Goals and Resolutions for the New Year
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To all of you who read and follow Site Sketch 101, I wish you the happiness and success during 2010. I hope that 2010 finds you in good health and full of happiness.
What are your goals and resolutions for this coming year? What are your dreams? What do you hope to accomplish with your website or in your life in general? Let me know and on January 8, I’ll give out $20 randomly to one person who leaves a comment on this post.
Jeff B. said:
One of my goals this year is to work harder at my place of employment and to be more efficient with each minute of the day.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Sounds like a great goal. I bet your boss will appreciate that and reward you accordingly, hopefully.
M said:
My goal was not to make resolutions this year. Instead, I made a bucket list of what I want to accomplish before I die. The list I made ended up being 165 items long 0_0 I of course had to go back through the list & narrow it down to the 10 most important goals. And I then I realized those ten things each involved spending time with people who meant a lot to me. You know what I learned from that ? The most important goal for this year is to appreciate the time I have & not worry about checking things off a huge list.
Nicholas Cardot said:
That’s good. I like that. It sounds like you used this term to learn something about yourself.
Patti said:
My goal is to be happy in the moment. Present for life, not stuck in the past or worrying about the future. To recognize and appreciate the now and the gift that it is. And more sleep wouldn’t hurt!
Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are great goals. I like those a lot. I wish you all the best this coming year.
Deepika said:
Hi Nick,
Happy New Year To EveryOne Here.. I have started blogging just three months before. So i have made few resolutions for my blog..
1.To make articles consistently(4 per week)
2.To conduct contest and interviews in my blog
3.To make guest article twice in a month.
4.To improve my 6 digit alexa ranking to 4 digit… And also my Google PR to 3
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are great goals. Stick to them and you’ll probably see great growth on your site. Happy New year.
Deepika said:
@Nick
Wish You the same friend.. Hope you rock this year… Then what is your goal for this 2010 year?
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Nicholas Cardot said:
I have some really big goals but I’m not just ready to announce them all yet. I’m going to be publishing Blogging to the Third Power as a 200+ page ebook about successful blogging and I’m working with another amazing person to write a book that we plan to print and sell in bookstores. But I don’t want to say anymore about that print book.
Deepika said:
@Nick
It is a good news about your successful blogging ebook…After you complete it inform us here.. Eagerly waiting for that..Best Wishes For you to acheive all your goals
You have many interesting goals it seems… Maintaining it as secret from us
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Nicholas Cardot said:
I sure will. I’m going to try to make the launch is big as possible and I think that it’s really going to be a success. I released a preview of it that you can get in the sidebar of the site and so far the feedback has been absolutely awesome. I’ll be sure to let you know and I appreciate your support.
Eric B. said:
Wow, a 4 digit Alexa ranking. That’s very ambitious!
I guess those are also some goals that I should set too. I don’t post nearly as consistently as I should (Currently at least one post per week, often with one or two more during the week)
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Deepika said:
@Eric
Yes friend,,, I have targeted to bring my blog to 4 digits in alexa ranking.. Hope i will achieve it..
It is happy to hear that you find it as a goal for your blog.. Best wishes for you too…
Happy New Year
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Eric B. said:
Best wishes to you too in the new year!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
It seems that the more you post, generally speaking, the more traffic you get if the posting is quality and not spam. Of course, that is, up to a limit.
Celia said:
Happy New Year! One of my goals is to spend more time playing with my son and not worrying about the little things. Another is to spend less time on the computer!!!!!!!
Nicholas Cardot said:
Happy New Year. I hope that you and your son have an absolutely terrific year in 2010.
Vikas Gupta said:
Happy New Year to everyone! I got my PR 4 back (it was lost due to domain name change some 2 months ago)!
What are your goals and resolutions for this coming year?
1. Write my book and publish it
2. Study like anything and get the India’s most sought after job through the civil service examination (I want to be a diplomat)
3. Stop procrastinating.
4. Give your 100 per cent to everything you do.
5. Earn and save money.
6. Do not waste time with blogging (and looking at the stats).
What are your dreams?
1. To become somebody
2. To publish many books and be famous
3. To impress and marry the woman who claims to have no feelings for me
4. Start a family: kids, wife and whatnot!
What do you hope to accomplish with your website or in your life in general?
1. Make at least 200 blogs before dying (I already have some 12; many of PR 3, 4 on free wordpress; Never earned money from them and it is not about money at all; all social issues, zoo , festivals etc.)
2. Get PR 5 for my primary blog.
3. Start another blog this year on a reputed exam in India and make it very very famous.
4. Earn 150 dollars from AdSense in 2009.
5. Become India's most well known blogger/writer before dying.
6. Learn all tech/WordPress things. Become a techie (what a time waste that is, believe me or not! I keep reading so much). etc.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are a lot of huge goals. I hope that you’re currently writing a lot right now. Keep up the great work and don’t forget about me when you’re famous.
Eric B. said:
You’re writing a book? I’d love to see it when it’s finished!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Yeah. Me too.
Vikas Gupta said:
Nick, please correct the html tag above. Thanks.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Done.
Vikas Gupta said:
Thanks!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
You’re welcome.
Eric B. said:
Happy New Year to you, too, Nick, and to everyone else!
My (web-related) goal for the New Year is to generally put more work into my site. I think I’ve been doing fine so far, and I’m happy about that, but I feel like I could have put in a bit more effort, and made it even better!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
That’s great to hear. I’ve enjoyed seeing your site develop into what it is today and I’m looking forward to seeing it continue to change and grow. Happy new year!
Melvin said:
My one goal this year is simply just to be the better person that I am. I want to become the most well-rounded person. Not just a good entrepreneur, but also a superb son and community member.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
That’s a great goal. Best of luck with it. Work hard and don’t forget about your dream this year. Happy new year.
Aminul Islam Sajib said:
My goal for the New year is to reach wider audience, invent new innovative ideas to engage people with my blog, writing better for people who come to my blog. Also, I am going to practice hard to make my English writing skill better than ever before.
To sum up with all my goals for 2010, I want to make my blog a huge public gathering in cyberspace. Ain’t thinking about money too much, all I need is active readership. Once I have readers, I’m mentally satisfied. And that’s all. Because, I blog for my passion. And I love doing it.
Happy New year to everyone.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Happy New Year to you also. It really is mentally satisfying to know that your writing is helping people and that people are enjoying gathering around it. I think that your English is doing great.
Gordie said:
My goals are:
1. Get down to 90 kg by the end of the year.
2. Get 1000 daily unique visitors to my blog.
3.Start an online business in the second half of the year.
4. Write an ebook.
5. Study personal development for at least one hour a day for five days a week.
Happy New Year everybody!
H
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Sounds like great goals. Don’t forget about them. Be sure to stick with them. I wish you all the best. Happy New Year.
David Hobson said:
Happy new year and good luck in 2010.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Happy New Year to you also, my friend. Let’s make it a great one.
Ruth - Web Career Girl said:
I have so many goals, but I want to continue to challenge myself, and also to develop my skills outside of business such as playing music and reading. All in all, though, I want to be in a position where I have the time to help others, too.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
That’s good. Those personal goals are so much more meaningful than those business ones anyways. You’ll be much more satisfied by them. Happy New Year.
Earl said:
My goal for this year is to get organized using Evernote and make over a hundred posts on my blog. I also hope to gain a readership/subscriber base of at least 50 people!
Nicholas Cardot said:
You can do it my friend. And this is the place to hang out for all the tips and tools to get it done. Happy New Year to you.
Lee Ka Hoong said:
Happy New Year Nicholas! One of my goals will be getting 3000 Unique Traffic per day to my blog. Hope that can be achieved.
Cheers,
Lee
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Good luck. That will take tons of work but I’m sure that it can be accomplished. Happy New Year!
Lee Ka Hoong said:
Yea that may take tons of work, but I’ll try to achieve that.
Nicholas, I see that you have a PR4 for your blog, you deserve it and congratulation!! That’s a good year for you huh?
Cheers,
Lee
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Thanks. One of my goals for 2010 is to achieve a PR 5 status. I’ve got 12 months to try to improve by just one. I think it will be difficult but achievable.
Lee Ka Hoong said:
It’s definitely not a big deal for you, I think you can achieve PR5 within 6 months. Keep on writing, I enjoy reading your blog Nicholas!
You deserve all the traffic, PR4 and good alexa ranking.
Cheers,
Lee
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Lee Ka Hoong » I hope so. I’m glad that you’re enjoying it. If you ever have any topic ideas or want to guest post just let me know. I want to help out in any way that I can.
Glen said:
Hope that 2010 is your best year ever. Until 2011 anyways,ha,ha..
My goal/dream is to write daily.
I also want to explore other media. Video posts, audio posts. Interviews.
Make my site more of a community of friends..
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are all great ideas. Video, Audio and interviews will be great ways to explore new ideas and bring new variety to your site. Happy New Year!
chandan said:
My main goal is to bring my blog top ten for keyword “work at home” on google, although it will be too hard for me. Next my goal is making my blog fully monetized.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
My goal is to rank in the top ten for the keyword “how to blog.” I’m currently in the top 100 but I need to get into the top 10. We’ll work together and together we’ll achieve it.
chandan said:
Sure Nick, I wish that you can get top ten for that keyword. We can win all and its my believe.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Thanks. I think you’re right. There’s room for each of us.
Davor Gasparevic @ Cheap internet marketing ebooks blog said:
Well, for my current blog I run, I simply plan to end up a year with 150 more posts at least, but I expect more.
Then I plan to start another blog, this time with wordpress, about pets, animals and nature world, because I like animals and nature and I feel I could be much more productive blogging about that.
I surely plan to put more activity in affiliate marketing, boosting my income for this year.
In December 2010 I expect my income to be 500&/month. I think I can do it. If I end up earning more than that, that’s awesome, but I think that if I don’t make that goal, it’s big disappointment.
Still, I won’t give up, and I am sure that if I pursue those goals I will surely be in a better situation over a few months.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are good goals. That’s a post every two days. I’m pleased to say that I posted 190 posts in just over 6 months. I think that you can easily achieve 500 per month by then. Good luck with that as that would be a terrific way to supplement your income.
Tobias Kaplan said:
This coming year I hope to eat healthier and be a better person. I’m going to try and keep in touch more with my parents and my siblings as well.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are good goals. Happy New Year.
King Sidharth in Meditation said:
Hey Nick!
Happy New Year to you too!
May this year bring you loads of success. This year I plan to complete the film I am working on and become a millionaire.
Cheers!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Ha ha. If you become a millionaire I hope that you won’t forget about me.
Jim Clary said:
My goal for 2010 is to improve my health, mainly. Also, because of some health issues, I hope to find a job that is a little less physical, I am an Automotive Technician and want to work in a support role in my dealership.
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Nicholas Cardot said:
I hope that you achieve those goals my friend. I’m fortunate to be in the Army. We’re required to exercise every day and I think that really helps me to stay in tremendous health. I wish you all the best as you seek to make 2010 a great year.
Melissa Cleaver said:
My New Year’s resolution is to finally get myself in a workout routine that I will do daily…and to get back the body that I used to have at 18!
Nicholas Cardot said:
All you have to do is to join the Army. That’s what I did and now I have to workout every day. It’s great. LOL. Good luck. Find something that works for you and stick with it. Happy New Year.
Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com said:
My main goal for 2010 is to try and make a living online working for myself as my own boss.
I recently left full time employment to try and reach my goal. I have all of 2010 to make something happen. So very exciting times ahead!
This isn’t limited to just my beginner blogger blog. I have other blogs in mind and other ways to make a living like freelance work, consulting and others. Really excited!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
Great goals. I like that. I think that if you work hard then you should be able to achieve it. And I hope that I can help you on your way.
Daniel said:
My goals and resolutions for 2010 are:
- Get fit
- Give 110% on everything I do (especially at school)
- Stop procrastinating (Aleast not procrastinate as much as I did last year)
- Stay Healthy
- Get a job when I turn 16 and save money for college
My Goals and resolutions for my websites are:
- Get my 2 website reconized/known [RTGfxs and Tut Town]
- Get a domian for my sites
- Get a web hosting plan for my sites
- Post more articles on my design website. 2 or 3 a week
- Increase 200 followers on my twitter by the 1st quarter of this year
- Possibly get some sponsors
- Be more active on other blogs
Happy New Year! Good luck to everyone with your goals and resolutions for 2010.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are great goals. I hope that you keep them in front of you and that you don’t give up on them. Happy New Year.
Jennifer said:
My goal is to lose a little weight and get in shape so hubby and I can work on our third addition to our familly.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Oooooh. Very cool. Happy New Year.
Irving said:
I decided on one goal that will hopefully trickle down to multiple goals. My goal for 2010 is to maximize my use of my time i.e. stop wasting time on things that are not important.
Nicholas Cardot said:
That’s a great goal. Every one of us spend way too much time on things that just really don’t matter. Happy New Year.
ellisgl said:
I tweeted my todo list in twitter with the #2010todo hash tag. Here’s the tweets:
1. Finish my #Kohana #PHP 3 (#KO3) tutorial series http://tk2.us/FxETKG
2. Finish Kitchen cabinets and drawers
3. Finish the Asterisk PBX project for Mark
4. Work on getting personal site back up.
5. Finished my Arduino project and possibly remake of it with better hardware
6. Take over the world….???
Nicholas Cardot said:
Those are all great goals…especially number 6. Of course, I’ll be competing with you though. LOL.
ellisgl said:
Of course we could join our efforts…
scheng1 said:
Long term goal is to get rich. Short term gaol is to learn as much as possible.
Hope not to get sick in 2010, and not a single penny to medical professionals.
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sernan said:
Happy New year nick! Thanks for sharing your knowledge via your articles, learned so much on the past months and thanks as well for some referrals going to my site.. More power!
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Nicholas Cardot said:
sernan » Awesome. I hope that you get some more referrals as well. Have an awesome 2010.
Baldwin said:
My goals and resolutions for 2010 are mainly about our Ultimate Blog Module – SunBlogNuke(http://sunblognuke.com) for DotNetNuke CMS:
1) Do some more improvements and customizations basing the DNN Blog Platform
2) Get the offical website reconized/known
3) Provide more tutorials and documents for our clients.
4) Build our own community for it
Thanks a lot for your awesome articles and I learned a lot from them to enhance our blog platform.
Happy new year.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Baldwin » That sounds awesome. Best of luck with the blogging platform. You’ve got some major competition with WordPress.
Erin Solano said:
My goal is to keep in better touch with friends and develop deeper and closer relationships with them.
Nicholas Cardot said:
Erin Solano » That’s an awesome and very meaningful goal.
King Sidharth in Meditation said:
Goal THis Year:
1. Write my book ‘Bhagwad Gita and the Law of Attraction’.
2. Be in the vortex (sum of all good that I want)/
Will keep on adding.
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