For some reason most articles out there that center on the affiliate lifestyle tend to focus on lavish vacations, hot cars and big mansions. The scammers ebook salespeople who write these about this stuff usually are just trying to sell you enough of a dream to get your $69.95 so you can download their affiliate marketing “insights”.

Here at the InsureMe Affiliate Blog we’re not so romantic about the whole thing. We know that successful affiliate marketers are hard working affiliate marketers. Successful affiliate marketers spend a lot of time in front of their computers (and not on their yachts), and run into many of the day-to-day issues that other web workers do.

Today I want to point you to a couple of posts that may help improve your daily life as an affiliate.

The first has to do with your workspace. If you work at home, like many full time affiliates, you are likely surrounded by potential distractions. It might be the view out your window or the books on your bookshelf (or the Xbox hooked up to your TV) - either way, having your workspace clear of distractions could greatly increase your ability to get things done. The Zen Habits blog has a very useful post that will help you take your workspace from distraction filled to distraction free in five easy steps. Read it here.

The second affiliate lifestyle related post I ran across has to do with one of the trickiest issues that face affiliate marketers with families - work life balance. If you’re a gung-ho affiliate who is always thinking about business you might see success in the short term, but the stresses and pressures of being “always on” could affect your health and your family life in the long term. Web Workers Daily has a good write up on how to separate your business and personal life from a financial and lifestyle standpoint. Check it out here.

Have a great weekend…go Rockies