Make it clear that others can use your videos!
Other people may be interested in using your videos on their website or blog. Some marketers don’t like this, but you can make it clear that you do, because you know it will help you drive more traffic to your site. Remember — your video includes information about your website and helps brand your name.
You can include some text in your video description that tells people it’s okay to use your video on their site. Obviously, YouTube and other video sites have the code right there for people to use (unless you turn that option off), but it often takes a call to action to get them to use it. Visitors will love this because they get extra content for their site and you’ll love this because you’ll get extra visitors to your own website because your video is branded.
Congratulations
Congratulations: if you have been a loyal follower you know now 27 ways to get more done in less time!
Let’s quickly recapped just some of what you learned:
• You learned how eliminating distractions and unnecessary tasks saves time. For example, you discovered tips related to turning off your cell phone, blocking out uninterrupted periods of work time and choosing to work when you’re the most alert and productive.
• You discovered how to use systems, routines, automation and shortcuts to save time (and money).
• And you learned that outsourcing and delegating is one of the best ways to get more done in less time.
Your next step is easy: Start implementing these tips immediately.
If you put this report aside and tell yourself that you’ll implement these tips “later,” then you’ll have to reread the report to refresh your memory. And guess what?
That wastes time!
Instead, you should start implementing these tips right now while they’re all still fresh in your mind.
Just choose three or four tips to start using over the next few days. Then choose and apply a few more tips later this week.
Keep doing this until you’re fully utilizing all the advice. By that point you’ll be saving hours every week – which frees your time to focus on whatever is most important in your life. Enjoy!
Be Unique.
As you get better and better at creating your videos, you are going to want to put your own spin on them. More and more marketers are figuring out that videos can drive traffic to their websites. That means you have a lot more competition in the near future and the competition is only growing. That doesn’t matter, however, because you can make your videos unique and include descriptions that set you apart from the rest. This will help you get better rankings in the search engines and more views on your videos.
Biggest Time Saver of All
Here is one of the biggest time-savers of all:
Outsource and delegate work that you don’t personally need to do.
Generally, there are two big stumbling blocks that prevent people (especially business owners) from taking advantage of this productivity booster:
1. You think you need to do it all yourself. However, once you start outsourcing, you’ll find that others are able to do just as good of a job as you. And in many cases, putting your tasks into the hands of a professional means you’ll get an end product that’s even better than you can produce. (This is especially true if your skill level is competent but not above average.)
2. Secondly, some people look at outsourcing as an expense. However, it’s actually an investment, since outsourcing means your time is free to work on other important tasks. In addition, if you figure what your time is worth per hour, you’ll likely find that a professional can actually complete the task for “cheaper” than the cost-per-hour it would take for you to do the same task.
You can delegate outsource anything and everything, both personally and for your business.
Example: At home you can split the household chores up among all the family members (including the kids). When you’re working on your business, you can outsource things like customer service, content creation, product creation and much more.
Create More Videos
After you’ve made your first video, you have to remember that the more videos you have out there, the more potential traffic you’ll get. You can also test and track different methods of video creation, to see what visitors respond to the most. You may find that a video you thought would really take off really doesn’t. By the same token, you may find that a video you thought was a dud gets you a ton of visitors.
Again, the more videos to get out there, the more traffic you will receive. There are more people than ever before searching for videos who want to watch them online. You can get yourself quite a following by constantly creating new videos.
Place the Videos on Your Own Website
These video sharing websites will also give you a code so you can place your video on your own website. While this won’t directly give you more traffic, it will give your site more dynamic content that your visitors will will love.
Remember — repurposing your content like this will help you make a better use of your time and drive more traffic to your website overall.
Automation Tools and Other Shortcuts
Imagine if I told you to dig a 3 X 3 X 3 foot hole. The first thing you’d probably ask for is a shovel. And that’s because you already know that a good tool can make almost any job go a lot faster.
Likewise, there are a number of tools you can use to make your personal and business tasks go a lot more quickly.
Let me give you an example…
Example: Let’s suppose you wanted to start a blog on your site. If you wanted, you could accomplish this by creating a special HTML page. Then you’d regularly edit this HTML page and upload the newest version to your website.
As you no doubt know, there’s an easier way. Instead of taking the time to upload, download and format HTML files, all you have to do is use a content management script or blogging script like WordPress. This blogging software does all the work for you, so that all you have to do is compose your article and click “post” to make it appear on your website.
Here’s an example of using a shortcut…
Do you find that you spend a lot of time answering emails that are very similar? If so, there are two things you can do:
1. If this is a business email, then create a FAQ page (frequently asked questions) where you address this issue. For example, if you often get questions about how to open a zip file and read a PDF file, you may provide instructions on your site (including on the download page).
2. If it’s something that needs to be answered privately (such as a refund request), then you should create template emails that you can copy and paste. Clearly label and organize your template replies and you’ll save hours of time every week.
If you’re doing a task on your computer, chances are there is some sort of tool or software you can use to automate the task.
Examples:
• You can do your bookkeeping and taxes quickly by using financial software like Quicken.
• If a certain task requires you to use a series of keystrokes repeatedly, you can create macros or “shortcut” keys to perform this task. For example, if you want to create a macro when you’re using Microsoft Excel, go to “tools,” highlight “macro” and then click on “record new macro.”
Create Your Own Channel
If people like your videos they will be interested in watching more of what you have to offer. Fill their desire by creating your own channel on YouTube. You can get some excellent traffic, and loyal visitors by regularly updating your channel with videos promoting your website.
Experiment and see what other popular YouTube users are doing to drive traffic to their websites.
Promote Your Video
Sometimes your video will take off right away and other times it will take a bit more work on your part. You can get some traffic to your videos by seeking out popular videos related to your niche, as well as channels related to your niche, and by commenting on them. You can sometimes link to your own videos within the comments. The people who visit that popular video may visit your video (and eventually your website).
Sites like YouTube also give you the chance to post a related video to other popular videos. Posting a related video places you right under the popular video with a little graphical icon that will entice people to click over to your video as well. Piggybacking off of other people’s traffic is an effective way to get your videos noticed.
Get Organized
Have you ever sat down to a do a specific task, but then wasted time looking for a tool or document you needed to complete the task?
Example: Maybe you set aside time to pay the bills, but then you wasted ten minutes searching for your checkbook and another ten minutes rounding up all of your bills. If something like this has ever happened to you, then you can already see the value of getting organized.
To be as productive as possible, you need to get organized both personally and professionally. However, do note that NOT everyone has the same definition of organization.
Example: Some people think that “getting organized” means that all documents should be neatly filed in a file cabinet and cross referenced. To other people, organization means taking these same files and stacking them into specific piles on a desk.
Here’s the thing…
You need to get organized in a way that makes sense to you using a strategy that’s comfortable. Some people prefer to stack files on their desk within easy reach. If that’s what makes you the most productive, that’s fine… just as long as you organize these files and piles into a way that makes sense for you.
Here then are five general organization tips:
⇒ Sort your email into folders. If you’re not deleting an email, then sort it into a folder (such as “friends and family,” “customer inquiries,” “orders” and so on). Even if you run searches to find emails, you’ll be able to complete the search quicker if you know what folder to look in.
⇒ Put your bills in a special place immediately. As soon as the bills reach your mail box, put them all immediately into once place. This might be a file, a basket, a box or even a special drawer. But the point is, you should put them all in once place so they’re instantly accessible.
⇒ File documents immediately. While you may set aside time once daily (or once weekly if you don’t have much paperwork to file), this is something you should take care of as soon as possible. The longer a document sits someplace other than it’s file folder (or box or special “pile”), the better chance it has of getting lost. As such, you should file it away as soon as possible so that you can find it instantly when you need it again.
⇒ Organize your computer files. You may be saving all sorts of things on your hard drive, including pictures, videos, personal documents, business documents, ebooks, reports, software and a whole lot more. You should create a file system on your computer where you sort these items into intuitively named folders. That way, you can access them immediately when you need them.
⇒ Back up important files. Finally, here’s a time saver I hope you never have to use. But if your computer ever crashes (or you have a fire, flood or similar), you’ll be happy that you followed this tip of backing up your hard drive regularly.
At a minimum, you should back up your computer files to a removable disk, such as a CD or thumb drive, at least on a weekly basis. You may individually back up your most important files (such as new documents) daily.
In addition, you may consider backing up your most important documents to a remote storage area, such as a secure folder on your website. Alternatively, you may create a copy of your CD or thumb drive and store in a location away from your computer.
For example, you may store your office computer CD at home. The reason is that if something should ever happen to your office – such as a fire – your computer and your back up CD would both be destroyed. But if you have a copy in a separate location, you can retrieve your files easily.
Recommended
Free Newsletter
Special Reports
Product Reviews
Categories
- Affiliate Marketing (32)
- Benjamin Franklin's Wit and Wisdom (9)
- Business Snap (100)
- Dan's Rants (11)
- Getting Started (24)
- How to Snap (5)
- List Snap (2)
- Product Reviews (18)
- Staying Motivation (17)
- Traffic Snap (43)
- Working From Home (24)