Check Your Spam Email Folder

Just a quick post to remind everyone to check their junk or spam folder in whatever email tool they use.

I am a big Microsoft Outlook user and sometimes the spam filter can be a bit aggressive and if I do not remember to go back and check the folder ever so often it can get a bit out of hand and it makes it impossible to find anything that may of been filed as spam that was actually something important.

As an example in the past week I had 2 advertising deals that actually went to my spam folder, both will now be advertisers on this blog and I would of missed those if I would not of check the folder.

Also, I had a domain transaction that I would of missed as well, not a large one but a deal none the less.

Those three items all together equal over one thousand dollars that I would of missed out on had I not checked it. Although I know I am not the only one that has this happen, I felt it good just to jog peoples memories, you never know what may be hiding in that folder.

I am making it a habit now to check at least once a day. That decreases the amount of time and who knows what little gem I may find.

Focus Focus Focus

Sometimes you just have to go heads down and focus on the task at hand.

The past couple weeks (really month) have been just that way. Blog posts have been few and far between which means my todo list of blog posts is now something like 32 items long.

All that brings me to something, as much as I have always been a bit high energy and enjoyed having 30 things going on at time, which is pretty much everyday after launching a new business (on that note have I mentioned we broke our one year mark...) , there are times that you must shut all other things out and focus on the task at hand.

This goes without saying I know, but sometimes people have a hard time recognizing when they are in the type of situation that require strict prioritization. It comes down to recognizing and then executing on the opportunity at hand.

People like to say they cannot pick which item they are working on is number one, they are all number one.  That is not always true, there are many (I would say most) times that if you really admit it there is a number one. Pick that opportunity and execute.

There are some great things going on lately with Localtek and that means that ancillary items like this blog, side projects, etc tend to take a back seat for a few weeks and the larger business takes the front seat. I have read blog posts by other domain bloggers in the past that blogging is not the most effective use of time, there are many times this is VERY true. Many times the time being spent putting out posts could be spent pushing the real business forward. That does not mean that you should not blog, but it does mean that if you are really focused on growing your business there are times it is no productive to be doing certain things (in other words, does 30 minutes working on the perfect marketing pitch for your new website provide more value to your business than a blog post).

The great thing is the hard work is already starting to pay off and I see light at the end of the tunnel. I cannot wait to blog about it when the time comes.

Thanks to Owen Frager for making me think about this a bit, yesterday when we were chatting he asked when I had time to blog, my answer was right now I don't. Well, ok maybe just this one post : )

Not sure when the last time I went this long without a post was, back to focus focus focus now though....