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You may notice that lately I’ve been putting up a few posts that suggest ways to increase your productivity as an affiliate, and there is a reason for it (other than an apparent lack of interesting blog topics as of late). The way I see it, I can sit here and point you to the greatest tools, tips, and resources for affiliate marketing in the world, but if you can’t sit yourself down and accomplish anything, you’re never going to make it as an affiliate.

And helping you make it as an affiliate is what this blog is all about.

Seth Godin recently said “ideas are easy, doing stuff is hard”… he’s right, kind of. I’d say that the toughest challenge for a lot of struggling affiliates is that they do a lot of stuff, but they never really get anything done. They find themselves emailing, taking Skype calls, chatting over IM, tweaking a website or AdWords account and at the end of the day they haven’t accomplished anything to move them closer to online success.

The world of an affiliate marketer can be a cluttered one, and many of us have to declutter before we can be productive (and successful).

Leo from the Zen Habits does a fantastic job suggesting ways to simplify and optimize your life (both work and personal). In a recent post, Haiku Productivity, Leo shares some guidelines for focusing your efforts to maximize your daily productivity. His cleverly numbered list consists of:

(via InsureMe Affiliate Blog)