The Silent Avatar Speaks

Hello readers, We all have dreams and aspirations for ourselves.... things we want to do, or become. I thought it was about time I found out exactly what you are trying to achieve online (yes YOU, reading this now).  You maybe be faceless, but as a reader of my blog I take a great interest in how I can help you get where you want to go. Seems like a pretty straight forward question, but I guess like most people you haven't really sat down and defined what you want to achieve. And by that I mean have you got clear about what you want you want your end result to be from your online efforts? It seems that while the motivating factor to doing anything online is to make more money (any there are plenty of ways to do this), the people who seem to make the most money are the ones that have a clear defined goal and a passion for what they do. Yes.. goal setting takes time, and we get caught up in the "hows" of what we are trying to achieve. Goals must be measurable, and have a timeline. For instance... a good primary goal will be a statement like: "By the 31st December 2010 I will have 1000 readers of my blog, and be a online speaker at Internet Marketing Events. That's what I want to do. That's my goal. Call me crazy, but I enjoy public speaking. Notice too how the goal is measurable and has a time line. Either I will be  doing what my goal states or I wont. Either I will be doing it by the time I stated, or I won't. How to achieve this becomes a series of secondary goals.  Your secondary goals define the "how" to get to your primary goal. So what's your goal for your online business? My aim through this blog is to allow you to tap into the years of knowledge which I have accumulated about internet marketing, affiliates, web design, and of course general business sense. Are there others online who can give you this information? Sure. But each of us have our own unique problems and questions and it's not always possible for our own unique questions to be answered. If you have a question for me that you would like answered, just post a comment and I will answer. My passion is working from home, having escaped the rat race and daily grind of working for a "boss'. It's taken 3 years of dedicated commitment to do this and I treat what I do as a "business". Initially, a significant amount of this time has been taken up just getting a handle on the "who's who" of internet marketing, and the strategies they use to build a business.  I'm now at the stage where I am time poor and have to start outsourcing work, but the good thing is I have recognised that the trade off is more time for me to do what I do best. Just recently I was watching the Oprah show and there was a discussion about enjoying what you do, and it boiled down to this. Do what you love and nothing else. "What?" Yes. The focus has to be on what you do best, and let others do what you don't like (or would take too much time to learn). I would love to know how to code websites, but is this part of the bigger picture and will it take me towards my primary goal? No. I like that idea.  What about you? You want to be or do what? Post your comments and start thinking about what you want to achieve. "Dream it. Live it. Be it"

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