Getting The Work and Affiliate Marketing Balance Right!

Having been laid off from my last full time job back in October 2017, I followed an intensive regime of getting my Wealthy Affiliate work up to speed and my affiliate marketing websites to a point where I could truly leverage them out there on the world wide web. I did this for about six months, whilst also looking for a new full time position, while my WA sites build some momentum.

Eight weeks ago I started a new full time position, a role that is completely new to me having come from an electronics and marketing background. My new Customer Aftercare role feels intense, and is eight hours a day, five days a week. OK, I realize that many have it much harder, but as a 'desk jockey' previously, this is a huge C change for me. Needless to say that I come home absolutely frazzled, and by the time I have made and eaten my evening meal, I'm just about ready to hit the hay, whereupon the whole cycle starts again the next morning. What's more, I can't say that it's my dream job either, especially as all I seem to do all day is fire fight unhappy customers! Doesn't say a lot about the product or service does it!!!! :-)

This new routine leaves me little time for my Wealthy Affiliate work and as a result my rank has now slipped to 86 as I write. Previously, I'd managed to get to Ambassador status getting to about rank 20. Now I know that rank is neither here nor there, but I use this metaphor to demonstrate how much I was doing before my new job, to what I do now. Furthermore, I am on the fantastic Super Affiliate program and while this blog post is another one to add to the four we need to do on WA, the fact remains my own WA website for this has suffered massively this month.

I have completed all but one task - the one being the big "write 12 posts (12k+ words) and post to your website. I have managed just 2 posts this month and around 2,000 words! Not great... and I am hugely concerned about this.

Whilst the working week leaves me 2 whole days to do things like WA work, the reality is that there are still other things to do around the house, that will always need doing... like washing and cleaning for example.

I will of course continue with all of my WA work - I love it. It's what keeps me sane! But finding the time to do it, has now become a struggle. I'd love to hear from other members to understand how you manage this dilemma.

Anyway, thanks for reading this post.... as my parents always told me... things are always better out than in! I hate festering on things and always like to get my concerns out in the open. Believe me, writing this post alone has already helped me!

Oh... and if anyone needs a full or part-time marketer in the UK, I'll consider all positions... at least until my Wealthy Affiliate sites start to deliver the goods. :-)