The Daily Schedule of a Successful Internet Marketer

The Daily Schedule of a Successful Internet Marketer

I’m writing this article for anyone who may be curious as to what exactly a successful internet marketer does on a daily basis. This will vary from person to person of course, depending on preferred marketing methods and with which company an individual is working. However, at least a few of the marketing methods I use serve to generate leads, as well as to establish myeself as a real person with a wealth of internet marketing knowledge (credibility goes a long way in attracting leads). The tasks I complete on a daily basis are as follows:

Write and Submit an Article: 1 hour 30 minutes

I personally take about an hour on average to write an article. I post my article on my blog and submit it to eight different free article hosting sites, which takes about another half hour. I probably submit my articles to more sites than most people, but it’s free traffic, and to me it’s worth the time. Articles are one amazing way to establish yourself as a marketing guru as well as to generate free leads. If you’re a newbie marketer, set yourself the goal of writing one or two new articles a day. If you can write 60 articles a month you’ll be producing tons of leads in no time.

Twitter: 40 minutes

It takes me about 25 minutes daily to follow a significant amount of new people, unfollow everyone who isn’t following me back, reply to my direct messages, and manage my daily tweets. It may seem like a waste of time in the beginning, but the potential with Twitter is unlimited, i.e. you can have an unlimited amount of people following you and hearing your message... it just takes time to build your following. Accumulate several thousand followers, and that’s several thousand people who will be shown what you have to say.

Make a Video: 20 minutes

An actual video may only be a few minutes long, but I’ll first need to plan what I’m going to say, as well as possibly do a few takes depending on how well it goes the first time. Videos are a quick and easy method to generate leads, and will build your credibility. If you’re a newbie, follow your articles by making one or two new videos a day.

Manage My Google AdWords Account: 30 minutes

The 30 minutes I take to manage my account is generally spent analyzing data and pausing ineffective keywords and/or ads, as well as split-testing new ads. Any top internet marketer is going to be advertizing on Google because it’s the easiest and fastest way to produce leads. That being said, to advertize on AdWords, you need a fairly extensive knowledge on the subject, otherwise you’ll get killed, i.e. you’ll lose all your money. If you’re a beginner and know nothing about advertizing on Google, I’d recommend Perry Marshall’s Definitive Guide to Google AdWords as a start.

Manage My ListJoe Account: 15 minutes

I’m a free member of listjoe (still in testing phase before I decide to buy anything), and as such I need to work for my points (if anyone doesn’t know what I’m talking about, see my article Ten Free Ways To Produce Leads and scroll down to listjoe). As I’m not actually looking for a new business opportunity, I don’t actually spend time reading any of the ads I click on, unless they really catch my eye. So all in all it takes me about 10 minutes to scroll through my e-mail and click the 40 or so listjoe e-mails I get a day. On a day that I actually send out my own listjoe e-mail, I will spend another 10 – 30 minutes writing an e-mail message.

Time on the Phone: 1 hour

This is not time spent “selling” people, because that’s something that I don’t have to do in my business. This is time spent simply welcoming new members on my team, or time spent helping current members with their marketing.

Other Random tasks: 30 minutes

This could be time spent on another marketing method, responding to e-mails, editing my webpages, or some other random task. I do sometimes use other marketing methods, however the above are the methods I use on a consistent daily basis.

The above is of course not THE schedule of any internet marketer. Everyone has preferences as to how they market and take different times to complete different tasks. This is a system that works for me, and should work for anyone who dedicates the required time to each task, considering they produce quality content.

As to where are when I complete the above... anytime I want, and from the comfort of my home or one of the many local coffee shops :).