LESSON #14: Setting Goals for Your Business
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!
Hi Eric and everyone,
Goal setting!
A myriad of thoughts enter my head as to what to set myself as a first attainable goal.Today is 19th July, by the way it’s my youngest son’s birthday,he’s 29! How the time has flown! For those of you that are parents I am sure you will all feel that sense of time having past so quickly especially at times like this.This ‘time’ element and it’s passing re-enforces what Eric comments about setting a deadline for me.The ‘back burner’ has an awful lot of my ambitions hopes and dreams on it!
Time then to bring them forward and make the Vision real; I see before me a ladder,a peculiar ladder, without any rungs!I am now holding this first rung(my first goal) in my hand;
‘BY 31st of December 2008 my bank account will show £250 (about $500) in the BLACK.’
It stands at present £2250 ($4,500) in the RED.Being clear of debt in my bank account means that I have one less worry to distract from my vision,the first rung on my ladder of dreams the first block of my jigsaw in place.I can’t remember the last time my bank account was in the black at the turn of the New Year, and am I 50!So I guess am saying ‘HELLO!’to the concept of that alien being.. Money management! I have written a plan out to achieve this number and await the next lesson to see if it needs adjusting or not.
It’s not a wild goal and by placing it here it will serve as a constant reminder to me of where my future fortunes turned for the better.
Thanks goes to all those that posted in the previous lesson,I read them all and personally replied to a couple.I felt humbled by the way you all bravely gave your own personal vision and shared it with people such as me and gave me further inspiration in doing so. And of course a BIG thankyou to Eric for this great blog of his.
Paul(UK)
Good goal, thanks!
Apply for a business grant by in of March 2009.
Hi Eric
My short goal is to re-generate my income as of $1000 by 30 August 2008 with a full time online business. Go the time cause i’m out of work.
You promised 120 lessons - i want to run through then come back and take notes. Is eric’s tips new? why are lessons not available in abundance??
Please let me know !!
Eric’s Tips has been here since 2005, but this lesson series is new. I am posting them as I make them.
Can you please elaborate more on the diferrences between vision and goal
Thanks for all the tips
A vision is basically a mental picture (which can be written in words) of the end result of what you want to achieve. A vision is generally ongoing. It acts to guide you throughout your daily activities, and steer you in the direction you want to go.
A goal is a specific milestone along the way toward your vision. A goal has an end point. Once you reach it, it’s done.
Thanks Eric For clearing up some confusions
Hi Eric,
This is probably more of a plan than a goal put it is the one I would like to implement first.
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Hi Eric,
Thanks for clearing up vision verses goal.I’m one of the guilty ones that was getting the two mixed together. It’s like a little light bulb turned on after watching this lesson. Although I have a BIGGER vision of being independently wealthy, a couple stepping stones I’ve set as longtime goals would be:
Pay my Townhouse off($200,000) by 02/15/2014
Work part-time at the Hospital by 02/15/2015
PS…hopefully more goals will come to mind(as you stated) as I develop my business.
Thanks Again
Gary
Sure thing. Yeah it’s easy to mix them, as I do too.
My first goal is to make $10,000 until 15 December 2008. Doing so, I’ll accomplish the goal in the vision to be debt free until the end of year 2008. I think will be very hard to do it but this goal is very special for me - my debts are time sensitive. I have to do it, and the date is 15 December 2008.
If I’ll go this, implicitly I’ll accomplish the second goal to get the stress of money out of my system which will be absolutely great.
Now this can be view more as a part of the plan, but I’ll make it as a sub-goal of the first goal because it is my week part: I have to increase my list with 1000 name until end of Dec 2008.
Regards
Michaela
My Goal is to bring 50 Lifestyle Minded Marketers to Costa Rica on August 29th- September 2nd, 2008.
And to give them the experience of a Lifetime;)
I am doing this at my special group costs and not for profit, so if anybody needs a business/ vacation event, this is it! Check iy out at the Tweetfest lunk above. And of Course Eric you are more than welcome, but I am sure it is a little to close to your Belize mission.. so next time! but check out the video at the link above! anyway that is my goal.. hey, you asked:) Pura Vida! Nico
Dude that looks awesome. I really wish I could go. Why is it called tweetfest? Makes it sound like a twitter event…
and the video is not loading for me…
Oh the video engine was undergoing maintenance, it should be working fine now. The video explains the concept and it is a Social Media MasterMind Event. So I am marketing word of mouth (Tweet to Tweet) to marketers using Twitter. Hence TweetFest! No-One has done it YET, and Twitter has become THE Social Marketing Tool, because of it’s micro-blog realtime capabilities. It has become a REAL Marketing Movement, I know you weren’t into Twitter a while back… but remember you said SOMETIMES you need to reassess!
Also, this link above is a Video of what I will be doing to help people Conquer their fear of Success! Talk about stop victimizing:)
Thanks Eric. I needed this! My first goal is to reach $1000.00 per month income by August 30th. Looking forwards to the PLANS video next!
Blessings,
Joy
Hi Eric,
I really do encourage the goal setting techniques that you suggest. Immediate and long term are what makes your program work. Zig Ziglar once told me that if you don’t set your 3 levels of goals, you can’t see where you are going and you will never know when you are there.
Ron B
Awesome. Zig certainly knows what he’s talking about
Hi Eric,
At this stage my first short term goal is to watch and learn from your 120 videos. And during that time, find a niche to build my business upon. That seems to be my biggest hurdle right now, so by the time your video series finishes, I will know exactly what niche I will be involved with.
Thankyou,
Marion
Glad to hear it, and I hope my lessons will help you get there.
Hi Eric,
As we along with you, we tend to understand more of your lessons but goals is the most difficult want. Today, we are striving to work & at the same time learning to make money Online.
Our goal to learn sucessfully ss to achieve our vision to make money Online & Offline.
It doesn’t matter even earning small amount at the begining but this will give us confidence the reality of Online businesses.
Ths, regards
Hi Eric,
My vision is to exceed powerseller status with ebay within 2 years after which I collect my super and retire from my present employment. As for goals, when I am designing a new product (which I love doing) I put a time limit on it e.g. a range of clocks to be completed by the end of the week etc. or I might say to myself that certain new products be added to my website, http://www.corgidogworld.com by the end of a particular month. Hope this makes sense. I enjoy reading the lessons.
Thanks,
Kay
My goal is to learn all the facts & secrets to internet traffic that I would have 300 plus visitors to my new site http://www.secretmoneybox.com every day generating at least 6 sales a day, by August 30 2008
Mark Sansom
I will achieve my goal !!!
thanks again Eric
Mine is a moderate one I know…
i.e. $300 per month by 31,st December 2008 and become financially free…
Thanks,
Vikash
http://wealth-motivation.com
Complete Eric’s Tip’s — Video Course Lesson’s and complete each lesson’s Action Step(s) by 11-30-2008.
Vision & Goals is a “drive force” for us to move forward. Vision & goals should be realistic, achievable & deadline.Without vision & goals, you’ll never achieve your dreams.
Never give up to realise your vision & goals. Prioritize your goals according follow by short term, mid term and long term goals.
Reviewing is important for us to “re-schedule” our vision & goals. Never repeat the same mistake.
To Your Success
Bryan Hee
My #1 GOAL;…….
To make £40,000 (GBP) within one year through internet marketing so that I can purchase outright the house I desire.
PS. I did goal-setting using the Joe Karbo ‘Dyna-Psych’ method 22 years ago.
It was SO successful that it frightened the life out of me. I knocked it on the head as it was propelling me ‘faster’ than I comfortably wanted to go.
I’m now ready for a more ‘relaxed’ form of goal-setting.
Thanks Eric.
pete.
Hey Eric,
My goal is to be consistently earning a min of $700pw online by Dec 31st 2008.
Are you on target with your lesson dates? When will they be finished? Do you feel this is achievable following just your lessons?
Ray
http://www.your-traffic-booster.com
Ray you replied to one of my previouse comments. Could you email me or tell me how to contact you. danderson005@comcast.net
I think that’s on target because I’m definitely hoping to have them all done this year (ok… it’s my goal
).
As far as whether it’s achievable following just my lessons… I’m going to avoid making income claims. One of the main reasons is because, like any “schooling”, what you get out of it largely depends on the effort you put into it, and I can make no guarantees of anyone’s success.
But I will say that your goal certainly seems reasonable.
my goal, build 10,000 leads till the end of the year. Dec 31 that is on average 2000 leads per month!
Proson
want to build a huge list? More that 2000 contributors have signed up can’t be wrong!
click the link below for more information.,,,
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Thanks for your lessons. They are insightful and you have my attention. This paticular lesson is very key and I plan to use this key to open many doors to success.
Sincerely, Andrea
It’s amazing to look at the numbers from the Harvard MBA study. Clearly setting goals and deadlines is the way to go. I have set and accomplished many goals before, but the key here is that goals without a vision might not take you any further… Thanks for bringing this up here..
Good point. We need the vision to keep us going for the long term.
Thanks Eric - we can’t forget to set REALISTIC goals. When our goals are unrealistic we get discourages. The bar can be move up as we progress.
Goal number 1…Is to payoff all loans by October 30th. (excluding mortgage).
Goal number 2…To make 5,000 US Dollars monthly online by December 30th 2008.
BTW… Eric I have written down these goal setting words before but they always seem to fall apart for reasons beyond my control.
Sounds good Paul. In the next couple of lessons we’ll focus on some things that may help you, which are within your control
My first goal is to apply the “top 20 secrets” from Article Underground by the end of July. I want to “remodel” my website inorder to start generating traffic to it by the end of summer.
My first goal, then, is to start generating unique visitors (70 a day) to my website by Aug. 31st, and hopefully start bringing in an income equal to that of my current parttime job.
Renee, if you want visitors fill in your website name
The website name isn’t the same as your e-mail address, is it?
Yes - goals are very important. Without them, you are less driven and focused. Goals are essential, and you are right, writing them down and keeping them visible makes them MUCH more effective!
Hi Eric
My goal is is to be making at least $4,000 dollars a month from internet marketing while only needing to work 10 hours a week to sustain that level no or before 11/11/08
Thank Again for these lessons
Tamo
My goal is to make $25,000 by September 2nd 2008 and be a winner in a Robert Alan 6 week challenge. I’l be going to Tahiti with him and his amazing staff nd close friends. My challenge begins tomrrow, July 21st, and goes until September 2nd. I have 42 days to accomplish this massive goal. I’ll be formulating shorterm goals to accomplish the big goal.
Best wishes for your challenge!
Hi Eric,
I run already ten ebook sites and my goal is to have an average of 200 visitors on each of theses sites until the 31st. of December this year.
Kind regards
Michael
http://newcatcare.com
Hi Eric,
My first goal is to reach $500.00 per month income by August 30th.Of course, this time I must find out a profitabe niche to create my own product and to get my own opt-in list
I’m curious what plan will be reasonable to get my above goal.
Petre Tudor
I will be covering both of those topics (niche selection and list building), but you might need to stretch your goal date a bit later if you’re planning on learning everything from these lessons.
My goal is to have written a Sales page for my PLR business by TUESDAY 5pm and have it posted on Warrior forum and completed for the next phase of the project. My PLR is about relationship mending and needs a bit of processing and thinking about. All of that should be completed by the end of Tuesday.
I talk about this more on my blog at:
http://wealthyaffiliatepage.com
Goal: Stop getting side-tracked and finish ebook by July 30!
My goal would be to get over my existing hurdle. I plan on completing my corrispondence with my Geek to move forward in processing my first online venture and to have this accomplished and online by July 31.
My second goal is to complete my studies to accomplish my first goal and have them ready to impliment by July 25th.
http://succstrat.com
My goal is to earn $10 from the internet with in 60 days from today, 20th September 2008
I have always written down my goals and tended to revisit them every six months or so. I now revisit and revise (if necessary) about every 3 months. What never failed to amaze me was that even when I wrote them down and put them away, when I went back to them I’d find I’d achieved most of them.
Anyway, I have 7 key goals for 2008/9 of which this is one:
Make an additional 7K a month from my businesses (outside my day job) by December 08. My plan for that is well underway.
My goal is to make that first $1 by Sept. 21st.
I am saying it that way, as the goal is to understand the process. In order to replicate it, test it, adapt it and later scale it, I must first make that dollar. OR figure out why I didn’t make it, either!
My goal is to improve my writing skills and finish my ebook by the end of August.
My Goal is learn how to make $1,000 profit via the in less than 2 weeks.
Eric,
I want to thank you for getting me back to the basics with Writing down my Vision and Setting goals. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Dave. Yup… back to the basics
Thank you so much Eric, this lesson is insightful. My goal as regards my activity online is to drive enough traffic to my site and be making $100 per day on Adsense before December.
Hi Eric: Thank you for the lessons. They have really encourage me to take action.
My short term goal is to earn $3000/mo more in addition to my day job income by Oct 31st 2008
My goal is to finish a detailed outline of my ebook in the next 3 weeks (Aug 10th). I’m over half way there but got stuck. A deadline should get me moving again!
My Vision is to become a successful and honest marketer, to be familiar with all the techhnical ins and outs of marketing and be able to communicate them with confidence and clarity, to build an organization of people who will build and promote websites for good quality information and/or good quality, honest products in an honest manner such that we all are successful and prosperous in this world and the next.
My first goal is to build 3 websites with their subpages in areas of interest, IF marketing feasible, and promote such to earn $100.00 per day within 3 months.
Blessings in truth,
Dave
My goal is I can make money with google adsense
My most immediate goal is to build and optimize a new website, linked to my current site: http://www.selfhelpcoaches.com, in order to promote each ebook from my site separately. This is to be done on or before Friday, July 25, 2008.
Attain an online income of $1500.00+ month by November 2008..
Goal:
Create at least one new income stream by July 31, 2008 that I hope makes at least $5 daily.
My goal is to be consistently earning a min of $2000 online by Sept 31st 2008 to be completely independent from social services and from my sons.
I trust in you, Eric
Thanks a lot
Setting Goals
My goal is to have a site up and running and bringing in earnings of £10,000 monthly by the end of the year
Dear Eric,
I’m practicing this kind of goal reminding. I stated my plan and goal in a piece of paper and put in my wallet. Everyday I’ll look into it until I achieve my goal. Try to practice it…I guarantee you will achieve your goal too!
Nik
http://www.easyartscraftstips.com
My goal is to make $10,000 to become $30,000 in the next 2 months.
My goal is to implement Web 2.0 traffic generation methods to generate 500 unique visitors/day by Aug. 31 2008.
Vision:
To create a successful million dollar online business and invest the residual income into bigger assests.
GOAL #1 : To clear at least 1000.00 from internet marketing on http://www.successfulsinglemoms.com by Aug 18th
Hi Eric,
VISION: to be financially independent for the purpose of both personal and ministry opportunity.
GOALS:
1. To have a $1 million net worth by 2014.
2. To have $1 million in liquid assets by 2016.
3. Go live with my planned eCommerce store by Jan 1st 2009.
4. Have that store double its PROFIT every year for the first 5 years, making $1 million dollars by 2014.
5. Have 2-3 “Affiliate” type sites built by the end of the year; each positioned to produce $24,000 annually by Dec. ‘09.
6. Have all credit card debt paid off by 2012 as a result of above efforts.
7. Be able to rent out our current home as income property (currently upside down) by 2012 as a result of a miracle.
April
Hi Eric!
My goal is to have a site up and running and bringing in earnings of $2000 monthly by the end of the year
Eric,
My goal since I started with internet marketing about 7 months ago, was to create a successful income producing website for each of my children. They are 28,27 and 20. I have had tragic set back the last two days as my 20 year old daughter was killed in an outstate auto accident on Thursday while on vacation. The wake is tomorrow and funeral on Wednesday. She was my heart as we did so many things together. I am hoping I will be able to focus again in the coming days, however, my priorities have drastically changed. Just taking one day at a time is probably my short term goal. Please keep my daughter Kara in your prayers.
Ron
http://www.GemStarGifts.com
I am so sorry about your daughter, and I will say a prayer now.
Eric…
My prayer, dream, goal, vision…name it what you will, is to:
1. Find the key to make my internet empire produce enough income to provide for my wife and I, even if we have to go into an assisted living facility…..
2. Have enough left over to be financially independent….
3. Be able to replace the motorhome and airplane I had to give up….
4. Know the satisfaction of making this work when so many think I am wasting my time….
5. Be in a position to buy new clothes, trade cars, eat out any time we want, and able to do whatever our hearts desire for our kids, grand- kids and great-grandkids.
This may sound extremely ambitious for a guy who has over 125 sites up and running, but I totally believe there is a key that will open the income floodgates. That is what keeps me going month after month.
Bob
I am going to be agressive with my goals:
- At least one website online by July 31
- $1000 by August 30 from one or more websites
- Consistent $1000 per month by October 1
- Consistent $3000 per month by Dec 31
Pretty agressive I know but like a few of the above students, I am 49, just a hair away from 50 and it looks like my retirement investments are not going to pan out the way I want. So, rather than beg the government to take care of me, I’m going to take care of myself.
More than that, this is new to me and looks like a challenge and fun.
Times a wastin’
Went back to read my submission a second time. Left out a few words…should read:
This many sound extremely ambitions for a guy who has over 125 sites up and running…but still is not making ANY money with them…but I totally believe there is a key that will open the income floodgates.
This will make that statement clearer.
Bob
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Hi Eric,
Whew, thanks for these lessons, they sure make me focus on things I would have preferred to avoid.
My one goal homework for this lesson is to open up my aweber account and begin listbuilding by the end of July, and have it paying for itself in three months.
This may seem like a small goal, but I`m realizing that each goal carries a bunch of smaller goals. Open account. Choose name. Build a bonus for signup. Write a squeeze page. Figure out the technical aspects of setting up a download page. Do market research for relevant topics. Write a stack of articles for reserve copy. Select good products to promote. Put signup forms in websites. Promote list.
All this from one little goal!
Thanks for the nudge and support,
Colin
The written goals are important, but equal to this is the feeling and emotion put into experiencing those goals or outcomes in the *now*.
Feel as if the goals have already been accomplished or accept them as completed, and it will remove the neediness or *just-out-of-reach* trap that can sabotage your success.
My own fav saying is “Believing its a done deal will seal the deal”, you just go out and close it
Hi Eric,
Once again you cleared a “FUNDAMENTAL” logic missed by most of us.
Goals:
0. Identify a niche market, which I m going to enjoy working on.
1.Need to Create 25 Websites by August 2008
2.Understand how to get traffic to the site & generate sales.
3.Make a minimum of $3000 per month on each site.
4.FOCUS, on What I can do, rather than I want to do.
Thanks
Eric
Hi Eric, Thanks for the lessons! I know I am a couple days behind, but today I will catch up. My goal is to make $3000 online by August 30th, 2008. I have the time because I just had to close my offline business. I also will lose 20 lbs by the same August 30th. Looking forward to the remaining lessons!
Rob
introduce myself to 10 strangersand get their mames by the end of today.
I am naturally shy so this is a challenge!
Hi Eric,
Great Lesson on goal setting.
Thanks for sharing.
My immediate goal is to get a Fulltime job before 31st dec’08.
Best Wishes,
Kannan Viswagandhi
http://www.growing-self.blogspot.com
Really good, helpful info Eric. Very well thought out. You’re a very smart, generous young man. Thanks from Granny. Just kidding…but I am going to be 62 next month, and intend to have my first web site up and running by the end of this year. Susan
My goals are two build at least 2 websites a month and have heavy traffic. I also want to have an income of $8,000 a month by jan 1st 2009. Eric, could you check out my website and tell me what you think, please?
thanks
http://www.identity-ninja.com
My short term goal is to generate $500 profit from the internet in the month of August.
Eric,
The one thing I have always struggled with when coming up with goals is what is “realistic”? I agree with everything you have said, but without some basis on which to base “reality”, I don’t know if my goal is too low like you said, or too pie in the sky. Could you provide some feedback?
Thanks,
Chris
It’s really relative depending on the individual. What may be a realistic goal for you might not be for someone else.
Part of the answer to your question is found in the next lesson: planning.
If you have a reasonable plan to achieve the goal, then it’s probably realistic.
I suggest setting a goal that you think you can hit in 30-90 days.
After 30 days of working toward the goal, via your plan, you should have an idea whether the goal was reasonable or not, and if not, you can adjust it accordingly.
If you’re a newbie ot online biz, and just want a ballpark figure… I’d say a reasonable first goal would be in the range of $500-$1000/month. Then when you hit that, raise it by $1k, and repeat…
Hi Eric,
1. Our short-term goal is identify and research 25 niches, by 8/28/08, to be consider in the launching of our business.
2. Our monetary goal is to be generating $1000 per month by 12/31/08.
Thanks again,
Laura
i want a laptop computer right away, to create my websites and roll the cashhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh into my pocket.
Hi Eric,
I really enjoy going through your lessons. My
short term goal is to complete your lessons first,then plan to start building my online
marketing business.
To your success,
Mike Wong
Hi Eric,
My goal is to have one workable website
by the end of this month (august)
Thanks for the great info
My short term goal are;
Thanks Eric!
1. Get $500 Adsense profit by the end of this month.
2. Reach the min paid out for at least one of affiliate project.
3. Win a lottery by end of this month. Ohhh yeah….
Hey Everyone,
Goal number one. Stay up to date with Eric’s Tips.
By definition this is specific, attainable and has a definite schedule.
Goal number two. Complete all supplemental research and education by October 1st. This relates to my computer savvy as apposed to real knowledge. I actually went to school for computer science over 25 years ago, but my current experience is limited to the systems I use at work.
By the way, to that point, we are considering a laptop because we would like to expand our flexibility so as not to be so “landlocked” with our work. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. All I think I know for sure is that we want one with a nice large screen and integral camera?
Thanks all,
Big Dan
I have used Toshiba, Dell, IBM(Lenovo), and HP.
HP has some really good deals and that is what I am using now. I LOVE the eraser mouse and keyboard on the Thinkpads, but they are too expensive for my taste presently. Some of the Dells have the eraserhead, so I will probably try on my next purchase. Many like Dell because of the extra level of support you can buy with it. My experience has been pretty positive with the support, but not so much with their finance.
God Bless you in your efforts!
Hey everyone,
I’ve gotten behind,so I doubt any will see this.
My Goals are to generate $500/ month by the end of September.
$1000/month by the end of 08.
$3000/month by end of 6/09 and
$5000/month by the end of 2009.
Reassess and create new goals for 2010!!
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!
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
Thanks for the reminder, Eric. My short term goal is to learn enough to set up my own business domain by March 20th and to sell my first article by April 15th. Both those goals are part of a larger goal of having an online income of $1000 a month by June, 2009.
Hi Eric:
My short term goal is to finish your 120 lessons before the end of March 2009.
Thanks Eric for the helpful lessons. My goal is to have a passport by may1,2009 for traveling purposes, to have my online business started by June 29, 2009. and have over 500 hits to my site by october 2009 http://www.deporterfunstuff.com with some help, and to be making at least 1,000.00 by April 2010.
My goal is to earn $100 per day from my online business by June 30, 2009.
Thanks Eric for taking us through meticulously planned lessons which are very inspiring.Though my vision is to amass wealth, I have to be patient till I complete this entire course so that I can make plans to fix a target of 500 $ by September 2009.
Thanks Eric, my goal is to have a profitable online business up and running by 8/31/09.
My goal is to grow my online business to $5K/month in 2009 )(currently $1K)
Thanks once again Eric.
My goal is to make my first big ticket item sale by 31st March 2009. Plan is to send out E-mails to my opt-in list.
hello Eric
my goals are:
1.-To have the hardware,domain, hosting and software required as well as my first info producton on May 20th 2009
2.-To have a $400usd Internet income by July 28th(my birthday) through the sale of info product.
are we going to see in your lessons,ways to build an opt-in list..?
best regards
So this is vital to EVERY on line business owner. Goals are the milestones for achieving vision. Setting goals IS the accomplishment of vision. The writing down not just cutting and pasting of actual realistic goals is essential. Chris
ONE GOAL: Have $8500 per month sustainable income through Internet marketing by 12/24/2009
Objective 1: Earn 1st $100 through
affiliate mktg by 03/31/2009
Sandy
First goal is to understand and set up website to market a product by April 3,2009 and start generating income.
Eric,
My goal is to be generating $3000/month with my internet business, with your help, by June 1,2009.
Thanks for emphasizing the importance of a visual reminder of one’s goals.
In my most productive efforts, I always had a “checklist” for each day….and after writing down everything I hoped to accomplish I’d prioritize each item by numbering them as to importance. Then I’d make an effort to accomplish as many items as I could. Then, take the unfinished list to re-arrange for the next day in the same way.
Your “whiteboard” reminded me of just how much more I could accomplish with this method of handling “what’s next.” As I recall, it took very little time to “write down” these daily goals and it made a world of difference, just as you said it did for the Harvard grads in your lesson.
So…one best chosen effort every day (except Sunday)to begin my marketing plans. As things progress multiple tasks will be easier one then another, on a written checklist.
Tomorrow I’m opening a checking account for my new business, then a new merchant account to “monetize” future sales on my new site.
A journey of a thousand miles begins…
Thank you for the reminder.
Sharon S.
My first goals is to reword my website to bring a large functionality to a wider audience by 3.29.09. In addition to spread the word about your site, which is a life saver. While at the bank today, I shared your site with the Bank Supervisor to give to her son who is a wise young man who would grow as a 11 year old in a good direction. You would be surprise the tips that are would inspire even the young and up incoming Eric’s
Wow! thank you very much
I’m so new that my goal today is to have my website designed, up and visible by May 1st. Then make $1,000 by June 1st, $5,000 by July 1st, $15,000 by Dec. 31st. I’m still working at my other profession. These goals may change by August.
Set 1 Goal
1. Complete ALL 120 of Eric’s lessons (do ALL the “actions”: do not skip a lesson or mix the order, or, deviate from the lessons).
To remain patient & complete the lessons and action steps (why does it take 120 lessons?)
Have at least one website up & running by June 1st 2009.
Create monthly income equal to one gross paycheck by Sept 1st 2009.
To have earned $2,000.00 by April 30, 2009 and to have earned $100,000 by December 31, 2009.
My goal is to replace my current income of $2000 per month and give my notice by June 17th.
To earn a profit of at least $1000 from my existing website within the next 30 days.
To understand Butterfly Marketing by 4/12/09
To have a web site up by 4/19/09
Long term Goal/Vision:
To retire comfortably by 3/2011
HI ERIC.
SPEAKING OF GOAL SETTING.
LIKE YOU SAID IN THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS I PROBABLY STATED MY GOAL AND VISION.
OK, MY FIRST GOAL IS TO BECOME A SKILLED INTERNET MARKETER AT THE END OF THIS SESSION OF YOUR “ERIC’S TIPS”. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE DATE!
REGARDS!
have another website up and running by 7/12/2009
Hi Eric, Thanks for the lessons! I know I am a couple days behind, but today I will catch up. My goal is to make $10000 online by December 30th, 2009.
My first goal is to watch and follow all 120 of Eric’s Tips, while finding a system to jumpstart my online business. Doing research without getting discouraged, until I find the system or product I am comfortable with or that “speaks to me”.
My first goal is to put myself in a position where I can afford to buy a 375K house for myself, and a couple more for my kids, by Christmas, for Christmas 2009
My Goal to Achieve Before 2009/6/30, listed according to priority:
1. Choose my target markets and products: Finish market research and find out what my customers need, the cost & profit with that business, what competitors I may encounter and how to win. Make a wise choice according to these information.
2. Build up my business website: Find appropriate web host and DNS, build up attractive content and design, include necessary functions and services, clear and safe applying & billing system on my website.
3. Set up effective marketing system: Determine the strategy and method for marketing, examples may be e-mail marketing & newsletter, Adwords & SEO, Advertisement on online marketplace, blog or site listing, social network, copywriting. Then REALLY execute them. Having ever increasing new customers and returning old customers everyday!
4. Set up exact schedule each day on when and how long could I work on my online business.
5. Start having income higher than cost!
My Goal to Achieve Before 2009/8/30, listed according to priority:
1. Having steadily increasing income each month!
2. Earning at least more than 2000 dollars!
Hey Eric,
My goal may sound a little petty in today’s internet world, but because of all the past failures, or maybe I should say non start-ups, I feel I just need to attain my first goal and the others will come a little easier once I have a plan.
O.K., here it is:
-To make $1000 in the first 30 days of my on-line business.
Thanks for all you are doing to help,
Stan
My goal is to make enough (500K)to get completely out of debt.
asap
My first goal would be to earn a consistent $1,000.00 profit in online sales each month by 31st August 2009.
Eric, My goal is to have my business up and running as soon as possible and to have made 100,000 dollars by January of 2010.
Hi Eric,
My goal is also about money..
I want to have learnt all your lessons and get my online business up and running in the next 6 months - by December 2009 have earned £10,000.
My goal is to have 5 websites offering products centered on health & fitness and making money through internet marketing fully functional and optimized by Sept. 1, 2009. In order to do this, I need to finish Eric’s course by June 1, 2009 and learn all of teh SOSC software by July 15th, 2009.
My short term goals are #1 to learn what all the network words mean by Fri. May 8th. 2nd is to earn 1,000 my first month after completing this course. 3rd. I will make triple that amount by the 2nd month after finishing this course.
Hi Eric,
I’m very favorably impressed by your lessons and I understand the importance of setting a goals, but if you don’t yet have a clue what is reasonable and attainable how can you set a reasonable goal? I can say I first want to set up my website, build a list and get traffic to the website and make a profit of $1000 by August 31. but since I don’t know how I’m going to go about achieving this goal, I don’t know if this is reasonable or a shot to the moon! I have to have some more info on how to achieve a goal.
My first goal is to finish my writing the draft of my ebook “Sorbets with Spirit” by June 30th. To accomplish this, I will set aside 2 hours every morning from 10am-12noon.
Generate my first online paycheck by June 15th
I wish successes!
By Aug. 1 2009, I have a profitable campaign of at least $100 per week in an affiliate network.
By Sept. 1 2009, I have profitable campaigns of at least $100 per day in an affiliate network.
Generate 1000$ a week with affiliate marketing.
My goal is to build a successful website by the end of July 2009, while learning the marketing strategies to be a successful marketeer by September of 2009.
Thanks Eric for your great advice.
D. J.
By Sept 30, - Enjoying the security of $10,000 per month income
My immediate goal is to apply what I’ve learned and generate an income of $1000.00 per month as soon as I’ve learned what else I neeed to do to get this done right!!
By 20010, i want to be walking on money, by becoming a billonair.
By 20010,I want to become a billonair in other to be walking on dollars.
Hi Eric,
My goal is to complete all of Eric’s lessons, while taking notes, and have a written business plan by August 31, 2009.
Hello Eric, I have found your lessons very enlightening. I am not as young as you. I have done this before but I failed to continue writing and making bigger and more defined goals. I have masterminded in the past and completed all my goals and then due to my own fault I lost every thing. I have learned a lot thus far. I will before the end of every year take out my old goals and cross off what I have done and rewrite the ones I have not completed and make them very exact and change them and date them. It feels great to start new with more knowledge thanks to your lessons. My first task is to make my first thousand dollars on line in the next 60 days. I am willing to do what ever it takes to reach my goals. I will review and follow your lessons, and go back and watch as many times as I need too. I have a back round in the Health industry. I want to make information products to help solve people’s problems. I will have a news letter and build a list with your help. I want to have a membership site as well as branch off to an ergonomic information web site. I want to create a coaching practice so I can help people with specific problems. So I want to make and get one site up and running and have a place for people to ask specific problems and start making information products to solve problems that people have. I have no limits but I do want to make or get into profit mode very fast. I have been on the web for about four years and have seen many problems that need to be corrected. Make a website with your help. Make information products for all people. Learn how to improve and do it. Then keep putting profits back into business and make at least seven income streams with in 9 months. My first site I will make no less then $2,000.00 dollars in first sixty days. Improve that site to make $10,000.00 dollars in the next sixty days. And make a new web site every three months with each making $4,000.00 in first ninety days. I want to learn how do keep them going on auto polite, making adjustments to improve my result and increase my sales. I want to make $600,000.00 my first year and then keep increasing that amount so I have made over 3,000,000.00 dollars in first two years. I want to watch every thing I do and make changes to reach my goals. I want to be in the black with no debt and have $300,000.00 dollars in the bank at the end of the first year. I must never do what I have done in the past and not review and make new goals, checking every three weeks or months to stay on track with my goals. I want to have reached these goals by 6/1/2010 because I am just starting now. If you read this Eric and have the time all and any feed back would be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Richard……..
It sounds like you have gained a lot of wisdom in your life
I think 600k for 1st year is definitely ambitious. It took me several years to get to that level. It would be unusual, but some marketers have done it. Hopefully my lessons will cut down your learning curve.
I have a hard time with this but i want to get my website up and going and then start making some money.
Thaanks Eric these lessons have helped me!
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the video. In past years I have made many goals and have obtained them. However life does not always go the way you plan. I am up in years and have retired but not with sufficient income. My goal has been to pay off my second mortgage and have enough money to pay for an apartment in Texas to visit my 5 grandchildren several months thru the year. I am a very hard worker and once someone shows me what to do, I can run with it. My vision is to always have enough money to help out others when they are in a hardship. I wanted to make at least $500 by the end of this month but I need more guidance in what to do. When do we actually get to the know how of what to do to start bringing in some money? I have almost completed my website and hope to publish it in the next few days. I also have lenses on squidoo but my name is just not getting out there yet. Thanks for all you do. God Bless!!
My first goal is to complete all of Eric’s 120 lessons by december 31, 2009 and fully understand these lessons.
Hi Eric:
First goal - learn everything I can from Eric’s tips. I find it hard to to set goals with deadlines for a buisness with the variable of not knowing when the information that is req’d for us to get started will be presented.
However as soon as we have the information we need we are set to begin our first adventure and all the players are on board and ready to start the game.
Our Mission: To function as an Internet Marketing team that will revise an exisiting website that ranks low on the search engines and has generated 0 profit in three years.
The goal: Turn exisiting Website into a profitable Website Buisness.
The Problem: The exisiting site is a nice buisness greeting card that is hard to find on the internet. And, offers nothing for sale but only suggests that she has service that will make a differance but without a way to close the deal or sell anything else. In the information age most people are not willing to wait two months while you work them into your schedule.
Owners statement: The website is three years old and no-one has ever been able to tell me why it does not generate income. Thank-you for being honest.
Solution: To re-establish its ranking on the search engines and turn it into a profitable Website buisness. Through affiliate links, as well as products for sale in her niche marketplace, and give her the ability to close the deal on her seminars through various selling techniques.
God Bless and thanks for all your help.
Pam
This will be a wonderful opportunity to begin using Marketing tools and strategies while we are developing our own product.
Goal: Cover all of Eric’s lessons to date, thru lesson 42 complete by 6/22/09. In the process I will gain a very good understanding of internet marketing business and will have or be ready to take step one in getting my business started.
Signed Bruce
Eric–
In an earlier lesson, you mentioned that the tires would really hit the road in lesson #16. With this in mind, I made my first goal for this business venture as:
I will have my info website set up and bringing in money by 30 June 2009.
This goal is a challenge because I have not yet found an informational product that I feel is something people actually NEED! With all the money-making schemes out there, I am terrified that I will promote something that is less than ethical or worse. I guess it all comes back to who can you trust as the source of your product. I do not like the website I created through HomeCash. I hope you can help me change it to something I can believe in. The way I understand the process at HomeCash is that I cannot even click on the products being offered to see if they are honest enough to deliver what they promise. What can I do?
I am very pleased with the suppliers I have for my home decor products. I have ordered things for myself and been very pleased. I have also completed some eBay orders with these items and my customers have been very pleased with the products. I have 100% positive feedback, which says quite a bit! I want this same confidence in my informational website. If I can’t do honest business, I do not want to do business at all. However, without a lucrative business, my life suffers. I need to know I’m in a WIN-WIN situation.
Louise
Hi Erick
As sit here lisening to your vedeo at the age of 47 dont hve anything to show in my life my goal is to como out of this bad economic crisis by the end of this year
Eric..My goal is: to have a 4 figure income of $5000.00 by Dec. 1, 2009.
Thanks again…Terry W.
Eric, my 1st goal is to complete all the lessons in sequence and apply them to start an on-line business.
My 2nd goal is to be making $5,000 per month by Dec 31, 2009 (in this business).