Problogger launched a recent note on their blog combined with feedback from Twitter Users, that truly was worth repeating in every sense of the word.

It instantly made me realize what I was missing and challenged with… and what causes my day to go poorly. Yes, I’m a stats junkie and these numbers and challenges are reflected by that… So without hopefully too much frustration from Problogger, here’s the piece of his post that I’m going to re-print with the idea of “For internet marketers” instead of just “for bloggers..”

• Turn off Twitter – 6 minutes an hour
• Turn off Facebook – 3 minutes an hour
• Stop checking your Traffic Stats – 2 minutes an hour
• Stop checking your AdSense Earnings – 2 minutes an hour
• Stop Tweaking your blog design – 3 minutes an hour
• Stop checking your Google Page Rank – 1 minute an hour
• Turn off Email – 5 minutes an hour
• Log out of your RSS Feed Reader – 2 minutes an hour
• Stop checking to see if someone Dugg your latest post – 1 minute an hour
• Stop checking affiliate earnings/e-book sales earnings – 2 minutes an hour
• Turn off any other Social Media Sites (LinkedIn/StumbleUpon/Plurk/Reddit etc) – 3 minutes an hour
• Turn of Skype, Gtalk and all other IM services – 4 minutes
• Stop Reading Blog Tips and Start Blogging – 3 minutes an hour

His concept was how to gain 37 minutes an hour… but if anyone’s like me this is like 4 hours back from the average day… Well maybe 2 hours but still, very true and very useful!

Daniel J Deyette

Ryan Healy truly is someone I find hard *not* to respect. The guy gives free copy writing tips and interesting advice on his blog, and despite the chance his freelance clients might complain, often discusses the intricacies of the client/freelancer relationship that many of us would be afraid to discuss.

I’ve been freelancing now for about 2.5 years and I know myself that the *last* thing I would do is post what’s going on in my challenges in their accounts even if I didn’t mention a client name.. Just the thought of them reading something like that on my blog sends chills down my spine.

– Anyway –

I too suffered major skin problems when I was a kid… And this lesson Ryan speaks of is so paramount to all levels of business, copywriting and everything in between that it shakes the foundations of how you should write on your blog, website, twitter, facebook, fax campaigns, direct mail, print, tv, radio.. I can see it applying to everything!

See – If you did do that initial market research I’m always talking about, then you’d easily begin to see what challenges, pains, jealousy, frustration, anger, pride, fear or other emotions that you SHARE with your customers that you totally understand…

And as Ryan Explains… That – builds trust.

Trust is probably one of the hardest things to get.. Online or offline in a new relationship or when you first meet someone (we’re talking prospects & customers here..) and any extra tool in the toolbox is brilliant!!!!

Until Next Time!
Daniel J Deyette

Then I realized,

Why not submit myself to a blog directory? Is there such a thing?

OF COURSE there is! Your competition are probably already listed
in such directories, where are you?

Where do we find these, how much and which ones do I invest my

precious time on?

I did a quick Google and instantly found "Blog Catalog" which only required a little link in my sidebar.
Cool, I can handle that. Then I started digging, some wanted money, others reciprocal links and so on.

Now, being in the business as long as I have been, I know a recip bleeds my PR. Unless they’re a site I trust, I’m not linking back to them (unless i don’t care about the site i’m building or it’s just a spam page).

But paying a few bucks to be listed places isn’t a bad deal, and of course there’s nothing wrong with the free ones either…

Here’s a short list of blog directories. You might as well get the benefit of my hard work.<GRIN>

GO sign your blog up to some directories & Get some free press.

COME ON NOW!!

Sincerely,
Daniel J Deyette