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My Online Goals for next 90 Days in 2009
Posted by: | CommentsWell having gleaming some interesting information from some of the Alex Jeffrey’s students blogs and John Thornhill etc, I liked the idea of cutting your goals into sectors or small chunks ….
Given a timescale of around 90 days which when I think about it is around a quarter of the year so makes perfect sense so here it is :
In the next 90 days I hope to have:
Completed my new product and launched by mid to end February 2009
now I know that seems a long time, however some of the tasks I need to outsource and I have to wait till end of January 09 to get this part done.
Complete an article for submission to Garry Parkes Profit Pulling Platform newsletter in March 2009
Now my idea is to show step by step show how I created my new product in February 09, and help others possibly do the same.
Launch my new membership website in March 09?
This may tie in with above article to Garry Parkes Newsletter
That is all I guess for now, I will also try and get a handle of article marketing as well….
Now I have a good friend of mine Dean Holland, who in the last 90 days has managed to earn around $3,500 ( fantastic result, well done bro! )
He asked for feedback about a makeover for his blog, and had a couple of options he was mulling over I was actually at work and made a quick comment, and most others concurred …..
To invest his money into other avenues of his business rather than the blog design, some others also rightly said that people will come, I just want to reinforce this by giving some examples:
John Thornhill’s Blog ( See any similiarities to his blog and mine? lol !! )
Alex’s Jeffrey’s Blog
Mike Filsaime’s Blog
Gary Simpson’s Blog
Garry Parke’s Blog
Thats is just some examples, but I am sure that you can see a common theme, they are not all singing and dancing blogs design-wise, but they are busy and no doubt earning money ….
I would suggest getting a wordpress theme that suits you and customising it with graphics if you wish, I used Planet Divinity Graphics for mine and can recommend them, i will be using them again shortly
It can be difficult for everyone at times to decide how best to reinvest the capital into an online business, I would suggest to take your time, as I know it can seem it may be burning a hole in your pocket, but you need to be sure to make the right choice …..
I am thinking the best way for me in 2009, is product creation to try and create multiple income streams and hope that this will be the year I might actually make some money online …..
I have been Dean in the past, the difference being I did not have the support mechanism that Dean has, where you can think out loud on your blog and get support and advice ….
Man, I have wasted so much money on bad choices and purchases,so much so I think I had to include the Hard Drive of the computer on my Home Insurance given the amount of stuff on it and what it cost me, that I have not used ….
On a positive note that will change in ‘09!
I would give this advice to Dean or anyone who is wondering how to reinvest in themselves or online business ……
Check the Marketplace see what others around you are doing, and if need be replicate it, think of the Mike’s, Alex’s, John’s, Ray’s, Garry’s etc have done and to very great success ….
I remember mentioning a few months ago, that Dean may well be the next Alex Jeffrey’s, I still believe that this still to be the case given the start to his online career ….
As Always feel free to comment
A Happy New Year to everyone for 2009, Can I ask for your Opinion?
Posted by: | CommentsWell we are now 4 days into the New Year …..
How’s the Head?
Thankfully, I don’t drink much if at all, so I am raring to go …. like most people, I had family visiting over the festive period …. so made a point of not to be online much, as family is important as is a healthy balance in life ….
I have not been totally idle as I have been jotting down ideas and plans of how to start putting into place my goals for 2009 …..
As some of my subscribers/readers will have been following previous posts, helping and showing you how to set up a blog etc ……
This is now where I need your help and/or opinion …..
While I know some of my readers/subscribers now have there blogs up and running
(Well Done!)
Could I ask you to cast your mind back to the first day that you decided that you wanted to create your own blog ……
Yeah, I know it seems so long ago …. lol !! but homour me
What were the things you struggled with?
If you were to try and create your own blog, what information do you wish you had to make the task easier?
Is there anything that you are still unsure or struggling with?
If you are a reader, who is maybe more blog savvy, feel free to chip in all the same
Please be as honest as possible, everything will be come clear as to why I am asking in due course, I have kept the questions vague to a degree as I do not want to put ideas to you, but want to find out from my readers/subscribers exactly what they would want or wish they had when starting out ….
As always, please feel free to comment
Thanks in advance for your input and help
My Online Goals for 2009 What are your online goals?
Posted by: | CommentsWhat .?????…..
I know we have not even had Christmas yet …. but believe it or not 2009 is only 6 weeks away …scary … I know …
but it got me thinking about what I could look to achieve in 2009, this last year seems to have flown by and I have for most been busy offline with my wedding and other commitments, one thing I have done now that things have calmed down and I can actually get more time to sit in front of the pc, is to reflect ….
The one thing I have been guilty of is what I would call ‘headless chicken syndrome’ (this is where if you cut the head of a chicken the body will still run about without a head?? lol )
but I am sure you get the picture, but what I mean by it is that I sit down at the pc, and before you know it, you have not got half the things done that I should have, having taken stock, this is what I intend to to do.
Before I even turn on my PC/Laptop, I will write down a checklist of everything I intend to get done and in brackets how long I expect each task to take.
Concentrate on one thing at a time, and get that finished rather than working on a few projects and slowing things down
Continue to try and help others to achieve their online ventures
Have quality time with my new wife and family, this is important as well to keep a balance
Keep the faith and focus when things don’t go to plan
Lastly, is continue to take action!, this is very important because if you do not take action, then if you can imagine being in a boat with only one oar, all that will happen is you will go round in circles and never get anywhere!
Ok, I think this post will be interesting, when I look back at the end of 2009 and see if I managed to achieve all my goals ……
I intend to revamp my membership site and also create at least 2 others.
I need to get new graphics and rewrite the sales letter of www.membershipmanagersupreme.co.uk, and shortly offer my subscribers a special offer for those that wish a copy of MembershipManagerSupreme.
Launch at least two new eBooks to add to my portfolio of products.
I have a couple of other ideas to try and create more income streams, but will explain what they are later as I may use as a topic of one of my eBooks or maybe even a physical book as my last post explained.
I will add to this post, but I think that the above is a start … lol !!
What goals are you setting yourself for 2009?
Welcome to Tommy-McLaughlin.com
Posted by: | CommentsWell it has taken me long enough what with recently getting married and working hard to get my blog off the ground.
I would like to give a special mention to Steve @ Planet Divinity Graphics for the rocking graphics – fab job as always.
Also a big thank you to Dan and Paula at d9hosting both went the extra mile to ensure I had everything set up, nothing was too much trouble, so thanks again.
Anyways, I hope that I can provide plenty of help and good information for helping people make some moolah online.
Look out for an important post for anyone that is selling digital media via cd-rom on eBay, if you do then you will need to know this


