I have a pretty rigorous schedule that I like to keep to as much as I can, however there are things that can get in the way and over the weekend I sat down with a good old fashioned pen and paper and worked out how long each thing takes me!

For example to write content for my blogs takes me about two hours if I attempt to write on all of them with meaningful content that has an interesting subject. Then it takes me close to 2 hours to do a directory submission for a new website (over 250 directories spread out a few a day for a natural link building). Then writing articles, keyword research, niche research and so on, as well as no managing programmers who are working on our new project.

So my time is pretty full and I could use getting some of the less interesting tasks, such as directory submissions and article submissions outsourced so I can free up my time somewhat. I worked out that 80% of my time is taken up with 20% of what I actually want to achieve. (there was a good post on Six Months to 40 about this). So my aim for this week is to not only find a happy balance of what I am doing but make sure that I get a good return on the time I am investing.

So this week is going to be a productive week here at The Affiliate Truth investing in the time we are spending on projects as well as focusing on getting other areas up and running as well. We have discovered that there is a way of setting up a membership website using tools that are free so we will be pushing to get the first of our new sites up in the next 3 weeks as well as pushing our niche areas forward! We had a good month on England Rugby Shirts even though the boys didn’t win so it is a proven method that we will now crack on forward with!