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Do you treat your online business as a business? At the beginning of each new month, do you take the time to review your results from the previous month and plan your goals for the coming month? They say that to bring home a win, you need to start with the end in mind. Where will YOU be at the end of this month?

As you sit down to plan, give some thought to what it is that you would like to achieve. What does that look like? What activity do you need to accomplish in order to reach that goal?

To take your business to the next level, consider scheduling a monthly goal setting session at the beginning of each month. Take your tracking sheets, calendar and paperwork to your favorite cafe and review your accomplishments and reflect on what you’ve learned during the past month.

During this time you may also want to reflect on what you could have done differently or more of. Then set your goals for the coming month and turn this into a math formula. For example, if you know that for every three presentations you do that you’ll close one sale and your goal is to close or enroll one new person each week, then doing the math; three calls a week for the four weeks of the month, you will need to do a minimum of twelve presentations a month or three a week.

If you also know, based on your numbers and your track record, that you need to reach at least three people on the phone to generate one presentation, then in order to reach your goal of doing three presentations a week, you will need to speak with nine people.

This is all well and good but in order to allow your dream to become a reality, you’ll want to actually schedule when it is that you’ll be making these phone calls and who you will be calling each day. It is not always possible to know ahead of time who you will meet but it is always possible for you to go through your database and jot down the names of the people you’ll be calling or following up with during your scheduled phone calling time.

So remember to plan your work and work your plan - you are only a decision away from your next promotion! Begin with the end in mind and consider where you want be by the end of the month. There is a saying, “you can begin a new habit in the middle of a bag of potato chips”. Consider creating some new habits and putting these ideas into practice and enjoy celebrating your success!

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Every so often I find myself looking at my goals to see if I am on track toward accomplishing them.  I have been slack in reviewing my goals daily and every so often is not a great habit, even though I work to do at least one new thing daily towards my goals, reviewing them once every two or three months will not help me to accomplish what I set out to accomplish by the end of the year.  I need to man up and refocus on seeing the finish line before it gets here.  Forgive me everyone, I needed to say all of this to myself to get my self concience back on track. 

Back to the review.  I took a look at my goals today and if you have not seen my goals here is a copy of them.

1. I will deliver at least 5 more affiliate sites this year.  It is important to continue creating affiliate site.  I call these profit centers.  The more profit centers I have the more profitable I will be. 

2. Publish 300 articles for this year.  Articles are the backbone of my whole business as well as my marketing.  I try to publish at least 30 articles a month on various subjects.  In each article I link them to my websites as well as affiliate programs.  Articles are the backbone of my whole business as well as my marketing.  I try to publish at least 30 articles a month on various subjects.  In each article I link them to my websites as well as affiliate programs.

3. Bring on 10 more content writers.  I know that I can’t do everything alone.  I hope to bring on 10 more contributors to my various blogs.  This is very important as I want varied opinions on each blog.  Not just one set of ideas.

4. Increase google adsense income $100 dollars each day.  This goal is to sulitify my retirement from my old corporate life.  I just don’t want to go back.  I would dread the day.

5. Increase my affiliate income by $100 dollars per day.  The same idea as the last.

Here is were I stand thus far in my accomplishing my goals.  Goal 1 I have already accomplished.  I have more than accomplished this goal because I am up to 8 new sites as of today.  So, I am amending this goal a little.  Goal 1 will be restated as:

1. I will deliver 2 more affiliate sites each month till the end of the year.  

 I think this goal will be able to carry me to the rest of the year.

Goal 2:  I have not been keeping up with this goal and I think it is a little unrealistic to say that I will be able to accomplish it this year as stated.  Even though with every new site I publish 10 to 20 articles, most of the time I don’t re-publish the articles in my article directory accounts.  Well, I can’t say that.  It depends on the site.  If the site is indexed with me publishing any of the articles then there is no need to.  But if the site is not indexed quickly that is telling me that I have to create more content for the site to get recognized.  So, in that case I will publish new articles.  In any case I need to change this goal a little.

     2.   Publish 50 to 100 articles for this year. 

I think this is very reasonable and can be accomplished this year. 

Goal 3:  This goal I will keep the same.  I have gotten on person to write one article for this site.  But I have not found anyone to write on a regular basis. 

Goal 4:  I can’t say that I am totally on track with this one.  But it has increased.  So, I will keep this one the same also.  As I bring on more sites this goal will sure to increase.

Goal 5:  I would say out of 100% I am 5% closer to this goal.  There has been increases but not to the extent that I would say that I am on track.  But, I will not change this goal either.  Increasing my affiliate income by $100 dollars daily will be a large task for this year.  But, if I hit on the right keywords, I know that it can be accomplished.

Question:  Are you reviewing your goals daily or even monthly?  If you are, Great!!!  Keep it up..  If your not, how will you know that you have gotten what you want if you don’t have a finish line? 

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Many people have given up setting New Year’s resolutions because they are convinced that such resolutions don’t work. This may reflect a larger problem – not knowing how to set and reach goals. Achieving personal goals is one of the most important things in life. Just because you may have encountered some failures doesn’t mean that you should stop setting concrete goals.

To achieve goals, there are guidelines which can be followed. While following them doesn’t necessarily guarantee success, it is certainly preferable to giving up on goal setting. Like most things, there is no one single approach and different methods work for different people. Nevertheless, it is difficult to achieve any goals if they aren’t identified in the first place.

Learn how to set and achieve your goals

Many experts suggest writing down your goals as a means of activating your subconscious mind so that it can start the process of working towards it. It can help to be detailed at this stage. For example, a common goal is to get a new car. However, rather than just writing that you want a new car, it gives your mind clearer direction if you write down the make, model and color as well. In this way, you can visualize the goal. Let your mind see you driving around town in that car. You can involve all the senses in this exercise. Just imagine that new car smell as you first take ownership. It is a good idea to review your written goals periodically as situations change. It is not a failure to modify or forego a goal, but rather a recognition of altered circumstances.

Sharing your goals freely can be counter-productive as even well-meaning friends and relatives can instill negative attitudes and cause you to abandon your ambitions. In a similar fashion, it can be a good idea to set large, albeit realistic, goals. If you shoot for the moon and miss you’ll still be in the stars.

Finally, comes the most difficult part of achieving your goals – taking action! Almost everyone has goals for their life, even if only in their thoughts. What separates those who achieve them from those that don’t is not failure, but a capacity to focus and not give up. Most successful people have experienced many failures in life. Nevertheless, they reach their goals because they don’t let that stop them and continue to take action towards their goals. This can have the fortunate consequence of making decisions a lot easier. Every time you need to make a decision during the day, you only have to ask yourself this question, “Does this take me closer to, or further from my goal.”

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This year has been one of the best years that I have ever had when it comes to affiliate marketing.  I have made more money than I would have ever dreamed.  But I know first of all it not because of anything that I have done.  First, it is because of GOD, my savior Jesus Christ.  Without the ideas that Jesus has given to me I would not have been able to make anything successful.  Second, none of this would not have been possible if I did not set goals and work towards them.  I know that if I don’t set goals, I WILL fail.  So, here are my goals for this coming year.

1. I will deliver at least 5 more affiliate sites this year.  It is important to continue creating affiliate site.  I call these profit centers.  The more profit centers I have the more profitable I will be. 
2. Publish 300 articles for this year.  Articles are the backbone of my whole business as well as my marketing.  I try to publish at least 30 articles a month on various subjects.  In each article I link them to my websites as well as affiliate programs.
3. Bring on 10 more content writers.  I know that I can’t do everything alone.  I hope to bring on 10 more contributors to my various blogs.  This is very important as I want varied opinions on each blog. Not just one set of ideas.
4. Increase google adsense income $100 dollars each day.  This goal is to sulitify my retirement from my old corporate life.  I just don’t want to go back.  I would dread the day.
5. Increase my affiliate income by $100 dollars per day.  The same idea as the last.

These are just my business goals.  Now, I will print these out and tape them in numouse places around my house.  One in front of me at my computer, one on my mirror in my bathroom and maybe on the frig.  It is important to keep your goals in front of you.  The more you say them the faster they will become part of your self cousiousness.  Once part of your self cousiousness they will become second nature and the step to accomplish these goals will become easier. 

It would be nice to see what are some of your goals.  Leave a comment and explain your goals.  Were do you want to be in a year from now?  This is the time to make them happen.  Start today!!

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