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Running a successful online business is a dream for many people. Unfortunately, it?s very easy to distract yourself from your main goals and focus on the non-essential parts of your business.
I had a pleasure of interviewing Steve Scott of SteveScottSite.com and he shares his valuable advice on how to improve online business productivity and how to focus on the right parts of your business.
Before you check out the interview, please note the following: Due to some technical difficulties with video quality, this is an audio-only chat
Still, this is a great interview and you should check it out anyway!
Check out the interview and let me know your favorite techniques for improving your online business productivity!
Interview Questions:
- Tell me a little bit about yourself (01:27)
- How do you figure out your ?80/20? when it comes to online business ? especially when starting out? How do you know which tasks to focus on and which ones to eliminate? (4:10)
- What you think about the 4-hour work week? Is it achievable? (7:10)
- Do you think there are any ?absolute must? productivity tools every online business entrepreneur should own and use on a daily basis? (10:20)
- Online entrepreneurs cannot ignore social media. What?s your strategy for dealing with social media in a productive manner (instead of wasting hours and hours on it)? (13:37)
- Do you think there are certain parts of the online business that shouldn?t be automatized and rather done manually? If no, why? (18:10)
- How do you know which traffic source to focus on? Which source is bringing you the most of your visitors? Or rather, what traffic source converts the best? Are there any ways to know this? (20:41)
- What productivity habits should every online business owner master? (24:55)
- Let?s say that you have a very limited time budget when it comes to blogging (1-2 hours per day). What would be the three areas someone should focus on when growing one?s blog? (28:15)
- What is the single productivity tip you would like people to implement in the online business ? immediately after this interview? (32:31)
Key Takeaways:
- Break down your tasks and figure out how you are building income and getting traffic
- That?s the best way to implement 80/20 rule in your online business
- 4 hour work week may work to a certain extent, but in general, you have to put in some effot to take your business to another level
- Steve is using time blocking and Pomodoro technique to get his work done
- He also uses an iPhone app called TaskPro to manage his tasks and projects
- Find your social media platform and focus on that only
- Time block your social media activities (use a timer for this)
- Automate certain parts of the social media with tools like TweetAdder
- Engage with your followers every day
- Have an agenda for your social media
- You shouldn?t automate or outsource your content creation
- Use Google Analytics to learn more about your traffic sources
- Guest posting is a great way to build relationships and get traffic
- Good habits
- Use timer with your tasks
- Create projects based on the individual parts of your business
- Create a daily checklist
- Take the guesswork out of your business
- Change one habit at a time
- Spend a couple of days tracking hour your days are spent (especially if you are saying you don?t have enough time)
- Working with a limited time budget (1-2 hours per day
- Know your monetization strategies and know how you generate income
- Create one exceptional blog post every week
- Do one guest post per week
- Network with others
- After this interview ?
- Write down what you want to achieve with your online business and map your long-term goals
- Then create projects based on those goals
Shownotes and Resources
- Video Length: 35:09
- Transcription: Not yet available
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