TBEX Asia 2016, Accomplishing Great Things, Productivity Tips and Tricks for Bloggers, Tim Leffel

Accomplishing Great Things: Productivity Tips and Tricks for

Bloggers

Tim Leffel@TimLeffel@globetrotsCheapestDestinations

The human race – all of you – have the ability to do 10x - 15x more than

you’re doing right now.- John Paul DeJoria

Tim Leffel’s Sites

High Impact Strategies Focus on a few things that really matter Use e-mail, phone, and social media like you’re the boss, not the slave.

Automate low-leverage tasks Outsource what can be done better and cheaper

We All Have 24 Hours a Day

“I don’t have time to _________”

=

“I don’t care much about _______”

How to…Focus on What Matters

Have a velvet rope to-do list: pick 1-3 things daily that really matter (or 5-15 per week).

Do those things Exercise, eat well, sleep

Spend Most of Your Time on Accomplishment Tasks

IMPACT

LEVERAGE

Be Here!

Spend Most of Your Time on Accomplishment TasksGenerating revenueCreating contentExpanding your audienceDelegating projectsManaging assistants or writers

Will getting this task done move your business and earnings forward in a meaningful way?

Focus on What Matters

Nurture the Present & Future What will generate revenue now?

What will pay off in 2-6 months?

What will pay off 1 or 2 years from now?

I’m a big fan of the “&”

Be the Boss of Your Business

Are you their boss, or their bitch?

Sniff… yes master, sorry

master.

Be the Boss of Your Communication ToolsDon’t open e-mail in the morning until something is accomplished! Batch e-mail several times per dayHave a set social media time budget and turn it off otherwiseTurn off dings, pings, & alertsLeave your smartphone in another room during working hours

“I don’t have social media on my phone. The more time you

spend in the stream of other peoples’ thoughts, the more impossible it is to have your

own. You need space for yourself.”

Yancy Strickler, CEO of Kickstarter

How to…Spend Most of Your Time on Accomplishment Tasks

Do the most important thing firstBatch tasks like photo editing, video editing, affiliate links insertions, etc.Set hard deadlines and publishing schedulesLet deadline projects past the velvet ropeSave routine, non-thinking tasks for your body clock’s low point

How to…Spend Most of Your Time on Accomplishment Tasks

Write 1st drafts with the Wi-Fi off (no research)Write final edits with the Wi-Fi offDo strategic planning with no distractionsUse the phone & make real decisionsUse leverage, scale, and amplification

Automate & Systemize

Blog

E-mail

These people get a lot done

Hire Some Help! Go from solopreneur to business owner.

Tech

Admin

Design

Those Willing to Invest $ Often Make More $$ as a Result

$12 FOR 60 HOURS/WK

$34,500 A YEAR

$50 FOR 40 HOURS/WK

$96,000 A YEAR

Outsourcing & Good Systems Solve Nearly Every Time Problem

NOT THIS BUT THIS

Plenty of People Are Looking for Work

CraigslistUpworkFiverrEnvato Studio SologigVirtualStaffFinder.comTaskRabbitLocal universities

Take a Regular Tech Break

Schedule Creativity & Daydreaming Time

Big ideas don’t happen while working on small tasks

Get outside Get in motion Fill a blank notebook

Draw Do talk to strangers

Live a Powerful Life

Have an Impact

Attract Money

Produce Work That Lasts

Build Something That Has Value

Less of This More of This

Be Bountiful!

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sletter … or pick up the second edition of the book …or join Travel Writing Overdrive

RealMoneyWriters.com

Accomplishing Great Things: Productivity Tips and Tricks for

Bloggers

Tim Leffel@TimLeffel@globetrotsCheapestDestinations