Getting into a Working Schedule

I have been tremendously productive this week, and I believe it is all due to the new schedule I have set myself. In the past, I have created schedules but found them difficult to follow. When I began working at home, I was all about the idea of working whenever I want. While some people can do that, most freelance writers do need to set a schedule, no matter how loosely followed it is. I have discovered that setting up something that I am able to tweak depending on the day is more beneficial that creating a strict routine that I feel I cannot work around.

So, this week, my schedule has been as follows:

7:00-8:00am – Get up, eat breakfast, chat with my husband before he leaves for work, and check my email and forums.
8:00am – Begin writing.
11:00am – Break from writing to shower, have lunch,  any errands or housework, and some leisure time for forums and other sites.
1:00pm – Resume work .
4:00pm – Finished with work for the day.

I have found that this gives me plenty of time to reach my daily goals of how much work I want to complete, and also allows time to chill in the middle. I can suffer from writer burnout fairly easily if I try to write for more than 3 hours straight, so breaking up the day makes it much easier for me. Plus, I allow time for any non-work activities that need to be done for the day.

I don’t feel bad about tweaking this schedule, but I hope to follow it on most days. Tomorrow, for example, will be slightly different because I have a doctor’s appointment at 9. I plan to only work in the afternoon hours. However, a couple days this week, I started back writing before 1pm and was able to write over the goals for the day. I have already met my goals for the week, so tomorrow will be an easy day anyways.

Do you follow a working schedule? If so, what does your schedule look like?

Associated Content – Upfront Pay Plus Residual Income

I have been looking for a place to start submitting articles for residual income. I was using eHow, but this the recent changes regarding that site, I don’t really want to go through the Demand Studios hassle to earn a few extra bucks a month. I want a stress-free place where I can submit what I wish. Therefore, I chose Associated Content.

With Associated Content, you can submit original content for an upfront payment, as well as residual income. The passive income results from page views, which I have heard means you are more in control of your earnings. You can promote your content and get views, but with the way most places offer revenue from ad clicks, how can you make someone read your article AND click on a nearby ad?? To me, I think it will be easier to get page views. My first article with AC was approved this week. Here is is, if you would like to take a look:

Bad Breath Treatment

The only downside to AC I have noticed so far is the slow review times. It takes longer for an article to be reviewed if you are requiring an upfront offer as well as residual income. However, once I start submitting on a regular basis, my articles will be approved more regularly.

Choose the Pay – You Set the Prices for Internet Marketing Products

Since I’ve been in school, I’ve put most of my internet marketing stuff on hold. However, I just came across an opportunity that I could not pass up. I was offered access to live webinars by some of the top marketers online for FREE — a bit of a ‘try before you buy’ deal. The new website is called “Choose the Pay,” and it provides weekly webinars from names such as Willie Crawford, James Jones (Micro Niche Finder), Justin Brooke, and Dennis Becker. If you are not familiar with any of these marketers, check out the Warrior Forum. Most of them are members there, or their products and services are being discussed.

With the webinars, you will have the chance to listen live to ask questions, or submit them beforehand if you are not going to available at that time. Replays will be posted so you will never miss hearing a marketer speak. Once you have listened to the marketer of the week, you can choose to pay what YOU think his/her information was worth. If you think it was worth $0, $10, or $20, that is the price you pay and nothing more.

Choose the Pay offers a member’s area where all webinars are kept. There is a small investment of $17 to get access to the area. This is to help keep the site running and the webinars going. It’s worth the price for all the information you will have access to. Once you pay the membership fee, there is never another required investment. You will only pay for the information you find valuable to you, and even then, you’ll only pay how much you personally think it is worth. Oh, and on the membership, it comes with a LIFETIME guarantee.

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