Have you ever clicked on a link in an email – on your way out of the office? You really wanted to see what was on the other side of the click, even though you KNEW you didn’t have time to read the page or watch the video.
What about email…have you checked your email quickly, even though you were on your way to a webinar?
And did you take the time to open one of those tantilizing email messages – and click on a link – just to see what was there?
Or worse yet, you clicked on an email link while you were watching a webinar! Now you’re wasting both the click AND the webinar focus. You can’t possibly read the clicked page and take notes and watch the webinar. So now you’ve just put yourself into overload!
These are great examples of “wasted clicks.”
The problem with wasted clicks is that they translate to wasted TIME. And time is money. Time is your LIFE!
So here are some simple guidelines for using your time more wisely by saving wasted clicks.
1. Only click on a link if you KNOW you have time to watch a 10-minute video or read a sales page. If you don’t have time for that, there is no point in clicking.
2. If you find yourself on a sales page that you aren’t ready to purchase, save the page (File, save as…) and make a note to come back later to see if you REALLY want to buy that. No point in clicking the Buy button if you don’t have a solid plan to USE the product.
3. If you find yourself clicking the BUY button and you don’t have time to start using the product right now – then save that page. And come back when you DO have time to USE the product.
Not only will you save yourself a lot of time by not wasting clicks, but you’ll also save a lot of money.
And most importantly, by not wasting a click it ensures that when you DO click, you are able to process the information, make a decision, and starting using the product immediately.
Remember – wasted clicks lead to Information Overload. And Information Overload leads to frustration, full hard drives, and frantic marketers.
Take control of YOUR clicks with Overcome Information Overload.
You’re no fun. LOL….this is such great advice but so hard to follow. Thanks for pointing it out though. That’s 90% of the battle – realizing what you’re doing (or not doing).
Terrie
Wow, I got totally hypnotized by your awesome picture at the top of this article. What a brilliant idea to add text to the picture to make it fit the article – and much more Pinterest friendly.
As for the content of the article – I was able to read it, when I could finally drag my eyes away from your mouse-picture – you’re so right.
Am I guilty? aaaaa, just a bit. Today, I clicked on a link and continued my business. Later, I discovered that one of my browser tabs showed a nice app for Twitter. How I got there, I don’t know! I have no idea whom to thank for letting me discover that app. Stupid 🙂
Not a wasted click, but I could have used a better strategy.
This is just what I neede to read. Timely advise
Really hard NOT to click sometimes when some says we’re probably guilty of an online “sin” that we have all suffered from.
I mean really, sometimes you HAVE to click to see what their talking about LOL.
Good one Jeanette
Oh the irony of interrupting my day to tell me about a product that will stop people interrupting my day to tell me about products!!
Guilty, but I am trying to cut back. Clicking on email just to see what is inside, when busy is as bad as checking face book a couple of times a day. It is hard to get back to what you started out to do, and it eats up time almost as fast as the dollar sign rolls upward as you fill your gas tank.
A tempting subject line forces me to click. AAAAAH! help I’m a click-a-haulic.
Recovering.
unfortunately, Visa does not forgive those “sins”! I am soooo guilty. Then later, I remember buying it, but can’t find it…argh!.