Jan
Creating a Website – most difficult challenge
While creating your website – the most difficult challenge that many webmaster have is…
Time Management.
It does not matter if you are an experienced webmaster or just starting out. The time restraints you have while building can make the best laid plans can go on the wayside.
We all have had the problem of jumping from one project to another to another and after the week (or month) you start to realize you did not accomplish anything you wanted to.
1. Write down your tasks
The many tasks you do while building your site take on a whole different meaning when you may only have a few hours a day to actually accomplish them.
To help with the time management challenge, write down the jobs you need to work on for your site. Whether this is link building, blogging, create new pages in your web site, keyword research that needs to be done, etc.
This information needs to be written down where you can view it daily to help keep the time monster harnessed.
I have cleaned off everything not important from my computer desktop and created a new folder called: TASKS TO DO. I capitalize this and put it right in the middle of the computer screen so it catchs my eye over all the other stuff also on my desktop.
I then open my MSWord and title the page: Tasks To Do.
If you are working on a few different websites, try to keep the information on 1 page. Just bold the website names, then put the task below them.
By keeping everything on one page, you can do a quick scan of what needs to be done.
2. Prioritize
This may sound difficult and somewhat time consuming but can help you “gain time” while working on your projects.
An easy way to help you prioritize your projects is to use a two week cycle. Set aside one day to work on a certain project.
The two biggest projects for building a website is creating new content and link building.
Here is a breakdown of how you could prioritize a two week period for creating new blog post, web pages and link building.
Monday: Research for keywords to be used in a new web page or blog post. Can’t think of any? Study your website analytical stats or look at your competition.
Tuesday: Write a few sentences of information you would like to put into the new web page and see what others have written about using the main keyword.
Wednesday: Use the information from Monday and Tuesday to create your new page or blog.
Thursday: Use Keyword Research from Monday to create an article for directories to help with link building. Don’t send to article directory until tomorrow.
Friday: Re-read your web page and article, make any changes.
Saturday: Go through your “To Do List” and see if you able to cross anything off the list.
Sunday: Enjoy your time with family, friends, a good book or movie. Take time for YOU!
Monday: Look for a few other sites you could link with and contact their webmaster.
Tuesday: Research other avenues to help you get quality links: social media, article directories, etc.
Wednesday: Look at your competition. (this could be done everyday, but can get very time consuming). Look at older web pages and blog posts to see the keywords they used as it may help create you create a new blog post or page with updated information. (main keyword could be researched next Monday)
Thursday: Research for that new e-book or any other big project that you would like to tackle in the next couple of weeks.
Friday: Take a look at your “To Do List”. Add new projects and take away any completed.
Saturday: Search around for new content for your site/blog.
Sunday: Enjoy your time with family, friends, a good book or movie. Take time for YOU!
3. Keep Up With The List
No matter what type of projects are on the list, they still have steps that need to be done in order before they are completed. By thinking of what order the steps needs to be done, it will help you build your 2 week cycle.
By focusing on one or two project at a time in a two week cycle, you will find your projects will be done and at the end of the week (or month) you have the satisfaction of knowing you have managed your time.
