Comments on: Decluttering Your Online Business

By: L.M.

L.M. — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:13:12 +0000

I have been really laser-focusing on exactly what needs to be done instead of all the distractions of being online. I think it is really hard to stay organized online when you are pulled in 100 different directions. I’m also trying to focus on one website at a time and really focus on writing my content. I got caught up for a long time on aesthetics, design, plug-ins,stats, etc. instead of writing the content that those sites needed. I feel much more productive now instead of flitting all over the place and this in turn helps me to be more organized. It’s sort of like a brain decluttering.

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:22:06 +0000

In reply to Aaron. You're very welcome Aaron. Glad to see you take action right away.

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:20:31 +0000

In reply to Patti Stafford.

Being unplugged can be great – I’ve had some of my best ideas when our Internet was down and I was just sitting down with a notebook (the paper kind) and a pen jotting down ideas.

Come up with the plan now and then once you’re back online, put it to work.

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:19:02 +0000

In reply to Michelle Schoen. Great point Michelle and definitely something we all need to do regularly. I'm off to unsubscribe from a bunch of lists right now :)

By: Susanne

Susanne — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:17:56 +0000

In reply to Kathleen.

good for you Kathy!

You’re making a very good point btw about all those other daily time-wasters like
– constantly checking email
– checking stats
– unproductive time on social media sites
– surfing the web aimlessly

Yes, there’s a time for all of them, but they can also quickly eat up way to much of your time. What I like to do is start my day off with something productive. Then check email – take care of what I need to, then turn email back off while I get back to working on projects.

For social media and general browsing, I like to set a timer and only let my self spend 10 minutes on twitter at a time for example.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 07:57:12 +0000

Thanks very much for sharing this great article Susanne, now I’m going to review all my websites:)

By: Patti Stafford

Patti Stafford — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 02:16:07 +0000

I have a lot of decluttering to do and we just moved over the weekend so getting my blog and business off the ground will be a bit delayed. We still don’t have Internet service and if you’ve ever moved you know how time consuming it is, so maybe it’s a good idea we don’t have Internet at the moment.

Thanks for sharing this. I look forward to following your blog as well.

Blessings,
Patti

By: Michelle Schoen

Michelle Schoen — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:53:32 +0000

You are so right about freeing up your mental clutter too. So many things that you think need to be done just sit in the back of your mind putting you in a paralyzed state that none of the really important stuf gets worked on.

One other thing to add to the decluttering list is your e-mail subscriptions. I am down to only being subscribed to about 5 lists instead of about 50. Now I know I will only be getting content and offers I really care about instead of just a mailbox full of things I delete before reading.It is a VERY good feeling to go into your inbox and see just a few e-mails instead of a hundred.

By: Suzanne Holman

Suzanne Holman — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:58:36 +0000

Susanne, this is great guidance in getting more clarity in your online business!
I love these suggestions… great for our brains to have less static running around in there.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:01:31 +0000

Great article. I’m constantly having to declutter my computer and had begun to delete some duplicate information and pdf I know I’ll never get to or read.

I am a compulsive saver. MY Favorites tool bar is maxed out and I keep deleting some every week.

One of my projects is to get a handle on my saved information and organize it to use as reference.

It’s good to know…I’m not alone.