If you’ve been following my recent posts, you’ll know that life is pretty busy for Leanne and me at the moment.
With the ski season in full swing here in the Snowy Mountains, managing two motels means our days can change very quickly.
Guests need assistance, bookings need attention, cleaning staff need organising, rooms need checking, and there always seems to be another maintenance issue waiting around the corner.
Yet I’m still determined to keep building my ClickBank Profit Club affiliate marketing business.
In my last article, I explained how I’ve stopped waiting for the perfect time to work on my online business.
Instead, I use the time I have.
But that raises another question:
What do I actually do when I only have an hour available?
I’ve developed a simple routine.
It’s not complicated, and it certainly doesn’t mean every day goes exactly according to plan.
But it helps me concentrate on activities that can actually move my business forward.
The First 5 Minutes: Decide What Matters Today
Before I start jumping between websites, emails and statistics, I ask myself one question:
What is the most important thing I can accomplish today?
This might be finishing a blog article.
It could be preparing an email for my subscribers.
Maybe I need to look at a traffic campaign or create some promotional material.
The important thing is choosing a priority.
When you’ve only got an hour, you can’t afford to spend the first 30 minutes deciding what you’re going to do.
So I try to start with a purpose.
The Next 10 Minutes: Check What’s Happening
I then spend a short amount of time looking at what’s happening in my business.
Have I added new subscribers?
Are people opening my emails?
Has a particular promotion generated clicks?
Has somebody joined ClickBank Profit Club through one of my campaigns?
Is there something that needs my attention?
The key here is keeping it short.
Statistics can become addictive.
You can spend an hour refreshing dashboards without actually doing anything to improve the numbers.
I’d rather look at the information, learn something from it and then move on.
The Next 20 Minutes: Create Something
This is probably the most important part of my routine.
I try to create an asset.
For me, that could be part of a blog post like the one you’re reading now.
It might be an email.
A Facebook post.
A promotional message.
A new traffic advertisement.
Or something else I can use to promote my business.
I’m becoming increasingly focused on creating things that don’t disappear the moment I stop working.
A blog article stays on my website.
An email can become part of a future follow-up sequence.
A useful social media post can introduce somebody new to what I’m doing.
These are small assets, but over time they start adding up.
The Next 15 Minutes: Traffic and Promotion
You can create the best content in the world, but it doesn’t help much if nobody sees it.
So I try to dedicate part of my available time to traffic generation and promotion.
That might mean promoting one of my blog posts.
It could mean sending people to a page where they can learn more about ClickBank Profit Club.
I might work on a traffic campaign or explore another way of reaching potential subscribers.
This is also where I remind myself of something I’ve learned through ClickBank Profit Club:
Don’t just chase the sale. Build the list.
When someone joins my email list, I’ve gained the opportunity to continue communicating with them.
That relationship can be far more valuable than simply sending somebody directly to an affiliate offer and hoping they buy immediately.
The Final 10 Minutes: Follow Up and Learn
I use the final part of my hour to look at follow-up.
Are there emails I need to prepare?
Is there something useful I can share with my subscribers?
Is there a lesson inside ClickBank Profit Club that relates directly to what I’m currently working on?
Notice that I said directly relates.
I’ve learned that it’s very easy to spend all your available time consuming training.
There’s always another video to watch.
Another webinar.
Another strategy.
Another shiny new idea.
Learning is important, but I try to follow one simple rule:
Learn something I can use — then use it.
Implementation is what turns information into progress.
What Happens When I Don’t Have 60 Minutes?
Some days I don’t.
That’s simply reality.
A guest might need assistance.
A booking problem might suddenly need sorting out.
A staff member might need me.
Something might break.
When that happens, I don’t abandon the day.
I reduce the routine.
If I only have 30 minutes, I’ll concentrate on the most important task.
If I only have 15 minutes, perhaps I’ll finish an email or work on the next section of a blog post.
Even a small amount of focused effort keeps the momentum going.
Why This Routine Works for Me
I’m not suggesting my 60-minute routine will suit everybody exactly as I’ve described it.
We’re all in different situations.
But there’s a principle behind it that I believe applies to almost anyone trying to build an affiliate marketing business while working or running another business.
Give every available minute a job.
My basic routine looks like this:
5 minutes — Choose today’s priority
10 minutes — Check results
20 minutes — Create an asset
15 minutes — Generate traffic and promote
10 minutes — Follow up and learn
That’s one hour.
Nothing complicated.
But imagine doing that consistently.
One Hour Today Can Build Tomorrow’s Freedom
At this stage of my life, there’s a reason I’m taking this seriously.
Leanne and I have spent many years working in business and hospitality.
Running motels has taught me a great deal about hard work, customer service and responsibility.
But I’m also thinking about the future.
That’s why I’m building my online business.
I don’t expect one 60-minute session to suddenly transform everything.
But one productive hour today followed by another tomorrow — and another after that — starts building momentum.
One blog post becomes ten.
One subscriber becomes a list.
One email becomes a follow-up sequence.
One campaign teaches you what to improve next.
And gradually, you have something that didn’t exist before.
A business asset of your own.
So if you’re telling yourself you don’t have enough time to start affiliate marketing, don’t worry about finding an entire day.
Find an hour.
If you can’t find an hour, find 30 minutes.
Then ask yourself:
What’s the most productive thing I can do with the time I have right now?
That’s exactly what I’m doing while Leanne and I continue managing our two motels through another busy Snowy Mountains ski season.
I’m not waiting for life to become less busy.
I’m using the time I have today to build toward the freedom I want tomorrow.
To Your Success,
Graham Hill
