Mindset Of A Blogger

I have a dream for 2012 that starts now

My 5 year goal to live anywhere in the world for 2-4 months during winter time ends in 2012 so next year I have 2 years left which means I really need to pick up my income pace in 2010.  During 2008 and with the economy being what it was I didn’t invest much in my learning and instead re-read, re-listened to and re-watched some of the many, many learning material I have at home.

For 2010 I have made the commitment to invest in a few things that will help me in my goal to increase my affiliate income, decrease my freelance hours and keep my mentoring time around the same (I only ever mentor 3 people a month max) and build my authority presence.

Here is what I have decided to invest in :

Adwords : Without a doubt I have come to realise that if I want to really push up my earnings – whether affiliate earnings or to sell information products – adwords is the way to go for faster results. So I am going to get the Perry Marshall Definitive Guide To Adwords. I have just been through his free 5 day adwords eCourse and I like his style, a very genuine guy.

Authority Building : I decided to invest in Rich Shefren’s Instant Expert course last week and became part of the Founders Club too, then two days later while reading his blog I noticed Chris Garrett (the Godfather of Authority blogging) also has an Authority training course that I would have definitely taken if I had to choose between the two and may still decide to invest in. Chris has a guarantee that says

“If you follow all the steps as detailed and are not satisfied for any reason, first I will work with you to put you on track…“

…… makes me want to mess up  just thinking about it

Affiliate Marketing : I am going to use Jack Humphrey’s 10 30 method of 10 blogs bringing in $30 a day via affiliate commissions to help pick up the pace on my affiliate marketing. I don’t feel as if I need training in affiliate marketing because I was a member of one site for most of this year and didn’t learn anything new that blogging and Blog Success hasn’t already taught me.  As with everything it is a case of being consistent, knowing who you are targetting,  having a plan and following the plan!

Premium Blog Posts : I am also going to intoduce a system of premium blog posts that will cover vision building and planning. Knowing what you want to achieve, setting goals so you consistently achieve them, planning and making sure that part of an online business is in place. All the great mindset stuff that is definitely needed but that people skip.   I know the only time my income suffers is when I am not focused on what I want to achieve and why.

One thing I know for sure is that I don’t want to teach people how to blog in masses because Blog Success does a great job of that and I would much rather promote their training.

Finishing and publishing my book and running offline events are two things that I am going to add and take a serious look at in 2010 because in 2009 I merely played with it and thought about it!

And I kick off 2010 in 2009 by attending  a teleseminar on December 17th with Brian Tracy called

“Reinvent Yourself and Thrive in 2010″

As well as the call I got access to a few of his other products which I haven’t listened to yet and I bought his audio course called “How to write a book” in which he said it took him 10 years to publish his first book so now I don’t feel so bad

What are your plans for 2010? What are you investing in to ensure your success?

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