Happy 2012!
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I know this is a bit late for a new year’s post, but better late than never, right? Actually, since it’s lunar new year, or Chinese new year yesterday, I think it’s still appropriate.
So, with every new year there are new goals, new beginnings. Sometimes it means perhaps an end to certain things that we want to get rid of or curb, such as a bad habit, or even bad people in our lives.
I would have to say I would separate my goals in to two categories. Professional/business and personal. So let me share some of mine.
Personal Goals:
1) To wake up earlier and sleep earlier in general – Since my flexible internet lifestyle came to be, I had been going to bed around 4am and waking up around noon. While I get plenty of sleep and people tell me that if I can do it, why not? I’d rather not. I don’t like feeling my days are short and see the sun go down just hours after I get my day going!
2) To detect red flags in girls I date early on rather than ignoring them and hoping that they won’t be problematic – Seems like I’ve done plenty of that and I’m not particularly proud of it. The pros are that it’s fun and exciting for a while, as these type of people may have traits that are enjoyable, especially if they are easy on the eyes! But the cons are that once things get a little more serious and settles down a bit, those red flags will begin to do what they were meant to do, and ignoring them will no longer cut it. I won’t get into what some of those red flags are, but I’m sure we all have things we consider red flags, so I’ll just leave it at that.
Business/Professional Goals:
1) To revamp my ecommerce site – The site has been stale for some time and not only it’s not good for SEO, it’s starting to lack some newer items which competitors carry. The looks are also a bit outdated and unexciting. All this came about when during a recent shopping cart upgrade something went wrong, and now products are missing and it’s just not fully functional anymore! I will need to use this opportunity to rebuild it with the new software, from the ground up. And while I’m at it, I’ll have to add new items I already should have already been carrying. Also to remain competitive, prices will have to be adjusted/lowered accordingly on just about everything. Yes this might take a while! The down side is that the store will be closed for a few days. Loss of income? Definitely. But it will definitely be worth it in the long run.
2) Continue to promote my Adsense blogs – I had up to about 100 of these blogs as of last year, some did ok off the bat and some didn’t. Now that it’s a year late, I can see what sites are worth keeping and which sites are worth letting expire. Now these roughly 50 sites are collectively building an income for me. Slowly but surely. But even 50 is a whole lot to deal with and I still cannot keep focused. Therefore my goal here in 2012 is to hand pick the best ones to work on, and build more links, add more content, so that they will start to reach their potentials. Then once they are on track, I can move on to the next batch of hopefuls.
3) To actively network with people for brick and mortar business ventures – Besides internet marketing, there are many opportunities out there that can be viable. Keeping an eye open for them and actively seek out worthwhile partners would be a great thing for me.
4) To Get one profitable CPA campaign – I’ve tested a bunch last year and spent some money but could not get any of them to be profitable. However, there’s one that I’ve been working on so far this year that seems to have potential. So far, even though I’m still running a bunch of keywords just to test them, I can already tell that if I just keep the profitable KWs for now it would be a profitable campaign. The problem is, just with those few keywords alone, with the traffic they pull in, it’s not really much money. So the goal is to test more and extract more profitable KWs, and also figure out how to ramp up the traffic on all the profitable KWs.
Those are the main goals of 2012 I can come up with in one setting. What do you think? What are some of your goals? Let’s discuss and share. Once again, happy new year and happy lunar new year!
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Lol Wow thanks for wishing me a Lunar New Year by the way yeah its not even that late as we are still in the month of January So you can still wish New Year 2012 =) and yeah after reading your blog post its encouraging me to make a to do list for this year Personal and Professional like you did =)
Hi Andy. I think that we have a lot in common based on this post. It’s definitely difficult trying to make the IM thing happen and find the right girl as well. It’s like two full time jobs! I hope 2012 shapes up to be a great year for you.
Glad to hear it resonates with you, Nick! Touche on the two full time jobs thing. =) Have a prosperous 2012 and don’t forget to stop by from time to time and share your thoughts with all of us!
David – Good to hear you’re making your list as well. Have a great 2012!
Your second point made me thinking a lot. I have got an adsense account and I have placed some ads on one of my blog, but don’t ask about the earning.
. It’s $10 after 8 months. I don’t really know how to increase this earning and how to promote it. Would you please help ?
You need a lot more traffic. And also, the niche/topic a lot of times can determine is the searchers/readers/stumblers are “click happy”. So it’s a combination of both. Oh, and ad placement usually helps to some extent as well.
You actualy have some great goals. Each one makes a difference so your more likely to do them. I agree about the CPA and the adsense sites. you have to pick the ones that work and let the other go.
You have some great aspirations. It looks like a lot of work but I expect it will pay for you. In regards to your sites, with the new Panda make sure you include more social media. We are in an evolving algorithym right now. It is an inspiration to me to really make some clearly defined goals for 2012.
I have similar goals as you have outlined and I want to start my own online magazine too while keeping my 9 to 5 job.
I hope its a good year.
Wow, you have very nice goals. I particularly was interested in your concentrating more on select adsense blogs instead of keeping a hundred of them but dividing the attention and resulting in less profits for each. I know a few friends who had 100 or hundreds of those blogs and in the end tired of keeping up with them because each one doesn’t earn pretty big, although collectively they do earn some.
I have my own goals this year and that’s to get my site in the top 30 of its niche in rankings. Hard but it’s always good to have something to reach out for.
I hope I can get by my online business affiliate marketing today! Nothing beats getting positive results than starting the new year with a bang!
But better late than never, right i know this is a bit late for a new year’s post? So let me share some of mine I would have to say I would separate my goals in to two categories. I think it’s still appropriate or Chinese new year yesterday, actually, since it’s lunar new year. Professional/business and personal. With every new year there are new goals, so, new beginnings. Such as a bad habit, or even bad people in our lives sometimes it means perhaps an end to certain things that we want to get rid of or curb.
I’ve always wanted to start my own gossip blog, I know there is a lot of competition. I just think some of the the stories I read can be better written. Thanks for the information. Have a great year.
Andy, Good new year resolutions. I have the first one also – “To wake up earlier and sleep earlier in general” and I was ok in Jan then last week I had a server problem that made me stay up till 3:30am and everything screwed up, I am trying to fix it again, and go to bed early and wake-up early and feel the whole day.
Forgot to say “Happy and success full New Year to all!”
Hi There
First time visitor to your blog. Really like your thoughts about point 3, brick and mortar. For me, that’s where the business is. Real people, real relationships and real clients!
Keep up the good work
Daniel Rose
I also intend to look at brick and mortar opportunities this year, as apart from spreading income sources it allows me to get out from behind the computer.
My goals are to exercise regularly, to sleep more and to be more open with the people in my life. For the last 30 days I had set myself the gool of waking up at 6:30AM and i have manged to do it. Good luck for your goals, and I hope they all come true. Thanks for sharing!
I have a lot of goals that I am working on. I love getting to the end of the year and comparing my January goals with what I have accomplished by the years end. I usually spend a great deal of January planning for the rest of the year because I like to take my time and prayerfully set my goals before actually proceeding to accomplish them. I think the planning phase is where people often fail at setting goals. Factoring the “how to” and the time involved in goal setting is essential.
My only goal for 2012 is to be less judglemntal about others and also with regards to myself. I want to stop the constant voice which criticizes. Good luck to your new year resolutions!
Goals are very important to have. If you done have a base to stand on, you will fall. The goal of waking up earlier and going to sleep earlier is a great one I, myself am trying to follow. Trust me, I know how hard it can be to manage a schedule. Dealing with college, working full time, and trying to have free time is tough. Good luck.
I think #3 is a good idea, not too many online folks take advantage of offline opportunities , since it takes more work.
The 100+ website model is going to keep getting more difficult in my opinion, for diminishing returns. Social search signals are continuing to get more important, and this simply can’t be done with 100+ MFA type sites.
Whereas, growing a couple of sites (assets), that can be monetized with both your own products/affiliate projects can be scaled, not to mention hourly services tied onto the end of that.
A follow up post on how you set about achieving your goals will be very welcome.
It would allow me to learn and develop my own plan.
Every one of us are really excited when a new year is coming. We all have our new set of goals, new inspirations, new outlook in life. And that what makes it more exciting. Plus the claiming of all the blessings that we can have all through out the year!
New year coming?? buddy it has already been four months! I guess you hangover lasted more than it was expected..:)!
How are your goals going so far? It’s only April and I’ve only been making progress on two of my ten goals for the year. My workout goal has definitely been put on the back burner. It’s tough to focus on so many goals at once!
Hey Rob, any progress is better than no progress. Keep at it!
Good luck on our goals this year. Have a wonderful year ahead.
It was dated in January. Yes, a new post is due soon. Been too busy with other projects. =)
100 Adsense sites? Jeez! I run one blog – http://www.bikiniwaxvideo.org – and am utterly snowed under just trying to keep that afloat at times! I know that I’m not the most organised man alive but you must have a fair work ethic to keep 100 websites up and running at any given time.
I was curious about where you said you’d ‘let them [the ones not doing so well] expire.’ In that particular case, would you simply let the domain lapse and move on, even if they were making a minute amount of money? Would you look to sell them on a site like Flippa or would listing them etc not be worth the price you’d receive? Just curious
Thanks!
Anita. x
2012 is the year I work my ass off, thank you again for this nice site
So far so good for my 1st quarter of 2012. Good luck on our businesses this year.
Totally agree about brick & mortar. Real world networking is key to any business.
i like your first goal, i think is the most difficult of all because bad habits are hard to change.
so good luck an good determination!
but the first step on accomplishing a goal is the willing to do it.