COURSE – STAYING MOTIVATED

INTRODUCTION

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IT TAKES TIME

Examples of site and how long they took to get there.

TECHNIQUES TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED

Email Me

If you are feeling the drag and want a chat just email me. I’ll try and answer quickly but even just saying it can get you going.

The One Minute Trick

Sit down to your blog for just one minute – I promise you 9 times out of 10 you will stay for hours, I know I always do.

Calendar Chains

I have forgotten where I read this trick but it keeps me going on the days that I’m not really feeling up to it.

Get yourself a yearly calendar, print it out and everyday when you sit down to your blog put a cross in the appropriate day. The goal is to maintain an unbroken chain for as many days as possible. Dont be discouraged if you break he chain every now and then. Just steal yourself to start a new chain and break your longes chain record.

Your calendar will start to look something like this.

It’s amazing how motivating seeing all those x’s are one after another. Note that working on your blog can take many forms – it may not involve actually logging in to WordPress. It includes things like:

Reading an article that is in your niche on the bus to work,
Jotting down article ideas as you take your lunch break,
If you are the computer geek at work and your niche is “Computers for beginners”, record all the questions your office buddies ask you during the day,
Researching a new article while watching TV,
If your niche is “American Craft Beers” you can do primary research such as asking your wife out and suggesting a new bar. While there you can taste and rate their beers, take some photos, even some with your wife in them.

There are so many ways to do something every day, no matter how minor, that will keep your blog moving forward.

I can assure you it’s amazing how far you can get if you just do something every day.

This technique can work well with the “One minute trick”.

I use this method for a lot of things, not just my blog.

Also, write down your blog’s mission statement from the “Marketing 101” course at the top of the calendar. This will make sure that you stay on brief as much as possible. Remember, write for your audience, not yourself.

Chunking

This method is more designed to make sure that the size of a task does not de-motivate you. It can be hard to get started because the task seems so big you are not sure where to begin. Just break it up into smaller tasks and tackle each one at a time. We have spoken about this before in a number of courses. You might be having trouble creating a new Pinterest ad. Just jot down some copy no matter how bad, or search for some images. So long as you make a start on any of the chunks you will surprise how quickly something can come together.

CHAPTER 3

TASK

Do this now!

Write down, or type into your post, the topic heading in capital letters at the top of the page.

This may change after the next two sections but get started.

NOTE

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Important!

Make this a habit and start doing it now

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