Then I forgot to take action instead I read so my ebooks and video courses about new strategies on how to get ranked fast and double my income WITHOUT understanding the basics first.

Now, I’m back on track and the only thing I can share is try to close your internet, email, facebook, etc when doing your work. Trust me it will make you really productive!

I keep the same percentages and shorten the time for each major work area.

My solution: simplify and break my activities into “work areas”.
My three areas are production/marketing, administrative and learning.

Then I divide my time based on “work area” time-percentages! My percentages are 70% production/marketing and web site work. 20% administrative work which includes accounting, general emails, office tasks. 10% learning, which includes reading books, articles, etc.

For an eight hour workday, that’s 5-1/2 hours on web sites and marketing, about an hour and a half on admin tasks, and about an hour learning.

If I’m only working 4 hours on a Saturday (or taking some time off) I keep the same percentages and shorten the time for each major work area.

The point is – and this was the hardest part for me – make sure the production is handled (web site, blog, marketing; whatever your bread and butter tasks are) BEFORE moving onto the admin and learning areas.

On the flip side, just because you’re making great progress in an area doesn’t mean you should skip the other areas or reduce their alloted time.

The next thing I figured out was that until I was good at building web sites and had my head wrapped around what it took to be a marketer, I’d better be working at least 12 hour days.
So, I use the same time percentages and have more time available for each work area.

Not interested in 12 hours days? Me either, but it’s a “do what it takes” situation.

Chris