My Favorite Self-Help Stuff

Well….

I’ve gotten a bit derailed from my mission of putting my info product dashboard to use and creating some dynamite products NOW.

I’ve had some trouble with coming up with the 12 product ideas for the 12-product survey (and clearly, I wasn’t the only one). Plus there was a temporary detour away from my product creation goal and toward building my “list” instead as well as toward promoting other people’s products, including Marlon’s.

But now it’s the new year. And I have a few cool ideas on how to put my favorite dashboard to VERY productive use while short-circuiting (or at least shortcutting) the mountain that seems to appear right up front.

The fact is, sure, we all would LOVE for our first info product to be a huge, and I mean HUGE bestseller. And doing the proper survey increases the odds.

BUT: if the survey stops you from creating a product at all because you can’t get past it, maybe it’s time to just get going without it. Not blindly, mind you, but not with quite so formal a survey.

You can learn a lot from just plain creating a product or two even if that product won’t be that hot stuff best selling product you were hoping for. It may still sell, and it may be the perfect bonus offer, upgrade offer, give-away to build the list offer, or who knows what. Maybe even the perfect Warrior Special Offer where you then can get some feedback and create Your Product 2.0.

The thing I’m trying to get at here is this: Marlon’s dashboard contains such a wealth of information, resources, and how-to steps that you can start at any one of a number of different places and just have at it. You can always do the survey for your next product or the one after that. And by then, you’ll already have a product of ten under your belt, and everything gets easier each time you do it.

So… Stay tuned!

I’m working on a series of articles and postings that will provide you with ideas for smaller, more manageable products to get started with. Products that you can do easily and quickly, with the tools as well as the easy step-by-step directions you already have as part of the Info Product Dashboard.

And I’ll be creating products right along with you

Elisabeth

P.S.: In the unlikely event that you haven’t gotten yours yet, you may want to do so while it still comes with all those cool bonuses. And yes, I totally recommend it.

So maybe it’s a bit more of a good thing than you bargained for, but that’s good, isn’t it? Let’s say you won a million dollars in the lottery. You wouldn’t turn down $950,000 of them because all you need right now is $50,000, right? You’ll be happy to take it all while the getting is good! Same thing with the dashboard.

Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard is simply the most comprehensive and accessible system available anywhere for creating your own product, at an unbeliebably reasonable (bordering on ridiculously low) price once you consider what you’re getting, and once you compare it to the much less comprehensive and much more expensive competition!

So go get your Info Product Dashboard right here, right now:

Info Product Dashboard

I was looking over my posts and suddenly realized that while I wrote a review article about Marlon’s cool new Info Product Dashboard for ezinearticles et al, I completely missed writing about it on my blog!

And right now I’m in the middle of grading piles of papers and exams, so this will have to be short… More to come, though!

Meanwhile, you’ve got to check out Marlon’s video!!!

Anyway, for now, here’s the scoop so far:

If you’re tired of trading time for money (and remember, just how much time have you got that you can possibly trade… does “self-limiting” mean anything to you?), Marlon Sanders’ new Information Product Dashboard is JUST what you need.

What makes it so cool? It’s point-and-click simple, everything you need is included, and so creating your info product is, well, not exactly a no-brainer, but something very achievable.

Marlon basically takes you by the hand and guides you through the process as you work your way along those 36 buttons, units, or modules of the Information Product Creation Dashboard, providing you with all the blue prints, templates, and other stuff you could possibly want right where you need it.

What can I say. I love mine! And if I hadn’t won it, I would have bought mine!

I’m still working on my first product because I’ve been derailed by exam season, but soon, REAL soon, I’ll be getting caught up. And that’s when I’ll write a more detailed progress report.

But you don’t want to wait that long! Go ahead and get yours so you too can start building your own paint-by-the-numbers point-and-click info product. You’ll just kick yourself if you don’t and then find out what you’ve been missing!

And if you’re not a newbie anymore and think you know it all… there are quite a few things in there that you may not know yet — or ways to make things faster, or smarter. Give it a look-see already! This thing has everything I could possibly think of and then some!

Oh, and it has stuff in writing, in graphics, in audio, and video. Plus, of course, the whole process is totally hands-on. It has something for any learning style.

So now it’s time for me to get back to grading papers, and time for you to go take a peek at Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard.

Maybe you’ve hesitated because it sounds just so wonderful that you think it’s worth thousands, and I think it is, but mercifully it doesn’t even costs hundreds. But to find out just how incredibly reasonably priced it is, you’ve got to take a look.

Have an outstanding evening.

Elisabeth

If you’re a fellow blogger, you can see that mine is a WordPress blog and know what I’m so excited about. If you’re not yet a blogger, you may well think, “what the heck?” Trust me, it’s a big deal, especially for someone who, like me, likes their info all in one place, nicely organized, portable, and preferably available even if my internet connection is down!

There’s a little contest going on (this must be the new big thing) where you can win a copy of the book, signed by the author, or, if you prefer, simply read why people want one. Look for it right here.

If you’d like your very own copy without having to wait till you win — as far as I know, they’re only giving away ONE copy — or if you’d like to find out more about what’s inside, you could also go straight to Amazon.com (see below), which is exactly what I will do, unless our local bookstore has a copy in stock. That’ll be faster, which is good because…

I’d like to work on a new blog this weekend — a sister blog for this one, so I can finally separate out my more body/mind/spirit/prosperity self-help stuff from the web and prosperity stuff — each will get its own blog, but of course with plenty of cross-references, for everybody who, like me, is interested in both.

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Guess what? I won!!!

Well, that’s me and 4 other people for the regular entries, plus there were 5 more winners with video entries. But still! There were TONS of entries!

I’m thrilled! Made my day. My week!

Visit the winners’ page to check it out in more detail:

Marlon’s Dashboard Contest Winners’ Page

And do take a few minutes to read all the winning entries. Some of them are just brilliant! I especially like the first in the list — Mark Goodwin’s mock sales letter! So cool!

And then the videos!

I can hardly wait till I get my new dashboard — I’ll let you know when it arrives and I’ll be reporting right here on what I think of it too, and just how easy (or not) it will be to create all sorts of cool products. Actually, if his other dashboards are any indication, it should be a breeze. Stay tuned for my first big product launch!

But I bet what you really want is to get a look at the Info Product Dashboard itself, which is out now. And you’ve got to check out the VIDEO!!!

Oh, and it comes with the coolest bonuses. Take a look!

Have a fabulous evening.

Elisabeth, the self-help guru (who seems to have a growing fascination with internet and information marketing…)

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Greetings,

Marlon Sanders, my favorite internet marketing expert, has just come up with a brand new dashboard: The Information Product (Creation) Dashboard. Marlon’s previous dashboards are all winners, and this new one promises to be the best one yet!

It takes the intimidating task of developing your own information products and turns it into some sort of connect-the-dots.

That still leaves plenty of room for creativity, in fact, the more the better, but the mundane parts of getting it all done are put almost on autopilot.

The best part: if you hurry, you could get one before everybody else — and without even paying for it. How? You could win one! Just go to…

Well, nooooo, it’s too late for that!

BUT: You can now buy your own Info Product Dashboard with such cool bonuses you’ll be glad you waited:

Check out Marlon’s Info Product Dashboard to see just how cool it is!

All the information you’ll need will be right there!

What would you have to have done to win? Go to Marlon’s blog (follow the link) and write a post on why YOU should be one of the lucky winners. Marlon even added 5 extra prizes for people who post video posts. If you do, your chances of winning will be excellent, plus you’ll get an extra special bonus.

But even if video is a bit much for you (as it is for me), just a regular post would have done. Too late though. But not too late to check out the shiny new Info Product Dashboard…

If posting isn’t your cup of tea, you don’t have to, of course. You can just check out Marlon’s new Information Product Dashboard directly. I think it’s pretty cool!

BTW, one of the (many) things I really like about Marlon’s products: they’re all web-based, so they won’t clutter up your hard-drive, they won’t crash when your computer crashes, and, best of all, they work for PCs and MACs equally well!

We know that one key ingredient to really making some money on the internet and becoming wildly wealthy is having one’s own information products, and Marlon has just made that task a whole lot easier. Look for my new product launch soon

Meanwhile, I’ll keep my fingers crossed!

Elisabeth, the self-help guru

P.S.: Yes, there’s still time to get your freebie e-book with hundreds of tips for a happier, healthier, and wealthier life by going to Elisabeth’s Freebie Offer. Get it before I change my mind and start charging for it!

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Hello all and welcome back to my blog (or welcome for the first time). I just finally figured out how to insert a form for the opt-in mailing list so I can send you cool pieces of info (more detail than will appear on the blog) about my very favorite self-help resources.

So if you would like to get the occasional email from me with tips and resources about stuff that I find helpful (and you might too), please fill in your name and email address below. You will get an email from AWeber where you’ll need to confirm that you REALLY want to get my emails and bingo, you’ll be on!

Here’s the form (not pretty, but functional I believe. I’ll make them prettier once I know how):

Email:
Name:

If you should ever decide you’d rather not get them anymore, there’ll be a link on each of the emails, and it will automatically unsubscribe you. And, obviously, I will not share your email address with anyone. If I come across something you might like, I’ll send the info to you directly by way of my mailing list and let you decide.One last thing: you might want to put this email address on your “safe” list or whitelist: selfhelpstuff@aweber.com.Eventually, this blog will also get more interactive (as I learn how to do that…)Anyway, that’s it for the moment. Thanks so much for reading, and for subscribing.And have a fabulous day!
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Hello again,

It’s time I wrote more stuff on my new blog, isn’t it. So here goes…

Have you noticed that I keep writing a whole lot about the internet — well, for me that’s all part of self-help, and the part that I find particularly intriguing right now because I’ve been learning so much about it lately. I’m so excited I can hardly keep from bursting with excitement. But you knew that already, right.

Meanwhile, if you don’t agree, not to worry. I’m working on setting up a few more blogs that are going to be a bit more specialized (somebody told me that was a good idea (and it was Mike Paetzold, the guru of Word Press Blogs). And once they’re all in place, this one will be strictly self-help, well, more or less, maybe sorted a bit, with info on what’s on the other blogs…

In the meantime, I’ll be writing more on this one, and here, for once, is an article I didn’t even write myself.

I just came across it on the site of one of my newest most favorite marketing guru Marlon Sanders, the creator of the fabulous info product dashboard, and managed to get permission to publish it here. So here goes:

Hi,

this weekend I dropped by Circuit City to
buy a couple electronic gizmos.

While there, I noticed they had these totally
smoking hot new DVD RECORDERS.

You heard right. These puppies are not just
players.

They record!

I felt this big rush of excitement as I thought,
“Wow, this makes it brain dead simple to transfer
some of my old VHS speeches to DVD. Not to
mention the ability to record TV programs straight
to DVD.

“What’s more, I can plug my video camera right
into the front of it using the i-link (firewire)
thingy and record video straight to DVD.

How handy.

So I whipped out my debit card and snagged myself
one of ‘em.

….When I got home, the fun began.

I hooked it up. Pushed record and…

BLAMMO.

All I got was an error message saying I had to take
the DVD through set up.

I tried and tried. Couldn’t do it. To say it
wasn’t “intuitive” would be an understatement.

I took a break. Got frustrated. Decided to read
the stupid manual.

Of course, I have a cable box. And NONE of the
hook up instructions covered how to hook it up
if you had cable.

Arrggghhh!

So I go back to the store I bought it from and asked
for instructions. I bought a bunch more cords and
stuff. Hooked it up like the guy at the store said.

NOTHING.

So I actually went to a DIFFERENT store and bought
another one, planning on returning the first one.
The second one had the same exact idiot set up
screen and manual as the first one.

Different product. Same manual!

Geez Louise.

Now, I’m already missin’ more hair in the middle
of my head than I’d quite honestly prefer. But
I’m pretty sure now I’m missing even more.

‘Cause I started pulling it out!

Well, it still doesn’t work.

Why am I telling you this story? Because I went
to the bookstore and bought a book about hooking
up this kind of stuff. Didn’t solve my problem.

But what it shows is that when people have a
problem causing them aggravation, they’ll pay
to fix it. And every aggravation you have is
an opportunity to make money by selling something
that fixes the aggravation.

The other thing I can tell you is that there are
only three basic things we sell: Time, money and
energy.

Whatever you sell either saves people time, money
or energy (for example, eliminating frustration).
Or it helps the person have more of thoses things
in some way or the other.

The next time you are about to pull your hair
out, here’s what I want you to think, “Someone
is going to make a fortune by solving this
problem.”

And sooner or later maybe a problem will come
along where YOU decide to be the one who
solves it and makes a fortune doing so.

THAT is how you get great ideas for your
own products.

Best wishes,

Marlon Sanders

P.S. If you want to get a great deal of insight
into creating and selling your own problem-
solving info product, I have an inexpensive
“gets-you-started” intro crash course.

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