get back control of your life
You work when and where you want
You decide how much you earn, not your boss
Personal growth
More opportunity
Freedom
Even if you need to continue working at your current job, there is no reason why you can’t run a home business part-time, and the best part is, it can be earning a second income for you. Plenty of people started their home business as a part-time option, and have now resigned their jobs and work from home full-time, and enjoying enormous success. It’s very possible.So what do you look for in a home business:
Low set up costs
Strong company with integrity
Full training and support
Solid compensation plan
Residual income
Keep these five basic components in mind when looking for your business concept. They cover the most important factors you require when looking for a good business, and there are plenty to choose from. In fact, working from home is becoming the business model of the future. It’s an ideal source of income for anyone. That’s right. Anyone can run a home business, and with the right training and a desire to succeed, they will make a good income from it. If you choose a business with a compensation plan that includes residual income, the opportunities are even greater. Residual income is becoming more popular than superannuation.The 21st century is the age of technology, and we have the ability to profit from this great era in which we live and work. We should be making the most of every opportunity, and taking control of life, future, and financial situations. Making the decision to own a home based business is strong positive step toward a very successful future and lifestyle.