Comments on: 16 Important but Potentially Distracting Blogging Tasks

By: Matthew Loop

Matthew Loop — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:33:05 +0000

Reading stats destroys my time management and productivity, it seems

By: JLibbey

JLibbey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:05:55 +0000

My biggest distractions are Google analytics and checking my multiple email accounts, including three for my business.

By: Hicham

Hicham — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:43:55 +0000

Thanks a lot for this handy checklist to follow-up with. I already apply some tasks but others need to be on the track.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:11:33 +0000

these are really some useful tips. I got to know about a lot from your blog , as I also used commit some mistakes mentioned by you.

By: Jason Cunningham

Jason Cunningham — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:07:37 +0000

Sometimes it is easy to get distracted. You have listed a number of good reasons why bloggers get sidetracked. Good post!

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:09:26 +0000

You are so right, it is so easy to get sidetracked. One really needs to stay focused in order to accomplish short and long term goals.

By: Henry Griner -WhoIsHenry-com

Henry Griner -WhoIsHenry-com — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:33:34 +0000

Yup Darren, you hit me right between the eyes with this one… but your list is tooo short.

I have way too many interests in techie things and many others so I would add to your list with:

17. Testing new video software.

18. Editing my videos to make them “perfect” for posting to my blog and other websites.

19. Talking too long on the phone with clients and prospects about the “how to’s” of Internet Marketing.

20. And a big one for me, now in my 7th month of being free of the J.O.B., taking time off whenever I want to or my wife wants me to rather than planning time off for good behavior in my daily and weekly schedule.

Being a full-time Internet Marketer/Blogger requires me to constantly look at better ways to manage my time. Thanks for your post that reminds me of this important part of my daily work.

Henry

By: pearlin

pearlin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:05:19 +0000

The trick lies in prioritising – do what is important that will move you towards your goals. Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, developed what he calls the “Rule of 5″ to meet his goal of getting Chicken Soup for the Soul, to the top of the New York Times Best-Seller List.

Jack’s “Rule of 5″ requires that every day, Jack does five specific things to move his goal to completion.

Completing five things each day doesn’t sound like much, but imagine this:
Five pages of writing a day equal seven 250 page books in a year.
Five new customers a day equal 1,825 customers in a year.
The list could go on forever.
By the way, Jack met his goal. Chicken Soup for the Soul, eventually sold over 8 million copies in 39 languages.
How did he do it?

He did five things a day.

By: Holly

Holly — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:02:05 +0000

I find it very difficult to stay on track when promoting because just blog hopping can turn into an all day task very easily. You go to a blog, read a post, comment, find another post you like, comment and etc. and before you know it, you’ve read 4 blogs from start to finish, archives and all and it’s 8 hours later and you’re tired and want to go to bed. I find it works to keep an eye on the clock, make sure I’m at least standing up, if not going away from the computer at least once an hour or so, getting something to eat and going back to what I had first intended to do.

By: VeRonda

VeRonda — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:11:16 +0000

Hey Darren… You know, I feel you on these items. As a blogger, you really just want to get it all right, but like anything else, it takes time. Thanks for the reminder of what’s really important and setting priorities.

By: The Good Blog Guide

The Good Blog Guide — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:42:38 +0000

My classic mistake is spending too much time trying to tweak the look of my site.

Im very happy with how it looks now but I still find myself neglecting the important tasks that need doing.

Listen to Darren everyone. He is a Pro after all!! :)

By: Young Che

Young Che — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:59:25 +0000

I had a day like that yesterday. I ended up getting sidetracked by #4 – Blog Design. Today it looks like its gonna be a combination of
#6 – Reading other Blogs in Your Niche & #7 – Reading about How to Blog. Blocking time for content creation is a great suggestion that I will have to implement.

By: NATASHA, Think-ologist

NATASHA, Think-ologist — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:22:21 +0000

This is so true. Great info.
Wellness & Blessings to you

By: Jack Payne

Jack Payne — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:21:09 +0000

Too good a description of my time–a big waste.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:25:10 +0000

The web is a double-edged sword..we have the ability to do great things on it but sites like these completely take us away from much of what has to be done! Too many distractions!

By: The Collegiate Gourmet

The Collegiate Gourmet — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:59:47 +0000

I came up with a daily checklist, because I was way too scattered with all of the things you talk about in this post. Now, I can sit down, check all of the items off and then get down to writing.

By: Chika de Manila

Chika de Manila — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:25:47 +0000

#4 & 12
I spent so much time changing templates, designing, redesigning, tweaking, resizing, only to end up going back to the basics, and ignoring all what I’ve done. I have lost count on the number of blogs and website I have created and closed.
But at least I learned a lot from doing these.

By: iAke

iAke — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:47:12 +0000

Thank you for your god post.

I love to submit digg, every time I post a new entry.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:30:08 +0000

Good post and I find myself distracted by many of those items. Tools like Twitter are useful when used properly, but it is so easy to become obsessed or distracted with every post on the list. My personal strategy is to follow who I can and hope that my reader list will grow, but also realizing that quality content trumps most other forms of advertising.
I use addons to tweet new posts and make social bookmarking on my site easy for the readers, which saves me time and hassle.

By: Ryan Graves

Ryan Graves — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:23:26 +0000

I think that reading and intelligently commenting on other blogs in your niche are the most important things that you can do to drive travel and grow your base.

Also, to answer as many comments as humanly possible. If you don’t talk back than other won’t comment. Driving the conversation is mission critical!

check me out at http://ryanagraves.com