Revisiting Goals from 2009

At the start of 2009 I listed a set of goals that I wished to achieve during the course of the year.  The four goals were easily defined as the following:

1. Post at least once per day
2. Earn £2009 (GBP) from this blog for the year
3. Write one guest post each month
4. Reach 200 Twitter followers

With each of the above goals, I went into a little more detail about them, how they would be achieved and how they would benefit both myself and this website.  Below is my explanation of how well these goals were met and an explanation of what went right and what went wrong.

1. Post at least once per day – Failed
Looking back, I should have realised that this was not achievable.  Including this post, there have been a total of 55 posts, 310 less than I had planned to achieve.  I am not too concerned by this although the amount of posts could should have been much higher, I always try and post when I feel I have something worthy of posting.

2. Earn £2009 (GBP) from this blog for the year – Failed
Nowhere close.  It’s more like £29 and at the moment I don’t have the exact figures.  Early in January I will be able to post a full report on revenue for the blog and the other projects that I am working on.

3. Write on guest post each month – Failed
I managed a total of two guest posts, one of which was aimed at bringing traffic to my male gifts website.  I let the ball drop on this one early in the year, but the importance of guest posting is something I believe in and I would like to encourage anybody interested to take a look at Blog Synergy – a community where you can trade guest posts with other members in a simple, easy-to-use system.

For the people who are waiting for guest posts, you will have them early in the new year.  Each one has been planned out and I will start writing them shortly.

4. Reach 200 Twitter followers – Achieved
This is the only goal that I actually achieved during 2009.  My current follower count stands at 261.  I have slowly increased my Twitter followers by being active and providing links to resources that I believe my followers would be interested in.

2009 Summary

Throughout 2009 I have let my mind wander on too many different projects, spending days working on something for it to never be completed.  Throughout December my mindset has changed and I have been more focused on producing content for websites that have the potential to go places.  I want 2010 to be successful and, as I progress into the new year, this blog will be my record of what goes right, what goes wrong and how well I am achieving my new set of goals.  My goals for 2010 will be posted on New Years eve, which means, starting January 1st 2010 I will have my sights set on other things and a successful year in the process.

What goals have you set?  Do you set goals? Do you think a year is too long of a period when working online?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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