You have to have a life as well as building your online empire.  I’ve been fortunate enough to learn from many successful marketers and it is my observation that the really ‘minted’ ones follow a similar set of four principles:

1. They set targets then just get on with it.

2. They don’t tinker too much.

3. They tend to work on their Internet Marketing at the same time of day (I don’t mean everyone works at say 9am but that each person tends to favour a particular time of day whether it’s 10.30 in the morning or midnight).

4. They are able to break from the Internet and have a life outside it – it keeps them refreshed and interesting. In fact, some of the best ideas I’ve had was when I was nowhere near a computer or even thinking about work.

The reason you need a set time of day is twofold. Firstly, it makes sure you actively managing your time rather than looking at it one a week and thinking ‘shit – I need more traffic’ and conversely it means you don’t over do it and spend all day tinkering (which as we’ve said is a bad idea).

And secondly, it means you can take advantage of your natural biorhythms and put in the effort then you are at your brightest. If you are a morning person, you’ll want to get your marketing in early. If you’re more of an owl (like me), then an evening slot will take advantage of your sharpest mental acuity.

The other big advantage of having a set time of day is that you can plan for it, work it into your diary and make time for it. If you don’t, that article you were meaning to write, or that broadcast you were going to send can get forgotten or the time used for other things. If, for example, you always spend half an hour on traffic generation after breakfast, then it gets to be a regular function and one you feel oddly uncomfortable missing – yes, even on holiday.

Working on your Internet riches at the same time of day – and for the same shortish length of time – means you can break things down into manageable chunks and not get overwhelmed (information overload ring a bell?)

You can work a bit and then take a break, put it behind you for the day and go back to it, at the same time of course, the next day. And providing you’re using your time effectively (watching clips on YouTube doesn’t count) then bit by bit, your income will snowball. Believe me, I’ve been here before you.

Simon

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