My Goals In 2008

January 1st, 2008 Posted in Off-beat

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very safe and happy new year!

With 2008 finally here, I wanted to put a list together of some of my goals for this blog. Now, I could have kept this list to myself, but what good would that do? When you set goals you need to tell others about them. Otherwise, failure will only mean disappointing yourself, which isn’t anywhere near as bad as disappointing others.

Establishing More Income Streams

Since its launch, this blog’s monetization potential has been limited to only contextual ads provided by Google Adsense. Now that the blog has a nice amount of quality posts, I feel more comfortable diversifying its income streams. Among other things, I hope to incorporate some ad space to allow for private ad sales and to start accepting paid reviews.

Increasing My RSS Subscriber Base

A hefty RSS subscriber base is a must for every blog. As such, I hope to increase the number of subscribers I currently have in the coming months. How do I plan to achieve such a feat? By improving the quality of my posts and hopefully hosting some contests. Is anybody interested in winning in Ferarri? (Just kidding)

Increasing The Blog’s Reach

As you would expect, I hope to significantly increase my traffic for 2008. You all know what that means – more quality posts, keyword research, and link building; While I’m not too excited about the latter two, it’s something that needs to get done.

Changing The Look And Feel Of Things

The final item on my list of to-dos is a blog redesign. Even though I do enjoy its current look, I find rather basic and in need of change. Whether I will buy a template or design a custom one I’m unsure. Knowing my design abilities, It will most likely be the former.

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