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They say the best way to kill 2 hours is to go online for 5 minutes.

I’ve personally validated the comment more times then I can count. Many, many nights have started out promising, with intentions of researching better ways to use online methods to enhance my MLM business (websites, landing pages, PPC, articles, blogs, sales letters, ezines), only to find myself 4 hours later in Instant Message conversations with all of my friends, up to date on all the sports and celebrity gossip, and watching youtube clips of tv shows I’ve seen countless times already. My night ends with nothing accomplished, and the same tasks on my to-do list.

This is the cycle I spent months in, until…

I learned to analyze myself, and find out what I was doing that was wasting time. The biggest thing for me was learning not to get side tracked. The first way I’d get side tracked was from the distractions like Instant Messenger, personal emails, news and sports articles, general stuff like this. Once I dedicated a set time for these types of activities, it was no longer a distraction. The second way was from things I thought were relevant to my business. This include reading about every online lead generating system out there, inquiring about adwords and a million other advertising techniques, designing my website or blog, writing articles, brainstorming, reading, etc. These activities seem like they are relevant, but they are what’s known as administrative activities. It’s not that they aren’t important, it’s just that they have their own time and place. They should not take the bulk of your time.

I’ve heard countless times that 80% of your time should be spent doing what is most important to you in the business. For me and most people, that means talking to prospects to build your business. Think about that, 80% of the time you need to be talking to people you think would be interested in your business. This was a complete contradiction to what I thought before. Before I’d spend a month reading up on and putting together a website that never really worked well, thinking that it would solve the leads and prospect aspect of my business, then more time thinking of something else to do… before I knew it, months had gone by and I was no further along then when I started because I never talked to anyone or talked to the wrong kind of people. Like I’ve said before, if it isn’t producing results, find out what to change and change it.

Now, I keep my administrative stuff to a minimum. I picked the way I want to run my business, and I’m putting it in action. It’s not the most perfect way, and I still read and research, but I do it as quickly and efficiently as possible and only after I’ve “consulted” my prospects for the day. My administrative stuff is more of an after thought, but because I’m smart and efficient about it, it ends up funding the lead prospecting aspect. My advice to you if your going down this road is…

Don’t wait until you have the perfect administrative system in place to start building your downline, do it as you go.

The profits will catch up, and the more substantial money (a downline) will already be in place when it does.

So now when you go online, keep it smart and simple. Don’t sit down and think, maybe I’ll try and build a website today if you’ve never tried before. Have actual steps and set goals, and don’t lose focus. Don’t be afraid to take advice from people who have been there before. Adjust your actions along the way as need be, but always reflect to see if you spending your time the most efficient way possible.

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