Who “DID” It?

Posted by Bill on 11 January 2009 filed in List Building, Social Networking

Alex Jeffreys told me that I MUST do a Daily "Did" Sheet!

What for I thought…I know my mind’s slipping…but I CAN remember what I did in the last 12 Hours..most days anyway icon smile Who DID It?

What he was trying to tell me, was that I was probably wasting a lot of time each day doing UN-productive things!

Now I wish he had shown me this 8 Years ago, when I first started online……that way I could have been allocating my time to more productive things, the ones that pit the MOOLA in the Bank!

Seriously, make up a Daily "Did" sheet and try it yourself.

For example, here’s how mine "used" to look:

1. Check Emails – 30 Mins
2. Write & Schedule Ezine – 45 Mins
3. Check Emails – 15 Mins
4. Check out some offers from the above emails – 40 Mins
5. Daily Exercises – 60 Mins
6. Check Emails – 15 Mins
7. Shower – 20 Mins
8. Check Emails – 10 Mins
9. Breakfast – 10 Mins
10. Chat On Skype – 40 Mins
11. Post Ads – 40 Mins
12. Write Posts For Blog – 60 Mins

…and so on, you get the picture, right?

Until I started doing my Daily "Did" Sheets, I thought I was being "productive"…after all I was spending 9 Hours or more each day working online.

But…how much of that time was actually "productive" How much money had I made? Could I have allocated my time to to something that "WOULD" have put money in the bank?

Well you know the answer already don’t you….YES!!!

Checking emails was one of my biggest time wasters! I’m not saying checking emails isn’t important, especially with my businesses, which rely a lot on customer support. You see, I don’t like keeping customers waiting for an answer…in fact a lot of my customers get blown away with the fast response and often comment on it saying things like;

"Wow, I didn’t expect to hear back from you for a couple of days….."

That’s what they are used to..but Not from ME! I built up my business, by offering GOOD customer support. But when I added up the time I was spending on emails, it was HALF my day gone…which was Crazy and unnecessary. After all if a person gets a response to an email within 24 Hours…that’s still good support I am offering…right?

I’m still checking my emails on a regular basis, but I’m spending no where near as much time as I used to. Eventually, I will trim the time spent on them even more.

Now, I’m using the time I’ve saved on doing something more productive …like "Listbuilding" training with Alex Jeffreys and a Social Networking Course with Bob-The-Teacher.

The time I’m spending training with these two Guy’s "IS" productive. The things I am learning from them are going to play a BIG Role in how I build and expand my businesses in 2009!

So how much time can YOU Save?

Do a Daily "DID" Sheet and post your results in the comments box below…I would love to know:)

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7 Responses to “Who “DID” It?”

  1. Paul Nicholls Says:
    January 11th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    hey bill thanks for the ad i will do the same

    im looking forward to looking at your 2009 goals :)

    i have some great things installed for this year and at the same time im going to continue to learn as much as i can

    ive made it my mission to be a traffic king lol, im doing fairly well so far as ive tried a lot of different methods and ideas and im slowly building an arsnal of great traffic weapons lol which will be ready to fire anywhere that i target lol

    i have some great techniques so far but there is always more to learn

    ive already put a free 7 day video traffic course together which is available for FREE showing how i leveage places like twitter/facebook/youtube and lots more for an avalanche of traffic and the best thing is its FREE woohoo!!!

    i love free traffic, i guess coz im a bit tight with my money :)

    so its about time u started getting those goals on paper so i can see them!!

    oh and my message magic is going really well, there is a great potential to build a massive tidal wave of traffic from skype :) :) but more on that later

    keep up the great work bill

    talk to u soon

    paul

  2. Bill Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Hi Paul

    I’ll have to get back to your blog and watch that free video on getting traffic.

    I would also be interested in hearing what you are doing now to get your traffic, if it’s not a secret:)

    That’s what I really need to get to work on, driving Traffic. I have put you a few things in motion, but they are taking time to setup.

    My biggest tool will be using Video Marketing and TrafficGeysar. They also have a great Plugin that will automatically submit my Blog Posts to ALL of the Social Network sites, so that should be interesting too.

    I’m also doing a course on Twitter. I know it’s a pretty simple tool, but I want to learn how to use it correctly because it really is a great List Builder.

    Any other suggestions you may have worldly be gratefully appreciated)

    “Traffic King” ? I like that, but you may need to change the name if you are going to Brand yourself with a name like that….I think that one is already taken!

    Take Care

    Bill)

  3. Frankie Sng Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 10:42 am

    Hi Bill,

    I am just dropping by to say hello. Catching up with all of Alex Jeffreys student blog. B the way, I have add you to my blogroll and hope you would do the same.

    The daily “Did” sheet really help you to keep track of your time spent online. Keep it up and you will make more money with your online business.. :-)

    Regards,
    Frankie
    http://frankiesng.com

    Follow me on Twitter.
    http://twitter.com/FrankieSng

  4. Bill Says:
    January 12th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    Hi Frankie,

    Thanks for the comments:)

    Yes I have saved a lot of time by creating that “Did” sheet. All I have to do now is make sure I use the time saved…WISELY:)

    Thanks for adding me to your blogroll and of course, I will add you to mine.

    I will make sure to stop by your blog very soon too;)

    I also just started following you on Twitter.

    Bill:)

  5. Tara Dipalma Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 8:29 am

    Hiya Bill,

    Thanks for visiting my site :-) I too was spending hours on the computer and yep I started my Daily did list, really helps to keep you on track and be more productive.

    If you are on twitter please follow me my twitter id is http://www.twitter.com/taradipalma and I will follow you back.

    I haven’t been on twitter much due to playing catch up it is very addictive and I end up spending hours in there :-(

    Talk soon

    Tara

  6. Bill Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 9:21 am

    Hi Tara,

    Yes doing that daily “Did” sheet certainly freed up some of my time.

    I will certainly follow you on Twitter too:)

    Thanks for adding me to your blogroll as well…I have now added you to mine:)

    By the way, what part of Australia are you in?, I’m about 90 minutes south of Sydney

    Bill:)

  7. Tara Dipalma Says:
    January 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Hiya Bill,

    Thanks for your commment, I sent you a copy of the pdf hope its ok, I can’t understand why it wouldn’t open for you, Im in Melbourne :-)

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