Using the wrong resources may result in sucking up all your time!
Writing resources are abundant online, and they come in many different
forms, including websites, blogs, videos, books, and online related tools. Thanks to smartphones and the creation of
countless apps, there are some pretty amazing resources available for writers,
authors and online entrepreneurs. With
such a wide wealth of choices to discover and take advantage of, just how will
you really know which resources are working for you.
If you're anything like me, you get excited at the idea of using new
writing resources. The moment I discover
some cool new resource, I can't wait to start using it so I can see if it
really works! On the one hand, this can
be a good thing. The last thing you want
to do is “plan” to try the resource out in the future, but never seem to get
around to doing it. So taking the time
to try out new writing related resources is a good habit to get into, but you
still need to go about it the right way.
If you don’t you may find yourself spinning your wheels, and duplicating
activities that are not even effective. The
following paragraph will explain why.
Questionable Success
One major reason that you need to be mindful about trying out new
resources is because you don't want to be confused about which ones are
successful. For instance, suppose you
discover two new marketing resources, and you try them both out at the same
time. Then, something great
happens! You suddenly start receiving
tons of traffic to your articles, books, website or blog. The only problem is, you're not exactly sure
why. You assume it was one of your new
marketing activities, but you can’t be sure which one.
Of course, you could spend your time repeating both activities again,
and watch to see what happens, but what if one, or both activities happen to be
very time-consuming. There is a good
chance that one of those time-consuming activities is not even necessary. It is true that the rise in traffic might just
be the result of both activities combined, but if it isn’t, you will end up
squandering time that could have been used more effectively. That is why, it is best not to try to
implement the use of multiple resources at one time, if they are unfamiliar to
you.
Discover What Works
If you utilize a resource that seems to be effective right away, you don’t
have to wait forever before adding
another resource to the mix. But make
sure you take enough time to discover what works, versus what is merely sucking
up all your time. Keep in mind also,
that some online activities and resources will not yield positive results as
quickly as others. That doesn’t mean
they don’t work, it simply means that you have to recognize the underlying
value of those resources. Maybe they’re
designed to have a positive effect that is not as readily noticed.
A good example of the previous statement would be two different, but
useful resources such as a YouTube video, and an article directory
submission. Depending on your level of
computer skills and expertise, both resources are relatively simple to
implement. You could put together a quick
and easy promotional slideshow on YouTube and use it to promote a blog
post. You could take roughly the same
amount of time to find a free article submission directory and upload, or link
to that same blog post. Because of the
overall appeal of videos these days, you would probably start getting video
views much sooner than any traffic from the article directory. But as long as that article is out there
being circulated, the potential for future traffic not only exists, but will
continue to grow. By the time your
traffic is affected by it, you may have forgotten that you even made a
submission to the directory.
Discover Why
Needless to say, you wouldn’t just sit around, and wait for results from
the YouTube video, or the article directory.
You will want to continue trying even more resources, and giving them
time to work or not. But somewhere along the way, you also want to
try to understand why something is
working. If you limit yourself to merely
repeating what apparently seems to be working, but you don’t understand why,
you can never improve or enhance upon the technique. After all, good will not always be good
enough. You want your knowledge of
the resources you use to continue to grow and develop. This can only happen when you know for sure
what works.
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