Promote ANYTHING Online

Today, I’ll talk about a system I used and one I’ve started using. Both were quite handy for maintaining focus and managing time more effectively, but in different ways.

The first is called RescueTime and it’s a downloadable system that monitors which you actually do while you’re online, whether it be email checking, site surfing or banging away on a project in Word.

I used it while working on PromoteANYTHINGOnline and found it to be pretty helpful. Here’s how it works:

You download the software to your computer and set up RescueTime to your own specifications. Nothing technical or complicated here, it just helps it recognize time well spent from time that may be not so well spent.

It tracks where and how you spend your online time, whether you know you’re doing it or not. You can check it periodically at the site directly and also sign up to receive weekly updates sent via email.
If you decide to give it a try, I strongly suggest those weekly updates. They’re real eye-openers!

You may well discover that those “few minutes” spent checking this or that out really amounted to hours wasted in a short span of time. Needless to say, this is an excellent tool for help with keeping the “blinders” on while you’re working on something.

I found it very helpful and more than a little enlightening. Unfortunately, I also found that it slowed my computer down considerably. I heard from others who reported the same. So I reluctantly uninstalled it.

However, I recently completed a virtual house cleaning of some junk I’d accumulated and never used. I just might give RescueTime another try.

I think it’s worth a try, and it’s free.

The second is also downloadable and a great tool for getting the most from your online working time. It’s called The Action Machine and you can set up your tasks with a time limit, during which you focus exclusively on that task until the timer alarm sounds. The cool thing about this tool is that you can set up all your day’s work at once or set up some to occur every day.

This guy has thought of practically everything and better yet, he’s constantly updating the software. I’ve received two updates since I first installed it – one of which I was about to suggest when I saw the email with the link!

At around $25, The Action Machine is a definite steal and it’s something you’ll certainly put to good use.

I’ll keep you posted about how it’s working for me!!