Welcome to our discussions.

Affiliate marketing has changed quite a bit since I first started a few years ago, but one thing has remained a constant — the more you focus on one part of it, the better you’ll do.

I certainly lost focus in 2008 and 2009 and I’ll be much more focused this year and in the future.

It makes sense to learn from the folks who are more successful than we are, but there are many things they might do that you or I might not want to do.

I know lots of ways to make money online that I will not pursue. For example, I don’t promote credit cards or debt-reduction programs.

Still, there are lots of niches and I think each of us can do well when we focus on a niche or two that really is something we enjoy and feel good about promoting.

Act on your dream!

JD

It sounds like you’re on the right track. I hope you meet and exceed all your goals for this year.

Act on your dream!

JD

I’m much more optimistic for 2010 than I have been the last few years.

It’s going to be a lot of work, but that’s part of running a business!

Act on your dream!

JD

But here is what I have done. I have taken a measure of what are the things I did in 2009 that I can change or do differently in 2010.

I have set myself some short term goals for 2010 and will be working towards it.

My next step is to plan how I will meet my goals.
.-= Ravi Kuwadia´s last blog ..Treasure Coach Review and Bonus =-.

At least my long article (diatribe?) gave you something to do with your time!

I read your blog posting about your goals and they look to be achievable. It’s going to take a big jump in income to meet that goal, but others are doing it, so why not you?

I know what you mean about having a tired mind. I got to the point that I was just spinning my wheels and not getting anything really accomplished. The more I stop doing and the more I focus on just a few things, the better I feel and the more I am inspired to work on them.

I got spread very thin over the last few years.

My goals for people submitting articles isn’t to make Adsense income from them. That would be a nice bonus, but I’m only going to have one small set of Ad links on the page and they don’t convert all that well for me.

The existing articles section has a large Adsense rectangle top and bottom on each article, but most of those were done as a link building exercise several years ago.

The articles from Robert Anthony were written by him (or maybe his staff) and are used to generate affiliate income for his “The Secret of Deliberate Creation” product. I thought there were some good thoughts in the articles, so I posted them on the site, whether or not they produce any affiliate earnings.

If they had not been what I thought was worthwhile for my readers, even if they were money-makers, I would not have added them.

My main goal with submitted articles is to give someone a chance to be published on an established site with a link back to their site.

I don’t do link exchanges anymore. I tried that with several sites over the years. These days, I expect a little more, so an article or a story is required to link to someone’s site.

And, it has to add value for my other readers.

I know how valuable it was for established sites to link to mine a few years ago and I’m interested in returning the favor.

I’m with you on never wanting to see another repeat of a year like 2009!

Great luck to you, too, in 2010. (But, I believe that setting a direction and working hard to follow it is more important than luck. Not always, but it’s more dependable.)

I’m looking forward to reading about your successes in the coming year.

Act on your dream!

JD

I don’t know what I’d do without plans and goals! I don’t set long-term goals (5 years and further out), but I live by setting and meeting short-term goals.

But, each of us gets to decide for ourselves!

I don’t really know what you mean about “doing paid posts.”

Is that where someone pays you to write a post on your own blog about their product or service?

I hope every one of us, no matter how 2009 treated us, has a happy and prosperous 2010!

Act on your dream!

JD

That was certainly a long read! And I thought I wrote long posts! lol

I’ve posted my goals for 2010 on all of my blogs, so I’m not going to rehash them here. The one main theme, however, is I need to bring in a heck of a lot more income and I need to figure out how to relax. My mind is tired, and with a tired mind it’s hard to do anything else.

The thing about articles is that you’re hoping to do what I had hoped to do, in a way with one of the pages of one of my websites. I hoped that taking articles from others would help the site grow, and I could make a little change off it through Adsense. Hasn’t quite worked because it’s hard getting people to send me articles as well, so I’ve written the majority of them; check this out: http://www.servicesandstuff.com/Articles.html

In any case, most of what I’ll be doing this year is geared towards income, which is also was in 2009, but I hope to be a bit more directed in 2010; I don’t ever want to see another repeat of 2009!

So, let’s hope we grow at the same time, and can talk about it wherever we decide to hang. Great luck to you.
.-= Mitch´s last blog ..My Online Goals For 2010, And A Look Back At 2009 =-.

I’m not sure if I’ve ever brought this up before, but have you ever considered doing paid posts? At one stage, when I was actively pursuing that route just to see how much I could earn, I was doing over $300 per week. I don’t actively pursue tasks any more as I wait for them to come to me, and of those I knock a lot back.

Just an idea. Anyway John, I wish you all the best for 2010.
.-= Sire´s last blog ..The Journey To Bloggersville =-.