David Cooley asks, “how many hours do I spend blogging?” that is a pretty good question to ask. My answer is, Too many! All kidding aside, I usually have a computer up and running very close to 24 hours a day. Whether I am conscious when the computer is running, thats another question. It is funny that David called in this question. A few months ago I ran a survey and asked my readers the same question. The results were amazing. Over 54% of my readers invest 41 hours per week blogging. To me that is some shocking news. I fall right around that bracket, although I didn’t take my own survey.

So David brings up a really good question: How many hours do you spend each week blogging? And I can quickly see how this question can help me extend to you some other questions. How well are you using your time blogging? Time is something that we can’t control. It will always be and it will always slowly tick away.

As bloggers we can control a lot of things. But one thing that can’t be controlled is time. What are some things that you’re doing as a blogger to better manage your time online? Here are a few thoughts of mind that come to mind.

1. Don’t check your email first thing in the morning. If there is really anything truly urgent or pressing in your inbox, the sender will go to extended lengths to contact you. Checking your email first thing in the morning basically dictates how you’re going to invest your time.
2. Before doing anything, ask yourself what you want to do today with blogging. Have a plan, have some goals and spend the day ‘On Task’. When you have completed your goals then aimlessly surf the Internet.
3. Turn your Instant Messengers OFF until you have completed your ‘Self Assigned’ work for the day. Instant messengers are just like email and have the same effects as checking email, but they’re much worse… they’re instant!
4. Invest your time and money smartly. If you know that in your life you can only invest two hours per day blogging, then don’t get your hands into projects that will take 1500 hours to complete. If you feel very strongly that the project will be successful, hire someone to do it for you. If you’re not willing to invest money into an idea that you thoughts of, then it’s probably a crappy idea and won’t work! Look at it this way… if you were asking a lender for money to support your idea, he would ask the same thing, “would you be willing to invest money into your own project if you had it?” Whether you’d answer truthful, that’s your deal, but deep inside you know the truth… and if the answer was NO, then your idea sucks and move on.
5. Barter, Exchange and Swap Professional Services. There is no reason in the world why you should expect yourself to rule the world by yourself. Ask a friend or trusted partner for help. Two heads are better than one. For example, let’s say that you need someone to help with writing content on your blog. Strike a deal with a writer so that they can begin writing quality content on your blog. They might want something that you can do that they can’t. An example of this is with me. Many writers want to become bloggers, but they don’t know the first thing with starting a blog, let alone designing them. So in my search for writers, I exchange out my professional service for theirs. I find writers who need me and my skills with building blogs. I build them their blog and exchange they write content for me.

Want to ask me a question? Call me anytime 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Call me with your question, just like David Cooley did today. Your question will get answered and air LIVE on my blog at Garry Conn dot Com. What are you waiting for, call me now! Tel: 931-368-4120