Goals Update and Weekly Round-Up #17

Derek

April 24, 2011

[wp_campaign_1]

Here are the goals that I have for myself, and the progress I have made on them this past week.

My Goals And Plans

1. Write at least 1 guest post per week in order to attract new readers — I really have been doing a great job keeping up with this, and I can see a definite improvement in my visitor numbers because of it. This past week, I had an article posted at The Centsible Life about how to teach your children about money. Click on the link to take a look! 🙂 
2. Write an e-book that will only be available to my subscribers (projected date of completion, May 1, 2011) — The eBook is sure getting pretty! I think we might actually make the projected date of May 1! 🙂 
3. Continue to write well-thought-out articles 3-4 times per week  — Yep, did this. Hopefully, you enjoyed them!
4. Provide downloadable documents to help others with their personal finances — This is still in the early stages. I have a few ideas, but they are not yet realized.
5. Offer email postings that will only be available to my subscribers, as a thank-you for their loyalty — I sent one out yesterday, and only those of you that are subscribers will know what it said! 😉
6. Hold giveaway contests where the subscribers will automatically be entered to win! — I think I might do a $100 gift card promotion to kick off my eBook. I think this will really get the wheels moving on my site! I have to say that I’m pretty excited!

With these actions, I aim to hit the subscriber projections:

1. 114 subscribers by July 1, 2011 (I’m currently at 74 subscribers and feeling ok about this number)
2. 247 subscribers by October 1, 2011
3. 1,154 subscribers by April, 2011

Subscriber Tracking

As you can tell, my subscriber numbers are still creeping up and up and up (better than down I guess). My 12 month goal is 1,154 subscribers, so seeing the projected 565 is a little disheartening, but I suspect that my eBook will turn that around!

Thanks again to all of you that are subscribers, this site is for you! 🙂

Weekly Round-Up

Here’s some articles that I read this week and thought that you could benefit from. Take a look! 🙂

•  Why Joining Blog Networks Won’t Get You the Traffic You Need – by The Extra Money Blog
• Hate Your Job? It Could Be Worse… – by Everyday Tips and Thoughts
• I can’t pay my taxes. What can I do?  – by Wealth Informatics
• Using Ebay to Teach Kids About Business – by Money Reasons
• Four Ways to Get Dinner on the Table Part Two: Prepare Meal Components – by Mom’s Plans
• Go Green: Recycle Computers and Other Old Stuff – by Yes, I Am Cheap
• Part-Time Job for Retirees: Blogger? – by Bucksome Boomer
• 3 Ways to Deal With a Declining U.S. Dollar – by Money Help for Christians
• The One Asset You’ll Always Have– byFinancially Poor
• Paying Off Debt vs. Investing – at Budgeting in the Fun Stuff

Money