Understanding the Time Value of Link Building & Promotion - Double Your Productivity in Half the Time
February 6th, 2008 - Written by Gyutae ParkLearn more about Internet marketing strategy by subscribing to my RSS feed - free and updated daily!
How much time do you spend promoting your site and building links? If you’re like me, you chug away at website promotion without seeing an end in sight. There are links to be built, blog comments to be made, content to be created, and social media profiles to maintain. How does one keep up with it all?
This is actually something that I’ve struggled with for a very long time. There’s always promotion to be done and nothing seems to be enough to achieve higher search engine rankings, more blog subscribers, and increased online revenue. Innately, we want more and more and are willing to become workaholics to achieve the unachievable. Does this sound familiar?
When building links or promoting your website, it’s important to focus on the most effective methods that will yield the greatest results. I’ve written about this before, but the Pareto rule states that 20% of actions lead to 80% of the results. By being more time efficient and resourceful, it’s possible to achieve more by doing less. I know that this is a foreign concept to most people but it definitely works.
Below are some points on how and why being more efficient will lead to greater results.
- More time and energy to spend on the activities that lead to the most profit.
- More time to spend on other projects. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.
- More time to relax and enjoy life.
- Set limits. Greater sense of satisfaction knowing that you finished your work and accomplished your goals.
Using this method, it’s possible to double results while cutting time spent in half. Are you going nowhere with your online projects? Do you feel overwhelmed by the endless items on your promotional to-do list? Value your time and cut down to the most effective methods.
Tomorrow I’ll describe some specific ways in which to put this concept into practice in your link building campaigns and your promotional efforts. I’ll go into a lot of specifics and offer insights to save you time and make you money. Subscribe to the RSS feed and make sure you don’t miss out!
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12 Responses to “Understanding the Time Value of Link Building & Promotion - Double Your Productivity in Half the Time”
The 80/20 rule is golden and can be applied to so many aspects of life. Focusing on the things that are working is the best way to improve your results. I think once you have reached your limit on them, that is when you should start looking into the methods that are not really working
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Great post, mate and like Thomas said, it does apply outside of webmaster affairs.
Though you can achieve a lot by working smarter / more efficient instead of harder, you’ve still got to be willing to put forth some substantial effort if you are looking to succeed. Good 80 20 principle — I’ve definitely got to read the “4 hour workweek”…
Many people recommend using the 80/20 rule but I digress. Yes, it is very useful and makes you more productive, but only after you have achieved success. Seriously, if a new blogger was to focus only on the important tasks like pitching A Listers, starting contests etc but not on the low end tasks like networking with small bloggers then he would never be able to join the A List.
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