Setting Goals and Taking Action

I think that setting goals, both monetary and non-monetary, are an important part of any business. I once read about the Harvard study that the class of 1979 completed on written goals. People say that it's just another myth that floats around in cyber space, and it may very well be. Regardless of whether the story is true or not, it stuck with me--and it's the moral that's important anyways. The conclusion was that 3% of Harvard business graduates made more more than the other 97% of the graduates simply because they wrote their goals down and took action.

So, I've promised myself that I will take small steps each day to help build my Internet marketing business. My step for today was creating goals (as outlined in the First 10 Days Training). I have them posted on my computer screen, but I wanted to post them here and update this post as the year continues to help keep me focused and maybe help other newbies step out of their comfort zones and share their goals.

Monetary Goals

• I want to earn my first $1 in my first 10 days.
• I want to earn $50 in my next 30 days online.
• I want to earn $100 in the next 60 days online.
• I want to earn $150 in the next 90 days online.
• I want to earn $500 in the next 6 months online.
• I want to earn $2000 in the next year online.
• By the end of 12 months, I want to have enough passive monthly income from IM to cover the rent each month
• By the end of 12 months I want to have enough money saved to take a vacation! (I'll have earned it by then!)

Non-Monetary Goals

In the next 10 days I want to:

• Complete the First 10 Days Training
• Upgrade my WA Membership -- Done!
• Become a Jaaxy Member -- Done!
• Purchase domain names for the 4 authority websites I'm contemplating
• Have my 1st authority website up and running

In the next 30 days I want to:

• Develop and tweek a plan to get my Internet marketing business on a daily schedule
• Have 2 authority sites up and running
• Learn how to effectively use social media (Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Klout, Google+ and Twitter)
• Continue to network and build my social media groups
• Learn about email marketing, automating email marketing and creating a "list"
• Make a list of 10 ideas for small niche sites
• Write a good training module for WA
• Explore the idea of writing short free ebooks to help build a list
• Think of 5 topics that I can create short ebooks about for Amazon's KDP Select program
• Begin writing one article per week for passive income sites to build my online writing portfolio

In the next 6 months I want to:

• Have all 4 authority sites up and running (and keep them well maintained)
• Be able to complete 2 to 3 small niche sites per month in addition to maintaining my authority sites
• Begin teaching my kids about Internet marketing and money management
• Begin learning PPC marketing and how to implement it with my Scentsy, Velata and Grace Adele business
• Have 1 ebook written and posted for sale on Amazon
• Have 70 articles written and posted on passive income writing sites
• Have 6 training modules done for WA

In the next 12 months I want to:

• Have two websites designed and maintained by each of my daughters
• Have 15 small niche websites
• Have built a strong following to my authority sites
• Have 150 articles posted on passive income writing sites
• Have 3 short ebooks posted for sale on Amazon
• Implement PPC marketing for direct sales
• Become a WA Ambassador

Now, it's time to take action!