A Plan Plus Action Equals Success

Welcome, all! I hope this weekend is finding you well!

I have fabulous news!

You can now sign up as an accountability partner via my Free Newsletter link above or my side banner.

What Is An Accountability Partner?

An accountability partner is what I’ve called a subscriber to my newsletter because I want to foster a two-sided community.

Of course, you are more than welcome to join my newsletter and be a fly on the wall for as long as you like.

But when you like, I encourage you to feel free to email me directly, participate in the community’s blog comments, suggest blog posts, etc.

I also look forward to hearing from you regarding what videos you’d like me to make when I get to that point.

This is very exciting, and I hope you are excited too!

You will receive an email each week when I publish my blog and special emails when I learn something that might immediately be useful to you.

Oh, and of course, you’ll get some gifts for signing up. I’ve got two videos from my mentor, Dean Holland, describing the death of traditional affiliate marketing and a blueprint for successfully beginning an affiliate marketing business system in 2024.

Direct From Dean

I enjoy being a partner in Internet Profits Accelerator Pro. Not only do I get a small group meeting with Dean Holland once a month, where our small group can ask whatever questions we have, but I also get direct access to Dean via email. In our February meeting, Dean reprimanded us for not using this opportunity enough. He said he expects an email from us each week at least. What!

Honestly, I thought I would be bugging him if I contacted him that often. I hadn’t reached out in a long time because I knew what I needed to work on and didn’t have a specific question.

But now, I’ll heed the call and reach out to Dean weekly. I’ll have a section of my blog each week titled Direct from Dean and share with you what feedback I get.

In this week’s email, I suggested that I was trying to do too much all at once and described what I was working on, and Dean agreed with me.

These are his words of wisdom. He stated that I should take the time to pause and get caught up with the Affiliate System’s first steps before I move forward with learning my traffic strategy. Technical one-off actions need to be done before I move forward with the traffic strategy.

That might sound obvious, but it hadn’t been to me. I was considering a new traffic strategy before Affiliate System training began.

When Affiliate System training started, I tried to add those steps to what I was already doing. I should have hit PAUSE, worked on the Affiliate System, and worked the process forward.

Oh!

Clarity!

So, this week, I didn’t do what I had planned. I expected to learn all about social sharing. Instead, I’m working on what I’m behind in.

More wisdom. I’m going to share it all because it was so valuable.

Dean said, “Move at your own pace, but don’t stop moving.” You need to focus on what you need to do where you’re at. You will naturally get caught up when you do what you can with the time you have available.

Be careful not to procrastinate because you feel overwhelmed.

You’ve got to let go of those expectations of where you want to be and deal with the reality of life as it is.

The only way forward is to take action on that single next step.

Forget the notion that I’m behind. You’ve got the time, and you’re doing the best you can. The only way to make progress is to focus on the next step. Think I am where I am, and I’ve just got to do what I’ve got to do and keep moving forward.

In my email, I commented that I only work two hours daily on my business. Dean pointed out that’s 60 hours a month. With a clear plan, I can get my business to make progress. He said, “If you take fast, imperfect action, you can get so much done in 60 hours a month.” Consider if you worked out 60 hours in a month, or if you walked 60 hours non-stop, you get the point. It’s a huge amount of time. The need is to have clarity on the plan.

Regarding my traffic strategy, Dean stated the platforms are pushing short-term videos.

He offered the opinion that my goal is to get in front of new people, and short-form content offers a vast opportunity.

In the future, he suggested I combine the two options, using long-form video to nurture and develop the relationship while using short-form video to catch new attention.

Social Sharing Lessons

Given that my focus changed for the week, I’ve decided to learn social sharing lessons by doing rather than research.

Lol! That is different from how I usually do things!

So this week, I will publish my blog, email my subscribers, and then share it on social media. As Dean said, “If you take fast, imperfect action, you can get so much done in 60 hours a month.”

Well, I will dare to move forward by figuring it out as I go along. I’ll make sure to share how it goes with you next week.

Conclusion

All in all, Dean said I was just trying to do too much at once. I need a plan with small steps.

I’ve created a schedule for myself. I have daily tasks I do each day. In addition, I’ll do the tasks that vary depending on the day of the week.

So, on Saturdays, I’ll publish my blog, send my email, share on social media, and blog hop.

Sundays, I’ll wrap up blog hopping.

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Tuesdays, I’ll either work on Affiliate System training or learn my new traffic strategy.

On Thursdays and Fridays, I will write my blog.

I feel so much better having tiny steps to follow.

With a plan and focused action, we’ll find success!

What part of Dean’s advice resonated most with you? Would you like me to continue to share these golden nuggets of wisdom?

Please feel free to leave a comment and share my post on social media if you find value.

And most importantly, please join me as an accountability partner! I look forward to meeting you and building our community!

Ciao for now,

Nakina