If you work in an SEO (search engine optimization) agency, and you are passionate about online marketing, your working days are surely crazy. Dealing with all those departments, from web design, to writers, and all those clients, your job never ends. This article looks at health and power productivity tips for online marketers.

While many jobs mean working for hours on a computer, there are rarely few that can compete with the intensity of those involved in online and marketing and SEO. Those in this business are particularly frantic with a huge number of applications and pages open on their laptop at any given time. If you know anyone who works in this profession, you know they never get any job done, they just stop for the day. A document, data and people intensive profession like this presents some particular issues while staying healthy at your job. While some of these suggestions will apply to anyone working on a computer and with so many people everyday, it is a specific look at health tips for anyone in this growing and crazy field.

  • Big Screens. Big screens on your computers are a must. Designers love them because they can see more detail. An online marketer will spend many hours each day looking at the screen, reading text and data. Bigger screens are so much better for our eyes.
  • Multiple Screens. Where possible, multiple screens will make your job so much easier. Having 20 windows open at the same time is not uncommon. Multiple screens mean there will be less opening and closing of windows to get the same job done.
  • Eye Exercises. Eye exercises are so important. Having your computer so that you are facing at a window can make this practice easier. The best exercise is a simple one. Regularly changing your field of view is required. When we look at our screen all day, we are only looking at something that is a few feet away. Every hour at least, practice looking at objects in the very distance, and then looking back at your screen. This will help your eyes keep focus. If we are always looking at short distances, our eyes will get used to this. And this is why we lose clarity at a distance. Keeping this up everyday is important. After a few weeks of doing this, you will notice a marked improvement.
  • Stomach and Butt Exercises. It is very easy for those of us sitting in our office chair all day to lose shape in our stomach and our bottom. Get in the habit of clenching your stomach and clenching your bottom during the day. Habits are just that, something we do on a regular basis. Before long you will be doing this without noticing. If anyone thinks it looks a little strange, explain to them, the serious advantages. Before you know it, everyone in your office will be joining in with you.
  • Short Breaks. In some jobs, such as a casino dealer, the workers are only allowed to work for a maximum of one hour at a time. School classes are only held for a maximum of an hour a piece. Why is that? It is because the human brain can only really focus for an hour. Stopping for a few minutes every hour will mean great improvements to your attention capabilities and quality of work. It might only mean a short walk to the office break room to refill your drink.
  • Healthy Eating. Eating right is just so important. Many of us forget that our brain actually uses around 30% of the energy our body requires each day. Isn’t that so surprising? Sugary and fatty foods give us a rush, and then we crash. Imagine what they are doing to your brain function. High fibre and fresh and healthy foods supply loads of the right juice to power our creative and analytical brain functions. If you are hungry it is not only your stomach that is screaming out for energy, your brain is running on fumes. When your brain is cranking you are burning up that fuel like a jet engine.
  • Mental Approach. Finding the right motivation for any task is essential to being the best. If you are presented with tasks that are boring or tedious, try to find something interesting in them, and you will find them easier to do. The way we feel about things determines how well we do them.

If you love search engine optimization and online marketing, and are as passionate as me, improve your work, speed and quality with these tips. You might be a little surprised at what you begin to accomplish.