Time management

Ok so here I am bloggin’ instead of writing on my book, but I needed to say that time management is very important.

I have come to the conclusion that I may be slightly ADD as I am extremely distractible. I have shut off twitter, Facebook and email to get real work done. I have to take breaks every hour and shift gears and shift back, but I can only sustain about 6 hours a day of solid writing time and that is a productive day.

I do find when I drink coffee I can stay focused longer. I also do better first thing the morning and then my production starts to waver about 3:00 PM. So I plan and pace myself.

My suggestion is to take a stop watch and time how many minutes a day you are actually typing. Do this for a few days- just hit the timer when you are typing, and when you go on to something else stop the time. See what your productivity is like and remove things that are sucking your time.

I qualify blogging as writing as it helps me focus on what I am doing and how to do it better.

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Tip about followers on Twitter

You can increase your number of followers by simply following more people, as most people on Twitter will follow you back.

 

Did you know that Twitter has rules about this? I didn’t until recently. You can not follow more than 2000 people without having at least 2000 people following you. Once you do, you can follow more people. This is to prevent spammers and bots.

 

If it looks like you are following a bunch of people all at once, you could be banned. You need to pace yourself. You can go to TwitterKarma.com and see what your ratio of followers and following is. You can do a mass unfollow for those you do not wish to follow.

Another way to ensure that you are not banned or lose followers to make sure you are sending a sufficient number of “Social” posts rather than “sales” posts!

This works people! GO to my friends website http://stuart-turnbull.com/ to learn more.

Holy Twitter Explosion Batman!

I have been working on a book about Twitter for a client. In the spirit of research I actually tried the techniques I was writing about.

 

It worked- Better than I can describe!

I am under contract for this Ebook so I can not tell you what particular technique put over 500 new users in my Inbox this morning, but I will send a link to where to get the Ebook when I am done.

I have been writing about marketing techniques for awhile and I can honestly say what I did for a few minutes last night was amazing.

I am now on the lookout for life and executive coaches to help me with my new book, so if you are out there please contact me at drjohnnd@hotmail.com. You name will be in a published book plus you will receive a free copy of the book.

You will be the envy of all your friends.