Allow me to be one of the first in wishing you a very, merry, and even happy new year. Who would have thought 2010 would have come around so fast? I know I didn’t.

Nevertheless, it is here and it is our time to shine. As with all new years, I believe in setting year long goals, following them, and holding myself accountable. Let me be honest, last year didn’t go so well for me. I didn’t plan very well, didn’t see a change that rocked my business world, but survived with my health and ambition, so it is on for 2010.

This year, I plan on doing things a little bit differently. First of all, I intend on mapping my course this year to a T and making sure that it comes out the way I intend for it to happen by getting up earlier, reaching out more, and working harder to make these things a reality.

This year, I will complete my dream board, 5 year goals, and 1 year plan of action to kick this life into overdrive. Now is the time and this is the year.

What are your plans for the upcoming year? Share a few goals with me as I do with you and let’s enjoy this journey together!

Happy New Year!

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Greetings Blog Family,

Another week has come and gone. How did you do this week? Did you move closer to your goals? Well, I hope you did and hope you continue to fight forward and make it happen.

Last Week Goal: 50 Niche Articles

This was a great goal that I came up a little short on this past week. I wrote 40 articles for niche sites and fell just 10 articles short. I could have made it, but didn’t for a variety of reasons that I like to call EXCUSES. And let me tell you, excuses are going to get you no where fast, so don’t used them and I won’t either. The best thing I can do, you as well if you fell a little short, is to dust ourselves off and try, try again. If you hit your goals for this week, then good for you, plan yourself a small mini celebration of a cookie or something and GET BACK TO WORK!!! We got goals and dreams to actualize here people.

This week’s Accountability Goal: 50 Niche Articles

Even though I fell a little short, I still added 40 articles to my niche sites that have grown in number, which is outstanding. I purchased a few more sites this week. I have a total of 15 niche sites that I am operating. 7 of the 15 sites don’t have material on them yet or have very little and not pulling in many SERPs, search engine rank positions, but their time is coming.

As I am writing these articles, I am focusing on the sites that are having the most success and slowly building the others by trying to bring them on board as far as making money, which Adsense is the main money maker for these sites. Although, I know own two sites that are solely dedicated to selling original products that I am developing and will be making in to Click Bank products for the marketplace to sell as well. Stay tuned, but one of those products is an appraisal, real estate based educational product, but it is coming. The other product is a secret for now, shhhhhh.

Adsense Updates:

One of my goals is to pay some bills with my Adsense earnings, which is why I am writing so many articles for my niche sites and trying to bring them online as earners. They say content is king, so let’s continue to build and push the content. As for Adsense, I have not been doing bad although yesterday sucked and I only made $0.44, which is going to bring my average down for the month that was getting close to $3 a day. Here are my earnings over the last few months just so we can start to gauge my progress and determine if the writing is paying off or not.

Daily Adsense Averages

December 2008 = $0.97 / day

January 2009      = $1.79 / day

February 2009    = $2.69 / day

As you can see, through the first 7 days of February, the additional article writing seems to be paying off in terms of daily Adsense earnings. I will continue to update these figures so you can watch my progress as we move forward and bring more and more websites online and earning income. The way I see it is if all I have to do is write articles to make more and more money through Adsense, then watch out now cause I am going to be blazing content out like it is no body’s business.

One thing that I am thinking about is using the same simple designs on all of my sites and maybe I need to switch it up a little bit for some of the niche sites. I have been using WPTwo by Adam from Creadiv.com for the majority of my niche sites and I plan to continue using it, but maybe some of these niche sites need to be a little more functional for the viewing public. I will keep you updated, but be sure to check out Adam’s theme if you are into Adsense earnings cause it works.

One of the major things I have since building my Adsense revenue was change my niche sites over to his theme and it is working out as you can see from the increase in Adsense revenues. Hopefully, that trend will continue. It has to continue because my goal is no where in site, but we are moving in the right direction.

As for these earnings, the majority of the earnings are made from one site, Invest With Passion my real estate investing site, and one other that is gaining ground. The idea is to get these other sites consitently earning as well to increase revenue and make it happen.

Closing Commitmment

Blog Family, I know you are going to hold me to my accountability goals of 50 articles and I will not let you down this week. But my question to you is, what is your major goal for the week? Will you share it with me and allow me to hold you accountable? Don’t be scared. What is the worst thing that could happen? You get motivated to reach your goal and get closer to your dreams.

At some point in your life, Blog Family, you must step outside your comfort zone in order to strive for the things that you wish to attain. And here is the kicker, if you would just venture out….you will be successful.

Let’s go get’em!

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Blog Family,

The facts are clear. The Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers are in the Superbowl.  I know, that is crazy right. It even feels funny to type Cardinals and Superbowl in the same sentence, let alone say it. The Steelers are not a surprise to me because they have displayed all year that defense is for real and the BRING THE HAT!

I will give it up to the Cardinals, they are playing great football. They will only get better with the return of Andquan Bolden, the other monster receiver on the team. Larry Fitzgerald is really elevating his game. They say while the world is watching the NFL playoffs, starts are born. This is true and we are witnessing Larry’s ascension into the football elite. Not sure what he is going to do against that Pittsburg defense, but no one gave them a chance to get here and they did it. So you cannot rule them out of anything.

I cannot say enough about Kurt Warner. He is one of those guys that just makes everyone better. The difference is accuracy. The NFL is a game of inches believe it or not. And a ball place 2 to 3 inches in a particular direction can win or lose the game for a team. QB passing accuracy is critical. I believe McNabb lost that game because of bad ball placement. There were times when people could have caught and ran for daylight, but a low thrown ball causes the receiver to slide and catch instead of catching it in stride to keep run. This is a game of inches.

So, who is sick that they are not in the Superbowl? The PACKERS!!!

THE GREEN BAY PACKERS!!! That is right. Think about it football fans. That same team last year with Brett Farve was a 13-3 football team on the doorstep of the superbowl. They release Farve, don’t make the playoffs in favor of Aaron Rodgers and the future. 

Don’t get it twisted, Brett Farve is still the truth. With the weapons, trust, and chemistry he has with that team, the problems the NFL had, Giants losing Plaxico Burris, Farve would have the Packers in the Superbowl with a legitimate shot at winning another superbowl. There is no doubt in my mind that would be the case. Farve has it and is just a winner. 

You may be thinking that defense isn’t good enough. But consider that a good offense, makes a defense better. This is done because they are rarely put in tough positions with useless turnovers deep in their own territory. By keeping the ball longer with no three and outs, scoring touchdowns and kicking off to win the game of field position. A good offense can really make a defense by allowing them to rest on the sidelines and be fresher on the field. Farve brings all of this to a team.

Don’t get me wrong, Rogers seems like he is going to be a good QB in the future. The thing about the NFL is if you have a chance to win now, YOU BETTER WIN NOW! Tomorrow is never promised.

Tomorrow is never promised.

If you have a chance to win now, you have to do it. The Cardinals would not be in this position if they would have stuck it out with their young QB. Warner has the savvy, leadership, skill, and sagger to get it done.

So I am laughing at the Green Bay Packers! I was totally against them doing that. It was some crap. Brett Farve is the legend in Wisconsin and made that Franchises what it is, you don’t do that to someone off his calibert. Especially when he had a strong year in the tank.

That is a violation and the penalty is my laughter.

(((( Imagine me pointing my finger at them and laughing hysterically )))))))))

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

It is going to be a short week here at FreddieTaylor.com. I am going out of town for the weekend starting on Thursday. A little mini-vacation, nothing like Brilliant Jeni who has been on vacation for 4 months, for me before I really ramp up my Internet marketing efforts. Just wanted to give you a heads up before I bounced for the weekend only to catch up with some old friends and enjoy life a little bit. You have to do that from time to time.

Blogosphere Link Love

There is nothing like a little Link Love to get the juices flowing, so allow me to share with you what I have been reading Around the Blogosphere lately: 

1) 30 Tips For Exploding Your Site Traffic - My man Sly at SlyVisions.com has a very strong list of tips for growing the traffic to your blog. The great thing about the post is that he doesn’t waste your time and gets right to the list with a little commentary to guide you as well. Check him out.

2) What’s on Your RSS Reader? - Danny, from Linker’s Blog, produced an excellent resource for bloggers with his post about your RSS Reader. He list the main sites in his RSS Reader and encourages others to do the same in the comments. At the end of the day, this is growing to be a resource for bloggers to find new blogs to follow and learn more great information.

3) A Lack Of Data And Rash Decisions Equals Lost Money  - Mattaw, from Money Bites, provides solid insight into allowing your promotions and projects a chance before pulling the plug. You are launching products, websites, and promotions, but are you giving them ample time to perform. Check out this article to gain some insight as to why it may be a wise decision to allow a project to live even though it may be losing money for you in the short run.

4) The Truth About Cats And Blogs - Adam, from Creadiv.com, has a great post title first of all. Then, he follows it up with some interesting discussion about the truth about blogging. He ends the discussion with a question about how has blogging for money gone for you? Many people are talking about their first months blogging. Cool article, check him out!

5) Are you a web prostitute? - Come on, you have to read this one, right? Frogster, or Ben, from Frogster.com, has a very interesting post and questing running. I will not even ruin this one by giving you a lot of insight. You just have to check this one out. It is funny, well written and makes for a great question to ask yourself. 

The Week Ahead

I know it is kind of early to be thinking about next week, but again I am going out of town. The coming week excites me because I learned so much this week that I am bursting at the seems. Also, the couple of days away from my computer are going to do me swell. I just know it. 

My notebook will be travelling with me, so it will not be total time away from my Internet Marketing business, but I don’t want it to be a complete shut off. I really enjoy this business and have a strong, burning desire (shout out to my Napoleon Hill fans) to complete and live this goal. 

Branding My Direction

You may have noticed that I am sporting a new logo up top and have some snazzy new graphics for my main, regular post. It is all part of my new direction. I shouldn’t call it new, but confirmed direction.

See, in my recent post, Monday’s Motivational Moment - Go Before You’re Ready - I was urging my Blog Family to push forward with their projects. To stop all the second guessing and get it started. 

The truth is I was talking to myself also. I have been prepping this new beginning for some time now and really just doing the classic, Procrastination by Perfection. I found every reason in the world to say, I am not ready. When the truth is that I am over prepared. 

No More Delays

From now on Blog Family, I am going to be aggressive in my quest to make this IM dream come true. No more wasted time. I will return with a new energy and vigor that has been unseen around these parts of the Blogosphere.

Join me and renew your passion and enthusiasm for your business! I know you want it, let’s go get it!

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