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Batching Tasks (How I Get More Done in Less Time like a Relaxed Marketer)
Want to know a secret to getting more done in less time? It’s called batching tasks. The definition of batching is “a quantity or number coming at one time or taken together.” A lot of people in computer fields know about this.
How Does Batching Work?
Basically, it’s doing a bunch of the same type of task all at the same time. So for example, if you were going to create a video, it would probably normally go like this:
Get your smartphone out. Get a tripod, and put the phone on the tripod. Spend a few minutes trying to get it set up exactly right so you’re in the right place and the background looks good. Figure out exactly what you want to talk about. Do a test video to make sure everything looks good. Finally record the video. If you’re not happy with it, re-do the video. Once you’re happy with it, take your phone out of the tripod. Put the tripod away. Upload your video to YouTube (or wherever you plan on uploading it.)
That’s a pretty long process for one video. That’s also not taking into account that you have to get into the mindset to create video, and that will take you some time as well.
Now, imagine how much less time it would take you if you did this:
