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Focusing on What Matters

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Projects By Shawn LLC

2020 has started out quite interesting. I'm working on recovering from a dismal 4th quarter and trying to focus on the things in my business that will give me the best return on investment.

 

For me, this means getting rid of my dependence on Pinterest as my main source of blog traffic and focusing more on SEO.  It also means working like crazy to monetize my YouTube channel.

 

To achieve my SEO goals I took the leap and purchased a highly recommended SEO course.  It was quite pricy but the results that I will get from it will far outweigh the cost of the course.  What I am learning from the course led me to my latest two blog posts:

 

6 Debt Free Journey Mistakes You Should Avoid

Money Affirmations - Positive Affirmations to Attract Wealth

 

Both posts have corresponding videos on my YouTube channel which helps to get enough views and subscribers to monetize.  YouTube requires 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours of watch time before you can monetize.  I currently have 561 subscribers which puts me at the halfway mark.

 

I've started putting out 2 videos a week and I'm developing content in a series format.  January's theme was Productivity where I focused on increasing motivation, how to be more productive and tools you can use to help you be productive.

 

February is Debt Free Journey month.  I've completed a series of 6 videos that detail methodologies you can use to pay off debt, whether you should start an emergency fund or pay off debt first, mistakes to avoid when paying off debt, side hustles you can do to help you pay off debt faster, changing your money mindset and positive money affirmations.

 

Both of these series are pretty awesome and I have to say using the productivity tips from January really helped me crank out the content in February. 

 

If you are interested in health, wellness, and finance topics, take a moment and subscribe to my channel.  I'd love to get your feedback and topic suggestions.

 

Although not always the most fun, I'm learning that I need to focus on what matters for my business.  I often get caught up in what's fun or interesting to me.  

 

Time is a very precious but limited commodity. Be sure that you are using it wisely.

 

Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hello Shawn - I see you are a rather new member to ActiveRain.  If you don't already follow Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD you might want to consider doing so as they have a weekly post on videos you may found enjoyable as well as useful.  Here's to much success in 2020.  

Feb 24, 2020 05:56 AM
Shawn Jones

Thanks, Michael! I'll check them out!

Feb 24, 2020 10:26 AM
Debb Janes
Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
Put My Love of Nature At Work for You

Thank you Michael Jacobs  for suggesting our YouTube Thursdays Group - and us. Hi Shawn Jones - it's nice to meet you. I will visit your YouTube Channel and take a look ( I'll be sure to subscribe too).  D 

Feb 24, 2020 07:11 AM
Shawn Jones

Thanks so much! Be sure to tell me how you like the content by leaving a comment on YouTube.  I respond to all of my YouTube comments so I can't wait to hear from you.

Feb 24, 2020 10:25 AM
Krystin Mitchell, CPA CFE
KLSM CPA Firm, PLLC - Houston, TX
Strategic Accounting & Tax Solutions

Thank you for sharing your projects. I was listening to an audio book this morning that touched along the lines of planning the next move to build your business so focusing on that over personal indulgences, even if it be for a set time.

Feb 24, 2020 07:52 AM
Shawn Jones

It's sometimes hard to tell the difference.  I try to think of things in terms of the results that I want and then determine those tasks that will get those results.  For example, I had been wanting to redesign my site for months but the reality is if I don't work on SEO to get more people to the site no one will see the redesign.  

Feb 24, 2020 10:24 AM