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YES! Goal for 2014 - Achieved

Shaquinho

Published on January 5, 2015

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One year ago I set a financial goal for my online activities. It was €100/month which is about $130/month. This is far from my midterm goal of earning a full time income online. But as I earned about $0.30/month at that time, $130/month still seemed like a different world and I really had no clue how to get there.

Until May 2014 nothing changed, commissions still came in homeopathic doses.

Then I started trying out different things, that I hadn't done before.

1. I posted about a sale in my niche.

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2. I added banner ads for affiliate products in my sidebar.

I know, these things are far from revolutionary lol...but I just hadn't done them before.

AND they brought me a big break through. I had my first $100+ commission and consistent earnings of $100+/month since. Since October it's been $160/month - GOAL ACHIEVED.

For 2015 I set myself a much bigger challenge. I'm going to create my first own product.And I want to be able to quit my day job by the end of the year.

Promoting affiliate products and my own product(s), plus refining my online marketing skills will hopefully lead to my new goal. I'm super excited, super motivated und really, really scared! What if things go wrong? Or what will happen when I succeed? Life will change...
Whew!

Now you better get out of my way, Scary Me! Because I'm going to head forward...no matter what!

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