Accountability. A Look Back at the Last 3 Months.
As you build out your business, it is always important that you reflect on what you have done, and in some case what you haven't done.
Completing an accountability "check" every 3-4 months is always a good idea, in particular one where others can offer you feedback on your achievements, and help you come up with ideas as to how you can better achieve results.
This "inward look" into my activities is something that I have always done in business (and in life). The reason I wait 3 months is that if you are doing this on a too regular basis you are going to be spending ALL of your time self reflection (which isn't useful).
So today we are all going to look back on the last 3 months, our accomplishments, what we are proud of, and what we feel we could have done better.
Take a moment and leave your responses to these 5 questions below.
- How did the first 3 months go?
- What accomplishments, achievements, and business related activities are you proud?
- Where did you waste time?
- What tasks did you got better with?
- What can you do better in the next 3 months?
It is this honest self reflection that will lead to improvement, growth, and your ability to streamline your business. It is OK to be hard on yourself sometimes, it leads to self-improvement. Just as important though, you want to celebrate your accomplishments. This will serve as motivation.
Having a healthy mix of both will lead to progression and more success in your business. I really look forward to seeing your responses.
Here is to a productive, exciting, and high achieving 3 months ahead!
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Excellent idea, Kyle!
A reflection like this is much needed!
1) How did the first 3 months go?
Much more productive than I could've imagined. At first, it was very challenging to write 3 posts per week. And then it got much easier! :-)
2) What accomplishments, achievements, and business-related activities are you proud?
-> I got #1, #3 rankings on the first page of Google/Bing.
-> I'm proud to have gotten to a point that all my posts 1,200+ words. Sometimes 2,000 words. :-)
-> My graphics and branding are also improving. I'm pleased with them.
-> I've started networking with other WA members which has been extremely enriching.
3) Where did you waste time?
At times I caught myself spending more time than needed on Facebook. I really have to put my timer to work!
4) What tasks did you get better with?
Graphics, writing content, commenting on other people's blog posts.
5) What can you do better in the next 3 months?
-> Closely watch the time I spend engaging on Facebook.
-> Drive more free traffic to my website.
-> Write more WA keyword-rich blog posts
Can't wait for the next training.
Cheers!
One of my mentor ask me the same questions few years back, BT and is the same mistakes I am making today with a twist.
First three months went much better than I was doing before.
Content marketing and choosing the competitive keywords as per Jaaxy, is my number 1 improvement.
Having comments to my site is moving forward as well.
7 steps to SEO is in my fingers, can go to the next post without it.
The Biggy!
What is working for me and bringing in referrals daily? Bing ads. I will not do without it. I find an article that has high conversion, I revamp it according to the lessons, and now I am spending most of my time welcoming my new recruits and complementing them on their actions by writing down their goals. My last 3 months in a nutshell.
PS: Still have to do some of the tasks in month 2 & 3.
Wasting Time?
I try to do all the task, but it is difficult because of my business. So I try to hold on to a couple that I can relate to and run with it.
Will have to all the tasks going forward.
Months 1 and 2 were great. I was able to do the 12 posts per month for each month, and was able to increase my participation in the WA community as well. Except for live chat. That's still a problem for me.
Also, in month 2 I didn't try the dictation mode. i'm more comfortable just writing.
Life got in the way during month 3. I went to Vancouver, WA to watch grandkids while my daughter-in-law attended orientation for a new job. Of course they have internet in Washington, but my son and his wife had a block on just about everything so I couldn't access any sites for research and couldn't even log onto my own site.
I used my cell phone for some work but it was too slow to do much. I concentrated on offering comments on site comments mostly during that week.
I offered 90 comments and received 38 in May. I'm proud of that.
I have 73 posts and 239 comments on my site. It's been almost exactly one year.
I new I wasn't going to reach 12 posts for the month, I think I reached 8, each around 1200-1300 words or so.
I've been worried about my traffic. I'm only getting 4-8 visitors per day, and some of those are WA members leaving comments via site comments. I started checking google with my keywords for my posts, and the results have been disappointing. Only one post out of 73 was on page one. The next closest was page 4 and most are somewhere beyond page 10.
So, I started reviewing my old posts, re-checking my keywords in Jaaxy, and trying to improve my titles and content for each of my older posts. I'm just starting with that
I'd already been posting my posts to social media for about a month before the may lesson. I use Google+, Pinterest, Twitter, and Facebook. I think that's enough to start. Ive got over 660 followers on Pinterest.
I'm trying to progress "on the cheap" without investing in any "upgrades" in plugins or other aids until I get an income from my site.
I don't know why my posts don't rank better. Maybe my posts need to be closer to 2000 words.
i'm excited for some time to go back over things. There's quite a bit of tweaking that I think i need to do.
In the next 3 months I want to organize and plan ahead on my content. I need some sort of logical progression where I can invite people to "stay tuned" for the next post. I also think it will be time for email marketing soon, if I can start to get some visitors to my site.
Any advice or comments will be appreciated.
Grant
My 3 months started out very positive. I was up beat and felt I was up to any challenge thrown at me.. I'm proud about the number of words and articles that I managed in the first 4 weeks. Unfortunately it really wasn't wasted time. In the last two months in our private life we have had to deal with surgeries. Infections. Cancers. And worst of all deaths. Yes not singular but plural. So unfortunately it wasn't wasted time but time I wish was better. I did get better with my time and how I build my articles..well as long as I stop having bad luck I want to work double time and try and get caught up.
1. First three months. The 1st month was editing blog posts, big time. Not much new got written. Reviewed training and I think made good improvements.
2. Very happy to see that by the end of March my google analytics showed a 2.5 x raise.
3. I wasted time editing posts on a blog which I really have to leave be for a while to focus on the one that's farther ahead. Not that I didn't improve or learn anything.
4. I can see I'm faster at writing/publishing and all the post-publish activities. Learned to make images fast with canva, make the Pin version etc.
5. More of everything, faster, more social media interaction. More interaction here at WA. (it's a time crunch folks!)
Great GA is showing improvements be happy, I'm still waiting for that to happen. Good luck for this next month. - Shirley
Hi I know that the thing I have struggled with most over the last 3 months is trying to do 12 posts a month. I have never got anywhere near to doing 12 and this month I only did one because I wasn't well. I know that I give myself a hard time over this and a couple of times have considered withdrawing from this challenge because I feel like I have let everyone else down.
This month is going to be a hard one too as I am off to Tenerife soon and won't be able to spend the same amount of time on here over the next week so will lose the first week of the month and will need to play catch up when I return. As usual I will give it my best shot.
Hey Chez, take a look at magistudios' training on niche goal projections, there are no fails, there are just results before the deadline or after it. Enjoy your hols.
Never say "Quit", just taking a little slower path to success. Since 2014 when I joined WA, I have had many months were I couldn't sit at the computer because of health reasons. This last month I've been back on prednizone and fighting diabetic ulcers again. But I'm determined to keep on until I achieve my goals. I have worthy goals and I want to reach them. When you get back home, just buckle down again. - Shirley
You should never worry about letting US down. We are here for you know matter what.
You are the one who had to reach your goals. We are just trying to do the same.
We are doing it for ourselves, but we are also here to support each other.
I hope that made sense.
First off, have an amazing holiday. Never feel guilty about taking them, but you can likely piece in a little work or at the very least, some idea generation while you are away. :)
Second, 12 posts may not be realistic for every person, some can achieve less, some more. That is fine. We are not all built "cookie cutter", our lives and personal demands are different, and that is completely normal. Don't worry.
Do what you can. And aim to be productive when you sit down to create content, when you research your content, and streamline your processes. Through time you will become more and more efficient.
The months were hard,I kept feeling I will NEVER finish writing.
My biggest achievement was learning to use FB and also having the confidence to socialize there, did alot of good for my traffic.
I want to believe I wasted time on social media, I should reduce the time I spend there.
I think I got much better at accepting defeat, not to beat up myself too much if I could not write and post enough so I compensated by having some posts shorter than I`d like.
My organic traffic is still quite low but I`m working on it, it should improve.
Yes, this is hard work and if we stick to it, we will eventually be rewarded. Be optimistic - the glass is ALWAYS HALF FUll!
-SHIRLEY
Awesome job.
Keep your head up. You are moving forward and are still here.
That says A Lot about all of us : )
1) How did the first 3 months go?
The first 3 months went well, I had more referrals and also Premium Referrals to WA than in the first 3 months last year and also in 2016
2) What accomplishments, achievements, and business related activities are you proud?
What I am most proud of in the first 3 months is that I have been able to coach/mentor an increasing amount of Friend who have been able to earn more online than they ever have in all of the rest of their time online combined.
3) Where did you waste time?
I do still find myself wasting time with Friends and Family who sign up and don't show up. It hurts me to witness them so excited at first only to slowly do less and less. especially when they then say that what they are being taught doesn't work :) They are of course aware that it does work but that's their excuse.
I am at the same time blessed to be able to help many Friends and Family who do put in a consistent effort and have come very far, they realize that it doesn't happen without effort and not overnight :)
4) What tasks did you got better with?
I got better with writing content (Still not my strong suit but getting better) I also got better with managing my time as well as setting my goals higher. previously I would set my goals lower then achieve them easily, now I set them beyond what I wrongly believe capable then strive to make them the new reality!
5) What can you do better in the next 3 months?
In the next 3 months I can indeed become a better writer with more emphasis on SEO with the use of Jaaxy (If you aren't yet an upgraded to PRO member of Jaaxy my Friends, I highly recommend that you make that leap!) I also will place more emphasis on helping the Friends and Family who make an effort to grow and learn with consistency and wast less time with those who just want immediate success with no or little work.
Thank you so much Kyle for these great questions that have indeed helped me to reflect more deeply upon the past 3 months and to up my efforts constructively.
Tony
The Marketing Veteran
&
Future Wealthy Super Affiliate
Awesome Tony, but what did I expect. You know what success feels like and I understand why you would be disappointed with your referrals who lack determination. - Shirley
Well said Tony.
I am sure it is hard when it is family.
I admire your strength and your knowledge.
Always good to do a bit of self-reflection :)
How did the first 3 months go?
Quite smoothly, because I am not totally new, I could check some boxes right away.
What accomplishments, achievements, and business-related activities are you proud?
I am very proud to have written 40770 words/42 posts
And a total of 18 pages 179 posts and 890 comments on my website.
Where did you waste time?
I believe, I didn't waste time.
What tasks did you got better with?
Writing, videos, and banners
What can you do better in the next 3 months?
Getting comments, I am very lazy with that.
I have tried a couple of times the live-chat, but that's really not for me. I don't chat, not on FB, not on G+, not with my neighbors, and so, I am not comfortable in live chat too. I am afraid that 's not going to be better the upcoming 3 months either.
Thanks Danielle, now I feel not so alone anymore;) Nice to see you again, that has been a while, I will scroll down to your reply:)
That's a lot of words and posts - good for you and the videos too. It surprises me that you feel uncomfortable in live chat - you seem so comfortable elsewhere in the community. -Shirley
As busy as you are, you wouldn't have time for that.
Loes you are such an asset to this community.
You help us in so many ways and are very good at what you do.
I admire you, and i appreciate all you do.
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Hi Kyle,
Well, the first three months is when I went from siterubix to own dot com. Very happy with that indeed.
Created and ranked page 1 for all 76 posts - I am sure I don't recall one not ranking - page 1 of Google and not unusual now to get position 1 but most definitely top five.
I got position 7 few days back and was disgusted, then laughed at myself, because that is still an achievement.
Google indexed a few posts in seconds over last few days which was a lovely shock to receive. Never ever happened that fast before so that is huge progress I think.
My posts have achieved more relevency for links/affiliate links and my seo is as good as I never thought possible! I feel like I have known this all my life.
Posts more formatted and standardized and clearer to scan through.
Word count going up the whole time it seems.
Accepted into a nice few affiliate programs and even waiting on Adsense to put ads on my site - its all starting to come together - for the step four of Monetizing.
When I went dot com 29 -01 - 2018 - I lost tons of traffic. Actually all barring 100 per month - very sad! If i was ever going to give up - that there was my OUT!!
No way - I carried on and now up to 36K per month. YAY! Delighted.
Many invitations be accepted daily and have tasted some financial success as well.
I spent one or two weeks on YouTube with videos, talking about scams, and I can't believe it. It has gone from 3.4 (I think that is exactly) up over 22K in about five weeks. One vid has got up to nearly 7K views and I am just - WHAT!!? It is a pain though with all the comments hehe but I always leave my link in description and that has added to some traffic.
So, my biggest surprise was waking up and checking Google analytics.
Erm, I nearly had a wake. My traffic had all but doubled from the day before - stunned! Leaped from 800+ to 1700+ overnight - wild jump for my daily traffic stats!
Question 3:-
I did not type any posts for a solid week. I wasted that week. My brain had gone to mush and the tank needed to refill.
Once I forced out one post then I was ready to keep on creating posts.
Drinking too much coffee in the morning has me losing time for sure.
Question 4:-
Lay out of my posts and with relevant placed bright images.
Working within WA with other WA members helping each other out - this part has vastly improved all areas of my site. Without it I may, no, I would not have the site I have now.
Question 5:-
Not take a week off and try to do 100 posts or more!
Curb the two hour wake up time in the morning drinking coffee lol before I begin my work.
Source my images before I start my posts - maybe for a whole bunche of them, because that can be very time consuming for sure.
I definitely need to share more to social media as I have become COMPLETELY dependent on Google for traffic.
I definitely need to improve my invitation in my posts - Too salesey at times.
Thanks Kyle, this was helpful.
Philip.
You have some really great news. Congratulations! - Shirley