Goals for August 2016

byCathyLou

2K followers

8 years ago

Wow. I feel like it was only last week that I wrote up my July goals. Another new month, time flies when you're having fun!

I kind of changed direction a bit last month and unintentionally took a break from posting on my site for two whole weeks. But now I'm back in action.

I got to commenting on a few blogs in my niche and had some amazing wins out of it - a copy editing role and a joint venture webinar request. Wow!

I also decided that I should post my traffic stats on my blog (starting with July). So immediately had to go out and do whatever I could to bring them up to scratch - I mean, there a mom bloggers in my niche getting 4000+ page views in their very first month blogging. I haven't even cracked that yet, total.

I tried to focus on my editorial calendar in July, because I was finding it really difficult to stay on track. I wasn't managing my time well.

So what I've done is make a spreadsheet with the hour long blocks I have available each day and I've decided what I will focus on for each of those hours. I think it will help.

I've also put my new site idea on the backburner for a little while as I have a lot on my plate.

Anyway. I mostly ignored my other goals for July. But August will be a different story. There's a lot of CONCRETE goals I want to achieve this month, and I won't be able to if I ignore them.

Goals for August 2016

1. Increase Traffic
2. Increase Email Subscriber List
3. Increase Income

Increase Traffic

• Guest Posting - I have 5 sites in mind that I will pitch to, 1 per week.
• Commenting on Niche Blogs - I've set aside an hour a day to hit as many blogs as possible and leave meaningful comments.
• Facebook Groups - I created the ultimate list of Facebook Promo Groups and now I just need to use them. There are a total of ~400,000 people in these groups. Not bad, right?
• Pinterest Power Up - interesting thing talked about in the Uncork Your Dork Facebook Group - creating 5 headlines for each article and a new (different) pin style for each. You are effectively getting 5x the exposure for one article (and you'll also find out what style is most effective).

Increase Email Subscriber List

• Webinar - I need to do at least one webinar to practice before my joint one. I'm thinking it will be late this month.
• Landing pages - for content upgrades, library and WA sales funnel.
• Lead magnet - I need a lead magnet. Considering either Schmoozing 101 or Pinterest..

Increase Income

• WA Sales Funnel + ads - I have some credit left from a trial of Bing Ads and will hopefully have some from Adwords too.

So.

That's me in a nutshell. For the next month.

I'm going to switch to Monthly Goal Updates now.

Quite simply because I don't think I'll have time to write a considered wrap up of each week!