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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Blog Family,

I am writing late on a Sunday night because it has been a long day, yet I must get my accountability in for the week. I feel accountability is what every entrepreneur needs.

Many entrepreneurs go into business for themselves to avoid having to be accountable to someone else. You know that is the polite way to say having a boss all over your back and up in your business. If you have a job or work for someone else, then you are going to experience some of this.

The fact is having someone you are accountable to makes you more productive. It is true. Let’s just face it. To bring out your very best, you must set high goals and be accountable to them.

So how does the entrepreneur get that accountability they need?

They have to go get it. You can get a mentor. This is a great idea. That mentor would be better than a boss because there are there to help you learn and grow. Mentors have been a key asset of successful people for centuries. Don’t neglect the power.

You could network with a group of like minded people that will hold you accountable. You have to network and meet people that you respect enough to work with them and trust them enough to share your goals and dreams with them. Everyone in this group could share the ir weekly or monthly goals and hold each other accountable for their goals. Moral support and not letting the group down can be powerful motivators for you.

Or you can be creative.

The route I chose was to be accountable for a large weekly goal in my business and life. I know this is different, but why not? It is interesting and I know there are people in my Blog Family that will do a great job at holding me accountable. And that is what you need. We all have the potential for greatness inside of us. Sometimes we just need it dragged out of us. You are going to help me get over that feeling.

Last Weeks Goal

Last week, I wanted to write 50 articles for my niche sites during the week. This was a follow up goal from the week before where I only completed 40 articles. 4 0 articles was outstanding, but I wanted the entire fire. So, I set the goal one more time. This time I was determined to hit it.

Last week, I hit my goal. I wrote 50 articles for my various niche sites. I am so excited. I know that each one of those articles are going to move their way into SERPS that can generate traffic. It just felt good to hit the goal of 50 articles.

This Weeks Goal

This week,  I have to complete the taxes. It has to get done.

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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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This past week was great. Not from the stand point of this blog, but life. I got an opportunity to dwell in the presence of my parents, which is always a great treat. I respect them on so many levels, now that I have been married for seven years and have two children. My parents are awesome people. 

In addition to that, I got to seem my family and friends that I grew up with. I haven’t seem many of them since the summer for a few days. It was great. One of my childhood friends and I have a running battle in NBA Live for the Playstation. Every time we see each other, we get it on. He beat me most of the games we played, but I did get a victory in towards the end. My real victory is catching up with him and just having a good time. There is a comfort level of being around people you have know your entire life that cannot be replaced anywhere else.

As far as my goals for last week on the blog, it just didn’t happen. I was too busy having fun with my boys, my wife, my family, and my friends to even think about any of this stuff. Maybe business can take a back seat in my life afterall. Who would have known? Nevertheless, I had a blast.

This Week

As for the upcoming week, I have some very ambitious goals. However, I am going to keep them for myself. I realize this is going to be another crazy week with me because it is new years in the middle of the week, my wife’s birthday was yesterday, and we DON’T HAVE OUR CHILDREN FOR A WEEK. LOL, I capitalized that because this is the only time of the year we don’t have our children because they stay with my parents during their school break.

My wife and I really take this time to reconnect, have fun, and enjoy each others company. Besides, her birthday was yesterday and there is no way one day will justify the party we want to get down with. LOL, I love that woman.

Anyway, I do have some goals that I will just share. Many of these are background things that have needed to be completed for sometime that I will seek to complete.

1) Build a site for a friend – I had promised a friend of mine that I would put my site design skills to use for them, so I need to get that completed. It has dragged out long enough. Time to finish. The order is for a simple blog that can begin to serve as a presence for an organization. I think I am going to use the Revolution Church theme for them. Will give me a change to get more intimate with this theme and they will be happy with it as well.

2) Write 13 Articles – No, I haven’t completed my goal of 30 articles for my niche site yet. I just have to make a strong push this week. What can I say? The goal hasn’t been reached, but we have a few days to go. You don’t expect me to just give up do you?

3) Edit Picking Comps – This is a product that I produced, but need to update. This is probably going to take longer, but I have to get some quality work in on this project this week. More than likely, I will be slow in my appraisal business, so that time can be dedicated to the completion of this product.

Closing it out.

There you have it, Blog Family. I have a lot of work to do this week, but will make sure I enjoy the moment. This week will see the birth of another year and the excitement it brings. I am bringing in the new year with some wonderful friends at an house party. It should be sweet and filled with friends, fun, beverages, and a good time. I hope you do the same.

Either way, Be safe and prosper!

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Greetings Blog Family,

The weeks are floating by as I am reminded by writing these Sunday Goals setting post. Hopefully, you have not just been following along, but setting and hitting your goals as well. If not, grab a pen or pull up your publishing software and start setting goals. They are very important.

Last Week

Last week was an awesome week around here at FreddieTaylor.com. I actually completed all the goals that I set out to complete, but I am not satisfied with my workout routine and need to intensify the workout. Nevertheless, I will, but let’s focus on the positive today.

Blogosphere Bigshots Released – That is right, Blog Family, it is released. (If you haven’t signed up to get it yet, then do so now!) I know it is about time, but believe it or not there is a lot that  went into this. Ok, well, maybe there wasn’t a ton and most of the work was in my mind, but I got it done. All of the writers did a wonderful job and the immediate feedback I am getting is that the ebook is quality enough to charge for it, but I will not. It will remain free because my goal was to have an ebook to give away on this site to build my subscription base. That is accomplished.

What I didn’t anticipate was all of the additional ideas that would flow from this endeavor. There is a totally new site that I am building based on the ebook at BlogosphereBigshots.com, but it isn’t ready yet. Coming soon, it will promote the book and expand on the opportunities for bloggers like yourself to participate in educating the Blogosphere with what has worked for you. Stay tuned, I will having a closing blog post on Internet Marketing Experiment #1.

Post Site Flip for Sale – Well, this goal was accomplished as I posted HempExposed.com for sale. As of today, the auction has like 1 day left and there have been no bids. I thought this was one of my best sites, but obviously the subject matter is not getting any love by the people. 

It is really unfortunate because the site has a lot of possibilities as people wake up to the world of opportunities that are presented by hemp. No, no, no, this not about the hemp that some enjoy by smoking, this site is about the million and one uses of hemp in everyday life. As I did research for this site, I discovered that hemp is an awesome crop that produces everything from oil, food, and soap to medicine, building materials, and clothing. It is really amazing. The wild thing is hemp has been used as a main crop all around the world and for thousands of years as well.

However, the the world seems to still be reluctant to go with this movement. Thus, I will keeping HempExposed.com and making it a niche site of mine. Just as a quick thought the other day, I think I am going to turn it into a store site that sells hemp products and blog as well to get some search engine traffic and continue to learn more and more about hemp. Once I make a run at the PepperJam store, I will do an Internet Marketing Experiment so we can all learn how this is done.

Develop Site Flip Templates – I managed to develop one template last week and it is looking very promising. The amount of work it cut down was amazing. This week, I will be testing that out for sure as one of the next flips I have planned will be using that template. Hopefully, we will be able to crank it out quickly.

Workout 3 Times – I managed to workout three times this week, bu they were some weak workouts. I definitely need to pick it up this week and be more consistent. I had gotten to the point that I worked out so regularly that I didn’t need to put this on my weekly goals, but fell off recently and need to remind myself. It all changes this week. Health is wealth!

This Week

Ok, Blog Family, it is another week staring us down again and I for one and up to the challenge. This past week has taught me a lot as I had the chance to work on my Internet Marketing Plan and put everything into perspective. This business is beginning to slow down for me and I am realizing the daily things that I need to be doing to be successful….and I will be doing thing. There is nothing like having a concrete plan in front of you to follow, tweak, and create.

Commenting 15 Times/day for 5 days – I haven’t been commenting enough around the Blogosphere, so it is time to make a concentrated effort here. The goal is to comment for my newest niche site, not HempExposed.com, but another one that I am keeping secret. My goal is to develop some back-links to the site and start buiilding up its authority as we make a run at the top of the search engines for our key phrases. I want to get on the top commentators list for a few sites.

Write 7 Articles this week for Niche site – The niche site that I am talking about above has currently has 15 articles. The goal is to create 30 articles on this site by January 1st, 2009. In order to stay on that pace, I need to write a few more articles, so this week I have to focus on that as well. Adam from Creadiv.com and I are racing to 30 articles for our niche sites. A little friendly competition to create material we need for our site. The winner gets a big congrats and the 30 articles that they produced. (Psst, Adam feels like I cheated because my first 10 articles were outsourced. LOL! I told him that is called using your resources.)

Order Directory Links - Last week, I ordered 1,000 Manual directory submissions for my real estate investment site that only cost me $14 bucks. So, this week, I am going to do the same for that niche site I mentioned in the last two goals for this week. My goal is to build this site up and dominate that niche, so directory links are part of that plan. Obviously, there is more, but that is coming in the future.

Edit Picking Comps – Ok, this is going to be a big job for the week. PickingComps.com is a website and a product that I created. Since I am a real estate appraiser, I thought it would be a great job to tell people how appraisers select comparable properties, so I created an ebook. The problem is the market changed dramatically and I need to edit and update this ebook. So, I have to get that done this week as someone just ordered the ebook and I have to deliver it to them.  I didn’t realize I had the purchase link active at the time.

Create Mini-Site for Blogosphere Bigshots - As I mentioned, there are some wonderful opportunities and ideas that came out of the Blogosphere Bigshot’s ebook. One of theme was the website, BlogosphereBigshots.com. My initial plan is to create a mini-site for this free ebook, promote it, and build my subscription base. Eventually, I am going to create a blog for this site and if you read the ebook you will find out how and where the material for that site is going to come from. It is an interesting experiment that I believe is going to have the same great results. There is more, but I will remain hush, hush for now.

Let’s get it Crackin’

Alright Blog Family, enough of the talk. Let’s get to work. We have a lot of things to get done this week. I didn’t even mention that I have a full week of posting here at FreddieTaylor.com prepared, so be sure to stop back for that. It is going to be a fun week as we seeks to expand our business, understanding, and reach.

First in the Mind, then in Reality

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Greetings Blog Family,

You know how we do it around here on Sundays. This is the day that we set aside to access our progress, plan, and direction to make sure that we are moving in the direction that we want to. You know it would be crazy for you to board a plan with a Captain that doesn’t understand at certain intervals, one must check the plans coordinates and gauges to ensure the flight is headed in the right direction and everything is going right.

Likewise, in your business it would be crazy to be the Captain and continue to fly week after week without ensuring that you are headed in the right direction.

For me, that time is on Sunday’s and it is proving to be very beneficial as I am noticing myself getting closer and closer to where I want to be. Where is that, you might ask? I want to be independent from my offline business that takes a of my time energy and effort by generating a passive online business that pays my living expenses at a minimum.

Last Week

Part of this process is to review last week to see how we did on our goals. Let me just tell you from the start that this report is not going to be all peachy as we didn’t accomplish some of the goals listed.

For instance, I did not post the Blogosphere Bigshots for release like I thought I would have. Obviously, this is my fault as there is no one else to blame. LOL! That is the truth. Basically, I got over worked in my offline business and didn’t have the time I wanted to or didn’t make the time necessary to finish up this outstanding ebook. (Please don’t beat me up too bad, it is coming.) I have something left that I have to finish, plus I discovered something new that I want to add to this…or create as a result of this, so I am delaying it again momentarily. The addition is going to be sweet and I am pretty excited about it. I will keep it hush, hush for the moment, but will fill you in later.

Site Flip Sold in 4 hours – My lates site flip GoObamaNation was posted for sale on Saturday and in less than 4 hours I received a BIN of $297! Sweet! Maybe I should have charged more, but that was a great feeling and now I know that I have discovered a flip niche that I will be putting the full court press on in the weeks to come. This flip has been completed as I have been paid and the buyer has complete control over the site. Also, I received some more much appreciated positive rating on my Sitepoint profile. This a great for building a positive reputation in the flip wold.

My second flip did not make it to market, but will be posted this week. I will give update and information on it below.

Workout 4 Times – As you may be finding out, working out is very important to me. I got it in very strong this week by focusing on lifting weights and finishing up on the stair master. That thing is pure evil if you ask me, but it is working because I feel better. There are a lot of stairs in my home and it makes going up and down them a lot easier, so I am going to continue this routine. Plus, I have been getting in the steam room after the workouts and I love it!

Develp my Blogging Plan – This was an excellent decision to revisit my blogging plan as it was seriously out dated. Some of the things that I thought I wanted to do are just way out in left field and now I am getting more focused. The crux of my plan is to flip sites for short term profit, while developing niche sites to start generating long tern revenue. This will assist me in my goal of funding my living expenses from passive online revenues. The short term flips are used as learning tools in the development side of the business and cash on hand. It is great to earn while you learn. I recommend that for everyone.

This Week

This week is exciting first of all because I officially know what I want to do with this site. I want to make it my personal journey site as I build, grow, and develop from an offline business owner to an online entrepreneur. I will just talk about the things I am doing and learning along the way in hopes of sharing and developing with you in the process. Also, I will be motiving the both of us and talking about a bunch more random stuff that I enjoy in this wonderful life opportunity we all have.

Post Site Flip – I am going to hold off on my goal of two flips per week for a moment because I have some developing to do. I will explain below. However, I have a site flip that is a few hours from being ready to post for sale, thus it is time to get that one out there. This is going to be another subject matter that is a little on the fringe as I am not sure how mainstream it is yet, but I am following my ‘gut’ as Normal Joe tells me to do all the time and making it happen.

Develop Site Flip Templates - I have flipped a few sites as of now on five different themes. I am very comfortable with these themes as a result. Therefore, I will be manipulating these templates and saving them in a zip file so when it is time to flip, I can just upload the theme and all of my adsense and other codes will already be there. The goal is to cut down on the amount of time needed to complete a flip. This is going to be a big development as it is going to lead to me doing quite a bit more flips in the future at the same time.

Develop & Finalize Blogosphere Bigshots – Well Blog Family, after teasing you endlessly, I am going to hold off even further on presenting this project. I know, what a tease I am. LOL! That is all good because the development that I have in mind is going to fun and get a lot more people involved. I want my blogging to be full contact, meaning everyone can participate. This will make more sense once I have let you in on what I have in mind. I am going to keep it a secret, but I may release the ebook before everything else is ready. We will see.

Workout 3 Times – I must continue my workouts because I am feeling the benefits of doing so and I am having a good time doing it. My wife and I hit the gym together, so there is more opportunities for us to bond as an unit. This is always great for the marriage and we are both staying in shape with is great for the quality of life that we are creating for ourselves.

Well, that is it for the week. I have  lot more to do as my appraisal business is picking up again, but I want to be sure that I get some things done this week around here at FreddieTaylor.com. It is happening.

So tell me, what is your major goal for this week? If you had to just pick one (that you are willing to share), what would it be? I would love to hear from you below.

First in the Mind, then in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

I know it is late Sunday night and I am just getting this post together. But better late than never, I always say. So, here is my weekly goal setting post for you to enjoy and hold me accountable.

Last Week

What a week? Talk about running into issues, I did. But, I also like to think that I pushed forward as best I could to make the week the best possible. The bad news first, I did not complete my guest post for Adam over at Creadiv.com, thus it will be on my list again next week. No excuses. I just didn’t get it done…plain and simple. I must try harder this week to make it happen. I need to jump on my list a little earlier in the week, just an observation from the last week.

Next, my flip has an interesting story to it. My goal was to select a domain and post a site for sale within three days of starting and cutting down the time it takes me to get a site to the auction. The challenge came because the site I purchased didn’t promulgate all week. I purchased the site last Sunday and it still hasn’t promulgated to my hosting server yet! Needless to say, I am furious with this situation. The domain company I used was 1and1.com…and yes I am putting them on blast. They are crap!!! Despite many people telling me they have never had a problem. I called and spoke with them after 4 days of waiting and they verified that everything was right on my end, but they said there was a problem with the worldwide Who Is database and that was the problem.

Well, this was BS because on Thursday I got fed up and purchased another site through GoDaddy.com. This site was able to promulgate within an hour. So, I ran with that site.

EasyComposting.com is the flip and I was able to create it in three days. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are the days that I worked on it. It is too late to post it tonight, so I will finish that on Monday and get it posted then. The only things that are left at this point is for me to write the sales copy and post it on SitePoint.com. I will have an update on Wednesday to let you know how that is going.

MyVegetarianLifestyle.com was the site that I posted for sale during week 9. The auction closed and it sold for a whopping $110. I was hoping for more, but am not complaining as it has provided addition funds to keep pushing my dream of becoming a profitable Internet Marketer. I am playing with house money and plan on continuing to push the envelop.

This Week

I have another big week planned with some bold action mixed in as well. I want to continue to push and move to the next level. My plans are to stay committed to flipping one site per week, thus I got to get hot and keep it moving. The EasyComposting.com site needs to get to auction on Monday and I must start on my next flip either Tuesday or Wednesday after dealing with 1and1.com to remove my domain name from being trapped in their “black hole” of a server. Let’s get to it!

1) Write Guest Post – This is what happens when you don’t finish your goals from the previous week. They get pushed forward to the next one. So Adam, you are going to get this guest post this week. I am making it a high priority because I got more big plans and must be known as a person that follows through on their commitments. I am.

2) Workout 4 Times – Balance is pretty important to me and the life of a blogger, so I have been wanting to introduce my health element here on this blog and this is the perfect week. Why is this the perfect week? Because I have been slacking on my workouts and now is the best time to get back to it. I will workout four times this week either at Ballys for some weight lifting or running the streets of my neighborhood. Since it has been a while, I will keep the runs been 2 and 3 miles for this week, but plan on getting those numbers up again. We will see. 

3) Post Next Site Flip – I am not talking about the EasyComposting.com flip because technically, that is last weeks flip. I have another planned and ready to go. During the EasyComposting flip I discovered that I could write articles fairly quickly as I wrote 5 today to get that flip done, so it should be a problem with the next niche that I selected. This one is going to be fun and I have the perfect theme for it. Cannot wait to share it with you, but I have to be finished first so no one beats me to the auction place, feel me?

4) Launch IM Experiment #2 – I have been talking about this for a week or so, and planning it for a while. There is a niche site that I own and have neglected for some time now. My plan is to experiment with a technique I found in this great book and see what we can come up with to build that site into a real money maker. I am sure some of the ideas that will come out of that experiment will be helpful and useful to you in your journey as an Internet Marketer and blogger.

5) Research a Niche Site - Ok, most of the bloggers I swing with in the Blogosphere have been pushing me to stop trying to flip so much and hold a few niche sites for myself. I have been saying that is part of my plan, but have yet to really push the issue. So, I will do some research on some niche words that I have been thinking about in order to launch a niche adsense site. I will be using the WPT One Theme developed by Adam at Creadiv.com for this site, whenever I get to the launch. Must do my research first. I must admit that I may be secretive about this project, but wanted you to know that it is on my goals list for the week.

6) Resume Posting on IM Experiment #2 Site - There was a posting schedule of three days a week on this site….and I will resume that this week. It has been long enough and I have made some significant changes to the site over the past week. Let’s get it cracking because it is time to stop playing and make this puppy generate some cash. Feel me, Blog Family?

Conclusion

That’s it. You know I have posting and videos to do for this site as well, but have grown accustomed to getting those done. Also, I have work for my appraisal business to do as well, but who doesn’t have extra stuff to do besides their blogging life. I am no exception, but it is all going to get done.

That’s another week here at FreddieTaylor.com. This is the 11th week in a row that we have set goals. Have you done this exercise once yet? Come on! What are you waiting for? You know you have goals and you know they are big ones, so stop kidding yourself into thinking that you are going to casually wonder to achieving them. That isn’t going to happen. You must get serious, write it down, and go for it.

Let’s go get’em!

First in the Mind, the in Reality!

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Greetings Blog Family,

It’s another week here at FreddieTaylor.com and you already know that I am fired up. We have another opportunity to move closer to our desires and do it on our own terms. That’s what I am talking about. Let’s get into it!

Last Week

Last week was a big week for us around here. I implemented a lot of the lessons I have learned from around the Internet and it is beginning to show some dividends. That is great!

1) Comment 10 – 15 per day

- This goal was designed for Monday through Friday, so 5 days of commenting at a steady pace. I succeeded and some! 

If you have been around the blogosphere lately, you may have noticed that my comments where leaving quite a trail. Regular commenting was something totally new for me, but when I saw a few people doing it all the time and then talking about their increased traffic and more, I had to give it a shot.

The result, it works! I have seen my traffic dramatically increase over the past 7 days and the only thing that I have done differently was comment. That is it. I found a group of bloggers I can learn from and have made it a point to comment on their sites. I discovered Google Reader last Sunday and this has made the process much easier. Check out Danny at Linkers Blog here  http://linkersblog.com/your-rss-reader/, he gives you a solid overview of Google reader and the benefits. I may do a post on Google Reader in the future because it was a big discovery for me this week.

2) 5 Articles Socially Marked per day

- Again, this was a Monday through Friday goal. I succeeded in doing this one as well. Understand, I run a real estate investment blog as well and we have about 40 articles that had not been uploaded to the social book marking sites, so I have to do this one by one, but I did it! Should be done with those back logged articles this week.

3) Complete entire week at FreddieTaylor.com

- I was able to achieve this as well. This is bigger than just getting through the week. But it was about building the correct mentality to be a successful blogger and taking my business seriously. I did that and have grown in my understanding of this business. It is on like popcorn!

4) Continue Developing Internet Business Plan

- This is really coming a long. In fact, I have some real direction, positioning, and branding that will be implemented more this week as well. You can get a little bit of this by looking at my new logo that I designed. It illustrates where I am going with this blog and future. It’s happening and I am excited!

5) Launch my New Adsense Site

- Well, I have the site up and loaded with the new them, but there are no articles in there. This is the site I was discussing in my recent post “Capitalize on the Long Tail”, where I talked about having 56 long tail key words that are going to go into this site. Well, now I have to get it crackin!

Overall, not a bad week, we are definitely getting there. The most important thing is there was some action. See, we can build on action and get better. It is when you don’t do anything, but learn that is the problem. You have to have some action in order to even correct it and begin moving in the right direction.  We definitely did that this week. Got to keep it going!

This Week’s Goals

Alright, as usually, it is another big week ahead of us and it begins now! This morning I was itching to get started, but my son’s football game was on the schedule. So, I am just getting back in from that, they won by the way, and am ready to get started at chopping down my goals and making my future happen!

1) 15 Comments per day

- Hey, you didn’t think I was going to have that type of success last week, then fall off the map did you? If so, you don’t know me very well. It is like the old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

Commenting is working for me, so I am going to stick with it. Besides the learning and link backs, I am building relationships with these bloggers that I am commenting on, getting involved in their discussions and their communities. Bloggers love this and it is often what drives them to join the conversation back at your site. Looking forward to continuing growth of my blog network and family.

2) Write 1 article per day

- Ok, now we are getting down to business. I run a few blogs, but have never really contributed content on a regular basis. Much of this is because I didn’t treat my blogging like a real business. 

Well, that is out the door. I understand that this is a real business and my contribution level is being pushed up several notches. I have a variety of blogs that lie in several different niches, so it should not get boring and dull for me. This is the beginning of a new day.

3) Implement New Position & Branding

- Over the last few weeks, I have been working on my Internet Business Plan and am excited to put it into practice. During this exercise, I discovered my place in the blogosphere and am going to run after it. 

You see the new logo at the top, displaying my focus and direction. It is going to happen and I will break down the details later. For now, just know that I have a direction and will be working my plan!

4) Post Site Flip 4 Sale

- I have a new flip that I am working on and need to get it to the auction for sale. Bryan Clark just released his Blog Flipping Blueprint membership site, I joined, and am ready to take this aspect of my business to the next level. Bryan has some excellent material and I cannot wait to get into it.

I cannot give up my niche just yet, so don’t ask, but once the site is ready I will keep you posted.

5) Outsource Content Generation

- This is going to be a big step for me in my business because it is going to be the first time I outsource content. It has to happen because I have so much more work to do, but I want to launch my new niche site and site flip.

I am going to outsource articles for my niche site and my site flip as well. This is going to be interesting and I fully expect to have to do some editing to the material. We will see what happens and I will definitely keep you posted.

Go Get’em!

Well, that is it for the jaw jacking! Time to get to work and make it happen. I got a short, busy week planned and must get started. 

Peace Blog Family, make sure you are chasing your dreams as well!

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