Remember the special Customer Appreciation VIP Webinar event I held right before Christmas with an all-star (and all-content) line-up of guests?

Well, we originally planned for it to last only two hours, but once we all got rolling and sharing our best strategies for what’s working NOW in 2009 – it blew up to a whopping FOUR SOLID HOURS of free content.

(Yes – I knew everyone was going to give awesome content for the holidays, but it totally surprised me how long we went…and how long people stayed. There was *nothing* sold during the event – and we raised over $8,300 for charity.)

Now if you missed the sold out webinar – you’re in luck!

The free replay of my now-famous Customer Appreciation VIP Webinar and Charity Event is posted for you! (Keep reading for access details.)

In addition to yours truly, this killer event also featured my top notch marketing friends Jim Edwards, James Grandstaff, Daegan Smith, Yanik Silver and Perry Belcher. Which means this is a serious 6-for-1 ‘ticket’!

Also because this is 4 hours of 100% content, I’ve gone through and edited the replay a bit – and added a table of contents. That way it’s a lot easier for you to navigate. 🙂

Now I could personally rave all day about how amazing this replay video is, but instead, take a peek at the comments that have poured in from live webinar attendees:

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“I am shifting my whole focus on how I do business in the next year from the information I received on tonight’s webinar. You all did a great job and for a great cause. Every webinar I’ve ever been on that you’ve done Chris, you’ve ALWAYS, ALWAYS over delivered and this time you’ve outdone yourself!

And in the sprit of giving all of the speakers gave such awesome content, ideas and strategies that my head is spinning. I know just implementing a few of the ideas I picked up tonight will quantum leap the results I’m currently getting. Thanks you Chris, you all ROCK!”
— Ed Reiner

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“I was glued to my chair and learned a lot went through 2 pens and a full note book thanks. I never new about twitter and i loved the viral concept for free trafic I have done my space and im on yahoo the next biggest thing. i think it all works together though and that is where millions will be made.” — John S.

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“An eye opener! I really like the action steps, as well as the website address so I can do more research on improving different ways to interact and prospect new friends and clients! Almost everything that was talked about was pretty new to me! And if I did know about it I wasn’t doing it, so I will really get my butt in gear..the possibilities are endless!! And I can’t wait to get on twitter!!”
— Samantha Lee

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“WOW! Never had so much content in one call! My biggest take aways were Daegan’s simple use of autoresponder to build a list. Perry’s how to get a good following using twitter and facebook. Jim’s Reverse op in page – give good info first. Yanik’s Finding the right mndset and finding what your asset is and outsource the rest… not to mention how to trick yourself to get things done! James’s create good content and let others sell it and grow your list for you. Chris’ Testing at least 100 results/sales and testing over a longer period of time! Fabulous points!”
— Eli Gonzalez

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“I’ve been to many webinars recently. And this is absolutely is the best one! Looking forward to more from you. Let me know how I can help. Keep up the great work! This is an honest group of professional marketers helping educate new marketers to help themselves. My #1 take away is that your potential is unlimited and multiplied when you help others!” — Donnie Dixon

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And you can see MANY more raving comments about this totally free event on the replay page.

Check it all out here:
http://lifetimemarketingsuccess.com/appreciation08/

Now I’m literally 13 minutes away from setting sail on an 8-day cruise – and I’m totally unplugging (no email, no Internet, no noise!)…but I wanted my last email for the next few weeks to be this replay to you.

Who loves you, baby? 😉

So until next time, I’d love to hear your feedback on the webinar.  Drop me a line and I’ll read it when I get back home!

Happy new year,

Chris Zavadowski 🙂
http://www.twitter.com/chriszavadowski

P.S. – This content-packed replay will NOT be online for very long.  In fact I’ll probably pull it down at the end of January so we can use the top notch content in a few other ways.  So if you want to profit in 2009 from this step-by-step cutting-edge business information, grab your pen and paper and watch it right away.

http://lifetimemarketingsuccess.com/appreciation08/

P.P.S. – Want to meet up in PERSON?  Come join me at Yanik Silver’s UndergroundOnlineMarketingEvent.com

It’s the premier online marketing seminar.  Plus since Yanik is running the show, it’s not only profitable, but super FUN.  (It’s a “James Bond” theme this year, he’s bringing in a big celebrity and when you see the key note speaker your jaw will hit the floor!)

I’ve attended every one of these since the beginning and even spoke twice at last year’s seminar.  I wouldn’t dream of missing this awesome experience.

Check it out yourself here:
UndergroundOnlineMarketingEvent.com

(And if you’re coming, let me know – I would love to meet you in person!)

As your entrepreneurial life takes off, you’ll find your business slowly getting cluttered with repetitive, frustrating (and often time-wasting) tasks. It’s all too easy to lose hours a week — or hours a DAY — focusing on things that aren’t productive, instead of pouring your energy into profit-producing activities.

Which means, it’s critical you recognize the “time vampires”, as Dan Kennedy calls them, and put an end to them once and for all. Kill them as soon as they start cluttering your day.

That’s why I’m a *huge* fan of outsourcing these tasks so you can have more fun (and time) in your life. But outsourcing doesn’t always have to be to another person – it can mean handing something off to software or 3rd-party systems that handle the heavy lifting.

So with “Organize Your Home Office Day” being celebrated this month, I thought it would be the perfect time to share 3 of my favorite kick-butt, time-saving tools with you…

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Clutter Reducer #1: Google Calendar
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This totally free tool rocks! I got tired of having different calendars for different projects – personal one in Outlook, joint venture projects in Microsoft Groove, family events on paper, etc. I’ve been dying for a calendar system that allows the ultimate flexibility when collaborating with others, but that also isolates my personal events. (I doubt my business partners care about when I’m getting my teeth cleaned at the dentist. 🙂 ).

Enter: Google Calendar! This brilliantly designed, completely web-based free tool allows you to do all that and more!

Simply create as many calendars as you need (for example, I have ones for my joint venture projects, my company, my family, my personal events, birthdays and more). Each calendar gets color-coded and then appears (or disappears) from your master calendar view simply by checking the boxes on the left.

Now here’s the cool part: You can set up “sharing” for individual calendars and events. Which means my team members ONLY get access to my JV calendar and company calendar, while my family has access to the “Zavadowski Family Events” calendar. And brilliant Google even lets you control permissions, so your calendar can be “read-only” or others can add/change events as needed.

Here’s a snapshot of my current “master calendar” view…

Along with TONS of other features (including text messaging reminders, public shared calendars, multiple views and more, the possibilities are endless.

If you host weekly team trainings for your downline, why not create a team calendar that shows all the upcoming events, along with dial-in information, motivational tips and more.

Or if you’re traveling around hosting live events, you can even publish your calendar on your website for others to see.

Or combine both ideas and put your team calendar on your team training mini-site. The system is virtually limitless!

And one more thing…

If you currently use Outlook (or PDAs requiring Outlook), but fall in love with Google for its massive collaboration potential, I recommend a piece of software called “Oggsync” (much more powerful than Google’s free tool currently is). I use it to sync all of my different events and calendars between Outlook and Google. With the push of a button, everything is always up-to-date, whether on my computer, or on the web.

The importance of Google Calendar is to streamline your business life. Instead of trying to juggle and remember events on different calendars (or scraps of paper and post-it notes), keep everything cleanly organized online with you, your team and your staff — all in ONE central, web-based location. Play around with Google Calendar for 5 minutes and you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it.

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Clutter Reducer #2: Spam Arrest
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In today’s world, the biggest time waster is EASILY email. Much has been written on regaining control of your inbox, controlling our email addictions and more, so I’m not going to spend time covering a topic that’s been thoroughly covered. Instead, I’m going to focus on the biggest email clutter culprit (and how to kill it).

(Side note – If you DO have a big problem with managing your legit email, I highly recommend you read Tim Ferris’ “The 4-Hour Workweek” for excellent strategies on information reduction and email control).

Do the math and you’ll see you’re losing days, if not weeks, each year deleting spam. 10 minutes a day x 5 days a week x 50 work weeks a year = almost 42 hours spent deleting spam each year. That’s at least a FULL work week totally lost to email you never want to see in the first place! And if your business is bigger…you can easily tack on another week or two of wasted time.

So since this article is about reducing clutter – and nothing clutters up your computer time like spam – I highly recommend you check out Spam Arrest. For the last 3+ years, this inexpensive, but powerful, service has been protecting me from hundreds of thousands of spam messages.

In fact, in the last week alone it’s blocked 7,493+ pieces of spam sent to my personal inbox (our company email addresses get 4-5x that amount). Yikes!

Essentially it works on a challenge/response system. Someone emails you, and the service emails them back asking for verification they are a real person. It happens ONE time and BAM…the person now makes it to your inbox…while all the other spam emails never see the light of day.

Of course you have full control over everything, so you can block emails, import your contacts ahead of time and do much more. Plus if you take an extra hour or two to set it up, your contacts don’t even need to know you’re using it.

Just like Google Calendar, Spam Arrest can pull everything into one centralized location. It checks multiple email accounts for me…dropping them all into my master inbox. That way I’m not wasting more time trying to manage multiple inboxes. The month or so it takes to get all the legit emails on your “whitelist” is WELL worth the weeks of your life that will be saved. Highly recommended!

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Clutter Reducer #3: j2 and PhoneTag 1-2 Punch
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Have you ever found yourself getting totally derailed every time the phone rings? Or have you ever found yourself listening to voicemail messages that last for 5 minutes, only to realize they should have taken 30 seconds?

One of the biggest time wasters entrepreneurs face (along with email) is the PHONE! Just one ring can completely get you off track when you’re focused on a project and totally clutter your day with distractions. Not to mention a quick phone call here, and another quick phone call there really adds up over a month…

That’s why I recommend you let these tools do the heavy lifting.

Simply put, j2 is a dedicated business line that’s essentially “answer-only”. For about $15/month, you can have a phone number in virtually any area code you want. Then you set up the voicemail and presto – it will take all your calls! Not only will you avoid getting derailed by unexpected calls, but this service will also convert the voicemails to .wav files and email them wherever you want. If you have an assistant, let him handle these calls for you.

Plus, j2 also accepts faxes on your number – forget adding extra papers to your office clutter!

Your faxes instantly get converted over to .pdf and emailed wherever you want. I’ve been using this service for the last five years and love it!

But…it works best when you pair it up with PhoneTag, formerly SimulScribe, (my good buddy Yanik Silver turned me on to this one). Have your j2 voicemails forwarded right to PhoneTag and you’ll never have to listen to messages again! This $10/month service will instantly transcribe your voicemails — with amazing accuracy! — and email them to you (or your staff). In my case, they go right over to Lara where she handles them for me in a jiffy.

Not only will a streamlined system like this help to unclutter your life and office with distractions and paper, but it also helps you to service your customers and clients better!

You can be fully prepared to help someone out, instead of being caught off guard, putting them on hold, and wasting everyone’s time. Check these services out – you’ll love ’em!

And here’s a bonus clutter reducer: Go paperless! This one is short and sweet. Anywhere you have a chance to “go paperless” with a service, do it!

Not only does this reduce clutter in your life and office, but it reduces paper waste and protects your privacy from something getting stolen in the mail. All of our bank statements, bills, tax reports and more are switched over to the paperless option.

Instead of having to file away a stack of papers every month (and archive them for the IRS each year), you simply save the .pdf file on your computer and you’re done. I can find any statement in 60 seconds, and have a lot more free closet space. 😉 Talk about eliminating clutter – I love it (and you will too!)

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So there you have it – three (well, four) ways to unclutter your business life. Give them a try so you can spend less time bogged down in clutter and time-wasters, and more time making the $$$ and having fun in your business!

Please leave your thoughts below and also share some of YOUR favorite tools and tricks to cut back on the clutter and organize your life better. Help make this article even more useful!

Talk to you soon!

Chris 🙂

P.S. – In a few weeks, I’ll be speaking at Yanik Silver’s famous Underground Online Marketing Seminar. I’ll be giving two separate presentations – one on outsourcing tricks and strategies for your small business, and another on webinars as the hottest cutting-edge marketing tool around (Yanik calls it “enlightened”). If you’re attending the event, be sure to come up and say “hi”!

P.P.S. – Shameless Plug: Keep your eyes peeled for “Outsourcing Secrets Exposed” coming your way later this year. Based on the totally sold-out workshop I taught with Jim Edwards, this will be a revamped and updated live training program you won’t want to miss.