Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Utilizing Your Online Business Time Wisely

By Russell Howe


If you are going to achieve your ambition of being able to make money online, one of the most important skills to learn is the ability to manage your time effectively. Determination and work ethic, sadly, aren't enough to produce life changing results.

Online businesses isn't something which is supposed to dominate your life. In fact, most people get involved in it because they want to build an income in their spare time, so it's important that you learn how to work smarter, not harder, with the time you can allocate to your chosen affiliate program.

Once you learn that there is no hidden formula to success, no miracle system you can stumble upon, you begin to see that the lines between being an affiliate marketer and running your own offline business become quite blurred. There are so many similarities that, much like the offline world, those who enjoy the most success tend to be the ones who are able to do more with the time they have. []

Start by asking yourself the questions you'd ask if you were opening a shop in your local area. What would you need to do first? You'll need to write out a business plan, of course. Secondly, you'll need a set of goals which detail how far you're aiming to go and what kind of timescale you're looking at. Third comes your daily timetable to ensure you are doing enough to reach your goals.

For some strange reason, this same mentality doesn't translate into the online business world for many affiliate marketers and causes them to run around like headless chickens, spending all day on the internet yet getting nothing done and, worse still, seeing no results for their efforts. Empower Network is a great example of this.

Once you have decided upon your main skills as a marketer and the main areas you'd like to attack, you should set out a structure. This starts by having a central point. Usually, that's a blog or a website if you're dealing with an affiliate program, MLM or online business.

One you have established your nucleus, you can use various forms of marketing to bring visitors in. These include video marketing, online articles, regular advertising and social networking.

Don't focus all of your attention on just one thing, otherwise your business will feel a little lopsided and will probably struggle. Set out a plan to work for one hour each day on a certain aspect and by the end of the week you should have done a considerable amount of work on each different thing. This allows you to grow your brand evenly and, better still, keeps you working actively rather than falling into the common online trap of sitting back and waiting to be discovered.

Remember, if you are trying to make money online you need to learn how to manage what time you have in order to get the most from your online business. Just like running your own retail business, you'll notice things become easier when you have a solid timetable in place.




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