Blogging Tip #11 Getting Through The Negatives

What’s the biggest thing standing in your way of success?

If you’re like most people, I’m sure you can come up with a list of things that are currently holding you back. But ultimately all of it can be lumped into one of two things:

1. I don’t have enough time

2. I don’t have the money

How can you overcome them to be more successful online?

1. We all have a ton of things to do each day. And if you own your own business, that list can seem to grow to a mile long some times. How do you squeeze it all in?

Priorities. What is the most important thing you can do today that will impact your business in the future?

Try this activity. Write down everything you need to accomplish today that will help you build your business. Then prioritize them as a 1, 2 or 3.

The 1’s should be things you absolutely have to get done. They should be things that directly relate to client work, or marketing to gain more clients. “Meet with three clients today” and “write copy for blog post” would be examples of 1’s. They directly relate to your bottom line, and should always be your first priority.

The 2’s are items that need to be done, but could probably be outsourced to an employee or virtual assistant. “Mail out training materials” and “send out ezine” are examples of items that are important to your bottom line, but you can most likely have other people working for you, freeing up your time to do more 1’s.

And the 3’s are things that have no impact to your bottom line, and are true time wasters. “Surfing the web” while can sometimes give you a ton of new ideas, is not productive if you’re spending an hour each day at it.

2. Money often goes hand in hand with time. You may not have the time to get it all done, but you’re also on a limited budget, so you have to devote more time to make sure you get it all done. Yet there is only 24 hours in a day.

It’s really a vicious circle. If you keep doing the jobs that don’t make the best use of your time, you’ll never have time to create more income generating new items. It’s important to keep yourself focused on the 1 and 2 priorities at all times.

One of the best tips I ever received is to write down every goal you wish to accomplish this week. Keep it realistic. “Writing a novel” is not realistic. “Writing the first chapter of a novel” is, especially if you’re working full time or are running a business.

From a blogging perspective, “creating three new posts” is a realistic weekly goal. You can create them all on one day and use the scheduler to post them throughout the week, or hire a ghost blogger to create the data for you.

Keep in mind that doing a little something every day will add up to a big deal over time.

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