The
Top 10 Time Wasting Pursuits of Internet Marketing and How To Avoid
Them
Have you discontinued some of those ineffectual marketing strategies we
discussed in part 1? Well today I’m going to free up even more of
your time…
PART 2 – Time Wasting Internet
Marketing Activities
Today we’re going to discuss the top 5 time wasting activities of Internet
marketers.
1.
Aimless Surfing – this is one of the greatest timewasters and definitely the most
practiced. How many times have you gone online with a mission and
then gotten side tracked? It’s actually difficult not too. Every
site you visit has a dozens of different ways to exit every single
page. I seem to be even more prone to aimless surfing if I have
a job to complete that I don’t really want to do. Sound familiar?
I now write my goals down on paper before I logon each day. It helps
me to remain focused and has saved me a lot of time. Writing down
your goals also helps for the next time waster….
Outcome: 3 hours have gone by but you still haven’t
done anything.
Solution: schedule some time for surfing as a reward
for getting work done/ completing goals. Very effective: set a deadline
for your project.
2.
Doing Too Many Things At Once
– “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. You don’t have
to do every thing now, at the same time. I know your excited and
you want to get up and running so those dollars can start rolling
in but a more disciplined approach will save you valuable time.
If you are doing one task and suddenly remember something you need
to do, don’t abandon your current job unless you REALLY must.
Outcome: you’ll find yourself jumping between 2,3 or
maybe even more jobs at the same time and your productivity plummets.
Solution: write down whatever it is you need to
do by adding it to the list of goals you wrote (hopefully) before
logging on.
3.
Working Too Long –
I still find it very difficult to stop working. I tend to keep going
hours after the rest of my family have gone to bed. The problem
is, for the last 2 or 3 hours, I am so fatigued that I can’t concentrate.
My efficiency goes way down and I become susceptible to doing some
of the time wasters already mentioned. I’m also more likely to impulse
buy…..my most expensive online transactions tend to be made after
12 midnight!
Outcome: your tired, your credit card bill is bigger
and your partner is sick of you coming to bed late.
Solution: set yourself a regular finishing time and
stick to it. The work will still be there tomorrow.
4.
Marketing Without a Mailing List
– many established and successful marketers
will tell you, Internet marketing without a mailing list is a waste
of time. If you want a shot at the big bucks, it’s always going
to be a lot harder without your own mailing list. After 8 months
online and still without a mailing list, I was making about $700
a month. I soon realized it was going to very difficult to make
more without a mailing list.
Outcome: every time you come across a good affiliate
program or create a product you have to work 3 times harder than
the guy with the list to make sales.
Solution: start collecting email addresses today.
Get yourself an autoresponder
and keep the whole process on auto-pilot.
5.
Not Doing Your Homework
– unfortunately there are still a lot of Internet
marketers who are so enthusiastic about the prospects of making
money, they don’t do enough research before proceeding. I once heard
Steven Spielberg say “be sure you know everything you need to know……and
then proceed.” Now there’s a man whose advice I’d take. This is
especially true with the Internet because it changes so rapidly.
You must know what is working now so that you may utilize the tools,
resources and strategies that will maximize your success.
Outcome: your half way into a project before you realize
you’ve gone about it the wrong way.
Solution: take the time to thoroughly research your ideas.
This doesn’t mean spend 3 years preparing a thesis but enough to
be confident you know what to do.
OK, so that’s it. How many
of the top 10 timewasters were you guilty of? Make just a few simple
changes today and you could free up hundreds of hours per year to
be spent on more fruitful activities like focused marketing, family
and relaxing.
Murray
Hughes
007WorkFromHome.com
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