Web Guy 303

Wow. What a week. Just non-stop madness on all fronts at the day job, during freelancing and with everything else. Today I’m burned out. What can an aspiring affiliate marketer do on days of burnout?

Here’s some ideas to help you get over that hump and to keep going forward.

When feeling burned out, I can hardly get going on large projects. It’s just a huge uphill battle. Yet I don’t want to go for a full day without doing at least one thing to get closer to my affiliate marketing goals.

Here’s a few things I like to do on days that I still want to accomplish something even when my brain is toast:

Read blogs and post comments

This works well since reading isn’t mentally challenging. Just by reading a few good articles I can sometimes get over the burned-out feeling and hop back on the horse much more quickly. Plus, dropping a few comments with links back to your site isn’t mentally challenging and can help gaining more web traffic.

Work outside

If you have some research to do, or some brainstorming to do, grab your laptop computer or a notepad and head to a park or something and hang out there for a while. Just getting outdoors and away from the office can be amazing for healing burned out minds.

Even if you just lay in the grass and don’t even open your notebook or accomplish a single thing, you’ll feel a little refreshed when you get back to your home or office, and just might be able to dig in again that same day for a little longer.

Clean up your office or work area

When you’re feeling burned out, bringing your office back to an organized state can really refresh your mind. At least it does for me. I have no idea why. Maybe it’s just the fact that there’s no clutter to distract me from what I’m trying to focus on.

Get rid of the beverage bottles, throw away old notes you no longer need and put all your pens and pencils in a cup. Empty out your trash can so it’s not a heaping mess.

Now, sit down at your desk again. Nice and clean and organized. Can you think a little more clearly now?

Watch some videos from your favorite marketing gurus

There’s something to be said about watching the best do their thing. It’ll make you want be like them.

If you’re a basketball player, watching vintage footage of Michael Jordan schooling opposing defenses will probably get you all excited to get out on the court and work at your game.

The same thing goes for affiliate marketing. Watch some videos from the gurus, listen to them talk the talk and talk about walking the walk. You’ll get excited again and will want to dive right back in.

Try out some different software that you’ve never used before

There’s always new tools and software out there that affiliate marketers will find handy, depending on their goals and situation.

If you’re feeling a little burnt, just try out some demo versions of software you’ve been interested in, or try some different firefox extensions. You might find something that piques your interest and sucks you right back in and gets you excited again.

Hopefully these tips help you out on the days that you’re just not feelin’ it! I’ve found all of these techniques to help me through some of the days where I just don’t feel like doing anything, but know that if I don’t accomplish something I’ll feel guilty for it!

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3. A Beginner Approach to Affiliate Marketing
4. Starting to use Yahoo! Search Engine Marketing
5. Beginning work on an affiliate web site template