When I first embarked on my Internet Marketing Career, I paid almost no attention to organization. I had a few file folders and I saved everything under “my documents”.
It didn’t take long to realize how important it was to organize so that I could easily reference specifics for each of my campaigns.
The most frustrating thing was to misplace a user name and/or password. Sometimes I would purchase and download a tool and then forget that I owned it. What a waste of money.
What follows is my particular system. It might seem unusual, but it works well. If you are not already organized, I believe you will enjoy this journey.
Step #1
Outline every project. This may sound obvious, but it is the beginning of getting organized. Pull up a blank Word document and begin to build your project from the ground up. I’m going to use an eProduct for this example. Let’s say you decide to promote an eBook called “Acne Cure.” Here’s what my project outline would look like.
Acne Cure eBook Project
Clickbank Vendor Product
Hoplink found as a file in folder “Acne Cure Project”
Adwords Campaign:
Campaign Name: Acne Cure eBook
Ad Group #1, Acne Cure
Ad Group #2, Teenage Skin Problems
Ad Group #3, Trauma of Teenage Acne
Ad Group #4, Solutions to Acne
Ad Group #5, Drugs that treat Acne
Ad Group #6, Drugstore Acne Products
Ad Group #7, Treating Acne
Articles Campaign:
20 Articles each distributed to the following sites, one article per day:
Ezinearticles.com
Amazines.com
Articlealley.com
Articlecity.com
Articledashboard.com
Articlegold.com
Buzzle.com
Goarticles.com
Ideamarketers.com
Article Titles based on keyword searches:
Natural Acne Treatment
Acne Products
Treatment Reviews
Adult Acne
Pimple Prevention
Acne, Blackheads and scarring
Stop Acne
What Causes Acne
Teenage Acne
Socialization and Problems with Acne
Psychological Problems with Acne
Diet and Acne
Teenage Skin Care
Acne and Hygiene
Cystic Acne
Homeopathic Acne Treatment
Clearasil and other Over-the-counter Products
Pimples, Blackheads and scarring
Worst Foods for Acne Sufferers
Home Remedies for Acne
Video Campaign:
Mechanism of Facial Acne showing pictures
Naturopathic remedies for Teenage Acne
Ten Changes You Can Make Right Now to Reduce Acne
An Interview with a Naturopathic Doctor
A review of popular acne products
Video of an Acne patient seeing a doctor
An Interview with an MD
Questions and answers from a Homeopathic Doctor
How Chinese Medicine treats Acne
Interview with Teens and the Social Stigma of Having Acne
Press Releases:
Doctors finally admit natural cures work for some Acne patient Patients line up for new all-natural acne cure
Now Acne sufferers can stop taking antibiotics
Prominent Medical Journal Reports Acne is curable
Pharmaceutical companies train doctors in the treatment of acne
New studies find grandma’s home remedies are as good as standard treatment for Acne
Dermatologists from around the country meet to discuss Acne treatment
Large drug company unveils its new Acne treatment
The American Dermatology Association announces a Plan to educate
Teens and Parents about Acne prevention
You get the idea. This is your roadmap to creating a comprehensive campaign to get your product out there. The real value in creating a blueprint is being able to simply check off each item when it is completed.
Step #2
Create a folder on your desktop labeled Acne Cure eBook. Every time you create a document, you save it as a file and that file goes under your Acne Cure folder. Your keyword lists go there. Your user names and passwords go there. Your articles go in there. I label everything very carefully. I don’t worry about how long the label is. I just want to be able to find what I need easily.
Step #3
I use physical files too. Many internet marketers do everything online. But, I find that certain pieces of paper end up piled on my desk. I worked as a production assistant to a Hollywood movie producer for a few years. They had an unusual system that works really well.
They used clear document bags. I get mine from www.clearbags.com. The 9 ¼ X 12 3/16 is the perfect size. With a large black marker I write on the outside of the bag: Acne Cure eBook Campaign. I also write the website in bold black too. www.acne-cure.com. Sometimes I make other notes on those plastic bags, so that I have them right in front of me when I’m working on a Campaign.
Every tangible piece of paper related to that campaign goes into that bag. Post It notes, phone numbers jotted down on scraps of paper, keyword lists, etc. I might have a pile of ten bags representing ten different campaigns piled on my desk at any given time. It feels so good to know I don’t have to rifle through scraps of paper to find what I need.
I keep those bags (eventually) in file folders and they stand on end in cubbies on my desk. I refer to them often.
Step #4
Create an “ideas” folder on your desk top and mark a document bag “Ideas” also. Sometimes you will wake up in the middle of the night with an idea that has come into your conscious mind spontaneously. Keep a small note pad by the bed. In the morning tear off the ideas and place them in your Ideas document bag.
Always, always carry a small spiral notepad with you. Always register your ideas as you go. You will not remember them later if you don’t write them down.
Step #5
I use a rolodex. It sounds old fashioned, but it is wonderful for usernames and passwords. Sometimes I make note of a link, a helpdesk phone number, or the info email address.
Step #6
You will purchase tools from time to time. I have a keyword tool, a forex trading tool, an html editor. Always, always create an icon for your tools on your desktop. Because I am overly panicked about purchasing something and then forgetting about it, I also bookmark the tool, and cut and paste the URL in a general folder labeled “tools”. I cut and paste the URL for the tool into a word document and save it as a file within the tools folder. Then whenever I open up my “tools” folder, I see what other tools I have.
Step #7
Schoolfamily.com has a weekly calendar that is free to print out. On that calendar you will write the weekly habits that will help you to stay on course. For example, my weekly calendar has tasks that I perform each day of the work week, on a regular basis. You might get into the habit of doing your press releases on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Write a minimum of one article every week. Produce at least one video every week. Learn one new skill each week.
That permanent weekly tasks list goes on the wall in front of you, at your desk, so that you can stay on track.
That is basically how I stay organized. I hope you enjoyed this article.
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