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Written by Greg Digneo

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I went offline

· by Greg Digneo

I went offline for a couple of weeks for a few reasons. Most notably, my laptop is having some issues and will be out of commission for a few more weeks – damn you HP! But I did use that time to see how much more productive I could be if I restricted my access to the web. That meant limited time in social networks, twitter, and writing blog posts.

I was shocked at the results:

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been able to:

• Take a course in copywriting

• Take a course in adwords

• Got three new customers based on those skills

• In the process of writing a free report/white paper/ebook

• Created an auto-responder series to keep my marketing on “auto-pilot”

The biggest drawback from my strategy is that while I was able to accomplish a lot, there are going to be very few people who actually read this post. If I had to do it again, I would write a few blog posts at the beginning of the week and have them posted automatically.

You live and you learn.

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{ 4 comments }

  • KaylaAugust 10, 2009 at 2:20 pm

    I have been offline for most of the summer – posting here and there but concentrating more on my family than my blog/site. My site is still growing probably because of the content sitting in reserve. The downtime has been fabulous for re-energizing my ideas and commitment.

    I remember reading a post by problogger (http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/06/13/how-to-improve-your-blog-when-you-have-no-internet-access/) where he talked about limiting your time online and how productive you could be – thanks so much for another great reminder of how sometimes our best work is done offline rather than online. I need to work a lot more on pre-writing posts and planning more stretches of downtime!

    Also wanted to let you know I am still reading your great blog – that is what I love about a reader – I get posts when they are written and don’t have to check the site!

  • PhilAugust 12, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    Hey Greg. Would enjoy seeing a post on how you’re using Auto-responder.

    So you can use it for more than just out-of-office responses?

    Welcome back, Phil

  • Greg DigneoAugust 12, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Hi Kayla,

    Thanks for sharing this. I’ve read that post as well.

    Greg

  • Greg DigneoAugust 12, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    Hi Phil,

    I’ll try to post one tonight. I haven’t posted my auto-responders yet, but I’ll be happy to share my plan.

    Greg