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Time Management For Bloggers And Marketers

By Melvin On Under Blogging Tips

This is guest blogged by Melvin from MelvinBlog.com, a super duper cool blog. :)

These days, I have observed many school kids, college graduates and even the individuals who are doing regular 9 to 5 jobs are considering blogging and internet marketing as a source of part time income. However, I am not saying that this is not a wise decision to make but as we all know that blogging and internet marketing requires sufficient time and efforts from your side if you want to succeed.

In this piece of writing, I will (try to) shed some light on the most important issue which is associated with blogging and internet marketing, “time management”.

As we all are aware that time management is an important aspect of every virtue of life, so we cannot overlook this aspect in online businesses as well. Time management for bloggers and internet marketers is very important because they have to take care of multiple things at one time. If they will fail to devote sufficient amount of time to their online business then they will not get the outcomes as they desire and on the other hand, if they devote all their time to their online business then they will not actively participate in their daily routine activities.

Considering the above mentioned scenario in my mind, I would like to elaborate the importance of time management for bloggers and internet marketers and how they can manage their time in an organized manner so they can take care of their online business as well as their daily routine activities.

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Disclaimer: I’m not a professional counselor or whatever. Anything laid out here is entirely based on my opinion, and my experience with it myself and from my close colleagues. As always, consult a professional person first.

1. For School Going Kids

If you are a kid  going to school everyday, then you must devote sufficient amount of time to your studies, it is your first responsibility. After coming back from your school session, take some rest and have your meal. Then, get rid of your home work (if you have any). After getting rid of all these issues, devote 1-2 hours to your online business.

For students, 1-2 hours will be enough because they are still at their learning stage and too much on anything can cause stress in the child. Remember, as a kid, making money SHOULD NEVER be a serious goal. The reason you’re blogging is for early exposures that can benefit you in the future.

2. For College Students

For college students, it’s much easier to manage their time and organize their daily routine schedule properly. College students can take care of their online business while they are at their college or university. They can divert their attention towards the computer lab of the college of university in their free time and can take care of their online business quite comfortably. T

his will assure that they are utilizing their free time to their most. This is easier since college life is a life of more freedom where as you could do a lot without hurting your studies that much.

3. For People Working In A Job

For individuals who are doing regular 9 to 5 job, It’s important that these types of individuals must understand the importance of time management if they want to keep a balance in their personal and professional life. Their responsibilities are more as compared to school going children and college graduates.

For them, it would be hard to manage time for business but if they put some efforts then this won’t be a difficult task. They must devote sometime to their online business on regular basis, maybe 2-3 hours. But, they must put some extra efforts in their weekends. In this way, they would devote sufficient amount of time to their online business as well as to their daily routine activities.

Conclusion

Time management for bloggers and internet marketers is very important. Proper time management will assure you a stress free life as it makes sure you’re maximizing everything without hurting your other responsibilities and stressing yourself. What do you think? What’s your own tactic that you’re using?


Article written by Melvin

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  1. Deepika
    December 15, 2009
    5:29 pm

    Very nice post Melvin…
    You have listing the whole blogging into three parts. thats great..Time management is necessary for each one of us. And following the schedule is another important point. Every blogger should spend atleast one hour in blogging either writing post or promoting their blog, or commenting in other blog.
    this will provide good relation with other blogs
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  2. Senthil Ramesh
    December 15, 2009
    5:58 pm

    That was an excellent article. I often struggle in managing time and yes since I am in 9-5 job people’s section I always find less time for blogging. Most of the time I take sundays to write articles and schedule it for that week and I spend the week looking for resources.
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  3. akira07
    December 15, 2009
    6:00 pm

    Because we’re talk so many things about consistency, a word of “time management” sometime comes. And now, it’s shown on one article. First of all, thanks to Melvin. Well, i’m put my concentration on “For college students” point since i’m into it. I just notice that i can practice your tips on using computer lab on my college to blogging. My college have computer lab also, but it’s Linux and the internet is slow, so i need consider it first. The other solution is, go to internet cafe around the college. I need to pay for it but since i can do my blog schedule, it’s OK.

    Anyway, quite disagree with this statement : “College students can take care of their online business while they are at their college or university” if it’s design class. Design college is very busy. It’s rarely to find free time. And if their have free time, their prefer to sleep. So, i think maybe blogging is not suitable activity for design student.
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  4. Vishal Sanjay
    December 15, 2009
    6:11 pm

    Well i like the school going section, but currently i giving up on my resting time, i hardly watch TV and make sure I get 4 hours a day for blogging. Though I don’t neglect my studies I am seeing my marks deteriorating, but i’m not gonna give up on blogging, I’m sure some day I’ll earn more than my parents.
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  5. Vishal Sanjay
    December 15, 2009
    6:15 pm

    You see Melvin, I believe that if i could sacrifice some time and some rest maybe later on I can spend the rest of my life holidaying, look at Maki, he worked hard before now he went on a holiday for 6 months, i’ll do anything for such a life. My parents are also getting objective, though they were initially happy about me earning money, i try to persuade them by giving them examples of famous bloggers. But i am very much happy about my blogs growing traffic and profits and I also got featured on TOI.
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  6. akira07
    December 15, 2009
    7:38 pm

    Ok since this is time management article, i think i should discuss again of my killer-time decreasement plan. The plan is about reduce all of your activity time by some minute and use that for your blogging activity.

    If normally, you bath for 20 minute, reduce it to 10 minute. Eating time 20 minute, reduce it to 10 minute. On that 2 activity, you already save 20 minute. And if in a day, bath + eat is 2x, so you already save 20minute x 2 = 40 minute <<– enough time to do blogging
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  7. IndianCashMaker
    December 15, 2009
    8:29 pm

    i am a 9-5 day job blogger and i know its really hard to manage my time for my blog, family and friends…it requires serious dedication dude
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  8. Extreme John
    December 15, 2009
    10:40 pm

    Excellent guest post Melvin and finding the right balance can be tough for anyone, especially if you lack self motivation.
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  9. Saksham Talwar
    December 15, 2009
    10:59 pm

    Hey nice post Melvin! I am a school going boy and I love to blog! I actually feel blogging relieves my stress and makes me fresh and even more devoted to studies.

    It also help me in improving my communication skills and language!
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  10. Sam from Blog Guide
    December 16, 2009
    1:36 am

    Excellent article. I have been looking for this type of post alot, because I have noticed that I am running out of time constantly.

    I work a normal 8 hour job and balancing a blog takes a lot of time. There is no other way to make it work than prioritizing. You really have to stop doing irrelevant stuff and focus only on the important things.
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  11. Dennis Edell
    December 16, 2009
    3:54 am

    Oh man am I in trouble. I don’t go to school, I have no JOB or a family to take care of and still can’t manage time all to well. LOL
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  12. element321
    December 16, 2009
    5:55 am

    Time management is a big issue for me. Between school and work (40+ hrs) I find it hard to find the time to work on my blogs. Generally I spend all my free time reading blogs and now commenting on them as well. As of today, I decided to setup a schedule for my blogging times. 1 hour in the morning that is optional every day, 1 hour in the evening that is mandatory, and the weekends as much I can to create and research future blog posts.

    Thanks for the Time Management break down.
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  13. Melvin
    December 16, 2009
    7:37 am

    Thanks for publishing this. :D Btw, there are some typo errors..

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  14. chandan from work at home
    December 16, 2009
    10:55 am

    I also advice the school students and other guys who are studying that first keep attention at your study and after that blogging, yes blogging is one good habit, but it do not means that you spend your time on blogging leave your study.

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    • Deepika
      December 16, 2009
      4:46 pm

      @moonheart

      you are right… they should blog in their free time. They should keep importance to their studies also.
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      • akira07
        December 17, 2009
        10:36 am

        “Great on time management” indicator is get good achievement both on school and blog.

        @Typhoon, how is your school achievement?
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        • Typhoon
          December 17, 2009
          2:36 pm

          My school is basically a dummy school i.e Not much importance on how much attendance you have in the school, only you have to pass out the annual examination. The time I save from not going to school regularly is utilized in self study and then later on the time is given to blogging work.

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          • Vishal Sanjay
            December 17, 2009
            6:55 pm

            I agree that schools are a top priority but not india, you see in India education has been simply made tough. A person with a c india can get an a elsewhere, thats because Indian schools teach you everything that you never use, we are in need of a serious educational reform.
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          • Typhoon
            December 17, 2009
            7:30 pm

            Yeah, I also completely think like that. Indian Education system is really sick r8 now. Just think, why a person who wants to become a Software Engineer have to learn Laws of Gravitation or Thermodynamics which is absolutely of no use in that field.

          • Vishal Sanjay
            December 17, 2009
            8:40 pm

            Exactly what i mean pal, my teachers, my parents and my friends think that i’m not very intelligent because i never get more than 50 in maths, phy, chem and bio, but what really bothers me is that they never realize that i’ve always got above 90 in economics, commerce and History, they think thats of no use. India most parents want their kids to become only a doctor or a techie guy, they have no intentions to let their kids explore. This is the main reason Indians lack creativity and innovation, we definitely need a lot of educational reforms. Have you ever wondered why only few Indians were capable of winning the noble prize.
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          • Typhoon
            December 17, 2009
            8:49 pm

            Maybe we will need a big platform to bring this thing to people like through big blogs, news papers etc. Films like Tare Zameen Par and now 3 Idiots(which will be releasing soon) are trying to send out such message to Indian people but don’t know when it will properly give good impact to our parents ;(

          • akira07
            December 19, 2009
            4:01 am

            Yeah it’s hard. The only one which can give good impact to our parents is just provide him our payment proof with $x,xxx written on there.
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          • akira07
            December 19, 2009
            4:00 am

            It’s a kind of wasting time also, make sure not dreaming become a job which require you to learn unrelevant things.
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          • akira07
            December 18, 2009
            3:06 am

            Your school policy is really support your blogging activity, how lucky you are…!!! :)
            And this is also reveal, why Typhoon can update blog oftenly :P
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          • Deepika
            December 24, 2009
            7:25 pm

            @akira07

            typhoon school life really seems to be interesting… But i missed blogging both in school and in my college life
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          • Senthil Ramesh
            December 26, 2009
            11:28 am

            @Typhoon I had schooling and college like that. No one will ask us for anything. But sadly I studied in a remote area where we don’t have much access to Internet.
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          • Deepika
            December 27, 2009
            1:04 pm

            yeah but in my college they wont allow net access many times… So i missed blogging in my college days..
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          • Senthil Ramesh
            December 27, 2009
            6:57 pm

            @Deepika Oh, if you have net access in net, have you made it spent for Blogging?
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    • Senthil Ramesh
      December 16, 2009
      10:05 pm

      @Chandan Blogging should be in the second concern and we should always remember that we started it for hobby and not for spoiling ourselves from our studies.
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    • akira07
      December 17, 2009
      10:33 am

      Agree, school is the priority no.1. It’s a mistake to treat blogging activity as a reason to stop or ignore school. But if it’s for college people, i’m sure their smart enough to aware about this things.
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    • Jenn
      December 19, 2009
      4:56 pm

      Yes of course, studying must be the top priority of teenagers or those who are still in school. Blogging shall be done on spare times only.
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      • akira07
        December 20, 2009
        4:35 am

        But i have a question. If you’re school kids, but already have an online business which earn you $xx,xxx in a month, and then you find that you’re need more time to manage your online business, will you still treat school as main priority?

        Maybe this help you to answer : School –> get knowledge –> good knowledge = easy to finding job –> get earning
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        • Jenn
          December 21, 2009
          5:15 am

          It doesn’t mean that if you prioritize things you must spend longer time in it than the others. Prioritizing is doing most important thing and accomplishing it without talking about how long it was.

          For me, at my age, school is my priority above all. But in the case you gave, if it’s more important to spend more time to my online business, then there’s no problem as long as I do my school tasks first.

          In the end, you should have time management. :D
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      • Senthil Ramesh
        December 25, 2009
        9:57 pm

        @Jenn Spare time? Oh I am not getting those and thus I am reading this article to better manage my times :)
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  15. Biodun
    December 16, 2009
    12:10 pm

    Great post, having a plan is quite important because at times there is so much work to do you just don’t know where to begin and don’t get much of anything done.

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  16. Simon from Net Millionaire
    December 16, 2009
    6:38 pm

    Time management is really very important if you want a well-balanced life. What I always do is I make a schedule on the tasks for the day and follow it. This way, I do not neglect my household chores while doing attending to my online businesses. And once you do this, it will all become a habit. You will get used to finishing everything for your online businesses in the time that you allotted.
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  17. Ricky
    December 16, 2009
    7:18 pm

    I am also a clg going guy. It is relatively easy to manage the time for clg going bloggers. Thanx for the write up.

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  18. George Serradinho
    December 17, 2009
    11:53 am

    I have a day job and blog mostly after hours. It’s sometimes hard to juggle a job, blogging and still have time for myself and friends. We need to know when enough is enough and that is only done once you have set aside time for each.

    I also forgot to mention that I still have to do the cleaning, washing, ironing, etc. I’m a single guy so I even have to do the cooking.
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  19. Robin from landscaping yards
    December 17, 2009
    5:50 pm

    I have experimented with time mangement but oddly what works best for me is write down a list according to priority and then scratch out what you have accomplished one by one. I know this may sound primitive but strangely writing it down helps me reinforce my memory. Nobody has immaculate memory. At best we only remember what is urgent and rushed. That is why I write down tasks if they are not part of my routine and tackle them one at a time in between whatever other routine tasks I perform. There are a lot of ways you can do this, some use calenders and some use diaries. I just use the simplest form of scribbling it on a piece of paper. Ha HA try it for it might just work.
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  20. Tinh
    December 18, 2009
    10:41 am

    Nice article, balancing our time is very important as we can maximize our time for different things. I have my full time job and i try to balance and have a little time for blogging
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  21. irfan from the day the earth still stood
    December 18, 2009
    11:34 am

    I am people that work in office. I usually take 1 – 2 hours everyday to manage 2 blog that I have. I have hundred of blog but i am focus in this 2 blog. And I spent to read 1 article about blogging tips to add my knowledge. thanks you for article that remind me.
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  22. Jenn
    December 19, 2009
    4:47 pm

    Students have the most time to blog and spend their time to other activites because they can control their time not unlike people who are working on companies or office or anywhere because they must follow strict schedule.
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  23. Jenn
    December 19, 2009
    5:22 pm

    Good article! Time management is often neglected by many people thus it is one of the most important thing so you can do everything you need from your top most priority to the very less. It also helps to discipline ourselves in doing non-sense things or less important.
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  24. Vishal Sanjay
    December 19, 2009
    6:36 pm

    My parents are trying to stop me from using the net these days, but they were very happy when I got my first paycheck and when i started to write poetry, but now when my marks dropped they have stopped appreciating me.
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  25. scheng1
    December 21, 2009
    2:44 pm

    haha, I can’ t imagine having so much comments to moderate!
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