Destination: Success

This is the third part in the $7 Secrets case study.

Prepare yourself for torture. Well, not really, unless you’ve married yourself to your first draft while writing it.

Carrying on, I’m going to stress the importance of editing your report for quality because I’ve come across far too many of these cheap reports that look like they were thrown together by a third grader and in every case, I felt jilted. And you know what else? I will never purchase anything else put out or recommended by those authors.

You don’t want your customers to feel that way, you want them to feel as though they received real value from you because it helps to build trust.

Before you begin the process of editing your report, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with some basic copy editing symbols. (This should bring back some memories from grade school English class.) continue reading »

This is the second part of the $7 Secrets case study.

Before beginning the actual report, I decided to review the $7 Secrets ebook again, especially my favorite part — keeping it short (30 pages or less short). Knowing that I had a limited number of pages to work with made planning it a bit easier, however, I learned during the editing process that you’ll want to make your first draft about 35 double-spaced pages and then edit down. continue reading »

This is the first part of the $7 Secrets case study.

You could conceivably write a report on any topic, but if there’s no market for it, you will need to work harder to get a return on your efforts.

For my report, I lucked out on selecting a topic because it had just become popular due to increased exposure. It was a subject that I enjoyed immensely and had studied for quite a while, so writing it wouldn’t be difficult for me. continue reading »

Since writing my initial review of $7 Secrets, I decided that I should document my own results with the process — plus, I promised a few people that I would.

The process wasn’t a short one by any means, although it was prolonged due to time constraints and my overwhelming need to be a perfectionist. continue reading »

I was a little taken aback when Lynn tagged me for this meme; to actually impress someone who impresses me on a daily basis is truly an honour. (This is actually part of the Simply Successful Secrets “research project” started by Aaron Potts, who will compile his results when he feels it’s ready. Hopefully I’m not too late to contribute.)

But, before I get to my success habits, I do have a confession to make: I haven’t attained my ultimate success and probably never will (at least, not in this lifetime) because there are always new ideas to try, places to visit, people to meet, and things to learn. But all of that won’t stop me from enjoying the journey. After all, that’s what life is all about, the journey, right?

Let’s begin. Here are the things I do each day, in no particular order, which I feel contribute to my successes: continue reading »