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2013 First Quarter Check-In

By on April 1st, 2013

It’s time for my first quarterly evaluation for my business. While I evaluate my progress on specific goals more frequently, I use my quarterly evaluations to review my longer-term plans and resolutions. So far things are going pretty well. But, as usual, I need to make some changes. Progress So Far Here are some of the things I can check off my yearly to-do list: Overhaul content on my service site (new service page, copy edits, and rate changes).  Launch WritingForBloggers.com. Start promoting the Online Learning Hub brand (a rebranding for another site). Launch my last author website. Finish BizAmmo.com …

New Year’s Resolutions — 2013 Updates

By on January 8th, 2013

I know I’m a bit slow to return from my winter vacation time this year, but welcome back! I feel well-rested (after being exhausted by the holidays), and I’m excited to get back to work. I hope you all are as well. Back in November I shared my 2013 writing resolutions with you. Normally I try to evaluate them each quarter, but I knew I might have to make some adjustments this January. That’s because several things had to be bumped back in December while I dealt with a family issue. Basically, we found out just before Thanksgiving that my …

2013 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers

By on November 28th, 2012

Update: During my first quarter check-in I updated the list below. Anything in green is currently in progress, and anything with a strike-through has been completed. Last week I shared my 2012 year-end evaluation with you, where I looked over my goals for this year and whether or not I’ve accomplished what I set out to do. Honestly, 2012 was not a great year for me. And my hope is that 2013 will be much better — without health and other issues getting in the way of my plans. Speaking of plans, I mentioned in that post that I’d share …

Are You Ready for Your 2012 Year-End Evaluation?

By on November 21st, 2012

I know November isn’t quite the end of the year. But with the hectic nature of the holiday season, I like to start a year-end business evaluation a bit early. What I do is look over my initial goals and resolutions for reference, and then check my mid-year check-in and any changed goals to see what I have and haven’t done. This year was not a great year for me, for reasons both in and out of my control. I took time off early in the year while I prepped for my wedding and took time for my honeymoon (a …

Freelance Business (Early) Mid-Year Check-in 2012

By on May 30th, 2012

With the start of June right around the corner, we’re nearly halfway through the year. Just one more month. When I realized how fast time was flying by, I went back to review some of my business goals and resolutions for 2012. I decided it was time for an early mid-year check-in. Why spend another month waiting when I can start improving things today? Basically, I’ve done an awful job so far this year when it comes to my business goals. I had that problem last year with the big move and trying to settle into the new place (the …

5 Great New Year’s Goals For Print Writers

By on January 7th, 2012

Happy New Year to all of you out there! May 2012 be fruitful! Today we’re going to talk about setting some goals that relate directly to a career in writing for print. Starting the NY off right can set the tone for the entire year, so it pays off to do a little “leg work” on the front end of things. Here are five great goals to pencil into January that will help you get set up: 1. Re-tool your resume(s). Freshen up all of your resumes and include any print writing credits you haven’t yet added from last year. …

2012 New Year’s Resolutions

By on January 3rd, 2012

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe it’s another new year already. I usually have my goals and resolutions set by late October or early November. But I’m a bit late to the game this year. In fact, I’ve been somewhat absent here for months. I had a crazy year in 2011. My guy and I started looking for a new place around May. That hunt, move, and settling in dominated the majority of my year and took a lot of time away from other things — mostly the time I could spend on my own sites and projects (hence …

Baby Step Your Way to Your Biggest Goals

By on December 14th, 2010

Whether you’ve already set your freelance writing goals for the New Year or you’re still deciding what they should be, let’s focus on the big ones today. When you set major goals for your business, how can you keep yourself focused and working toward them all year long? One of my favorite tactics is to take baby steps. I’ll break down a large goal into workable steps instead, or I’ll set smaller goals along the way toward reaching my big goals. For example, if I set a traffic goal of 100k pageviews per month for a site, I might set …

2010 Goals and Resolutions: A Follow-up

By on November 9th, 2010

We’re going to talk about goals this week. First, I want to take a look back on the goals we set for ourselves for 2010. In later posts we’ll discuss failure and why it’s sometimes okay, and then we’ll close out the week talking about how today’s reflections can help us set new goals for the coming year. Why look back on this year’s goals now instead of January, when the year is complete? Because you can’t set next year’s goals without an idea of what you accomplished in the current year. It also means you have a month and …

Goal Setting for Freelance Writers

By on July 2nd, 2010

As freelance writers we sometimes don’t think of ourselves as master multi-taskers, but by the very nature of our business, we are. We are individuals focused on our career and business owners attempting to drum up business and satisfy customers. We are employees of our own business and we are people with families and the need for a rich, fulfilled life. This complicated relationship between career, business and personal needs means that we freelancer writers must set many different goals for a variety of reasons. But in order for the goals to result in accomplishment, we should learn what types …