| Time management is extremely important to an | | | | Project Cost Management |
| online marketer. Because there are so many different | | | | Project Quality Management |
| types of marketing activities and because the | | | | Project Human Resource Management |
| activities are reproduced through many campaigns, it | | | | Project Communications Management |
| is very helpful to create a system to help you stay | | | | Project Risk Management |
| focused and become more productive. | | | | Project Procurement Management |
| By definition a project is temporary with a defined | | | | Be sure to record actual times spent in each phase |
| beginning and end. Once a project schedule is defined | | | | so you can continually refine your plan and shorten |
| for each marketing activity, the schedule can be | | | | the timeframe to bring each project to market. |
| tweaked and used again, and the timeline can be | | | | Develop a Work Breakdown Schedule and |
| shortened as the learning curve is overcome and the | | | | subsequent Project Plan by defining all the activities |
| skills are honed. Since the activities are basically the | | | | for the specific marketing strategy. For instance, for |
| same each time, this formal plan will free your time | | | | an article marketing campaign, you need to define |
| for the creative aspects and allow you to carry out | | | | your target audience, define your keyword, select |
| the activities on autopilot. | | | | your topic, write the article, write the title, and |
| You will move through the defined five process | | | | distribute the article. Break down the steps and |
| groups, or stages in the project life cycle, which are: | | | | create a project plan as well for online ad campaigns. |
| Initiating | | | | Be sure to do a post-mortem evaluation of the |
| Planning | | | | project in the Closing phase. By re-using this plan you |
| Executing | | | | will find that you can produce at a much higher rate |
| Controlling and Monitoring | | | | during successive iterations. You will also be able to |
| Closingas well as the processes in the nine knowledge | | | | evaluate the better methods by tracking the time |
| areas. These are: | | | | required, cost, and effectiveness of each campaign. |
| Project Integration Management | | | | By using these time tested techniques, you will find it |
| Project Scope Management | | | | easier and easier to produce the results you desire! |
| Project Time Management | | | | |