One of the most crucial things you can do to start off on the road to success is also one of the simplest things to do, yet so many fail to do it. Curious? Here it is in one word: PLAN
Isn't it true that generally 80% of your efforts yield 20% of the results? If you find yourself choosing networks and grabbing campaigns and putting up to "see what sticks", I'm sure you've experienced that. How do you change that around? How do you get to the point where 20% of your efforts gives you 80% of your results? Well, I don't have time to write a book here, so here are some tips:
1) Before you start running any campaign, get yourself a "daily journal" type notebook. You need to write in this. Daily. Writing has a wonderful way of engaging dormant parts of the brain. What do you write?
2) Write down how much money you want to make for the day. Be realistic. If you don't believe in your heart that you are capable of achieving that dollar amount, then you've already got yourself working against you.
3) Write down that amount in the present tense as if you were already achieving it...for example, "I am making $100 a day with my affiliate marketing efforts, and I see it growing", or "I am making $500 a day with my chosen campaigns and it is increasing"...something like that.
4) Focus on what you wrote for at least 5 minutes. Imagine how it feels as you login to your stats and see $100 a day, or $500 a day, or whatever amount you imagined. Fully immerse yourself until that feeling is real...imagine how good it feels to be making your written amount per day.
5) Keeping that feeling in mind, start looking through your campaigns. Does anything stand out? Have you heard any industry buzz about one in particular? How well would any of these campaigns be received by your traffic base? Have you been driving enough traffic to request payout increases? Are you noticing any "intuitive" thoughts about a particular company, negative or positive? Do you "just have a feeling" that you can't explain? Most likely, it will be your subconscious getting in touch with you. Listen to it.
6) Now that you've gone through the "esoteric" part, it's time to get concrete. Start planning for real. Keeping that feeling of your daily dollar amount in mind, write out your plan for the day. "I will load 5 new campaigns by lunch", "Those campaigns are...", "I will evaluate 10 campaigns today", "I will examine my metrics and eCPCs and will replace my two lowest performing campaigns with two new campaigns", etc.
If I could stress anything at all, it would be to do 10% more today than you did yesterday. And tomorrow, do 10% more than you will do today. Increase your efforts and money making activity by just 10% per day, or whatever feels realistic. I've experienced some amazing personal fulfillment by imagining my goals to the point where they feel real, and I fully believe that with a little practice, anyone can reach a point where they can tap into their subconscious and intuition and use that to guide their business and money making decisions.
I've got a lot of opinions and personal experiences related to goal setting and the power of belief. I'd be happy to discuss.
Isn't it true that generally 80% of your efforts yield 20% of the results? If you find yourself choosing networks and grabbing campaigns and putting up to "see what sticks", I'm sure you've experienced that. How do you change that around? How do you get to the point where 20% of your efforts gives you 80% of your results? Well, I don't have time to write a book here, so here are some tips:
1) Before you start running any campaign, get yourself a "daily journal" type notebook. You need to write in this. Daily. Writing has a wonderful way of engaging dormant parts of the brain. What do you write?
2) Write down how much money you want to make for the day. Be realistic. If you don't believe in your heart that you are capable of achieving that dollar amount, then you've already got yourself working against you.
3) Write down that amount in the present tense as if you were already achieving it...for example, "I am making $100 a day with my affiliate marketing efforts, and I see it growing", or "I am making $500 a day with my chosen campaigns and it is increasing"...something like that.
4) Focus on what you wrote for at least 5 minutes. Imagine how it feels as you login to your stats and see $100 a day, or $500 a day, or whatever amount you imagined. Fully immerse yourself until that feeling is real...imagine how good it feels to be making your written amount per day.
5) Keeping that feeling in mind, start looking through your campaigns. Does anything stand out? Have you heard any industry buzz about one in particular? How well would any of these campaigns be received by your traffic base? Have you been driving enough traffic to request payout increases? Are you noticing any "intuitive" thoughts about a particular company, negative or positive? Do you "just have a feeling" that you can't explain? Most likely, it will be your subconscious getting in touch with you. Listen to it.
6) Now that you've gone through the "esoteric" part, it's time to get concrete. Start planning for real. Keeping that feeling of your daily dollar amount in mind, write out your plan for the day. "I will load 5 new campaigns by lunch", "Those campaigns are...", "I will evaluate 10 campaigns today", "I will examine my metrics and eCPCs and will replace my two lowest performing campaigns with two new campaigns", etc.
If I could stress anything at all, it would be to do 10% more today than you did yesterday. And tomorrow, do 10% more than you will do today. Increase your efforts and money making activity by just 10% per day, or whatever feels realistic. I've experienced some amazing personal fulfillment by imagining my goals to the point where they feel real, and I fully believe that with a little practice, anyone can reach a point where they can tap into their subconscious and intuition and use that to guide their business and money making decisions.
I've got a lot of opinions and personal experiences related to goal setting and the power of belief. I'd be happy to discuss.
