Hi [[firstname]],

Welcome to all the new members who joined our group during this last week.

First, I want to say that this will be the last issue of Newbies Help for a few weeks as I will be traveling. When it returns, I have decided to make it a web based document, issued weekly, and I will send you an email with the link to the newsletter. The reason for the change is that I am trying to utilize my time better so that I can review products for inclusion in the newsletter. There are other reasons, but I will not go into them now.

Now back to today's issue.
In my opinion the main problem encountered by people when starting their online business is that they have so much to do that they try to work on two, three or even more tasks at the same time. This is the recipe for disaster as not one of the tasks will be completed properly and your business will not develop properly.

The article this week re-enforces the need to priorities your work. Read on.

This week's contents:

1. This week's article entitled " Prioritizing Means Productivity "
2. August issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine
3. PC Secret Formula
4. This week's tip.

1. This week's article

There is a famous story in business articles and productivity books. It's often attributed to different people and the exact dollar figure that the consultant was paid is always different.

But the story goes something like this: A man was concerned that he wasn't being very productive. So he asked a consultant for a suggestion. That consultant made a profound suggestion that worked! He told the man to do the following: before leaving work at the end of the day, list the top three things he wanted to accomplish the following day. Then, when he got into work the next day, he should tackle them in order, not starting one until the one before it was complete. He was to keep working until he finished all three. Then he could be done for the day.

This story has taken on a life of its own and it is retold in every productivity book, but it never grows old. That's because the truth of this tale, no matter how fictional the story itself is, is universal.

If you want to be successful in business - whether your business is online or offline - you need to know what you want to accomplish and prioritize it.

Now, the story itself was clearly written in an era when the owner of a business had a plush office and a company car and could come and go as he or she pleased. Nowadays, most online business owners work out of their homes (and sometimes have another job until their small business grows) so the story needs to be tweaked and updated for the modern entrepreneur.

The new moral of the story might be this: Prioritize everything! Rather than listing the top three items to be done, list everything and assign a number (from 1 to infinity... and for most entrepreneurs, the list seems that long!).

Then, get to work. Start at one and begin working down. Periodically you'll have to re-prioritize as changes occur in your business. Task management programs such as Microsoft Outlook can help with prioritization. Even just a Microsoft Word document with an auto-numbering feature is better than nothing.

• First, your productivity will increase dramatically because you'll have started to hone in on doing what needs to be done.
• And, second, you will work far more efficiently because you know the most important thing to do and you're doing it first, before everything else.

2. August issue of Affiliate Classroom Magazine

This Issue looks at the Top 5 Affiliate Programs for August, 2007 and looks at the subject of Offline Advertising, as well as a few other topics of interest. Download your free copy at:

3. PC Secret Formula

Speed up your PC. I have started making the recommended changes and tweaks, and the results are quite amazing. Try it out and see for yourself.

4. This week's tip.

I feel that there is a need to reemphasize the message in the article, which is to only work on one task at a time until it is completed, or or possibly reaches a point of "delay" - waiting for information - to carry on to completion. I learnt this message the hard way in having to redo things because they were either incomplete or they were poorly created and caused other problems that took time to resolve.

I hope that this week's issue was of interest to you, and maybe you found something that would be helpful in your own business. If so, I would appreciate any feedback you may have so that I can align future content to better suit your needs. Send them to newsletter@newbieshelp.com

Sincerely,
Derek Jones
Newbies Help - Editor

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