5 Things You Can Do To Prevent Insanity

Internet marketing is one of the best jobs in the world, but sometimes the only thing you want to do is go insane. Here’s a list of things I like to think of and/or do when it seems my job is getting a little too insane.

1) Cool off and realize what you’re doing.

No matter what’s going on, just take a step back and realize what it is you’re doing. You’re making a living and your job attire is a pair of boxers. You sleep in as late as you want. You stay up as late as you want. You get paid to sleep and take vacations. You take 3 hour lunch breaks if you want. Even if you’re not to that point yet, it’s what you’re striving to achieve. You tell anybody you know that’s how your job is, they’ll say “you’re dreaming buddy”…no we’re not.

2) Start a new campaign.

Whenever a campaign is just sucking and I can’t get it to work, I’ll pause that and start a new campaign. There’s something about a new campaign that gets me all excited, most likely the potential for it to work out. I can’t be pissed because it hasn’t flopped yet, so I’m optimistic. Even if I give it a go and it flops, I’m a little more optimistic about going back to that old campaign and giving it another stab.

3) Take a vacation.

Things not working out? The more stressed you get, the less productive you’ll be. Take a step back, pause everything, and just go on a vacation. Even if it’s a small weekend golf trip - go on it. You’ll have some fresh air to rethink what you’re doing, and will come back at it optimistic and productive. If you take this tip, make sure to read my article on affiliate marketing vacationing tips for my advice on taking a proper vacation.

4) Focus on others, not yourself.

If things are getting too frustrating with your campaigns and you can’t get things going, stop focusing on yourself and focus on other people. Read other blogs and see what they’re doing. Search random niches and look at everybody’s landing pages. Search your own niches and see what other people are doing. Just keep…on…browsing. It’ll get your brain going and you may think “Hmm…I wonder if I apply what that person is doing to their landing page/ad text to my niche.” You never know what’s going to happen, so take the pressure off yourself for a minute and see what other people are doing.

5) Organize and attack.

One of the things that drives insanity is disorganization. I’m talking about the way my desk looks right now, and it is in fact creating a little insanity in my workstation. I have papers, receipts, food, CDs, tape…everything just in a massive pile; it’s insane. I can’t find anything and it just pisses me off. It happens with our campaigns as well. I’ll try to start too much at once and not really pay attention to everything. Things get disorganized and I don’t even notice that Campaign C has been losing $100/day for the last 4 days. The answer to both problems is organization. I’ll clean up my desk and try to keep it clean for as long as possible. Things are easier to find, I don’t get mad, and I’m more productive. With campaigns, I don’t start too much at once, and I set up what I’m going to test and when. That way I don’t let things slip out of my hands and forget about them.

Alright just a few tips. Pardon me but I have to go clean my desk (for real).