4 Productivity Tips That Make Creating Online Content Effortless

I want to let you in on a couple of pretty obvious yet really helpful productivity methods that can help you produce your content quicker and easier!

Don't edit yourself too soon!

I regularly compose, record and mix my own music. I've produced podcasts and I regularly write articles and copy for blog posts etc. The point being that one of the BEST lessons I've learned that applies to all of these formats is to never edit myself as I go along.

Editing while you write is one of the best ways to land yourself with a serious case of writer's block.

The words you put on paper, the words you record or the instruments you capture don't have to be perfect, clear or grammatically correct from the start.

Don't allow the censor in you to interfere with the expressive part. Allow the expressive part to get all the raw ideas down any which way in your first draft.

Then unleash the censor in you to bring all of those ideas together in a coherent and structured way.

Don't worry about accuracy during the writing/draft process.

If you don't know a model number, barcode, statistic or other specific fact DON'T get distracted from your project to go look it up. If you're on a roll, in the groove - whatever - just keep writing or recording and leave an empty space. That way you won't interrupt your train of thought.

Get started - No matter what!

Simply getting started on a project can be a challenge in itself. Struggling to get those creative juices flowing? This tip will help!

This is a well known technique among writers and though it does sound a little ridiculous - it really works.

If you sit down to write a just cannot get started with any good ideas - you just start to write "I don't know what to write, I don't know what to write - I know how it sounds but it really won't take long before your brain unclogs and you're able to write something more helpful and descriptive.

Don't let other people see or hear your content while it's rough!

I would seriously recommend that you get your content down on paper, recorded or whatever and edited at least once before sharing it with anyone else. No mater how thick skinned you are, chances are the slightest criticism or joke about your work in progress could mean you change it for the worse... or even abandon it completely.

Winning Back Her Love - 3 Things That Usually Don't Work

There are plenty of things that guys will do to try and win back the love of a woman whom they used to be in a relationship with or a woman they are dating but they can tell is drifting away, and a lot of them just don't work all that well. Some are the kind of thing that will sound good and sound like an effective way to make her fall in love with you again, but the reality will fall short of your expectations when you realize that no matter what, it's not going to make her change her mind.

Being able to save yourself from the mistake of trying things that just don't work that often will save you a lot of potential time and heartache, so you may want to pay close attention.

Here are 3 things that usually don't work if you want to win back the love of a woman:

1. Writing her sappy love poems that only sound good to you.

Here is the reality about writing out those love poems that you would think would work: It probably only sounds good to you. It might be cold to say that, but most of the time it ends up being the way that it is. While you might think that the words are going to touch her, chances are the paper is just going to get crinkled up and then tossed in a garbage can somewhere.

2. Texting her love messages throughout the day.

Texting a woman you are on good terms with every once in a while can be a good thing, when it is a woman that you are on the outs with, it is not going to have the same result. You might hear someone suggest this as the way to go, but most of the time it just ends up being the shortened version of the love letter and will just get ignored or deleted.

3. Trying to persuade her that she should love you.

It's funny. You can stand in the mirror and concoct a long speech that sounds like it should be in one of those romantic comedies women love so much, but when it actually comes out, it just sounds like a guy begging for a chance and that's not sexy nor is it convincing. You can try all you want to persuade her that she should love you, but if she doesn't FEEL IT, it's just not going to happen.

How Long Should a Podcast Be?

Understanding the timing and structure of podcasts are important elements for any audio publisher. This article looks at how you can create well-paced, well-structured audio content that delivers your core messages and creates material which makes for a pleasant listening experience.

Controlling the pace and running time creates content that is relevant and easy to listen to. If they enjoy the experience, your audience will return for further installments. With the right composition, length, and layout, your podcasts will also be appropriate for syndication by commercial stations.

Knowing what you want to achieve through your podcasts helps you to decide format and length. Will your audience be listening at home, at work, or on the move? Do you want to offer instruction or entertainment? Are you planning to create content with an eye to syndication or do you want to create content for your immediate community?

If you think about the times you have stood for a minute's silence, you'll be aware how long a period it seems. Remind yourself of what a whole minute feels like by using a timer and really take in the experience. In the context of your podcasts, this covers a lot of content to fill with focused, relevant, and entertaining content. Depending on your podcast length, you'll have to structure your content to fill two, eight, ten, twelve, fifteen, twenty minutes, half an hour or longer...

Length will depend on factors including: your audience expectations and behaviour, the purpose and intentions of your podcast, their frequency, and your ability to create entertaining content on a consistent basis. For example, you're planning a series of weekly broadcasts focusing on quick tips and strategies, a shorter length will be more appealing and more practical. If you're planning to offer a more reflective, in-depth perspective, then a longer length would be fitting.

Whatever the length, it's important that you spread the content out in a sensible and intelligible way. Prior planning prevents you from getting side-tracked and run out of time. You avoid running out of things to say within minutes of starting. Spreading your narration over the length of the broadcast is called pacing and it means that you've allowed sufficient time to deliver your material without awkward gaps or frantic rushing.

Trying to pack in all your material in a few minutes does your audience a disservice, so see how much time it actually takes to deliver your material and make adjustments as a result. You want to be sure that your listeners are able to understand what you want to say in a relaxed and clear manner.

As you consider the layout and structure of your podcast, practice your introductions and closing sentences. Time them so that you can be realistic about length and how long you'll have left for your body content. If your introductions and endings take five minutes out of an allocated 8 minutes then you've left yourself very little time for the actual topic...

Use your script or programme outline to monitor your delivery of the body content. A script keeps you on track and focused on your key messages so you make the most of the period you've allowed yourself. If the theme merits it, you can create further episodes, so don't think that you need to mention everything within one broadcast.

Most listeners retain three core messages so don't waste time overloading your podcast and overwhelming your audience. People tend to remember items towards the beginning and the end of a long passage of information so keep your points short and clear.

If you consistently run over the allotted time, then either to cut back your text to fit or increase the length of your overall broadcast. Be aware that the length may not be appropriate for your audience, or the format, or the sort of content that you want to publish. It makes more sense to learn to edit back from the first and avoid the temptation of extending your podcast if you don't have to.

Practise and listen to your recordings and ask others for constructive feedback. You can make adjustments now before uploading your material. Do you make your points succinctly and accessibly? Does the material tie together? Do your verbal tics and mannerisms take up precious time? Are you speaking in a monotone, or too quickly and unevenly?

How you articulate your content will make an impact on your timings - speaking clearly and slowly may take up more time but means that your audience will be able to understand and enjoy what you have to say. If you're covering complex ideas or new concepts, then your listeners will prefer a steady and evenly paced delivery. Your decision on length needs to take into account your tempo and natural pacing as much as the complexity and purpose of the content.

If you're creating podcasts with an eye to syndication then you want to emulate a format that's considerate to the needs of commercial radio broadcasting. Listen for an hour or two to a couple of commercial radio stations which are good examples of the kind who would take your content, or who broadcast to your niche audience.

Make a note of breaks in content for advertising and the length of time that is given over to adverts in each break. Observe when the presenters make identity breaks and whether it's in the form of a jingle or a spoken reminder. Log the length of story segments so you can see the how much time is devoted to a single topic or theme before the listener has to listen to an advert break or ident reminder.

Once you've finished, you'll be able to see how your target station manages the balance between content and advertising. If you want your content to be used by such stations, you'll need to make sure that your broadcasts reflect the same pattern and flow. So you'll position your content segments to start and end along similar time-frames.

As the article shows, the length of your podcasts will be decided a combination of factors including the needs and listening habits of your target audience, your purpose and intentions, and your natural pace and delivery. Listening to other audio publishers will help you see what appeals to your niche and will also influence your ultimate format. A key consideration will always be the relevancy of your content - if you make it accessible and enjoyable to listen to without exceeding their patience, your audience will support you.

The Value of a Good Punter to an NFL Team

When an NFL team is struggling, one of the jokes that fans make is that the punter is the best player on the team. The punter is one of those players that gets absolutely no respect until he makes a great play. But that play is soon forgotten and the punter is allocated to the bench until the offense cannot move the ball and the punter is needed to get the team out of trouble again.

How important is a good punter to an NFL team? When your favorite team is looking at a fourth and long from its own goal line, you can start to appreciate the value of a good punter. In the NFL, a good punter is one that can average anywhere from 45 to 55 net yards per kick. That sounds easy, but net yards are gross yards minus the return yards. You may have a punter that can boot the ball 65 yards, but if he cannot get any hang time, then he may constantly give up 30-yard returns.

A good punter is one that can consistently place the ball inside the 20-yard line without giving the other team a chance at returning the ball. The really good punters can drop the ball inside the opponent's five yard line and make the ball stop or kick backwards so it can be downed by the punt coverage team. Without a good punter, a team's bad offense becomes even more of a liability. A good punter is the player that gets a team out of trouble and prevents the opposition from starting a drive inside his team's side of the field.

When it comes to separating the good punters from the popular punters, that can be a little more difficult. Punters are popular with their teammates when those punters contribute to the punt coverage team. If a punter puts up a bad punt and then does not even try to tackle the returner, then that punter loses a lot of respect from his teammates. A punter who can tackle is one that will earn the respect of his teammates and the fans.

Punting is something that is often taken for granted by football fans. It is incredibly difficult to punt a ball to a specific location on the field and then get that ball to spin a particular way. When a team finds a punter that can consistently control the flight of the ball, then that is a punter that will usually get paid a lot of money and get offered long-term contracts.

Even the best offenses in the NFL get in trouble sometimes. A team with a good punter has an expert that can get that team out of trouble when things go wrong. The job of a punter is often never appreciated until a team realizes that it has an inconsistent punter. The desire for a good punter is never high on a general manager's list until things start to really go wrong.

Is the Social Media Channel You've Chosen Right for Your Biz or Wrong?

While it's true sites like Facebook and Twitter have millions of members, there are also dozens of others which may prove to be of greater marketing value to your business. It's a matter, first, of knowing who your potential customer is. Then determining where they hang out.

While knowing who your clients are seems the most sensible info to have, a great number of entrepreneurial, small, and medium companies have little more than a basic idea of their ideal or actual customer. Or how to reach them in this socially oriented world.

To reach your best clients, through social media marketing and social networking, you must first pinpoint their wants and needs; to flesh them out as individuals with their own unique lifestyles. And this allows you to find the right social venue they prefer to spend their time on.

Here's just a few examples of what you need to know about potential clients:

* What type of life they likely live * Salary and amount of disposable income * Married with kids, single. * Where and how they live. Including city or burbs, home or apartment dwellers. * Type of job, whether they're a biz owner. * Buying Habits

Actually knowing who needs and buys your products and services helps you get off to a fast start. Saving you time and expense by leading you to sites potential clients are highly likely to socialize on. And helping you eliminate others quickly. Not to worry. There are dozens of top companies armed with customer research you can tap into.

Here's the lowdown on some top social sites to consider:

LinkedIn

As you probably know, LinkedIn is the top site for businesses. Whether small, medium, large or entrepreneurial, LinkedIn stats show about 147+ million members spread over dozens of countries.

If you're looking for owners and top level decision makers, LinkedIn is the place to find them. Here's stats from LinkedIn Estimated Target Audience 2/12:

Users: Males - 57.9% ages 25-54 - Females - 42.1% 58.5 million users USA High Tech - 14% Finance - 12.4% Manufacturing - 10.1% Engineering - 6.7% Info Technology - 6.1% Service 2.3% Legal - 1.9% Approximately 10.8% are Entrepreneurs. 9.5% in Sales. 8.3% in Operations 39% are Managers, Directors, VP's, Chief Officers, owners Approx - 68% are company decision makers of some type.

Bottom line - if your product or service requires a decision maker, you can email them through LinkedIn InMail. Or find contact info on their profile page. Since you can personally contact them, you will likely avoid most gatekeepers. Giving you the perfect opportunity to connect on a more level playing field. To confidently, and clearly, present your product or service.

Pinterest

Pinterest is a social networking platform with millions of members. In fact a recent comscore.com study reports they are the fastest growing website ever. With over 10 million unique monthly visitors.

The site is set up so members create their own photo 'pin boards'. These boards can be made up of photos and info about anything that interests them. Members gather photos of items they love, want, or are interested in. Then post the photos to their pin boards for others to see and/or repin. They're also encouraged to follow others.

According to a recent report from Modea.com: 68.2% are female users. Aged 24 to 44. 50% of these women have children and a median household income of $100K.

Further, if your products include lingerie, baby products, fashion, food, recipes, wedding associated items, home decor, personal services, for example, you're in luck. You'll likely find a huge market here.

According to Inside Network's AppData tracking service, "over 1/5th of Printerest's users use Pinterest each day. At the start of 2012 the daily user count was just 810,000, but now its at 2 million according to AppData."

Pinterest is becoming an obsession for tons of enthusiastic women who sing its praises. And they're not afraid to post, repin and share what they like. Which gives you more free marketing and PR. A greater opportunity to brand your biz.

FourSquare

Have a local business selling physical products or services? Foursquare may be for you.

Current stats show they've grown tremendously. Over 25 million people use Foursquare to connect with places. Over 1 million businesses currently are promoting their biz on Foursquare. Alexa stats show this audience an active 18-34, some college and postgraduate work. With an almost equal number of male and female users.

While visitors can check their site via desktop, mobile is the top way people check in. And Foursquare offers a free app to help people connect to their system.

Visitors can share and save their experiences at places visited. Plus offered personalized recommendations for places to go. Visitors search by location, service, product or type. From burgers and movie theaters to pizza parlors, customers can easily locate it using FourSquare's app.

Here's a few more social networks, which may be new to you, but are thriving:

Buzznet - 10 million users - Music and Pop culture Cafe Mom 1.25 million active users - Pregnancy, Babies, Home Life Classmates.com - 50 million - school, college, work, military Flixter - Movie sharing - 63 million users

Once you've developed a bio, on your target customer, then search for social sites where they're known to engage. And while the numbers for that network may be large, this doesn't necessarily mean you'll receive a great response. Discover how and why they socialize on that particular site. Before taking time to join and reach out.

By researching and considering groups in addition to, or other than, Facebook and Twitter, you can better determine where to expend your efforts. Plus you'll find it easier to organize a marketing plan which presents your message in a way that's readily accepted by potential clients using the channels you choose.

Benefits of Coverage Without a Medical Exam

Choosing the best insurance coverage helps in protecting your family's finances even when you are no longer around to provide for them. It is very crucial to be real and consider all possibilities when planning your family's future. If what you did not expect happens, your life insurance coverage should cover all costs like for the funeral, medical payments and other payments that will burden your family. Regardless of your current health status, you ought to have coverage. There are online companies that give no-exam life insurance quotes that are physical.

This kind of insurance that have no tests is very important to you who has ever been denied coverage in the past due to your health issues. Previous or even current medical conditions in most cases might rule you out in getting coverage. For the sake of your family's future, you should consider going for an insurance that does not involve you getting coverage.

With today's technology, you could find affordable no-exam life insurance quotes from the internet. With pages that offer a variety of quotes from different companies, you will be able to get insurance from many insurance companies that will make coverage available to you despite your health conditions.

You should make a point of consulting an insurance agent to give you information on how to get this insurance without a medical exam without worrying about how extreme your case may be.

In other cases, time is very essential when you are securing coverage. It normally fats when getting this kind of coverage, probably faster than all the other types of insurance. This means you get your coverage sooner than expected. In saving time on this qualifying factor, you will be able to have peace for you now have coverage to protect your loved ones. If you are really a time conscious person then this is the most viable option. This is also an advantage because you have coverage despite your health condition.

In many cases people who are in their golden years or have a health that is deteriorating are not allowed to have coverage. However, you need to worry not for today, there are companies suited for your specific case.

The easiness of no-medical life insurance is that you are able to get a policy very fast compared to traditional policies. Insurance companies in the website always help clients in various ways. You could get a good company that will help you find the best coverage for your need in a very simple way. Through the internet, you could review a number of quotes for life insurance without any requirement of physical tests.