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Making The Most of Your Online Time

After not posting for a fews days because of other things on my palette, I figured that a fitting comeback post would relate to online time management. Between the nine to five, online businesses, family life and finding time for entertainment sometimes there is little time for personal development. Here is a short list of things that I have done to cut my online time in half but remain productive.

• Use an RSS reader - This is the single most important time management tool. Since using Google Reader over Sage I have been flying through niche news in no time. Thanks Cheynne for putting me on to the blackberry technique. Now I can keep up with news even when I'm not online.

• Don't check earnings as often - I know that it's hard but there is little that you can do at 1:00 p.m. to change your affiliate earnings. Unless you are experimenting, checking once per day is just as effective. I check adsense daily and my other programs weekly.

• Automation - Whatever you can create an automated system for, don't wait... Just Do It. Aweber is currently my favorite tool for newsletters and automated messaging. It's pretty cut and dry.

• Planning - Schedule your days. I try not to random surf as much as I use to. If something intriguing crosses my screen I hit CRTL D and save it for later. I tend to work best between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. so I save projects for nights when I don't have to get up early the next day.

What techniques have you guys been using not to get burned out?

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