1. Know & Use Your Numbers
2. Know & Use Your Goals
3. Inventory Regularly
4. Automate Smartly
5. Constantly Critique
6. Use Advisers
7. Delegate Effectively

Planning your own virtual event? Interested in offering virtual event services? Or maybe you are looking for a virtual event planning course to decide if it’s something you’d like to do.

Well last year I hosted my own virtual event called the Marketers Mojo Virtual Conference. It was a four-day event that featured twenty-two speakers. I made a profit of $1689 and created a product that is still being sold here:
http://www.MarketersMojoVirtualConference.com

While looking back through my products from the previous year it occured to me that I had made pretty good records of everything I did to plan, host and promote this virtual event. That’s when I made the decision to create a special report called the ‘Virtual Event Case Study’.

Who Is Virtual Event Case Study For?
Internet Marketers, Virtual Assistants, Authors, Speakers and other small business owners who have a message they’d like to share with their market.

What Is The Report About?
It’s a 18-page report that goes step-by-step through a real case study of a virtual event that brought in over $2500 in sales and a profit of $1689 (after paying affiliates).

Included in the report are many templates, including:
- Email to send potential speakers.
- Email to send speakers who accept invitation.
- Salespage template example.
- Download page template example.
- Handout page example.

Why Buy It?
You can certainly go full steam ahead without buying this case study like I did. The problem is you’ll probably run into some of the speed bumps and issues that you can only learn from experience (your own or someone else’s).

In this report I share some of the issues you’ll need to deal with at most virtual events as well as what I would do differently the second time around.

How Is The Report Delivered?
Upon purchase you’ll choose a username and password to enter our member access area. From there you can log into your account and instantly download the pdf report. The templates and files are linked within the pdf report.

Were To Buy It?
You can grab this report by clicking the link below. It’s just $27 right now:
Virtual Event Case Study

As a Project Manager, you need to manage people, money, suppliers, equipment—the list is never ending. The trick is to be focused. Set yourself 5 personal goals to achieve. If you can meet these simple goals for each project, then you will achieve total success. So read on, to learn…

The 5 Goals of a Project Manager

These goals are generic to all industries and all types of projects. Regardless of your level of experience in project management, set these 5 goals for every project you manage.

Goal 1: To finish on time

This is the oldest but trickiest goal in the book. It’s the most difficult because the requirements often change during the project and the schedule was probably optimistic in the first place.

To succeed, you need to manage your scope very carefully. Implement a change control process so that any changes to the scope are properly managed.

Always keep your plan up to date, recording actual vs. planned progress. Identify any deviations from plan and fix them quickly.

Goal 2: To finish under budget

To make sure that your project costs don’t spiral, you need to set a project budget at the start to compare against. Include in this budget, all of the types of project costs that will accrue, whether they are to do with people, equipment, suppliers or materials. Then work out how much each task in your plan is going to cost to complete and track any deviations from this plan.

Make sure that if you over-spend on some tasks, that you under-spend on others. In this way, you can control your spend and deliver under budget.

Goal 3: To meet the requirements

The goal here is to meet the requirements that were set for the project at the start. Whether the requirements were to install a new IT system, build a bridge or implement new processes, your project needs to produce solutions which meet these requirements 100%.

The trick here is to make sure that you have a detailed enough set of requirements at the beginning. If they are ambiguous in any way, then what was initially seen as a small piece of work could become huge, taking up valuable time and resources to complete.

Goal 4: To keep customers happy

You could finish your project on time, under budget and have met 100% of the requirements—but still have unhappy customers. This is usually because their expectations have changed since the project started and have not been properly managed.

To ensure that your project sponsor, customer and other stakeholders are happy at the end of your project, you need to manage their expectations carefully. Make sure you always keep them properly informed of progress. “Keep it real” by giving them a crystal clear view of progress to date. Let them voice their concerns or ideas regularly. Tell them upfront when you can’t deliver on time, or when a change needs to be made. Openness and honesty are always the best tools for setting customer expectations.

Goal 5: To ensure a happy team

If you can do all of this with a happy team, then you’ll be more than willing to do it all again for the next project. And that’s how your staff will feel also. Staff satisfaction is critical to your project’s success.

So keep your team happy by rewarding and recognizing them for their successes. Assign them work that complements their strengths and conduct team building exercises to boost morale. With a happy motivated team, you can achieve anything!

And there you have it. The 5 goals you need to set yourself for every project.

Of course, you should always work smart to achieve these goals more easily.

Jason Westland has 15 years experience in the project management industry. From his experience he has created software to help speed up the management process. If you would like to find out more information about Jason’s online project management software visit ProjectManager.com.

What Is It?

Rapid Product Formula is a four week coaching program that is run by Nicole Dean and Ronnie Nijmeh. The program reveals a specific formula for creating information products that your market is begging for. Here’s the formula:

Each week will cover a different (by key) part of the equation:

Week 1: USP (Unique Selling Proposition)
Week 2: RP (Rapid Product)
Week 3: SP (Sales Process)
Week 4: MP (Marketing and Promotions)

The formula is such a geeky way to show how information products are made and I love it! (I used to be a chemist, did ya know?) It clearly shows the steps needed to create a profitable product online.

This program starts on April 26th and is delivered via weekly in-depth reports and materials (checklists, worksheets, brainstorming materials, etc). There are three levels available:
Back Stage Pass: $99
VIP: $297 (after April 15 $397)
All Access: $797 (after April 15 $997)

Each level provides a different degree of access to the two fabulous coaches, Nicole and Ronnie.

Here’s the rundown of what every level includes:

* 4 Jam Packed Weekly Lessons
* Checklists & Worksheets
* Weekly Training with Pre-Call PDF plus Recording
* Live Q&A Call each Thursday (they’ll give you the option to send in your questions)

Because I really wanted to check this program out for you before recommended it I managed to twist Ronnie’s arm and convince him to send me a little sneek peek of week 1. Let me tell you they leave no stone unturned here and give you ALL formats so that no matter if you’re a visual, audio or hands-on learner you’ll get what you need.

Here’s a sneek peek at my sneek peek (shhhh)

And that’s just week 1!

You can check out the details of the higher levels and sign up for the program with the link below (or read on for more):
http://www.plr.me/id/rpf-overview/angelawills

Who Is This Info Products Coaching Program For?

This is a program for someone who already has some online marketing knowledge and is ready to learn about creating information products from two marketers with over 15 years combined experience. It’s also recommended you already have at least one WordPress blog and that you have something you are ready to share in a product.

This program is NOT for someone brand spanking new to the internet marketing world. It’s not a complete beginner’s course.

Marketers Mojo Bonus Offer

If all of the above is NOT enough to make you crazy excited about this offer I want to sweeten it even more by giving you my 12 week course on how to start and run a profitable affiliate program: Affiliate Manager Mojo.

This is an exclusive offer not available anywhere else. In fact, you can’t even BUY Affiliate Manager Mojo from me. The value of this program is $81 (that’s what real customers paid when it was for sale).
Just be sure to email me at angela@angelawills.com after you make your purchase and forward your receipt so I know you did buy it.

Ready to create your own information product and have it ready to market in just four weeks?
Then all that’s left to do is get on over and sign yourself up for Rapid Product Formula while there’s still time!

Here’s the link to sign up now:
http://www.plr.me/id/rpf-overview/angelawills

I’m sitting here at a local coffee shop working and I can’t help but overhearing the relatively loud conversation going on across from me. There are two gentlemen swapping customer service stories.

One bad, one good.

I’m fascinated by the details and descriptions.

Story one:
The gentleman is a war veteran who is a little hard of hearing and was having a terrible time getting help with a password situation on his computer. The lady was not understanding of his hearing imparment and had no patience in explaining. He’s definitely perterbed.

Story two:
This gentleman bought a coffee maker not unlike the Tassimo machine I won a while ago. He brought it home and got all set up to make his custom coffee. Then, to his disspointement, nothing came out. So he tried everything he could think of and then finally decided to call the manufacturers number. Over the phone he was told the problem with the machine couldn’t be fixed and that they would send him out a new machine right away. Then, the lady on the phone told him she’d be sending out a bunch of free coffee too. Boy was he impressed!

This conversation went on for about 20 minutes.

Don’t think your customers are not telling stories about you. They are. Make sure they sound like Story Two!

p.s. To the two gentleman at Black River Coffee – I hope you don’t mind me sharing your stories!

I just read a story, about a guy who was waiting and waiting and waiting. You see he started something challenging with resolve and determination but then ran into a big snag. It was enough to scare him into inaction, and there he stay until he died.

{the boat picture will make sense when you read the story!}

Now this isn’t a real person we’re talking about but the story is a great metaphor for online business.

I thought you’d enjoy it, along with a few other motivation stories. They’re all free right here:
http://www.plr.me/id/motivational-stories/angelawills

The stories were put together by two of the smartest online marketers I know, Nicole Dean and Ronnie Nijmeh (both of whom I’ve had as guests on Marketers Mojo Talk Radio by the way!)

Nicole and Ronnie have something awesome cooking. It’s going to teach you all about how to set up and profit from creating an information product. It’s not quite ready yet but they’ve also got a free teleseminar called ‘Product Creation Demystified’.

Check out the free call AND make sure to grab your no-commitment (no-opt in) motivational stories right here:
http://www.plr.me/id/motivational-stories/angelawills

p.s. I promise you won’t be dissapointed! If you want to check out the informative, educational and fun Marketers Mojo Talk Radio shows we did here are the links:
Nicole – http://www.marketersmojo.com/3909
Ronnie – http://www.marketersmojo.com/1972

Coming up in May I’ve been working from home for three years.

Over the last three years I’ve had ups and downs in my business. I’ve earned money that some would consider great for working out of my home and others would consider a waste of time. I’ve also learned a lot about respect, money and myself.

One of the biggest things I’ve learned is that working from home (online or offline) won’t make you happy.

You see I was miserable in various jobs I had. I went through college for Chemical Engineering Technology – Environmental and then got a job working for the government in a lab. I hated it.

Then I got a job working for an environmental waste company which was less ‘stuck in a lab’ kind of environment and more ‘hands on’. I thought I’d like that more but I hated it.

Then I decided to grab a job closer to home so I didn’t have the hour commute and ended up spending three years at a car bumper painting factory and I was absolutely miserable there.

I really believed the jobs just sucked and that’s why I was unhappy. I thought being a full time business owner was what I needed to make me happy and everything would be perfect if I could just quit that factory job and make a new life for myself working from home online.

So yay, it finally happened! If I remember correctly on the third week in May I left my factory job to come home full time.

I had a plan. I was doing virtual assistant work at the time and I had clients lined up so that I could scale up my business services.

Things seemed dreamy at first. And then a new reality set in. Clients were making unreasonable demands on me, work was piling up that I didn’t feel like doing, money was going out faster than it was coming in.

All of a sudden (it seemed) I had an out of control business.

And you know what? I had created it all.

You see I was wrong. Working at home can’t make me happy and it can’t make you happy. The only thing that can make us truly happy is our own minds.

Happiness is INTERNAL, not EXTERNAL.

I know to some of you this is common knowledge. You’ve lived all your life knowing who you are, what you want and you truly believed you deserved it. If that’s you, awesome for you and I bet you don’t know how seriously jealous I am of that quality!

For me (and I KNOW I’m not alone here) it’s been a long, long struggle to figure out who I am and what I want out of life. It’s been a constant fight against what some people in my life tell me I should be and that voice buried deep inside telling me who I’m MEANT to be.

I heard Oprah say on her show a little while ago that she always knew she was meant for greatness. I believe we all are. I believe I am. I believe that NOW because I know the happiness I seek is going to come from making a difference to others and from finding out how I can make the biggest impact.

So no, my current happiness and growing peace with myself didn’t come from owning my own business.
It came from day by day work on:
- believing in myself
- knowing who I am
- knowing what I want
- being willing to work through the fear
- forgiving my past ‘mistakes’

Let me repeat myself here: The only true happiness won’t come from other people, from a successful business or from anywhere else. It comes from you and from the knowledge that you are the real, true, authentic, amazing and relevant person you were meant to be!

p.s. For those of us who’ve spent years burying who we really are it take a lot of hard work to dig up our ‘true selves’. I’ve created a special report to help with actionable tips called “Market From the HEART”.

Click the link below to find out how you can download it instantly for free:
http://www.marketersmojo.com/mojo-tips