{"id":434,"date":"2007-09-11T20:51:51","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T12:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whoisandrewwee.com\/internet-marketing\/internet-marketing-attention-deficit-disorder-and-a-solution\/"},"modified":"2007-09-11T20:51:51","modified_gmt":"2007-09-11T12:51:51","slug":"internet-marketing-attention-deficit-disorder-and-a-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/internet-marketing\/internet-marketing-attention-deficit-disorder-and-a-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Marketing Attention Deficit Disorder And A Solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Attention fellow Internet Marketer, do you:<\/p>\n
If you’re answered “yes” to at least one of these questions, you might be suffering from “Internet Marketing ADD”…seek professional help immediately.<\/p>\n
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A common refrain heard on the forums is that experienced Internet Marketers have difficulty focusing on a single project and are constantly “project flipping” as often as switching stations with the TV remote.<\/p>\n
Here’s a realization:<\/p>\n
To be an entrepreneur, you need to be able to multitask pretty effectively. I don’t mean only being able to work on a couple of things at the same time… You will also need to take on a couple of roles at the same time – CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, CMO, etc. You need a broadbase of skills, or at least an elementary understanding of sales, finance, marketing, product development, technology, as well as keep an eye on the strategic direction of your business.<\/p>\n
In contrast, I know a number of professionals (lawyers, bankers, engineers) who are experts at what they do, they’re the archetypical “inch wide, mile deep” specialists, but their lack of a broadbase means they have great difficulty managing a business, given its myriad requirements. But give them a single task and they can chug away at it for weeks or months on end.<\/p>\n
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If you’re reading this, you’re probably an Internet Marketer. What can you do to deal with this problem?<\/p>\n
Here’s my take:<\/p>\n
Attention fellow Internet Marketer, do you: Take on more projects than you can reasonably handle? Have no problem starting a new project every day, but counting completed projects, you don’t go beyond the five fingers on one hand? Receive an email or a phone call for a JV (joint venture) opportunity and 30 seconds into […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[912,911,910,1766,185,909],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whoisandrewwee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}