Internet Marketing in 10 Minutes

Before Internet marketing became a wonderful reality for me I had devoted my younger years to becoming a Chef. The one thing I remember about working in kitchens is that I never wanted to go home and cook dinner. I always went straight to the freezer and grabbed the best looking TV dinner.

I have close friends that work at Wal-Mart or Radio Shack and others that are teachers. Regardless what profession people are in, the common consensus that i’ve seen is that we like to leave work at work and enjoy what little time we have of our home life having fun.

My choice to dive into Internet marketing over six years ago has completely changed my understanding of being passionate about what I do. It also brings on a whole new outlook on being addicted to work.

So taking a page out of Rebecca’s rulebook over at SEOMoz I thought I would outline my typical day with my addiction with Internet marketing. Unfortunately it isn’t filled with sushi, repeat visits to Starbucks and meeting with people like Dave Naylor. It does however depict a day in the life of an SEO addict.

• 4:00 am: Wake Up
• 4:05 am: Check e-mail and Google Reader for eye catching SEO article titles.
• 4:55 am: Run out the door while still swishing mouthwash because I read an article or two and lost track of time.
• 5:20 am - 6:00 am: Try to catch a nap on the train but end up thinking about what I read in the morning and how to apply it to my days work ahead of me.
• 7:00 am - 3:30 pm: Spend my day and most of my breaks in front of my computer providing my clients with advice and reviewing their newest additions. I also end up doing research which sparks conversation between all eight of the marketing specialists in our department.
• 3:30 pm - 4:15 pm: Carpool with a co-worker where we end up rehashing things we’ve read during the day or strategies either one of us has decided to test out.
• 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Get as much time in on my personal websites as possible before the wife comes home and threatens me with the dog house if I don’t peel myself away from my work.
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Dinner with the wife and a show or two.
• 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Back at the computer hitting forums, on line marketing chat rooms and blogs commenting or helping others.

Somewhere in there you can count on me checking rankings, analytics, sitemaps and other factors that I pay attention to.

While it may look like the only time I have away from my addiction is during dinner I swear I step away on different occasions through out the week. Errands have to be ran, the Gym has to be visited, I need naps and well… my wife and I are having a baby so I’ve obviously made time for… well you know.

The few things I don’t like doing at home is taking my work home with me. Content writing is also one of those things I’d prefer to leave to things I am passionate about and that is mostly talking about SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing and the works.

Rule of Thumb: Don’t ask for content writing advice from John unless it is geared towards a topic he is passionate about. He will be happy to recommend a writer or two though.

Anyways, this post came to mind today between 3:30 pm and 4:15 pm when my co-worker and I were on our way home from work. We both are addicted to Internet marketing and while neither of our spouses understand our obsession maybe some of my readers will understand exactly where we are coming from.

Can you relate? Do you find yourself having a similar schedule? Share about it; after all the first sure sign of an addiction is denial.

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