2010 New Years Eve top 9 Personal Resolutions were:
1. Lose weight
2.Get more exercise
3.Quit smoking
4.Learn something new
5.Enjoy life more
6.Get out of debt
7.Help others
8.Quit drinking
9.Get organized

Did you make a couple of these New Year’s Resolutions? My guess is yes. What’s the problem? Let’s take the #1 resolution of losing weight. Why is that not working? Here’s why…

 Set Your Goal
To reach your goal, you must first set your goal. Your goal must be reasonable, specific and measurable. It is not enough to say “I want to lose weight”. You must quantify how many pounds you want to lose and in what timeframe.

Here are some building blocks to help you set and reach your 2010 goals:

 Define your goal:
Be as specific as you can about what you want to achieve. For example I want to lose 10 pounds by March 1, 2010.

 Outline the necessary steps to achieve your goal:
Once you have determined where you want to go you need to figure out how to get there. Map out the steps needed to reach the goal. For example, I plan to lose 2 pounds every week. It is much better to underestimate what you can do then to set goals you can’t reach. Be conservative at first until you build momentum and see your results skyrocket.

 Set a timeline:
Your goals and your timeline must be specific. Get a calendar and record your progress daily. Write down even when you miss the target or how will you be able to measure how you are doing.

 Ask for help:
Consult an expert or a friend who has done it. This is mission critical to your success. Taking advice from a person who has never had to lose weight doesn’t work. Next make sure that person or expert has consistent measurable results such a three history of keeping the weight off after they lost it. This proves the expert has a track record of success with this challenge.

 Consider possible roadblocks or delays that might happen:
Life is a journey of unexpected delays. You need to prepare yourself and be aware that no matter how good your intentions are life will get in the way. “I was doing great…until I received the upsetting news.” “I got sick.” The list of possibilities is endless. Like a student preparing for homework…be prepared for these setbacks.

 Reward yourself:
This is so important and overlooked by most people. For example say for every 3 pounds I lose I will take a day off from dieting or treat myself to my favorite junk food. Then get right back into your routine after your reward.

 Write it all down how you will get there:
Text messages don’t count. Make an outline as if you were in school. Don’t use the excuse, “I know how I am going to do it so I don’t need to write it down.” Yes you do! The very activity of writing it down will help you reach your goal. You will organize your thoughts and prepare your subconscious mind for how you will get there. Now place it where you can see it every day. Next read it out load at the beginning of each day to reinforce your goal.

 Take an action step:
For things to change in your life, you must change. It is not enough to just think about something or talk about it. You must act on your intentions. For example, “I will not buy nachos” is not enough. Add to that sentence… I will bring my reminder card with me every time I go to the grocery store.” You see the difference? Just thinking about refusing to buy nachos is not enough. Commit to an action step.

Whatever you do…Don’t give up! Most people give up way too soon…even people close to reaching their goals.

What’s this have to do with your business? Everything! You must do the same steps for your business as for your personal life. You must take charge and responsibility for your actions. Only you can make it happen that 2010 is your best year yet.

As always let me know how you are doing with your personal and business goals.

The more senses you involve the more of an impact you can make on your audience. Photographs, video and music are very powerful ways to express your message.

Social bookmarking needs to be a part of your online and offline marketing. It can help you spread a link on 48 of the best social bookmarking sites in under 15 minutes! Some of the other features include:

1. It helps you get a lot of backlinks.
2. It helps you increase your traffic.
3. Your link gets indexed by Google in a matter of minutes.
4. Best of all, it’s free!

Code for blogs and websites all you need to do is cut and paste this code below and get started!
The earlier you start with social bookmarking the faster you will be above the rest who are still trying to figure out what is web 2.0.

Install the ‘All-in-one Bookmarking Button’
Requirements: Social Marker runs smoothly on all major web browsers, but it is recommended downloading and using Firefox.

Web 2.0 sites–defined loosely in the session as those allowing users to “talk” to their “friends” via e-mail, messaging, blogs, and other social media tools–ranked first in year-over-year growth in unique audience and Web pages viewed. That put Web 2.0 ahead of categories including news and information, ISPs, video and movies, and family resources.

Social networking sites with the highest traffic growth included Feedburner (385%), Digg.com (286%), MySpace (170%), Wikipedia (161%), and Facebook (134%).

Source by Mark Walsh from Media Post News

Capturing leads or getting new customers is all about the follow up process and building a relationship so your visitor gets to know you. An excellent way to do that is by writing articles. Almost every expert that discusses how to capture new leads or customers suggests writing articles as one method to be utilized in your marketing plan. It gives you credibility and establishes you as an expert.

Ezine Articles Founder, Christopher Knight, has done just that by two months ago launching a new feature that allows readers to subscribe via email to be alerted whenever an author has a new article accepted. While this feature hasn’t taken off like a rocket ship, we are now managing 2,957 permission-based email subscribers (86% growth over October 2008) on behalf of 2,273 unique expert authors.

The top member has 32 subscribers, the 2nd and 3rd have 20 subscribers each and so forth. Obviously no one is going to fall over in their chair and be blown away with this feature today; But a year from now, “I believe the organic growth alone will make this feature become important enough that you’ll notice it… Especially older members – will be more rewarded than newer members due to having “face time” to attract more email subscribers. Ideally, I’d like us to be able to attract 7,000-12,000 double opt-in email subscribers for EVERY single EzineArticles expert author, but know this dream won’t happen overnight.” states Christopher M. Knight, CEO & Publisher.

1. Sign up for clickbank.com & paypal account.
2. Pick a product(s) from clickbank that you like and believe in (most important).
3. Buy a domain name(s) from godaddy for $7.49 for your product that you will promote which will then redirect to your affiliate link.
4. Make a video with flip camcorder or slide presentation using PowerPoint presentation and turn it into a video.
5. Use free video service like Tubemogul to upload and post your videos. If you want to go even more viral manually post to other sites your videos.

Please share your results with me.

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There has been so much hype of the power of social networks so I am testing it. Is it just a waste of time or is there true value? Internet marketers are selling courses in the thousands to learn the new and improved Web 2.0. Let me know what you think.

Most importantly share with me how Plaxo or Friendfeed have helped your business. I want to hear your opinions regarding these two web sites. I am sold on Twitter but experimenting and testing other forums as any good marketer should. If you do not test and measure your results you are doomed to fail.

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