By now your inbox is already filling up with one holiday deal after another. It feels like “everyone” is offering some sort of special!
So should you take advantage of them? How do you know which ones to take? How do you get the most out of the ones you DO take advantage of?
Here are three simple steps that will keep you “in control” and actually profiting from all these deals:
1. Track what you “buy” – whether it’s free or priced at a “super low” price.
For each product you buy or download you want to list
- What you bought
- How much you paid for it
- WHERE you put it on your hard drive (or login details)
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2. Document what you “buy”.
Before you hit the buy button, create a folder for the item on your hard drive. Save the sales letter into that folder. (Just use Save As in your browser. It saves the full web page and all of the supporting files.)
That makes it easy to come back and see WHAT you bought and more importantly, WHY you bought it!
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3. Track your use of each item.
It’s easy to get carried away with the great deals. But they are only valuable to you if you USE them.
So each time you use the item – or at least the first time you use it – come back and put a check next to the item on your tracking sheet. You’ll soon get a feel for your consumption habits.
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WooHoo Jeanette! You are talking about my FABORITE (combo of fabulous and favorite) product Organizing Your Business Online! It has made such a difference for me and keeping track of what I purchase and then actually use.
For whatever reason, I had not thought about saving the sales page and making a folder before I purchase…gotta start doing that one!
Happy Holidays to you and all your family!
Hi Jeanette! Happy Thanksgiving!
Great article with some very helpful tips, thank you! It is so easy to get carried away with adding content to our educational ‘folders’, but tracking what and how we are using the content is an idea that will save our sanity as well as help us turn our information into steps that we can implement!
Keep the ideas and inspiration coming Jeanette!!
xoxo
HelenRappy
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you, my friend! I had my “Texas” family here for most of the week, when we all migrated to the mountains to see my extended family. It is very quiet now with all the sounds of 3 little boys gone.
Like you, I didn’t even turn on a computer for days! I saw all the specials coming through on my cell phone email, but couldn’t bring myself to even look. It was a true vacation! I figure if I need the stuff…it will appear again when the time is right.
I have started doing the “folder” routine for new things purchased. It just gets so scattered, especially when I don’t use it immediately…which begs the question…should I have even purchased it? Oh well…
Take Care, and we’ll chat again.
Big Hugs,
Jeanne