{"id":1234,"date":"2014-02-25T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T08:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:52:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T02:52:05","slug":"how-to-be-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/how-to-be-productive\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be Productive in an Online Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"frosting-182849_640\"<\/a>Imagine you were a baker.<\/p>\n

A baker needs to make cakes and pastries to sell as product.<\/p>\n

If no product is on the cake stand or in the shop window, it’s going to be hard to sell anything.<\/p>\n

Especially, if your ‘product idea’ is a lot of raw material all neatly stacked where it needs to be. Or maybe you’ve managed to put some of your raw materials together in readiness for launching your cake product. Maybe you’ve mixed some of the recipe but get distracted and never finish one cake before you pop across and play with another stack of raw materials. \u00a0Perhaps you’ve actually got some biscuits in the oven ready to cook but forgot you had them in there.<\/p>\n

You’re busy, but you’re just not producing anything saleable!<\/p>\n

Sound familiar?<\/p>\n

A lot of internet marketers are busy, They’re doing things. Just not necessarily the right things. Being productive is about producing!<\/p>\n

When we’re involved with digital marketing, being productive is about getting the key things done so you have a saleable product that people can buy. Online business productivity is a hot topic these days.<\/p>\n

So how to you become more productive?<\/p>\n

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  1. Know what your end-game is<\/strong>, what you’re trying to do. \u00a0Example, by the end of this week I will have an operating sales funnel including sales page, email opt-in and working buy buttons in place. For that I will have\u00a0produced 7 blog posts, a 12 page report and a 35 page ebook.<\/li>\n
  2. Know what you have to do every day<\/strong>. Break up your tasks into daily activities that work toward completion. Example, today I will have drafted the sales page, outlined the ebook and report, and published one post.<\/li>\n
  3. Set yourself a time to do each task<\/strong>. If you don’t, one task could take all day! Example, Monday 8.00-11.30 – 1st draft of salespage<\/li>\n
  4. Work on one thing at a time<\/strong>. Women are notoriously good at multi-tasking, but guys seem to get more completed! Repeat the mantra “one thing” when you find yourself switching focus.<\/li>\n
  5. Cut out the distractions<\/strong>. Before you start on your task, close down all reminders from email. social networks , games etc. You DO NOT want to be interrupted – it takes a long time to get your focus back. Same goes for people – put your phone on divert and close your office door so others know you’re not available.<\/li>\n
  6. Group similar\/same tasks<\/strong>. \u00a0For example, I prefer to schedule a half day or one day to write all my posts for the week. That way my mind is in the zone and I can just focus on writing. It’s far more effective for getting more done than having to chop and change.<\/li>\n
  7. Use tools<\/strong>. If I know I’m going to need tools for a task eg a word counter or some free images, I’ll have those tools open and available so I can just click and go rather than stopping to find them.<\/li>\n
  8. Build in breaks<\/strong>. Sitting at the computer for more than an hour demands a quick stand up and stretch. Refocus your eyes by looking into the distance for a minute or two, Go get some water. \u00a0In between ‘sets’ of tasks, take a 10-15 minute break and refresh yourself, have a snack or drink and get your gear ready for the next task before you start. Your body is meant to move, remember!<\/li>\n
  9. Do your prep at the start of the day.<\/strong> Check you’ve got the supplies you need and everything is working. \u00a0I hate getting into the zone and having to stop because I can’t find the software I need, or that special paper I needed to print \u00a0on has been buried or the ink is out. \u00a0Work out what you need ahead of the day and have it good to go.<\/li>\n
  10. High five yourself<\/strong>! Working online is lonely at times. There’s no-one to gee you up and motivate you or to brag to. So do it to yourself! \u00a0I’ll occasionally do a \u00a0happy-dance when I’ve completed a big job or I’ll switch on the music and sing aloud during a break as a reward (neighbours don’t think it’s that good!). Celebrate your little and big achievements. Feeling good is productive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Those are 10 things I work at to ensure I’m productive, not just busy, when working online.<\/p>\n

    What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Imagine you were a baker. A baker needs to make cakes and pastries to sell as product. If no product is on the cake stand or in the shop window, it’s going to be hard to sell anything. Especially, if your ‘product idea’ is a lot of raw material all neatly stacked where it needs… Read More »How To Be Productive in an Online Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[94],"tags":[285,259],"class_list":["post-1234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-productivity","tag-online-business-productivity","tag-productive-series"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3M6th-jU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redhotinternetmarketing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}