Information Overload and Organizing Data

[samcarson]

Fellow Warriors,

I am finding it difficult to manage the vast amount of information that Internet Marketing generates. I have a few spreadsheets, text files, some mind maps, tons of pdf files.. I am sure you get the picture.

I will appreciate if those of you who have a handle on this organizing thing let us know how you do it. I am specifically having trouble with managing the "websites promotion" part. There are so many variables bookmarking, article submission etc etc it is just mind boggling.

Creating multiple accounts has become a necessity with Web 2.0 sites to prevent being banned and this info has to be tracked for each article or blog post. Any tips in this area also will be helpful.

I think this is a good area for someone to come-up with a neat product.

[R Hagel]

Originally Posted by samcarson

Creating multiple accounts has become a necessity with Web 2.0 sites to prevent being banned and this info has to be tracked for each article or blog post. Any tips in this area also will be helpful.

First thing that popped into my head when I read your post is, "what are you doing that's getting you banned?"

Cheers,
Becky

[dvduval]

I keep a little notebook by my desk, and once per day I have a phone meeting, and we discuss the items on my list. Some of these items might be a project we are working on, a great idea we just thought about, some files that need to be attended to, the name of an important client etc.

Then each day we review the list. Some items never get completed, and eventually are crossed off, but others go into production, or in some way get completed.

Then main thing is you need a way to remember the important things, and get rid of the items that you don't need. For me, it is just keeping a little sheet of paper.

[skyward]

Hi Samcarson,

That's a great question. I just subscribed to this thread.

I'm starting to organize at a smaller level, by using Roboform to organize my passwords.

Regarding the promotions, I recently learned to take a "snapshot", or save a copy, of every sales page when you buy a product, and keep it on file. An experienced affiliate marketer taught me this. You've got everything, especially if you need to return it for a legitmate reason.

[samcarson]

Becky I was using the same account to submit multiple sites, I was bookmarking every post and 3 different sites banned my account

[Quang Van]

GTD <-- Read the book

Also get yourself a good "File Cabinet", a must.
Use a good "Outliner" app like Keynotes

Personally using EssentialPIM myself.

What I do now is take notes on paper, summarize it, drawing diagrams etc. Then I file it away in my file cabinet.

You really don't need to know every little detail about a particular course. Just enough to 'understand' it... all the courses teach pretty much the same thing, just in a different flavor style, or technique.

[GFox]

Nice question, Samcarson. I will be checking back to see some of the answers, since I too could use a solution to this problem as well.

[hangtimenino]

i keep all of my notes, user accounts, password, and step by step daily to do list , in all of my emails, so i could refer to it anytime, as long as i am online. I also keep a notebook, to scribble ideas and notes.

[OSContent]

I have two partial solutions that won't solve your problem, but may save you some time if you don't already do them: 1) include links to the relevant sites and accounts in your spreadsheet next to your password and login information; and 2) scan handwritten notes and important documents, so that you can pull them up on your computer, rather than looking for the hard copy.