OMS Review Of Neil Patel: How To Generate 1.7m Visitors For SEO Success

Introduction – Review Of Neil Patel: How To Generate 1.7m Visitors For SEO Success

Neil Patel blogs frequently about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), and regularly explain in various forums, blogs and podcasts how his company NeilPatel.com can help subscribers and customers to improve their SEO success and ratings substantially.

Factors In Search Engine Optimisation Success

Neil explains that his methods and techniques for SEO Improvement of traffic from Google, Bing and Yahoo, will work for all types of business, such as B2B, B2C, local businesses, or e-commerce businesses.

Neil spends NO money on paid advertisements.

Neil explains that he has a very small team of people working for him and his businesses which are currently:

NeilPatel.com, Crazy Egg, Hello Bar, and Subscribers.com.

Crazy Egg and Hello Bar can be used to collect email addresses.

Subscribers.com is a free SEO service available to anyone.

Neil explains how he is very successful at SEO and has ranked very high compared with older and more established competitors, who have greater resources at their disposal.

You can see the video here.

He ranks number one and two on page one of Google for the keyword term ´online marketing´, and is ranked on page 1 of Google at #4 for the keyword term ´Search Engine Optimisation´.

His organic search value has been evaluated at more than $2m per month, even though he spends no money on paid advertising.

Neil explains that you need to do a lot of investigation and analysis with regard to your own website and its competitors if you are to win the race for SEO success. Further, he states that the principles of SEO have not changed for many years even though there are now new platforms such as Facebook and Youtube, which were not around in the early days of SEO.

Firstly, Think Like A Detective

Neil Patel Generates Visitors

Competition is everywhere, so you need to find out what are the best keywords to use because keywords are not just for traffic generation. The value is in identifying those keywords which generate sales or conversions.

You need to find out which keywords your competitors use for their conversions, and decide on a plan of action how you will generate your own sales.

Neil suggests the use of SEMRush and Ubersuggest as good keyword research and SEO tools for this purpose.

Keywords should not be too broad, such as the term Search Engine Optimisation, which has far too much competition. there are more than 111 thousand

However adding one word to make it into a long tail keyword Search Engine Optimisation Company, will make a massive difference.

In summary, you need to focus on keywords which are relevant to your own website.

You can use Ahrefs.com to analyse your competitors’ links and try to emulate them or improve on their strategy on your own website. Find out who is liking your competitor´s website.

Buzzsumo is also useful for this purpose.

Secondly, Think Like A Journalist

In order to achieve SEO success, you need to create content!

You Need Content For SEO Success

Neil Patel recounts one of his successes with a random niche called nutritionsecrets.com, which he took from scratch to 120,000 visitors per month to that website.

You can use the tools available from Google, specifically Google Search Console, in order to identify search Traffic, Search Analytics and identify Click Through Rate (CTR) and Impressions.  Selecting Pages will show all the top performing posts with a CTR of more than 5%. Those posts with a CTR of less than 5% will show the most potential for improvement, so these are the posts which you need to concentrate on. Look for keywords with a low CTR and adjust keywords in Title Tags as well. Once you have adjusted keywords in your Title tags, re-submit your URL to Google, Fetch and Render.

Thirdly, Think Like A Monk

Google wants to rank sticky websites. In general, this mode of thinking is ´Less is More´.

Think Like A Monk For SEO Success

To help you with your analysis of how sticky your site is, use Subscribers.com, which creates browser-based push notifications for your visitors.

Neil uses as an example, the website SmartPassiveIncome.com, which he helped to take to more than 487,000 visits per month, with more than 93,000 unique visits.

Subscribers.com is Google friendly and uses Google Analytics in the Chrome Browser toolbar. Google monitors return visits to your site.

You need to think about your link building strategy as well.

Fourthly, Think Like A Circus Trainer

Here, you need to think about the encouragement of your visitor using a Lead Magnet offer in return for their email address. Such a Lead Magnet could be a PDF file, a checklist or spreadsheet or other useful documents, even an E-book.

You can use HelloBar to create a Lead Magnet, or ClickFunnels, or LeadPages, or BounceExchange.

Sometimes you will need to do some more research about what it is that your ideal customer is looking for, so you need to consider the use of Surveys (use SurveyMonkey or BuzzSumo) to ascertain exactly what is needed.

You need to consider from where you get your traffic, and how many visitors come from Social Shares, how many from Backlinks, and how many from repeat customers.

You can use Quicksprout.com for a step by step guide on how to define this or consider Chefworks also, which features a discount coupon.

Fifthly, Think Like A Scientist

SEO is like dating – you don’t ask someone to marry you on a first date.

You need to think about how the relationship between you and your customer develops during the time period between pre-sale and post-sale.

Use Ubersuggest to generate keyword ideas for SEO, it will possibly give you more than 1000 keyword ideas.

Look for 3-word keyword phrases – for example ´search engine optimisation´ is far too broad, instead choose ´search engine optimisation company´ or ´London search engine optimisation´, which will return a much less competitive score.

Use Action or Power Words such as:

• How to….
  
• Lists (numbers)….1,2,3,4,….
  
• Free…..
  
• You….
  
• Tips about…..

After optimising your post and website, you will need to Fetch as Google and resubmit your sitemap, Fetch and Render then wait up to 30 days for Google to re-crawl and adjust your rankings.

Lastly, Think Like A Winner

Here you need to be smart and innovative and look for mentoring. The best sportspersons and business people have all received mentorship in order to help them to achieve their current high status. Therefore you need to consider investing in such training, coaching and mentorship so that you can learn from the best.

Think Like A Winner For SEO Success

Neil quotes numerous examples where he has helped companies such as Alana Mitchell, SkincarebyAlana.com, where he increased traffic significantly to more than 150,000 visitors per month using SEO.

Similarly, MuscleForLife increased its traffic to more than 400,000 visitors per month, with Neil Patel´s help, even though it is a seasonal business.

Also, Legion Athletics, which is an e-commerce store, increased its traffic to more than 350,000 visitors per month under Neil´s guidance.

Google has more than 200 ranking criteria, and probably only 20% of those criteria result in 80% of the results.

Neil Patel acknowledges the thinking and expertise of Brian Dean from Backlinko in SEO success.

OMS Conclusion And Recommendation

If your company is Venture Capital Funded, or has a revenue of more than $3m per annum, or has a regular marketing budget of more than $10k per month, then you are encouraged to get in touch with NeilPatel.com, with a view to discussing how they could possibly help you increase your traffic and SEO performance.

Neil Patel cites lots of examples of companies which his agency has helped to further SEO success.

He further recounts a friend and former colleague who he quotes as saying that the role of the CEO of any company is to:

´Find people who are smarter than you to help your business to increase its value and worth.´

It, therefore, makes sense to hire an agency who is expert in doing such things, rather than inefficiently apply your own resources to that task if they do not have as much expertise.

For those of us who do not yet fall into that category of successful business, Neil Patel encourages that you continue to learn best practice in order to achieve SEO success on your own. There are lots of sources of information and advice, including his own videos, podcasts, forums and newsletters.

The notes from Neil Patel´s video on How To Generate More Than 1.7million Visitors Per Month are available on his company website NeilPatel.com/notes.

Our own recommendation is to follow guidance and advice Neil Patel, as he is the undisputed market leader in the race for SEO Success.

If you need training on SEO Optimisation techniques they are taught at Wealthy Affiliate, and you can read our review here. You can sign up for FREE to try it out indefinitely, click here.

OMS Review Of Awesome Video Animation Maker Renderforest

Introduction to Awesome Video Animation Maker Renderforest

Introduction to Renderforest

We recently became aware of Renderforest which is a FREE ONLINE WHITEBOARD AND AWESOME VIDEO ANIMATION MAKER!  We started trying it out and found that it is really AMAZING! Here is our review.

Where is Renderforest From?

Renderforest is a product from Geek Culture Podcast, Youtube Channel. Who are these guys? just a group of friends who collaborate on the production of geeky stuff! Here is a little information about each of them.

GeekCulture Podcast About Us

And here is their own review and tutorial about Renderforest:

And here is another review from Renderforest.com:

Geekculture Podcast also do other products to do with Film and Television, apart from awesome video animation, which you can check out here.

How Does Renderforest Work?

Here is a video tutorial introduction to Renderforest:

What Are The Features of Renderforest?

Do you need a tool to help you to tell your stories more creatively? Renderforest is an awesome tool to try out.

Have you considered using animated characters to do that for you? Renderforest gives you lots of standard templates pre-made scenes and backgrounds as well as characters from which to choose.

Whiteboard animations are one very good way of telling your story. Renderforest gives you that capability with as much functionality as is needed depending upon the budget you have available.

Renderforest provides you with hundreds of ready-made storybook scenes from which you can choose those which you think can best help you to tell your story in an interesting and entertaining way.

Renderforest provides you with Cloud-based tools to create your own videos online, effortlessly and with pleasure.

Renderforest offers you advice and training about how to create videos for various purposes, for example, in order to build your Facebook presence or to shoot a viral video. It really is practical and helpful advice.

Renderforest which video tools

What Do Other People Think About Renderforest?

Here is a Renderforest review from Max Leno:

Here is another review from Michael Van breda:

Here is another review from Bearded Mango:

Here is a video which explains how to remove any watermark from Any video – we can’t imagine why you would need that as the Renderforest videos are very reasonably priced.

How Does Renderforest Price It´s Products?

Renderforest offers two sorts of pricing, one based on an annual subscription:

• Free – for amateur users and to try it out.
• Amateur – $15 per month (billed annually) for those who do a few videos from time to time.
• Pro – $29 per month (billed annually) for good Youtubers and businesses producing videos constantly.
• Business – $49 per month (billed annually) for re-sellers and businesses which create lots of videos.
• Enterprise – $149 per month (billed annually) for companies which need large numbers of videos every month.

Alternatively, you can choose a Pay Per Export payment plan:

You can download any videos which you prepare using Renderforest, and you can choose which quality you want, and this dictates the price charged for the video:

Low-Quality Videos – $9.99

Medium Quality Videos – $19.99

High-Quality Videos – $29.99

Renderforest pay per export

OMS Conclusion and Recommendation

We are blown away by the functionality and capability of Renderforest.

We will continue to use Renderforest for our own purposes, as we found it to be an awesome video animation tool.

It is an amazingly capable tool, especially as all of the functionality and capability is yours to try out and use for FREE! When you have greater requirements and budget available you can upgrade to a better plan.

OMS Review Of Lipperhey Free Search Engine Optimisation Service

Introduction to Lipperhey Free Search Engine Optimisation Service

Lipperhey Free Search Engine Optimisation Tool

Lipperhey is a new entrant to the marketplace for keyword research and is a very good and efficient Free Search Engine Optimisation Service. Lipperhey claims to be the Most Comprehensive Free SEO Service, which we recently became aware of. It enables you to identify how healthy your website is in SEO terms, and make improvements to it, and optimise for SEO.

We have just started to try out the Free version recently and do not yet have extensive experience of its usage, nor of the full functionality available from the business version of Lipperhey.

Who Are the Authors And Founders of Lipperhey Search Engine Optimisation Service?

The Owners and Authors of Lipperhey SEO Service are:

Gijs Barens – A former director of Isobar Communications, and co-founder of IProspect in The Netherlands.

Christian Branbergen – A software developer and former founder of Inobe software, who previously successfully developed the health software MyCalorieCoach.

Marc Noet – A former Director and founder of Isobar Communications in The Netherlands.

Lipperhey Founders

What Are the Features of Lipperhey Search Engine Optimisation Service?

Here is a video from Christian Branbergen of Lipperhey which refers to the Beta version of the software and describes an overview of the functionality and capabilities and pricing of the Lipperhey SEO service:

When you set up an account with Lipperhey, you can see your dashboard where all your useful statistics are displayed conveniently in front of you. You can take a tour of the system in order to familiarise yourself with its capabilities.

Lipperhey Tour

Fundamentally Lipperhey SEO Service analyses your website first using one of its spiders to crawl the site and prepare a status report known as an Improvement Report. Lipperhey has 100 spiders available and at its disposal for crawling of websites, and downloading pages.

Lipperhey Spider

From the Improvement Report, you can identify Quick Wins in order to improve and optimise your website. You are also given an Excel file with the Improvement Report information on it in tabular form.

Lipperhey SEO Service can identify 35 topics for improving your website´s score in Search Engine Optimisation and gives you a Score Card for each website.

What Are the Costs Of Lipperhey SEO Service?

You can use the FREE version of Lipperhey indefinitely, which gives you limited functionality.

If you upgrade to the Business Version of Lipperhey, priced at $99 per month you can analyze up to 50 websites, and make comparisons with competitor websites.

Improvement Reports are priced at $75 each. Comparison reports are priced at $15 each.

You can buy credits for use of the Lipperhey SEO service, which can be stored on your personal account.

You can use a Debit or Credit card to purchase credits. Alternatively, you can use a coupon to pay for Lipperhey SEO Services.

Lipperhey Price Plans

What Are The Pros And Cons Of Lipperhay Search Engine Optimisation Service?

Pros

• You can use Lipperhey Free version indefinitely for free.
• You only need to start to pay when you upgrade to the business version and this allows you much greater functionality.
• The Business Version enables you to analyze up to 50 websites.
• The Business Version has much greater functionality, which we need to further understand.
• There are no contracts, so you can stop your subscription, whether free or paid at any time.

Cons

• There is not an intermediate pricing level for Lipperhay between the free version, and the business version which allows you to process 50 websites, so you must decide at what point the $99 per month subscription is viable for you.

What Do Other Users Think Of Lipperhay Keyword Research Service?

Here is a review and testimonial for Lipperhey SEO service from Yellow Pages, who point out the common technology used between them and Lipperhey.

Lipperhey Yellow Pages Customer Review

OMS Conclusion And Recommendation Regarding Lipperhay

We are still evaluating Lipperhey and will continue to do so for a while yet.

Do you have any experience of Lipperhey SEO Tool? If so, please share it with us, as we would be very interested to find out about your user experience and how you find the functionality of the software.

For the time being, we think it is an amazing tool since you can get it and use it indefinitely for FREE!

Review Of Squirrly WordPress Keyword Research Tool 2018

Introduction: Review Of Squirrly WordPress Keyword Research Tool 2018

Squirrly WordPress PlugIn And Keyword Research Tool

Squirrly is a WordPress keyword research tool which is available at very reasonable cost, depending on the scale of use, and therefore subscription level needed for your organisation. You can try Squirrly for free for a period of up to 30 days, before deciding which level of subscription you need.

Refer to the OMS Guide to Keyword Research for E-commerce 2018, for more information about the application of keyword research for your business:

https://onlinemarketingsoftware.org/oms-guide-to-keyword-research-for-ecommerce-2018/

Are There Other Products Which Do The Same Job As Squirrly, What Are My Options?

Here is an article by Neil Patel which lists a number of FREE keyword research tools which are available to assist you:

What Does Squirrly Do That Is Different To The Competitors?

From our research and experience of the use of the Jaxxy keyword research tool and comparing this with use of Squirrly, the key differentiator is the Real Time Optimisation feature present in Squirrly.

For example, we show you below a screenshot of Squirrly in use:

Squirrly Dynamic Optimisation Feature

On the right-hand side of the document being edited is a table of the respective criteria to be optimised.

Squirrly Dynamic Optimisation

% optimisation for keyword chosen

Squirrly offers relevant suggestions for Images, Twitter feeds, Wikipedia definitions, references and quotations, which you can choose to ignore, or you can click and insert within your post.

This feature is very powerful and saves the author a lot of time!

As each criterion is achieved the box turns green

Other Reviews Of Squirrly Keyword Research Tool

From research, we have found many favourable reviews of Squirrly and no adverse reviews at all.

However, Squirrly does not feature at all in the top 10 Keyword Research tools in 2018 assessed by 127 experts, consolidated by Robbie Richards.

Nevertheless, we found some favourable reviews of Squirrly on youTube:

Most users and reviewers agree that the dynamic optimisation of keywords by Squirrly is the main differentiator between it and its competitors.

How Much Does Squirrly Cost?

Squirrly is available at 3 levels of subscription:

There is a free plan,  a Pro Plan priced at $29.99 per month, and A Business Plan priced at $71.99 per month

Squirrly Price Plans

What Are The Pros And Cons Of Squirrly?

Pros

• We found that Squirrly was extremely user-friendly, and especially liked the dynamic update feature, which gives you a green for go display as you solve issues with your article or post.
• You can cancel Squirrly at any time, should you choose to do so. There are no contracts, so you are not committed to Squirrly for any period of time
• You don´t need a credit card to sign up for your free trial of Squirrly.

Cons

We haven´t found any yet but will keep looking and let you know in due course.

OMS Conclusion And Recommendation: Review Of Squirrly Plug-In 2018

We have been using the Squirrly PlugIn since August 2018, and have found it of great benefit for optimising our posts and articles for chosen keywords.

The live interaction and updating as the user edit the post means that there is immediate notification to the user about the status of the post, and a very clear % optimised display.

You can work on a post and edit keywords and other key features such as Meta titles, Meta Descriptions, and Alt image titles, whilst gradually improving the status until it is 100% optimised.

We recommend Squirrly, and feel confident that we reached the right conclusion because Neil Patel also recommends Squirrly Keyword Research Tool and WordPress Plug-In as well!

21 Businesses To Start On A Shoestring

21 Businesses To Start On A Shoestring

Introduction – 21 Businesses to Start On a Shoestring

Do any of the following questions apply to you?

Are you stuck in a job which you’re sick of,  just to pay the bills?

Are you bored at work? Is your boss a pain?  Do you seem to matter at work? Does Your work interfere with your private life? Are You sick of your commute? Are You tired of having to beg for a day off? … Is There anything worse than feeling trapped with no hope of escape because you’re worried about money?

To get right to the point, it’s not that the financial situation that ties you down, it’s your thinking. There are many people who felt just like you and worried just like you… But they chose to quit their jobs and went on to create their own highly successful businesses…. AND they managed to do it on a very small budget.

The thing that changed was their attitude;  instead of thinking about how bad their job was, they started thinking about how they could make a plan for a business idea to success. If they did this, how exciting their future independent life could be.

They realised that, when you are proposing to start up a small business, money isn’t everything. You don’t have to let a lack of money hold you back from pursuing your good business idea and becoming your own boss. What you need is a sound business idea and the right guidance in order to get started. Here’s how you can get it. Introducing “21 Businesses to Start on A Shoestring”.

What is This E-Course? 21 Businesses To Start On A Shoestring?

This is an online E-course developed by experts who have successfully built their own small businesses without the big budget. The most important thing about this course is that it is practical and sensible, it shows you How To Do It. It works and It is real. The course won’t promise things that can’t be delivered. This course has been designed by people who know exactly how you feel, stuck in that job because they have been there, in that situation. They understand your worries because they’ve been there, done that. They were all looking for a business idea which didn’t cost an arm and a leg to take years to get going. This course is the result of their own research and real-life experience. Testimonials (evidence the course works).

What the E-course gives you:

• 21 businesses to start on a shoestring, ie ideas for businesses to start on a small budget
• Sound advice for getting started in order to hit the ground running
• Practical tips for managing your cash flow while you build the business and avoiding the hidden money pits
• Advice on how to look after yourself physically, emotionally and mentally
• Advance warning of scams to look out for so you’re not taken advantage of
• Advice on how to manage your business and your life so you enjoy the balance you’ve been wanting for so long
• The confidence to believe in yourself and become a successful business owner

What the E-course includes: For each of the 21 business ideas, the course will teach you:

• What is involved in the business
• What skills you will need
• How to build your business network and how to find clients
• Where you will be able to find work

The E-course also explains:

• Funding for your business
• Some sources of finance
• Points to be aware of with each form of finance
• What licences you may need before you can run your business
• The business support you may need, for example, an accountant
• Reasons for business failure and how to avoid them

Course format: This is an online course, which can be done from anywhere in the world. All that is needed is an internet connection and your preferred computer or mobile device. Over 8 weeks you’ll be given:

• 8 video lessons which are packed full of information (in easy to understand chunks) and great examples. This means you’ll see the techniques in action and learn how to apply them.
• 8 practical activities, which refer to the course lessons, to help you to safely put the tips and techniques into action and get comfortable with them before you go out and start applying them in for real.
• 2 progress quizzes – 1 at the end of the 4th week and another at the end of the course. These are designed to show you how you are progressing and how well you understand the course material.
•  You will also get checklists and information sheets to keep you on track during and after the course.

After working through the E-course videos, spreadsheets, and practical exercises and activities, you will build your relevant skills with each lesson. After completing the E-course, you will know exactly which of the business ideas will work best for you and you will be able to get started straight away.

You will know whether you are ready to quit your job and be your own boss? If that’s a yes, then GO FOR IT!

How Much Does The E-course cost?

If you’re wondering how much the course might cost. Well, don´t worry. Knowing you’re concerned about your finances, this course has been priced to suit. In fact, thinking about everything it gives you, you could say it’s a real bargain! It’s only $97. That’s a mere $97 to sound out and verify your future as a business owner. But it gets even better.

How about a No Risk, 100% Money Back Guarantee! That’s right. Take a look through the materials and if you think it’s not worth the money, you can ask for your money back, no questions asked.

About The Author

The author is Shelly McNeil, who has worked for herself all her life. Shelly has owned over 15 various successful businesses, and she started her first business at the age of twenty-three.

As a teenager, Shelley went to college and graduated. After her education was completed Shelley got a job in the marketing industry, but she soon became bored. Shelly came from a family of business owners, and her father had a great drive in business. When growing up Shelly watched her father and admired his strength and industriousness. Shelly´s father was once a factory worker, an immigrant from Europe, who also became tired of working for other people and managed to start his own first business on a shoestring.

Shelly´s father´s business grew and thrived, which meant the business moved to bigger premises from time to time. Shelly joined her father in the business for a short time when she first left school but she decided to go to college and get a conventional education and studied for her degree.

Shelly dwelt on her dream of owning her own business, and after some consideration and discussions with her father, Shelly was encouraged to follow her dreams and she started her own business. Shelly was willing to put in long hours to make her business succeed, and she started her first business part-time, while still working her full-time job. After 18 months her business was sufficiently well established for Shelly to quit her job and she took her business to the next level, working full time. Shelly expressed amazement at just how many businesses can be started on a shoestring, and she shares some thought-provoking ideas for you in her book.

OMS Conclusion And Recommendation

To summarise, when you sign up to join the E-course, you will receive:

• Instant access to “21 Businesses to Start on A Shoestring”
• Instant access to proven techniques and years of experience shared by people who have lived through the stage you’re at and succeeded in building their own businesses!

If you do the E-course and follow the advice, you could end up with a profitable small business of your own – and the cost of all this advice is just  $97.

Also, you’re getting a 100% money back guarantee, so there really is no risk!

It is true that you could go and find similar information from many other sources, but this would take a lot of time? And how sure can you be that the information is current?

For only $97 you’re getting practical guidance which has proven itself day in and day out as the expert authors have built their own highly successful businesses. In any case, if you do not like the E-course you have a 100% money back guarantee. So, if your dream is to start your own business, then there’s no time like the present to make your start.

Go to this Link to sign up now! There are far too many people out there who stay in the jobs they hate. Don’t be one of them. There’s a bright future waiting for you. Get started today.

OMS Review of Bizpad Task And Project Management Software Tool 2018

Introduction

Bizpad is a task and project management software package which is simple, intuitive and easy to use and it is produced by Greg Writer, serial entrepreneur.

bizpad-project-management-software

What Does Bizpad Project Management Software Do Exactly?

Bizpad enables you as a user to manage multiple projects and list tasks and due dates and make relevant notes and comments about each task or activity.

It is set up on a matrix basis, and at the highest level enables a number of projects to be identified and tracked.

Below the project level, users can enter tasks or activities to be assigned to individuals or groups and these are seen in a list form and scheduled by start and due date.

bizpad-user-screen

A user can go into the software every day and update progress achieved and make relevant changes and updates, notes about progress or relevant events, or even delete items which are no longer relevant.

Multiple users can work collaboratively with Bizpad, which works like an online meeting place with a pad of paper, email and spreadsheet rolled into one.

You can filter the screen and the project management database of information so that you can see all projects and tasks, or just one project, and only remaining tasks to be completed.

What Bizpad is Not!

Bizpad is not a full engineering project management software package with the capability to identify Work Breakdown Structures and Cost Breakdown Structures, as would be found suitable for managing major projects of capital expenditure.

There is no capability to identify logic diagrams such as critical path analysis method or precedence diagrams.

Bizpad Training

Training for Bizpad is provided within the package which you can either try for free or subscribe to.

Bizpad Blog And Training

OMS Conclusion and Recommendation about Bizpad Task Management Software

We have been using the Bizpad project and task management software tool for about a year now and on the whole have found its performance extremely satisfactory. We don’t have massive complex it or engineering projects, so don’t need a sophisticated system nor a massive database of activities, and multiple calendars.

We would have no hesitation to recommend to you to try out and use Bizpad software for yourself and see if its functionality is suitable for your needs, and carry out your own project management software comparison with your favourite it project management software tools.

If you would like to try Bizpad for FREE then click here.

Bizpad Pricing

As you can see from the screenshot of the Bizpad User Screen below, the user interface is very simple and easy to use, being WYSIWYG format.

Bizpad WYSIWYG format

Bizpad is growing in popularity and is becoming a first choice for entrepreneurs, and small business owners freelancers and outsourcers, because of its simplicity and suitability for group working and sharing of information collaboratively. It can even be used by groups within large companies who may use more sophisticated project management software tools for high profile work and external presentations, but can use Bizpad to workshop amongst themselves.

Top13 Time Management Techniques and Matrix To Suit Your Busy Schedule

Introduction

Only You are responsible for managing your time and the tasks done by you and your colleages (your staff and your consultants and contractors, and collaborators) so that you are the most effective for your business and in order that your business is successful. You can use any or all of the following Top 13 time management techniques in order to help you to prepare your own time management matrix which best suits your own specific workload and busy day by day schedule.

time management techniques

OMS has gathered some best time management techniques and tips to help you to organize yourself and your daily, weekly and monthly activities for the maximum benefit for your business, and so that you can achieve your business objectives. See also our post about OMS Review of Vision Strategy Formulation and Business Planning here.

Top 13 Time Management Techniques:

customer relationships

1. Customer Relationships And Interaction – This is probably the most important activity in the time management matrix which you or your colleagues will be involved in. You as the owner or leader of your business are the person most responsible for building and maintaining customer relationships. You therefore need to ensure that you are accessible and available to your customers at any time of day or night. Your staff and colleagues such as contractors also need to be briefed how they must prioritize customer inquiries and what to do if they can´t help, ie how to esclate the customer query so that the customer achieves a positive experience from interaction with you and your colleagues, ie the visible face of your company. You can easily lose valuable customers in this competitive age by not managing your customer relationships in a consistently helpful and friendly way.

planning

2. Planning – Allow enough time in your day for planning your daily, weekly and monthly activities. We suggest a key time management technique is to allow half an hour at the end of each day to review your progress on today´s activities, and plan out your activities for the following day, and forthcoming appointments and deadlines for the weeks and months ahead. Some people choose to do this planning at the beginning of the day. Either way, you need to allow sufficient time for planning and organizing your activities.

emails

3. Emails – We all have to deal with large numbers of emails. It is most efficient time management technique to deal with these in one session during the day and not be distracted constantly by emails which you feel obliged to respond to immediately. You need to prioritize answers to emails, and not all of them must have an immediate response. Some of them need to be considered, and therefore you should add them to your To Do List, and allocate some time to deal with them efficiently and concisely. To answer some emails you will need to gather information from other parties, so this may involve forwarding the email to others and seeking their answers with the required information within a certain timescale. You need to allow yourself time to gather the requisite information, and also review it, possibly quality or sense check it, maybe even revert to the author with queries, before being in a position to respond to the original email request. It is more efficient to plan your response like this, rather than respond immediately to a request for information, with inaccurate information, which will need multiple emails between different parties in order to resolve. Think about it!

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4. Deadlines – Set yourself deadlines to complete your tasks and activities in the priority order in which they are needed. This may involve setting deadlines for others to give you information, or indeed information issue to people with whom you collaborate, see our later point about collaboration.

5. Objectives – Set yourself objectives which are realistic and necessary. If there is no need for you to do a particular task then it may be more efficient to delegate this to someone else, particularly if they are in a better position to access and manage the relevant information or data. The main point is that your own activity and those of your colleagues should be focused towards achieving the right Business Objectives.

6. Delegation – You probably can’t do everything yourself, so you need to decide which activities you will do yourself and which you will delegate to others. There should not be duplication of effort, as a general rule, and it is usually best if the person the best able to access and manage the information is the person who deals with it.

7. Pareto Principle – You will probably find that 80% of your success is as a result of 20% of your effort, so try to identify those activities and tasks which will result in the most effective output from your efforts, or indeed the efforts of those to whom you have delegated tasks.

8. Collaboration – Sometimes the most effective way to operate is in fact to collaborate with the relevant people so that your group effort produces the required output. There are many collaborative tools to help you organize such collaboration, especially Dropbox.

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9. Meetings – Do you need them? Seriously, question which meetings are essential and which meetings are unnecessary. You also need to manage the necessary meetings by identifying outputs needed from each meeting, and agenda items to be covered during the most relevant meeting. You also need to question realistically how frequently you need to hold each meeting. It doesn’t necessarily follow that because such meetings have traditionally been held weekly, that you necessarily need them weekly. Be disciplined about time allocated to meetings and don’t let them drag on unnecessarily.

10. Distractions – There will be some items which you can manage, such as Social Media. Basically during your time allocated to working you should not be spending time on Social Media, unless your business demands this. It´s not my decision, you choose what is important to your business. Similarly, your staff may be wasting a lot of time on unnecessary Social Media interaction. You are responsible for managing this modern day phenomenon.

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11. Interruptions – There will be other interruptions which are unscheduled, but which from experience of the way your business operates, you can be fairly sure will happen. You should be able to assess how much time to allow out of your working day.

12. Grouping of Similar Tasks – In your work schedule it will probably be most efficient to allocate time to groups of activities or tasks which are similar in nature. For example, it might be most efficient for you to find the normally the quietest time of the day to gather information in order to update your spreadsheets for future use.

13. Make Lists – This we think is the last but arguably the most important of the Top 13 Time Management Techniques, since you can adapt your list making to be as brief or as comprehensive as you want, depending upon the audience who reads the list.

Conclusion – Time Management Matrix

We hope these few tips from OMS help you to refocus and optimise your Time Management Techniques, and formulate a Time Management Matrix which suits your own busy schedule.

Here is an example of a working Time Management Matrix template, prepared in microsoft excel, which you can adopt to help you to manage your daily workload, and effectively carry out the necessary daily tasks.

Time Management Matrix

Bizpad Time Management Software

We have also been using this task management software called BIZPAD, for about a year now and have found it very easy to use, and good for task setting and prioritising, without the heavy structure of a project management software. If you would like to try BIZPAD for yourself then, go here. BIZPAD is FREE TO TRY! Here is a typical user screen view,  like a Time Management Matrix.

Bizpad Time Management Matrix

If you want more information on how to achieve Better Focus, Better Results, go here to our relevant review at Alpus Academy of Barbara Connell´s book on How To Manage Time And Tasks.

2018 Vision And Business Strategy

Introduction – 2018 Vision And Business Strategy

In order to succeed in the highly competitive 21st Century Corporate World and your own Niche Marketplace, you need to have a Vision of what you want your business to become and embark upon a Vision And Business Strategy formulation which adapts in order to fulfil the owners’ aspirations.

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A lot of people want to start a new business and often do so without having formulated their Vision And Business Strategy formulation for the future business, nor their Mission Statement, and Business Plan.

Whatever market you are in there are some common principles of successful strategic and business management which must be put in place in order to achieve a successful corporate outcome.

It is worthwhile to spend some time formulating and writing down these thoughts so that you do not lose sight of them when day to day pressures of business operations offer many distractions.

Usually, the owner or leader of the business has a Vision of what he is trying to achieve from the successful outcome of his startup endeavours, or indeed whenever there is a change of direction within the Business Strategy.

What Is Vision And Business Strategy Formulation?

A Vision is a vivid mental image of what you want your organisation to be at some point in the future, based on your goals and aspirations. Having a vision will give your business a clear focus, and can stop you heading in the wrong direction.

The next level of strategy is the Corporate Business Strategy, which states what business the company is in.

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Additionally, any company should have a Mission Statement which is the statement of what the business does day by day, in pursuit of the Vision and Business Strategy.

Here is Wikipedia´s definition of a Mission Statement.

A Mission Statement is a short statement of an organization’s purpose, identifying the goal of its operations: what kind of product or service it provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of operation. 

The Mission Statement clearly supports and works towards the Vision of the Organisation´s Leader.

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So, how to achieve these Business Objectives, what is needed is a clear Business Strategy in place which spells out how to achieve the Business Objectives. What is a Business Strategy?

Business strategy is the firm’s working plan for achieving its vision, prioritizing objectives, competing successfully, and optimizing financial performance with its business model. Strategy builders can find practical guidance in this definition.

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So how to prepare a Business Strategy?

The first thing that the company´s leaders must do is to prepare ambitious but achievable goals for each sector of the business.

For this you need to narrow your focus on the few vital initiatives critical to achieving your objectives.

You need to build consensus for breakthrough objectives and promote cross functional teamwork.

The objective must be to connect Business Strategy to daily and weekly action plans and cascade breakthrough objectives down to the point of impact.

You can use technology to monitor progress and implement countermeasures when needed.

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Below the level of Business Strategy is the Business Planning for the company, and these plans forecast and report on the key performance indicators for the performance of the company. Such Key Performance Indicators are such things as Sales Revenue, overhead costs, fixed and variable, and any incidental costs which are critical to the performance of the company.

At the lowest level of the hierarchy of planning is the day to day planning and daily activities of the business, and it is here that the actual performance of the company is decided, by what and how efficiently the company´s employees and contractors carry out their day to day functions and activitiesin pursuit of the planned objectives.

The measurement of the organisation´s performance using Key Performance Indicators (KPI´s) is the way in which the company´s leadership can see to what extent they are achieving their Vision and Business Strategy.

Conclusion

Vision and Business Strategy formulation need to be aligned from the highest, most strategic level of leadership downwards, so that the direction of the company´s efforts is focussed and efficiently deployed. Detailed Business Planning must follow the strategic guidance and planning of any organisation. The Key Performance Indicators are a way to monitor whether the highest level aims and objectives are being achieved.

Amazing Elearning From Alpus Academy

Introduction

Alpus Academy is a website hosted by PRIMO3, and it offers a wide range of Ebooks and Ecourses in various educational categories, it is the most amazing eLearning website, and provides some of the best learning software available today, in conjunction with partner websites, EcourseCapital and others.

Alpus Academy

What Does Alpus Academy Do, Exactly?

Alpus Academy provides a range of amazing elearning opportunities through its wide range of ecourses and ebooks, some of which are listed below:

Ecourses

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There are super informative Ecourses under the following titles:

1. Succeeding In The New Year Without Resolutions, by Harry Palmer.

Succeeding In The New Year

2. How To Make Working  From Home Productive, by Julian Bright.

HowToMakeWorkingFrom HomeProduct

3. The Art Of Decluttering, by Margaret Rutherford.

The Art Of Decluttering

4. The Health Benefits Of Detox, by Andrew Castle.

Health Benefits Of A Detox

5. The Art Of Being Happy, by Cyril Weatherford.

The Art Of Being Happy

6. Better Focus, Better Results, by Barbara Connell.

Better Focus Better Results

7. Healthy Kids, by George King.

Healthy Kids

8. Herbal Remedies, by Nicolette Armstrong.

Herbal Remedies

9. Garden In Your Kitchen.

10. Beginner´s Guide To Wine.

Beginners Guide To Wine

Each ecourse is priced at $97 and provides the subscriber with 8 learning modules for their information.

The material is extremely good value and also comes with a money back guarantee.

There is a more  detailed review of each of the individual amazing eLearning ecourses separately click on the links below:

1. Succeeding In The New Year Without Resolutions, by Harry Palmer.

2. How To Make Working  From Home Productive, by Julian Bright.

3. The Art Of Decluttering, by Margaret Rutherford.

4. The Health Benefits Of Detox, by Andrew Castle.

5. The Art Of Being Happy, by Cyril Weatherford.

6. Better Focus, Better Results, by Barbara Connell.

7. Healthy Kids, by George King.

8. Herbal Remedies, by Nicolette Armstrong.

9. Beginners Guide to Wine.

Ebooks

Ebooks are listed below broadly under the banners, which correspond with online marketing niches:

A. Make Money Online

B. Making Money From Home

C. Home Business (& Hobbies)

D. General

E. Skills Training

F. Health & Wellness

Here are the categories of books on Ecoursecapital, and the book titles under each:

A. Make Money Online

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• Make Your Own Website
• Web Business For Beginners
• Promote your Small Business On The Internet
• Search Engine Traffic Secrets
• Web Copywriting Tune-Up Kit
• The Ultimate Guide To Christmas On The Net
• Clever HTML
• BlogBiz For Beginners
• Quick And Easy Blogs
• Making Money With Affiliate Programs
• How To Create A Website In 5 Days
• Ezy Internet ABC
• Ezy Steps To Blog Success
• The EzyEbook Guide
• Ebook Power (Tom Hua)
• Ebook Farming
• How To Create Hot Information Products
• Guard Your Reputation Online
• Family Net Safety Guide
• Online Business Basics
• How To Build Your Own PC
• About Niches -A 6 Step System
• Mail Order In The Internet Age
• Ezy Internet Safety Guide
• Internet Promotion For Beginners
• The Wonderful World Of Podcasting
• Podcast The Easy Way
• Power Up Your Websites

B. Making Money From Home

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• Your Working From Home Guide
• Fast and Powerful Writing
• Simple Steps To Writing Success
• Write Your Life Story Now
• Write Stories People Want To Read
• Say A Few Words
• The Easy Guide To Journal Writing
• Bring Out The Novel That´s Inside You
• Your Freelancing Guide
• How To Make Working From Home Productive
• 21 Businesses to Start On A Shoestring
• Simple Articles that Sell
• Subscriber Boost
• Starting Right With eBay
• Advanced Selling On eBay
• Selling Books On Amazon
• Quick Turn Marketing Exposed
• Success From Within You
• Getting New Customers
• What You Should Know Before You Borrow Money

C. Home Business (& Hobbies)

• Make Money From your Hobby
• Gift Basket Success
• Refinishing Your Wooden Furniture
• Fun Wooden Toys You Can Make And Sell
• Women Working From Home
• Real Estate Investment For Beginners
• Real Estate No Money Down
• Internet Strategies Of The Master Realtor
• Spare Time Dollar
• Quick And Easy Computer Scrapbooking
• Kids Are Big Business
• Guide To Keeping Goats
• Making Your Art Journal
• Make And Sell Candles
• Profitable Puppets
• Perfume Soap And Candle Making

D. General

• Simple PHP with Robert Plank (Tom Hua)
• Passive Millionaire
• Motivate Your Way To Success
• Making  The Most Of Mind Maps
• How To Make Money Interviewing Experts
• Make Your Mark With MLM
• How To Choose A MLM Winner
• Nothing Can stop You Succeeding
• Your Power Numbers
• Scam Exposed
• Leap Ahead (Tom Hua)
• Planning Your Business Success
• The Business Plan Workbook
• Brand Yourself Successful
• Set And Get Your Goals
• Beat The Time Barrier
• Boost Your Productivity Today
• Bounce Back Go Higher
• The New Resumes Guide
• Succeeding In The New Year Without Resolutions
• The Art of Decluttering
• The Art of Being Happy
• Better Focus Better Results
• Beginners Guide to Wine
• Winning Your New Job
• Rich Life Poor Life, You Choose
• The Senior Sourcebook
• Resumes With Impact
• Real World Sustainability
• Surviving The Debt Crisis
• Surviving The Recession
• 7 Ways To Live Life To The Max
• Avoid Burnout And Boost Creativity
• Deal With Information Overload
• Connect with More People
• Creating Your Successful Future
• The Golden Book Of Truth (Brett McFall)
• Fixer Upper Fortunes
• Forbidden Psychological Tactics
• Organise Your Life – Find Your Missing Piece
• Make Your Vision Real
• The Penny Stock Trading System

E. Skills Training

Skills Training

• Habits For Success
• How To Become A Top Salesperson
• Selling Made Easy
• The Psychic Entrepreneur´s Guide
• Teenpreneur
• Top Telesales Techniques
• Selling More Without Pressure
• Crafty Selling
• How To Say No
• Success With Body Language
• Simple Ways To Better Photos
• Talk To Impress
• Your Attitude Your Self Esteem
• Empowerment
• Customer Services Step By Step
• Auction Strategies
• Streamline Your Communication
• Anyone Can Consult
• Competition Commando
• How To Really Motivate Yourself
• Plant And Grow Your Money Tree
• Real Life Negotiating
• Negotiating In Real Life
• Power Up Your People Skills
• Networking Gets Results
• Mindfulness Living Now
• How To Make Meetings More Productive
• Max Memory Power
• Intuitive Mind Power
• The 5 Steps To Personal Power
• Easy Guide To Powerful Presentations
• Beating Procrastination
• No People Problems

F. Health & Wellness

Health

• The Health Benefits Of Detox
• Healthy Kids

OMS Conclusion And Recommendation

We think that the ebooks from Alpus Academy are extremely good value, being priced at $9.97 each. They provide good general information on their respective subject matter.

Books can be ordered online and downloaded electronically by you as the subscriber.

Ecourses from Alpus Academy also provide amazing elearning opportunities and are very good value for money, and provide an abundance of information for a very low cost, 8 complete learning modules usually for around $97.00.

We would be interested to receive your feedback on the ebooks and ecourses if you try them out.

Services Offered by Online Marketing Software

Services Offered by OMS

If you need help with preparing information to help you to promote your online business, OMS can assist by offering the following services to give you a quick, responsive and effective service:

Animated Video Presentations

If you give us a script for your business or business idea, we will prepare a short animated video of length up to 2 minutes.

Here are some examples of our work for your information:

Example 1:

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Example 3:

Our expert Video animator will prepare a draft for your approval from your script and specification. Once it is approved by you, we will post your animated video onto Youtube for you, just let us know your YouTube channel.

If you would like OMS to prepare a High Quality Marketing Video for your product or service then go here: