Comments on: I Don’t Have Time for Marketing

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:08:14 +0000

Great article. If you are not spending at least 60% of your time on marketing, you are heading to problems down the road.

If you would like a tool to manage your small business activities and Projects, you can use this aplication:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage and prioritize your Goals (for business but also in other areas of your life), Projects and Tasks. It has a Checklists section, for the routines and repetitive activities that any business has to do. Also, it features a Schedules section and a Calendar, for scheduling you time and activities.

Some features from GTD are also present, like Contexts and Next Actions.

And it’s available on the mobile phone too, so you can access it from anywhere.

By: Bay Area Lawyer

Bay Area Lawyer — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:20:01 +0000

I wall board everything. I have an entire wall dedicated to what I need to be doing. Seriously, from top to bottom, from left to right the entire wall is dedicated to where I am in certain projects and what needs to be done next.

I used to do everything on notepads and postit notes. I spent more time tracking down and reorganizing my notes than any thing else.

By: Rob Wilson

Rob Wilson — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 07:09:28 +0000

Thanks for that. In the middle of creating a publishing schedule calendar for my blog articles which is helping keep me producing good content without a last minute rush . Generally scheduling time for those important but not urgent tasks is a good thing.

As well as the aspect of helping make time, creating a calendar entry can help you break tasks down into small parts which makes them less of a pain.

All I have to do is work out how to do this with my accounts!

By: Marc Thalheim

Marc Thalheim — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:27:23 +0000

It is extremely important that you market your product well. Effective marketing makes a bad product decent, and a decent product fantastic. If you love marketing, you should get into it! Me and my friend love it so much, that we are thinking of starting a marketing company in the near future. I also love to help people out, so if you have any questions about anything, or need some advice, you can follow me @Garbarrassing on Twitter. Love the post John.

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:12:58 +0000

Saying you have no time for marketing (of some kind) is the equivalent of saying you have no time for your business to succeed.

By: web Content

web Content — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:16:09 +0000

It’s insane when small business owners don’t realise that their primary role is that of marketer.. They might run a business, but all they’ll be doing is running it into the ground if they don’t market it right, put reall effort into the marketing of it..
Great post John.. One of my favourites thus far

By: Web Development India

Web Development India — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:00:17 +0000

This is nice article, well i want know how the monthly calender will helpful when you are planning marketing online through tactics like SEO which requires lil bit time to be in market, and if some one fails for marketing strategy will not get any more good results. Still for offline marketing its the very good ideas.

By: Angie A. Swartz

Angie A. Swartz — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:36:58 +0000

Hey John, Love this post and totally agree that marketing tasks have to be broken up into smaller chunks. I’d like to see you write a post about using virtual assistants including the latest trend of using assistants from India who cost much less than those in the US. Thanks for your consideration!

Angie A. Swartz, Founder, Six Figure Moms Club
http://www.SixFigureMomsClub.com