In the previous lesson, we talked about getting a vision for your business.
A vision is the big picture of where you want to go. You need to have a vision, otherwise you won’t be motivated, and you won’t have a clear direction for your business.
However, a vision needs goals and plans to go along with it…
(Watch this video…)
Main points:
1) they should be specific (measurable)
2) they should be serious, but attainable
3) they should have a deadline
Action steps:
1) Write down one goal, and put it somewhere near your computer.
(Also please post it in the comments below)
It should be specific, attainable, and it should have a deadline.
Keep in mind that you will need to keep setting new goals for yourself as you build your business. As you continue with these lessons, it will become more apparent what your goals should be, so write them down frequently as you go through the process.
Now you will need to develop a plan for reaching your goals, and I’ll be talking about that in the next lesson.
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
Have a great day!
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God Bless you in your efforts!
I want to increase my blog readership to 300 people by 0ct. 31st 2008
My goals are as follows:
Increase my business sales to increase my current income by $500 per week by Dec. 17, 2008 (in other words $2,000 a month raise by Dec. 17).
Increase my RSP by $10,000 by then end of this fiscal year.
Set up a learning account for myself and my family so we can all continue taking seminars and courses on improving financial skills, management, investing, networking and marketing to assure our financial freedom within the next 7 years.
Good series Eric – thank you!!!
This excites me as you are laying out exactly what I need. Thanks for holding my hand.
My goals:
Listen to Eric’s Tips daily.
Complete website #1 by Sept. 1 (been working on this for a while)
Website #2 get up and running by Sept.30
Generate $1000/month online by Dec. 31,2008
I currently make a 6-figure income working for someone else. My immediate goal is to be making $20,000 or above by the end of November at which time I will gladly resign from my 8 to 10 hr day and sometimes 7-days a week job.
Ok my goal is to find the niche market that has eluded me for the last 6 months by the end of December 2008. In the meantime start two sites that together will generate $2000 a month income again by December 2008.
Oh and to continue with my healthy eating plan of writing down what I eat and exercising 5 days a week to lose 5 kilos by December 2008.
Goals:
Short term:
Continue listening to Eric!
Make a consistent $100/day profit by 9/08
Medium Term:
Make a consistent $500/day profit by 12/08
Cheers,
Joe
BSRG
To have all the Internet Marketing lessons sent to me so far by erics tips, completed and up to date by the 1-9-2008
My short term goals are to have a website up where I can market things by October 08 and make $1,000 per week by December 08.
My goal is to master the mechanics of how to use an autoresponder by tues the 16th. My second goal is to have my squeeze page done by the 18th and my third goal is to have my free report that I am offering completed by the 19th. The final goal for the week is to have the website go live on the 20th.
My goals for this year 2008 is to set up my offline business by end of september;complete the books am working on, and set up a website to promote them by end of october.Other goals include a Bible college course for personal development
My goal at this point in time is to have my web site designed by October 10th 2008. I am writing this on September 24th 2008.
Decide on my final WordPress template by Sept 28th. Complete my opt-in form and offer by Sept 29th. Set up my autoresponder with a set of emails. Complete my list of affiliate programs I want to promote by Sept 30th.
Wow writing it down actually takes some stress off.
Thanks
Hi Eric,
Excellent lesson I have had a goal but never wrote it down. Here it is now:
My goal is to generate an income from my online business equal to twice my income from my job. I plan to achieve this goal by the end of my lease in August 2009 allowing me to then move and take my business with me. This, I believe, is the first step in achieving my vision of retirement in 10 years
My first goal: Accomplished
Becoming a full-time staff member for
Kiosk Webhosting
Second goal: Teaching others to become successful on the Internet.
Partially accomplished
Third Goal: Creating income for my partner’s business which is the Martial Arts:
American Dragon Martial Arts Academy
Once goal Three is accomplished, then I will have to create more goals…… right?
All the Best
Claire
For some reason using Goes to a 404 but the link below works…….. wtfiuwt.
http://kiosk.clairepoulton.com
All the Best,
Claire
Claire
I want to have a profitable online publishing business by 2010.
My first goal is to have my online business up and running by November 30th 2008.
This one is a little tough for me since I’m going through a lot of personal and professional changes, but my goal is to have a website up and running by 31 December 2008 because I can’t see myself getting a lot of info products out there without one.
My first goal is to read and execute all avaliable Eric tips. Also to earn at least $1,000 by December 1, 2008.
My first goal is to have my online business up and running by Dec 1 2008.
Hey Eric:
I guess I’m getting a re-run of your tips? ( no problem -they’re great.) Some of the goals were set for a few months ago – now thats a neat trick! What’s the real deal here?
all the best
Mark
My first goal is to be have credit card payed off by 2/1/09
I wanted to have a web site up and running in a month. I also want to make 10k by August 15th when I come home from Iraq,
Eric, thank you for taking the time to create the videos and make
them available. The lessons are a valuable shortcut to learning the
arcane nuances of internet marketing.
My vision is to market a series of informational products based
upon 40 years of business experience.
Joseph
Eric,
My goal is to finish this course and not go on to the next great thing. I’m aiming for 5,000 per month. I have a picture of a Cessna 172 in my mind.
I did not start getting these lessons until Nov and did not start reading them until Dec. I have been watching/reading them multiple times a day. It was easier on the week end since I work full time during the week.
I have heard that goals should be set high. If you reach for the sun, you might reach the moon.
I am working on a ebook right now. My first goal is the finish it by Jan 31, 2009. My second goal is to be earning $10,000/month by June 31, 2009.
I know this sounds like reaching for the sun, but this way I just might reach the moon.
The Long-Term goal is to reach $500k profit in 2009.
My short-term goal is to obtain 5 viable campaigns by the first quarter of 2009. By viable, I mean that they, at a minimum, break even. This will be the start of optimizing each viable campaign for long term profits.
To accomplish this, I will be launching at least 10 campaigns in the first 2 months of 2009.
to make 100.00 a week by end of Jan 09
To have a positive cash flow from my Internet income that is respectable for a Webmaster to
be happy about.
Hi,
One of my goals for this year is to gain financial freedom (my passive income is higher than my expences) till the end of 2009.
My first goal is to be selling on eBay and one domain web business site that I own by February 28 2009.
Further to my post on #13 my goals are :
Stream 1 – Local IM business. Year 1 £50k t/o Year 2 : £140k, Year 3 : £330k. Year 4 – sell business for £500k.
Stream 2 – 2 x hobby niche websites. Year 1 : £10k. Year 2 : £50k. Year 5 : £1.5m.
Stream 3 – affiliate marketing business : Year 1 : £20k. Year 2 : £150k. Year 5 : £5m.
This is all turmover but I expect my margin to be around 40-50%.
Andrew
At least 6 sales a week, within the next two months. Doing it every week. That would be about &20,000. every week. Not bad.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”
Hi Eric
My goal is to make £4,000 by Dec 31st from sources outside of my work (i.e. my website, services, writing, etc.). So far I have about $100 so this will challenging enough!
Apply for a business grant by in of March 2009.
hi Eric
how are you , iam here just to say a great thanks for your videos . i am watching regularly your videos. these are really good , and completely new to this internet business. and iam learning from your videos ,now iam in great confusion ,from where to start my internet business affiliate or any other.and how many days it will take to get my first earnings in this business. can u pls help to start my business.
bye,
have a great day.
My immediate goal is to have a niche (w/at least one product to promote) by the end of next week 20-Feb-2009.
My goal is to make a net profit of $40,000.00 by Dec. 31st, 2009 with an online business.
Hi Eric
My goal is to have made $10,000 in income by April 15th from starting a LocalAdlink business and from my winery compliance business. Thanks for keeping us all on track and focused!
Hi Eric
Thank you for clearing up the vision verses goal. My goal is to make two thousand dollars a month by August.
My goal is to identify a specific niche for my business by April 1st, 2009.
Hi Eric,
My short term goal is to have made $5,000.00+ by April 18 2009. Since I do already have a website up and running with content on it. I see this goal very attainable just if I could get over this little bump in the road. I know I’m at the point where most people give up. But that isn’t happening here I know its within my reach and with your lessons Eric I know without a doubt I will accomplish my goals. Its just so frustrating trying to get past this minor obstacle. Anymore advice you or any other people would be very much welcomed.
Thank you,
$$ II/www.ssgoldfactor.com
Hi Eric!
My goal is to set up some kind of online business and generate enough money to quit my every day jon by the end of this year…I want to earn at least 3000£ pm by the end of this year…
My goal is to earn by the end of this year (Dec 31 2009) 10,000 dolars a month in residual income.
My goal is to be actively sending Traffic to my Affiliate Website & be making my first online dollars by the end of March (31-3-2009)
Thanx again Eric.
This is an excellent expression of a viable plan to succeed.
This sounds like the prelude to a project plan. Wouldn’t a standard project plan plotted by some program such as Microsoft project apply to this?
I have not used a project plan software personally, but sure you could certainly use one.
My goal is to have my e-book finished by April 15th(tax day)and to have figured out how to have an affiliate website and how to generate traffic to it.
Eric, My short term goal is to start my online Business, have it up and running and earning 5000.00 a month by Aug.2009 so I can fire my boss. Thanks for all your help. James