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How did you handle information overload?

by Jose Anajero
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Information overload is one of the most common problems of beginners in internet marketing.

Have you ever experienced information overload? What caused it and how did you handle it?

Thanks for sharing and I hope your inputs can benefit beginners.


Jose
#handle #information #overload
  • Profile picture of the author Steven Carl Kelly
    Back when I got started in the early 90's, there wasn't nearly as much information out there, so in the beginning I didn't find myself in that position (for better or worse).
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  • Profile picture of the author elliot
    Originally Posted by Jose Anajero View Post

    Have you ever experienced information overload? What caused it
    Oh yes I have, I sit their and zone out like a cross-combination between brain freeze and concussion, and then I press the BUY IT now button!!:rolleyes:.
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    • Profile picture of the author Simon Ashari
      Originally Posted by elliot View Post

      Oh yes I have, I sit their and zone out like a cross-combination between brain freeze and concussion, and then I press the BUY IT now button!!:rolleyes:.

      LOL

      so true
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  • Profile picture of the author Christian Fox
    I am battling it now......

    I have a very hard time focusing on one thing at a time and it has been hard for me. You are right it is a huge problem for beginners.

    I am dealing with it by just making myself stick to a plan. It's easy to get sidetracked and go do some affiliate thing or this thing or that thing.

    I need to get my first mini site up and running and it's been a real pain getting it finished. Not any technical aspect of it, just the sheer volume of information that goes into planning the whole concept of it.

    I have realized my first site may not be profitable and sure as hell won't be perfect initially. I will continue to improve it and learn from it. When it starts to convert reasonably well and I have adequate traffic I will do it again.

    I know each site I do in the future will be easier than the last due to the experience gained on the prior.

    I think realizing that you have to start in order to 'start' has helped me keep moving.
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  • Profile picture of the author IMChick
    Find one thing to do and then unplug the ethernet connection to the internet and then DO IT.
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  • Profile picture of the author mill123
    i suffer a great deal from this. action paralasys etc. i usually end up doing something completely unlrelated and useless bah!
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    • Profile picture of the author Christian Fox
      Originally Posted by MarketerGuy View Post

      I practice with speed reading software that helps you read and process information faster. It only takes arounds 10 mins per day. Right now I'm reading at 700 words per minute, and I get faster nearly every week.

      You can find out more info about the software I use here:

      EyeQ - Speed Reading Software - Memory Improvement
      Got you beat there but I like how you think. I convert all of my audio books to mp3 with text aloud MP3. You can make it read fast, really fast and still 'get it' it takes awhile to get used to it but you do. In fact if I were to let anyone else listen to my audio they cant even understand it. This way when I am working at my day job 10 hours a day are spent pounding my brain with information. Not to mention any driving or idle time. I am lucky I can wear my mp3 headphones at work....I've been doing this for the last 6 months or so, my head is about to EXPLODE I have learned so much!

      elliot, you can save money with that buy it now button also.

      Join 'the vault' or better yet moremoney365.com but mail me for my affiliate link first This way you can have access to thousands of PLR books and software packages for the monthly price of one or two.

      In addition to being able to learn from them, you can sell them when you are ready to do so.
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  • Profile picture of the author freudianslip27
    It is hard to not turn into a "dabbler", dab a bit into this, and a bit into that...

    Don't become a jack of all trades, master of none.

    No matter how hard I focus, I still end up "dabbing" into things. One thing that really helps me is committing to a few things, and still allowing a small amount of time to "dab". It's all about time management.

    This is a tough industry. You really have to put time into things before you see benefit sometimes and that can be very frustrating.

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  • Profile picture of the author webwise66
    Overload! I know it well.
    Big picture personalities fall into the trap because they get bored with a subject and think of some other grand scheme. Flitting like a butterfly, never doing the ground work.
    What I had to force myself to do is write down all the things I needed to understand in the right order and then work 1 item at a time til I knew it backwards before going on. There is just too much Info to absorb. Don't fill the whole sponge at once, squeeze it out, then do a little at a time. For some of us that's easier said than done.
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    Take a step back and work one method
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  • Profile picture of the author Texas_Guns
    Dude... if you're like me and have ADD,
    info overload is a constant, constant battle.

    Writing down a plan, staying focused, keeping
    the plan in front of you at all times, unsubscribing
    to the 100 lists you're on, and taking Omega 3
    pills the size of a goat are things I've found
    helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheMagicShow
    Originally Posted by Jose Anajero View Post

    Information overload is one of the most common problems of beginners in internet marketing.

    Have you ever experienced information overload? What caused it and how did you handle it?

    Thanks for sharing and I hope your inputs can benefit beginners.


    Jose
    Everyone has experienced info overload, the way you deal with it is by not reading every piece of email or ebook that you find, stop buying everything and actually focus on ONE thing and master it and try to build your skills around that. Reading everything does no good unless it applies to your one skills/method that you are going after. Master one main skill, ppc, seo, article writing, blogging, social networking, copywriting, making videos, graphics, and you can create income for a lifetime!!!
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