7 Productivity Secrets For You!

Soak up these productivity secrets to boost your level of efficiency in your network marketing business or in any area of your life.

Is this how your run YOUR business?

It seems as if time flies not only when we’re having fun, but also when disruptions get thrown in our way of productivity. Especially if you’re new to this rockin’ world of network marketing online I’m sure you’ve discovered right off the bat that there are at least a hundred different distractions that pull your attention away from what matters the most – your online business.

Let me ask you a simple question: Ever look back at how your time was spent at the end of the day and realize that there were a lot more things that could’ve been checked off of your task list? The truth is we all have the exact amount of time available as the next person does. Whether you’re the CEO of your company, a mother of 5, hold two jobs, or have a project due soon. We are all busy, we all have 24 hours in our day, we all have our lists of things to do, etc. It just depends on how we choose to use our time (and with that said what our standards are). But I’ll leave the latter for another blog topic of discussion.
Let’s get into how to increase your productivity in your online marketing journey.
(I’ve created this list specifically for the online MLM business owner and online home business owners alike, but this list is also helpful for off-line traditional biz owners, too.)

Follow my 7 Productivity Secrets to get more done when your business hat is on.

1. WARM-UP! (Create a Ritual) This MUST be done first thing in the morning. Here are some uplifting activities that I do to get me started in productivity early in my day BEFORE I do anything in my business. A) I soak up my Super Mentors’ words of wisdom. I’m talking Tony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki, Jonathan Budd, Mark Hoverson, Jim Rhon, Zig Ziglar. Imagine how empowering it is to have great minds ingrain intellectual thoughts into yours. B) Ingest strings of knowledge (read, study, read, study ). Think high-level training books or anything that you’re passionate about. You’ll enjoy Think & Grow Rich Secrets of a Millionaire Mind, 4-Hour Workweek, and The Power of Now just to name a few. C) Move your body. In other words, find a physical activity that will boost oxygen and blood flow – 10-15 of walking or jogging, 50-100 jumping jacks, 10 push-ups. Adding a ritual such as one of these will definitely inspire you to do your best once you start your work. Do you see baseball players just step into the game without warming up first? No!! they warm up first before they get in the game! (That would be the batters-box Secret!) Discover something you will look forward to doing so it feels like play and not work.

2. Never check your email until… I DO NOT check my email until I do something that produces money. Unless of course I’m expecting an important message to help me produce my activity for the day. Another way to think of it is this, “Never check email before you sow your seeds.” It is so key to start your day off with some money making activity instead. So write an ezine article, learn how to write awesome ad copy, create a new ad campaign…you get the idea. Heck, why not record your voice mail for starters? Sorry, i’m jumping ahead of myself…you’ll see what I mean in #4

3. Set up your email auto responder. Most, if not all email accounts have an auto responder. If you don’t know how to set it up within your account just do a search on youtube or Google. I’m almost sure you’ll find a tutorial or article on how to. This is such a time saver and does it’s job for you so you won’t be a slave to your email messages.

4. Turn off your phone. Why be a slave to your phone? Isn’t that what the voice mail feature is for? Here’s a generic message you can say when recording your voicemail for your prospects, clients, etc:

“Hey there this is Jaclyn. The weekend is here which means I am not. However, by Monday morning EST at noon I will return your call for sure. So make sure and leave your name and number. I WILL get back to you then. You are important to me and my weekends are just as important.”

This supposed to be FUN & make me $?

If you don’t wanna be this lady to the left (or the man up above) go and record your voice mail with your personal message like this one.

5. Find someone to do your stuff. No I’m not talking about high paid outsourcing. I’m talking about your brother, your book club buddy, your daughter, your fellow church member, your best friend, your cousin, that teenager that lives down the street/hall from you. The list goes on. Wow, you have a list of folks to lend you a helping hand. Repay them with 20 bucks, treat them for ice cream or cook them dinner. Just think about what productive activity you could be doing such as creating an ad campaign for google instead of figuring out how to create a header for your new website.

6. Write out your NOT to do list. This is one of my favorite and most interesting secrets. Most of us are all too familiar with the to-do list but only a handful actually write out a NOT to do list. Here’s an example: DO NOT log on to Facebook ‘til after 8pm. DO NOT sign on to YouTube until you complete your blog article. DO NOT go to bed until you’ve made at least one ad campaign.

7. Quit Multitasking Already! Does this sound familiar? You’re attending a webinar all while browsing and posting on Facebook walls, replying to articles on blog’s, eating lunch, and chatting on skype? Forget that you’ve been awarded the “Best Multitasker on Earth”. If you don’t have at least a take away from what was taught in the webinar then you just wasted your scheduled time for that specific purpose of attending the webinar, right? Yes you may have completed small tasks here and there but multitasking doesn’t allow you to really focus on one thing at a time (hence “multi” tasking).

The bottom line is this – be productive in ONE very specific activity at a time, then cash out psychologically for the rest of the afternoon/night…whatever. Because you simply cannot pursue a dozen things simultaneously and expect to be that productive leader 100%. It’s just not possible when your mind is chasing a hundred different commands.

Now don’t be selfish. Help your friends be more productive in their internet marketing world so they will reach their dreams faster by sharing this article on Facebook, Twitter (whatever rocks your world). Click on any social media icon up above or below in the “bookmark share” link. And I’d love to know what you think…so leave me a comment.