The writer Anne Lamott likes to tell a story of how her brother had to create a school project describing a huge number of different birds. He didn\’t know how he was going to complete it. Lamott\’s father had some wise advice. He told his son to do it \”bird by bird.\”
Lamott used that analogy to describe the process of writing a book. You can think of it as a way of creating a successful online business.
Between where you are now and your goal of owning a series of websites that generate large amounts of income, there are a large number of minor goals. Each one of those goals is an achievement.
If you were getting 100 impressions a day and now you\’re getting a thousand, that\’s an achievement.
If you had three links leading to your site and now you have thirty, that\’s an achievement.
If your site was generating a dollar a day and now it\’s earning ten dollars a day, that\’s an achievement.
But none of those achievements can come without effort.
That\’s why one useful strategy is to define your goals in advance and include them in your schedule. Tell yourself that by the end of the month, you\’ll have discovered which formats and placements work best on all your Web pages.
By the end of the second month, you\’ll have all your traffic sources up and running.
By the end of the third month, you\’ll start adding other ad programs. And so on.
Your goals need to be realistic. You should work hard to meet them but you don\’t want to feel like giving up if for some reason you don\’t.
Most importantly though, you need to be able to see your goals, and you need to remain focused on achieving them one at a time.
There are just so many things to do when you\’re building an online business from scratch. Stay organized, take each step one at a time and enjoy the satisfaction that comes with achieving each small goal, and you\’ll reach the big goal in the end too.
Remember, there is a huge difference between trying to make money and building a business. My mentor, Rich Schefren, has taught me that.
If you missed the live video seminar with Rich that took place last Saturday, I\’m pleased to announce that it is now available for online replay!
Carve out a pocket of time, grab a pen and paper, and allow yourself to absorb Rich\’s teachings. It\’s all free and I guarantee you will receive great benefit from taking the time to do so.
Rich Schefren – Seminar Video Replay