There has been a strong trend in my affiliate marketing career. I can honestly say that 90% of my big campaigns have been born when I was either sick or on holiday.

“Oh Mr Green, you little trickster, you are probably sick or on holiday 90% of the time!”

Nope, actually it would be more like 5%.

• My first large campaign was created when I was lying miserably in bed with nothing to do other than sniffle on tissues or test new campaigns (building tissue towers gets boring fast).

• My most recent colossal campaign was started when I was sitting on a deck chair in a small town in Italy some months back. I had nothing to do other than go to a small beach, or test new campaigns. When temperatures creeped close to 40 degrees celsius, the beach became a bad idea.

Distractions were minimal.

It had me thinking, why don’t I go on isolated holidays or get sick all the time?

Firstly, I do marketing for enjoyment and stimulation, making money is just one of the perks. I feel if I put myself in hyper work mode all year round, I will just burn out and eventually suck any fun out of marketing. I’ve tried setting up a productive office environment, but distractions have followed.

However, planned monthly work “holidays” seems like the way to go.

Screw 4 hour work week. Bring on 1-2 month work year (while on holiday).

Do you see any trends in the creation of your big campaigns?

Mr Green

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