Time Wisely Used!
It’s been almost exactly a month since my last post, and a lot has been learned. I originally intended on more doing (site creation, etc.) than research, but I ran into a few very helpful sites and even subscribed to one. A lot of new information was uncovered for me about not only affiliate marketing, but also internet marketing in general. Here’s a brief synopsis of what I covered, researched, and actually did during the week of July 30:
- Using a to do list is crucial. However, in order to properly use the list, you must fill it out at the end of each night, so that it is waiting on you when you begin working the next day. This is important and if done consistently, will allow you to hit the ground running each day, and minimize the time wasted on email checking, Instant Messenger, Forum Reading, etc. The to do list should also only include the items you feel are critical to complete on a given day. You can add more than the critical items, but the top 2-3 items must be listed first and in the order of priority. You’ll feel like you accomplished something, which is critical to building and maintaining momentum. My to do list technique is right out of the 4 Hour Work Week, it really works
- When it comes to affiliate marketing, there are lots of resources out there, but I feel as if I may have found some of the foremost authorities on the web. The Blog Consultant has a great blog on many tips, but has a series of his own posts tracking his foray as a newbie into affiliate marketing. He is using Amazon and each day posts his progress, and what tips/tricks he tried. While that was interesting, nothing beat his post on his deep personal research on the affiliate marketing world, and the numerous resources on the web about it. You can see his entry here, and I strongly encourage any affiliate marketer to read his post and the resources he cites. One of the books he cites is The DayJobKiller. I’ll post about this book and site a bit later, but I ended up buying this book and joining his email list.
- Another resource I found very useful so far is the Affiliate Classroom. It was created by the DayJobKiller author, and I found it so useful, I bought a monthly subscription to it for further training. For $30/month you get hands on tutorials and resources to learn how affiliate marketing works through the eyes of a real expert. Best of all, the Affiliate Classroom content is very easy to learn and follow, not to mention the course material seemingly doesn’t seem hard or long to get through. You can check it out for yourself here.
- The Thirty Day Challenge! This is a genius idea by two great men! The Thirty Day Challenge is a free site with all the training materials in podcast & video form. The training is for anyone with any background to learn from two gurus how to properly find a niche, research it, test the niche, find traffic sources, track stats etc. The end goal using their tactics is to make $10 inside a 30 day window. I signed up and have been following the materials each week, and I must say, I learned about some new tools and sites completely unknown to me before. I STRONGLY suggest anyone that did not know about the challenge, go to their site and sign up, and get all of the videos, podcasts, and slides via itunes, YouTube, or from the site directly. You will not be able to find information this good for free anywhere else, especially with the job they did on google market research.
- Piggybacking off of all the above….Go to Michelle MacPhearson’s Social Media Daily site and grab her free PDF on proven social media marketing techniques. It’s a short list of sites and tools she and her staff personally use to successfully market online. Social media sites are definitely must haves as part of your online marketing strategy, and Michelle has this area down cold. I frequent her blog weekly often, so be sure to check it out as well.
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