Competition check: Today many providers offer such systems and it is vital to check competition. Features and business models may differ and what may prove good for a large-scale organization may be a white elephant for a small and medium enterprise. It is thus vital to check different systems and make a choice based on various factors including cost and benefits.

Seek recommendations: Often people seek recommendations from others who have purchased a system before making their choice. But this is not very advisable --as often what works for one may not necessarily work for another. Thus consider corporate culture, organizational structure, industry, types of learning programs, number of learning programs and other factors that need to match in order to consider such a recommendation. Buying a system just because vendor is known may be a bad idea as well.

Get a demo: Once you have chosen system you like, make sure to have demos of system before you make purchase. A review team may be useful in providing good insights about product. For example, you may not know but some vendors also incorporate evaluation processes for diagnosing performance of system through its lifecycle.

An e-learning management system is a lifetime investment; so choose wisely before making your purchase.

Don’t just go through motions. Part of a good practice session is finding problems and figuring out solutions. If you’re having trouble fingering a particular chord, then analyze problem and try to find a solution. You might think that your fingers are to small or weak, when reality is that you only need to improve your technique. When I first learned to make barre chords I had a rough time making all six strings sound clear. Now I can make them all sound clear with very little effort. I would also add that I don’t believe my hand strength has much to do with it at all.

Use a metronome when practicing. This will help you improve your timing and make everything sound better.

Learn basics first. If your beginning guitar you should know and understand basic relationship between chords and scales. This will help you to better understand logic of chord patterns when you learn songs and what scale you should use to solo over top of that particular chord pattern. Check out my lesson “Guitar Scales and Chord Triads” at “www.guitarmetal.com” for a visual reference that might help.

Pick a time of day to practice when you feel most alert. If you’re groggy or unfocused, your practice efforts will be compromised. You might work better if you break up your practice session into several times throughout day. For example, maybe practice an hour in morning and a couple hours in evening. You know when you feel most alert so take advantage of those times.

Be prepared with things to work on. Don’t just sit down and noodle around for a couple of hours. Before you sit down you should already know what you’re going to work on. This will help maximize your time.