How To Increase Your Productivity.
If you’re going to achieve lasting success in internet marketing, you’re going to have to be productive. It doesn’t matter what field you go into- affiliate marketing, product creation, whatever- you’re going to have to produce. And the more successful you become, the more will be expected of you.
So how do you do that? How do you crank out high-quality work day after day, especially when you’re working from home, with all the distractions that entails?
Read on to find some easy solutions to keeping your productivity on track.
Schedule
The surest way to do everything you need to get done is to schedule it out and stick to it.
This includes giving yourself some allowances for things like aimless web browsing, breaks, and unexpected delays. Another tip is to plan to do your most important (or most dreaded) tasks first. This guarantees that they get done, and you don’t have to spend the whole day dreading them.
Getting something done and out of the way first thing in the morning also sets a great tone for the rest of the day.
Use a Timer
In addition to scheduling, if you use a timer to pace yourself in your tasks, you’re much more likely to get things done while also avoiding burnout. If you know you only have 30 minutes to finish that critical email, you’ll really knuckle down and get it done, as opposed to letting yourself get distracted.
Of course, for this to work you’ll have to be strict about holding yourself to the time limits.
If you know “30 minutes to write that email” means “in 30 minutes I have to reset the alarm and go back to playing ''Candy Crush,” then this method won’t help at all.
Reward Yourself
Keeping a razor-sharp focus is difficult, and the longer you do
it, the harder it becomes. That’s why it’s important to give yourself some time off from being super productive to allow your mental batteries to recharge. If you’ve crossed a bunch of things off of your to-do list, reward yourself with an episode of your favorite TV series or a chapter of the book you’re reading. Just be careful that you limit yourself on this, though, or else your promising day can quickly get derailed.
Hold Yourself Accountable.
Getting an accountability partner or mentor can be great for your productivity. It’s much harder to tell someone else that you spent your entire day watching .gifs on the internet than it is to rationalize it to yourself. The fear of that conversation can keep you working all day long.
Another strategy is to post your goals or schedule on Facebook or some other public forum. This commits you to the plan of action, and gets other people to invest in your success (this works great for
weight loss, too).
Get It Done.
No matter what strategy you choose to get your rear in gear, make sure that you follow it to a T. After all, you can’t make your fortune without doing the work that goes along with it, and keeping yourself focused is the only way to get high-quality work done.
