Productivity Challenge – The End is Here
February 6, 2012 · Print This Article
Wow, it’s been quite a ride on the month-long productivity roller coaster with Susanne Myers. And like any roller coaster, it’s had it’s ups and downs with both thrilling and scary parts, but it’s always been fast-moving! Sometimes too fast. At times I’ve wanted to say “Whoa, let me slow down and think for a minute!” Here’s the original post from the start. I wanted to work on 5 areas of my business and I’m happy to report I’ve made great strides on all of them directly.
I’m going to try to recap the whole month of this productivity challenge but I’m sure I’ll forget something.
Blog posts - Posted 10 posts on this here blog, 2 of them being guest posts. That’s definitely more than I’ve been doing.
Guest posts - 2 of these. This wasn’t in my original plan for the month, but watching Susanne with her challenge to do 50 of them made me decide I could at least do a couple too.
Articles - This wasn’t on my list of things to do but I decided to write and submit an article to EZA. I also revamped my About page while I was there. It was really old.
Written Interviews - One down, one to go.
Chapter to be included in a physical book – Done. I’ll let you know when the book has been published.
Social media - I wish I had could have spent more time on this, including blog hopping and commenting. I did rethink my relationship with LinkedIn and I’ll be utilizing that more in the future.
New products – 2 of them are out in the market! (actually 3 newly created including the new product offer on the backend of product #2 below). There is also 1 more almost ready to go. The first is CreateSpace For Profit with Alan Petersen and this one has done really well. It’s been different for me as we’re selling it through WSOPro and giving affiliates 100% commission on the front end sales and 50% on the backend sale. We’ve got more great things planned for the backend, but haven’t had the time yet to implement them.
The second new product is Easy Article Starters For Affiliate Marketers which I’m having so much fun with! I set up a contest for my affiliates and I’ve worked hard to provide tools and support, and to get new affiliates on-board. Product creation also involves sales pages, squeeze pages, download pages, etc. and is very time consuming.
The third one is technically done, I’ve just got to do the sales page, buy button, and what seems like a million little things before it goes on the market. This will be my priority once I get back from NAMS. It fills a need that some of my students have and I’m eager to offer it to them.
New PLR packs – Press Releases, Website Copy, and Men’s Health PLR.
Emailing my lists - Oddly enough, this is something I have to work on because I keep forgetting to! Or I email them in my mind but actually don’t physically do it.
Work with coaching clients - This is ongoing and I love being able to help. 
Speaking of coaching, I haven’t told you yet about the time I’ve spent this past week listening to Connie Ragen Green’s 10K Laser Coaching, but I’ll leave that for another day because I’d like to share my results from this. I will tell you though – I’m loving it!
- Let’s go over to Susanne’s blog and see how she did for the month!
- Have you challenged yourself like this? What were your results?
photo credit: Lee Cannon
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Twitter: stevescott1
on February 6th, 2012 1:58 pm
Peggy,
It does sound like you have had a nice little creative spurt.
So whats next? Are you going to revamp your long term goals? or challenge yourself again?
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Twitter: pegbaron
on February 6th, 2012 6:19 pm
Hi Steve,
You would ask me that!
Right now I’m concentrating on wrapping up lose ends and fighting small fires until I leave for NAMS on Thursday. When I come back from that I’ll be so jacked up with ideas I will have a To Do List to rival Santa’s Naughty and Nice list.
Most of all I like reading interviews! It’s always very interesting to find out more about someone’s else experience and get their advice
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Twitter: pegbaron
on February 7th, 2012 3:44 pm
Hi Amanda,
I like reading interviews too. You can learn so much. And I prefer them written because I can reread something that jumped out at me.
Thanks,
Peggy
Twitter: alanpetersen
on February 8th, 2012 1:42 am
Woo-hoo, Peggy, you kicked some butt. Are you glad the challenge is over? Do you think it helped be more productive since we were all watching you? Inquiring minds wanna know.
Have a good trip to Atlanta. I’m looking forward to your NAMS updates & pics!
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That is a lot you have accomplished in such a short time. I could have never done so much in just one month. But your attitude towards your work is amazing You still feel its less even after completing more than you had planned. That is surely the right way to keep moving ahead.
Twitter: pegbaron
on February 8th, 2012 1:25 pm
Howdy Alan,
I certainly think having people watch you makes you up your game. Didn’t you feel that way when you posted some of your weekly intentions here?
But yes, I’m glad it’s over! Mostly because I need to get caught up on other things that fell by the wayside, plus I’ve got to get packed.
Thanks buddy!
Twitter: pegbaron
on February 8th, 2012 1:28 pm
Thanks, Victoria. I think you could do what you set out to do, or most of it anyway. Challenging yourself makes you stretch beyond what you think you can do.
It helps to:
* plan everything
* implement one small step at a time
* outsource what takes you too long to do or you can’t do
* keep moving forward even when you only have 15 minutes at a time.
Good luck with your endeavors!
Peggy
It is very impressive to see so many goals accomplished within short time period by you! I think it is a sheer piece of excellent planning and time management. There is no doubt that you have achieved more than what you expected. I found your post very motivational for me. I think the success level which you achieved is quite high! Good job! Looking forward to use your Easy Article Starters for Affiliate Marketers product as I am planning affiliate marketing this year. Thanks!
Hi peggy,
thanks for this interesting share. I like reading interviews a lot, because mostly all of them are interesting, fun and we can learn some new things out of them, or even read something very wise…
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Hey Peggy, I found your post very motivational. I think the way you have managed all the activities is really very impressive. You have helped me to learn how to do time management and how to face challenges in life. This is very important in blogging business and it is rare to find such management in blogging industry. The way you have achieved your goals is really appreciable!
Twitter: Shyxter
on February 14th, 2012 6:04 am
Hi, Peggy. Your productivity challenge is inspiring! This year, I aim to be more productive online. For me, it means following my schedule religiously and imposing a great deal of self-discipline.
Hi Peggy, I think the focus and commitment which you have achieved while accomplishing this productivity challenge is truly very impressive! For me this challenge appears a distant dream. But after reading your well structured planning and ways to accomplish this, I think I will follow your footsteps. This will help me to get back on track as I am not doing well in my blog. Thanks for sharing!
Wow you’re great! Accomplishing something in just a short span of time is amazing. Hope I can do it too.
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Twitter: guldkit
on March 12th, 2012 7:49 am
That’s an impressive amount accomplished in a short time! I think it helps when you are doing it with somebody else, that way you feel more challenged. It doesn’t have to be a competition, but obviously there is an element of fun competitiveness there!