How many hours a week do you work?
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I spend about 6 hours a day at my day job doing seo for clients, and then another 4 hours at home working on my own sites.
Just getting started but about 20 hours a week - still have this annoying thing called a day job...but working on it (sound a chains rattling)
about 2-4 hours a day thanks to a couple of techniques I adopted.
general outline for personal productivity and automation is as proceeds...
NOTE: Being effective VS. Efficient
Effective: Doing things that move you closer to your goal.
Efficient: Performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient is the default mode of the universe :/
sooooo Keep in mind....
1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
(what you do is INFINITELY MORE IMPORTANT that HOW you do it)
80/20 principle- Most are familiar with this, some are not and you SHOULD be. It was coined by a economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto when he noticed that 20% 0f the population was in control of 80% of the wealth. It was later applied to EVERYTHING. 20% of your actions are directly responsible for 80% of your income/wealth, you hang out with 20% of your friends 80% of the time, you where 20% of your clothes 80% of the time. You visit 20% of the places in your city 80% of the time. 20% of your campaigns running produce 80% of your revenue, 20% of investors obtain 80% of the profits and 20% of one of those investors portfolios brings them 80% of their gains the list goes on and on so have fun with it. Its important to eliminate (or be an analytical fat cutting machine) before you move on to the other rules/steps. Being busy is a form of laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Parkisons Law - A task or project will swell in complexity due to the amount of time you allow for its completion (deadline) In school or work, when an assignment is given you magically complete it before its due date to avoid the potential negative consequence (bad grade or termination) Well...in this game we dont have any real externally imposed deadlines. So try and come up with some for yourself an easy one is using this as your primary source of income. You might have to cut expenses completely and live off of ramen noodles and water like so many of us have. At least I know thats what I did. Suck it up....
fight or flight is still in affect.
Batching - Letting repetitive tasks build to a point where it will be completed on a set day for a set day for a set amount of time (Parkisons Law) Laundry, Dishes, Bills, Calls to return, EMAIL, STATS lol
Anyways i've adopted these techniques and it hasnt been the most comfortable thing to do but it is worth it.
Oh yeah, and dont try to delegate things you dont know how to do yourself.
general outline for personal productivity and automation is as proceeds...
NOTE: Being effective VS. Efficient
Effective: Doing things that move you closer to your goal.
Efficient: Performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient is the default mode of the universe :/
sooooo Keep in mind....
1. Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.
2. Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.
(what you do is INFINITELY MORE IMPORTANT that HOW you do it)
80/20 principle- Most are familiar with this, some are not and you SHOULD be. It was coined by a economist by the name of Vilfredo Pareto when he noticed that 20% 0f the population was in control of 80% of the wealth. It was later applied to EVERYTHING. 20% of your actions are directly responsible for 80% of your income/wealth, you hang out with 20% of your friends 80% of the time, you where 20% of your clothes 80% of the time. You visit 20% of the places in your city 80% of the time. 20% of your campaigns running produce 80% of your revenue, 20% of investors obtain 80% of the profits and 20% of one of those investors portfolios brings them 80% of their gains the list goes on and on so have fun with it. Its important to eliminate (or be an analytical fat cutting machine) before you move on to the other rules/steps. Being busy is a form of laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.
Parkisons Law - A task or project will swell in complexity due to the amount of time you allow for its completion (deadline) In school or work, when an assignment is given you magically complete it before its due date to avoid the potential negative consequence (bad grade or termination) Well...in this game we dont have any real externally imposed deadlines. So try and come up with some for yourself an easy one is using this as your primary source of income. You might have to cut expenses completely and live off of ramen noodles and water like so many of us have. At least I know thats what I did. Suck it up....
fight or flight is still in affect.Batching - Letting repetitive tasks build to a point where it will be completed on a set day for a set day for a set amount of time (Parkisons Law) Laundry, Dishes, Bills, Calls to return, EMAIL, STATS lol
Anyways i've adopted these techniques and it hasnt been the most comfortable thing to do but it is worth it.
Oh yeah, and dont try to delegate things you dont know how to do yourself.
I work a shitload b/c I have my own startup and I'm just getting into affiliate marketing. But if it's not that many hours/wk that you guys work. I'm kind of excited about it's potential.
Anyone aiming big - like making a million from affil marketing?
Anyone aiming big - like making a million from affil marketing?
I work 2 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Im making enough money to break even through SEO and selling products to break even.
To just maintain what i have i could get away with 2 hours a week probably so the rest of the time is invested in gradually increasing.
the rest of my time is spent living the lifestyle ive choosen.
Im making enough money to break even through SEO and selling products to break even.
To just maintain what i have i could get away with 2 hours a week probably so the rest of the time is invested in gradually increasing.
the rest of my time is spent living the lifestyle ive choosen.
waynesusanbell
A Marketers Eye View
My wife and I paid our dews by working 100 ours a week for 3 years but now have it down to around 3 to 4 hours a day between us which leaves lots of time for our favorite hobby>Online Marketing. Once it gets in your blood your hooked.
A Marketers Eye View
Wayne
A Marketers Eye View
Wayne
probably just 5-6 hours a day..
after that just forget everything and get back to the real world
after that just forget everything and get back to the real world
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