My Personal New Years 2006 Resolutions

[chucklarrieu]

Hello, everyone. After reading Ros' Goals 2006 newsletter, I thought I would share my own thoughts on the upcoming year.

First I reviewed my current businesses, and evaluated each program, each advertising effort. From this exercise I came up with a few questionss to guide me:

1) Who am I working for?

2) What is the value of my time?

3) Am I working to promote my own business, or am I working to promote someone else's business?

4) Am I building my own list, or am I building someone else's list?

5) Are people visiting my site because they want what I offer? Or are they visiting my site to gain credits so they can promote their own?

6) Who benefits when I join particular programs?

7) Who benefits most from my efforts, my time, my money, my advertising, my marketing?

8 ) Is there a better way?


After asking myself these questions, I derived my own set of goals for 2006.

1) I will work for myself, not someone else

2) I will build my business, not someone else's

3) I will participate only in those programs which put money into my pocket, not take it out

4) I will build my own list, not someone else's

5) I will succeed

Happy New Year, everyone.

Chuck
http://www.lifeisleisure.info/Santa.html
( this is not a commercial site so I hope it is OK to place it )

[Rosalind Gardner]

Hey Chuck,

Those are seriously good questions that everyone should ask themselves when doing business... or life.

Congratulations for setting your New Year's resolutions and I wish you much success in making each one of them happen!

Happy New Year!

Ros

[Turn2Glenn]

Hi, Chuck.

I like your list of resolutions, and I agree that it's good to continuously evaluate what's working and what isn't. Self-help coach Anthony Robbins likes to call that CANI (Constant And Never-ending Improvement).

Hi, Rosalind. Can you give me a list of the chapter subjects in your book? I'm interested in buying a copy.

[Rosalind Gardner]

Hi Glenn, Hi All,

Thanks for asking. I can't believe I've never posted it anywhere before...Here's a copy of the Super Affiliate Handbook's "Table of Contents".

Copyright Notice
Legal Notices and Disclaimer
Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION
How’s This for a Lifestyle?
How to Get the Most from the “HandBook”

INTERNET & AFFILIATE MARKETING BASICS
Debunking the 6 Biggest Myths (Lies) about Internet Marketing
How Do Affiliate Programs Work?
Affiliating vs. Reselling
15 Fabulous Reasons to Become an Affiliate Marketer
The 16th and BEST Reason to Affiliate
Overview of the Business-Building Process
‘Player’ or SUPER-Affiliate?

SETTING UP SHOP
Basic Knowledge
Basic Hardware & Service Components
Basic Software
Additional Software to Consider
Basic Business Expenses

RESEARCH A PROFITABLE TOPIC
Succeed with Passion
Does My Idea Have Profit Potential?
Let’s Start with ‘Keyword’ Research
Keyword Research Tools
Build Even Bigger Keyword Lists
How Many Competitors Will You Have?
Now for the REAL Competition
WHO are Your Competitors?
Still More Market Research Tools
Profit Potential: Let’s Do the Math

HOW TO FIND MERCHANTS WITH AFFILIATE PROGRAMS
Affiliate Networks
49 Affiliate Networks (A List)
Affiliate Program Directories
How to Find Merchants with Stand-Alone or ‘In-House’ Affiliate Programs

HOW TO CHOOSE PRODUCTS & AFFILIATE PROGRAMS
5 Easy Ways to Assess a Product or Service
Great Product, No Program - Now What?
Google Adsense: A Lucrative Alternative to Product Sales
20 Questions to Ask Before You Join Affiliate Programs
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
Should You Affiliate with Bookstores?
Sorry, Your Application was Rejected
You're Fired!
Example of a Well-Run Program
Types of Programs to Avoid
Know When to Drop a Program
Prescription: Diversify or Die
Save Time with a “Ready-Made” Business
A Few of My Favorite Affiliate Programs

PLAN & BUILD YOUR SITE
Do I Really Need My Own Web Site?
No Free Lunches
What’s in a Name?
Register Your Own Domain Name
Web Hosting: How to Assess Features, Support & Value
Recommended Hosting Services
Don't Build a Mall… Build a Theme Park!
Site Structure - 'Micro' or Content?
One Topic - Multiple Domains?
Success = 90% planning + 10% execution
4 Site Building Options
6 Web Site Essentials
Design Rules-of-Thumb
Web Site Building Primers
9 Ways to Make Search Engine Friendly Pages
10 Scripts & Code Snippets

SELLING: THE ART OF TURNING CLICKS INTO CUSTOMERS
Content is STILL King
How to Write Compelling Product Endorsements
Learn the Art of Copywriting
Using Merchant Copy and Sales Tools
How to Build a 1,000-Page Content Site in Mere Seconds!
Credibility Pays

31 WAYS TO MARKET YOUR SITE
8 Ways to Get Traffic Fast
12 Ways to Get FREE Traffic to Your Site
11 Ways to Market Your Site Offline

MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS
How to Get & Stay Organized
Regular Tasks
Do it Daily
Monthly Tasks
Quarterly Tasks
Yearly Tasks
How to Evaluate Your Site's Performance
Stats to Track & Numbers to Crunch
Collecting Data
Recording Data
3 Ways to Prevent Commission Theft
25 Avoidable Mistakes

GROW YOUR BUSINESS
Show Me MORE Money: 3 Ways to Negotiate a Commission Increase
How to Use Fluctuating Foreign Exchange Rates to Your Advantage as an Affiliate
Forums: Participate & Learn
Don’t Be Shy

RESOURCES
Glossary of Terms
Rosalind's Recommended Resources

MAKE MONEY WITH THIS BOOK!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AFTER WORD

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Ros