Social Media Marketing – How to Schedule Your Time

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So, you have decided to jump in and start building your business online! You have opted-in to numerous expert’s newsletters, joined as many social media sites as possible, started your blog, and made a few connections. Now what?

Well, that is a very good question that I would like to answer for you. Are you ready?

SET A SCHEDULE!!

Did you think I was going to tell you something else? Setting a schedule for your business is the same as knowing what time you have to arrive at work, what your daily tasks are while there, and most importantly, what time you get off. Why should working from home be any different?

First, start by setting your hours. What time and days are you going to open your business? This is essential in planning your daily income producing activities (IPA). Look at your schedule and see what family commitments are planned, what days you do not want to work, and begin to build your schedule from there. How many hours should you be working? If you are considering this a full-time career, start with 20-30 hours per week. For part-time, try up to 10 hours a week or work on the weekends.

Next, since you have decided to become a social butterfly, I would highly recommend that you set a time limit on this. You can become easily distracted by the other discussions and get sidetracked with your purpose. The goal in this step is to get your message out, interact with a few people, develop relationships, and build your business. It is okay if you go over time if you are performing these tasks, but do not just sit there watching other posts, playing games, and watching silly unrelated videos.

How do you plan your social media time? If you are a beginner, select one site for social marketing, one site for content marketing, and one site for advertising. Intermediate and Advanced Marketers can do two or three of each if you have the time. Once you have selected your primary sites, decide on a weekly goal. How many contacts do you want to have? How many posts are you going to make? How many articles are you going to write? Your answer to those questions will help guide you in making a schedule.

Last, but definitely not least, is self-development. Please, please do not neglect your mind and your body. Continue learning about your industry. There are so many changes in social media, pay-per click, and even technology that it is almost impossible not to stay informed. Also, remember to take care of your body. Take at least 30 minutes a day to exercise to keep yourself in good shape. What is the point of making all the money if you are unable to enjoy it??

Those are three easy steps to jump start your business online. Remember, setting a schedule for your business, your interactions, and yourself are all major parts in being successful in any business online or offline.

Affiliate Marketing Guide for Marketers

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Affiliate marketing always starts in building a website. It houses different products and services linked by merchants. That’s why, an interesting and well update site is important so that people will be motivated to visit the site and purchase the products advertised on that site.

To gain profit is one goal of affiliate marketing that’s why marketers need to follow these simple tips:

1. Create a profitable website. You can choose whether you will create a website for one product only or for a number of affiliate products. You can hire web designer if you have enough budget or you may do it on your own if you are knowledgeable enough in designing.

2. You can also improve the content of your site by writing articles and blogs. It’s also important to have an interesting and worth-reading landing page of your site so that online readers will be fascinated to visit your website. The more people who browse your website, the more traffic is generated.

3. Promote your website. There are many strategies in making your site popular in the web. But take not that this requires much time because there are millions of sites competing against yours. To promote your site, you can use SEO marketing to make your site visible. You can do this by writing article that will link your site. You can also do social media marketing such as creating accounts at Twitter, Facebook, My Space, etc.

These steps may sound easy but then it will take much effort to reach your goal. You need to spend money and time. But that’s the formula of success. In every endeavor you take such as affiliate marketing, you really need to sweat out before you earn significant income. Just like life, in order to reach your dreams, you need first to struggle and hurdle all the challenges that come your way.