Tuesday, July 21, 2009

5 Ways to Work Smarter not Harder

Everyone in the world has just 24 hours in a day to get all of their business done. However, with work, kids, a spouse, taking care of a home and everything else we put on ourselves it seems we have much less time than ever. That’s why it’s so important to work smarter not harder. No matter how many hours you have each week to work on your home based business here are a few tips that will help you get the most out of your work time.

Tip Number One - Keywords!

Keywords are so important to the life of your online business. They are what will allow you to do something once and have people find it online for months and months and years and years. For example, you make a Youtube video talking about your business.

If you don’t use any keywords maybe a few people will stumble upon it and check it out. However, if you use the right keywords THOUSANDS of people might see that video. People can even be looking at your blog, video, website or articles while you’re sitting on a beach somewhere on vacation. Now that’s what I call working smarter!

Tip Number Two - Skip The Ads

While free online classifieds like Backpage and Craigslist are free of charge they don’t give you the most for your time because you have to do them over and over again in order for them to be effective. When working online you want to find things that you can do once and never have to do again.

Tip Number Three - Blog

It amazes me just how many people own a home based business but never take the time to make a blog or update it. A blog post should literally only take about 15 minutes, quick and simple. Even if you’re not a good writer you should be able to knock out a couple of blog posts a week and if you do it will pay off especially if you use keywords.

Tip Number Four - Articles

Once of the most tried and true methods of generating prospects online is article marketing. It’s free and if you’re not a good writer you can always buy home based business PLR articles that you can re-write a bit and us as your own. Article marketing might take a bit more time to submit to directories but they work so well because the articles stay up for years and years and will continue to grow your business for you even if you’re not working.

Tip Number Five - Take Small Breaks

You’ll be more effective, creative and work harder if you allow yourself small breaks while you’re working try giving yourself a 15 minute break ever hour and a half. Any longer and you might stop working all together, any shorter and it won’t really feel like a break at all.

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