Happy New Year
Hope you had a great holiday and are ready to rock and roll into the new year.
I have been doing a lot of planning and not as much blogging over the last 2 weeks. That is coming to an end this week end. It is now time to take action and make my plan come together.
Have you set up your plan for the new year and even the new decade yet?
If not go grab this free goal planning guide as a gift from me but beware it will take work to make it valuable to you.
One of the goals I have is to get back to more basics in what I share with my online family. All too often we all get hung up by the latest shiny new object (and some of them are great if you have the basics) but they can and often are a distraction.
Here is where you can help yourself. Yes, I will still be sharing some of the new items because for those that have the basics they can be a great addition. If you do not have the basics though you need to ignore them.
I probably should first define what I call the basics. The basics would include…
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A domain that you own and host
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An autoresponder so you can start building your list
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Some type of squeeze page system to build your list (or more than one)
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A blog that you add content to regularly
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Tracking set up to know what is working for you.
So if you have these things and they are working well for you then you can look at the things that will improve what you are doing.
Along the same line there are tools you have to have. Sometimes you can get them free but I usually prefer to use free paid products.
I now that last sentence did not make a lot of sense but quite a few of the tools that I use regularly and pay for have affiliate programs. If you recommend them to enough people they will pay you more than you pay them making them a free paid solution.
Here is an example.
I use The Marketers Hosting for some of my sites, some of my autoresponder lists and to run my affiliate program. At $20 a month it is a bargain but as I recommend them (very easy to do because I like and use them) at the end of the month I get paid more than the $20 so it has now become a free tool that is a paid service.
That works for me with other paid services that I use also. After all how hard is it to recommend things that you use all the time. If you don’t have hosting I strongly recommend you use and then promote The Marketers Hosting.
So to start the year make sure that you have laid out your plan for the year, started with the basics and work on getting those working before you get distracted by the next shiny object.
Finally the ultimate key is to take action. You will not always get it right but you can continue to improve things if you actually get them done and out there.
As Nike says “Just Do It.”
About the author
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Mike Paetzold got started blogging in 2003 and has become an expert on using WordPress. He has become known as The WordPress Guy. After being an under ground niche marketer using his blogs he has surfaced to share some of the ways he uses PLR to enter various niches profitably. |
Disclaimer: Some of the links mentioned within this post or posts it may lead to are my affiliate links and in such case I will get compensated for recommending those products. However, I will never recommend something that I don't personally believe in and I welcome your questions and feedback.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:38 am
Hey Mike, I like everything you said and more. I finally understand that planning can really pay off and help you eventually get to where it is you want to be. Hoping to make this year a lot more profitable and to get this business really geared up. Will be checking out this site often to get ideas and tips. Thanks.
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January 2nd, 2010 at 11:45 am
I couldn’t agree with you more, Mike! Using the best pro tools with No Net Cost is the best route to go online regardless of one’s level of proficiency or level of current success…
To a happy & healthy new decade of abundance for you, Maude & the turtles…
Doug & Teri.
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January 2nd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Thanks for the free 2010 Planning Guide Mike,
I already have a basic plan for what I am going to be doing in 2010, but still need to work on the specifics.
Just to have a little accountability, here is my plan.
1) 1 membership site every three months
2) 1 niche site (or more depending on time) each month
3) Creating and posting on my blog, a basic tutorial similar to my Paypal button creation tutorial with step by step processes and lots of screenshots each week.
Looking forward to sitting down with this planning guide and hammering out some of the specifics.
Thanks for all you do for us Mike.
While we may not thank you often enough it is greatly appreciated!
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January 2nd, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for the worksheets, I’ve already printed them out, and plan to fill them out tonight before bed.
The worksheets really make it easy to do. Just answer the questions. I like it. I’m one of those people who easily gets distracted.
Mona
P.S. Were you ever a part of Profit Mart? Your name just seems familiar. Maybe it’s because your all over the internet. LOL. You’ve become a household name.;)
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January 2nd, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Yep, often times we just “have to do it”… but we have to make sure we have a plan set out so that we don’t just do anything. Thanks for the great gift Mike!
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January 3rd, 2010 at 8:34 am
Hmm… Still haven’t set my 2010 goals yet. Will not set too high this year because I failed archive some set on 2009.
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January 3rd, 2010 at 9:16 am
Think that you are better to have goals that are further than you think you can go. It will help you increase what you do.
The real key is to plan out the things that really grow your business and minimize the items that take time but don’t add revenue.
January 3rd, 2010 at 9:06 pm
Good post and thanks for remindering us that we need to set goals and get a plan set up. But, you very last point is key. Goals and a plan set up will get you nowhere if you do not take action. All to often I plan to do things and even put it on the calander to do, but then I fail to take action. I agree with Joel, we just “have to do it”…
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