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It's time to DUMP those New Year’s Resolutions!
As the current year is nearing its end, many people are thinking about making New Year’s resolutions.
Not me… or at least not anymore.
I’ve blogged about New Year’s resolutions numerous times over the years, but like 80+% of New Year’s resolutions ever made, the majority of my personal resolutions have usually gone by the wayside (read ‘failed’) by February.
New Year’s Resolutions fail for many different reasons, including:
The New Year is looming large and it's time to think about how best to profit from all the New Years resolutions that will be made — and eventually mostly broken so you can profit from them again next year. 🙂
Here are the top 10 resolutions along with corresponding affiliate programs and Clickbank best-sellers that you can promote.
Polls indicate that more than 50% of those surveyed make a promise to spend more time with family and friends in the coming year. Help people do that with programs like:
Nothing does as much good for a body as a regular fitness program. Exercise extends life expectancy, lowers blood pressure, improves your mood and even reduces the risk of some cancers. Too, one of the fastest-growing trends in the fitness industry is involving children in exercise. Great online fitness programs and ebooks include:
More than two thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese, so it's not surprising that one of the most popular New Year's resolutions is to lose weight. Programs to help folks shed those extra pounds include:
The average smoker trys and fails 4 times before they quite for good. Help them kick the smoking habit for good this year with:
Considering the pressures of a bad economy, job uncertainty and all the other stressors facing the average person today, it's no wonder that “enjoying life more” has become a popular resolution in recent years. Help them do just that by introducing them to a new hobby or leisure time pursuit, i.e. scrapbooking or photography; or engaging in current pursuits like travelling more and listening to music. Even better is when you can help them find a great deal!
Alchoholism is rampant in our stressed-out societies. If you want to help prevent some of the incredible damage that alchoholism wreaks on individuals and their families, share your knowledge and support with others to help them overcome this devastating condition… or just convince them to drink less while opting for BETTER quality.
With the economy falling apart at the seams, people losing their jobs everyday by the tens of thousands, more and more folks are realizing the need to free themselves from the burden of debt. You can help them with programs such as:
Once again, a weakened economy is forcing many to look farther afield to improve their educational standings, and as in any typical year there are others who just seek self-improvement.
In good economic times, many people commit to helping others. In tough times when many are out of work, volunteering is a good route to finding gainful employment.
This is one of those resolutions that I have every year… check out this blog post and you'll see why. 🙂 Help people like me reduce the clutter and get organized with
As always, you can search for programs and information related to these and other topics on the major affiliate networks, such as Clickbank, Commission Junction, Linkshare and Google.
Just in case you thought all was perfection and fun vacations in ‘Ros-land', here's a pic that Ed took of me this afternoon.
Yes, that's me sitting on the floor amidst a pile of Visa, American Express, banking, utility and other business statements.
Yes, I do have both a bookkeeper and an accountant – but I still have to wade through and keep track of those papers so they can process them.
And YES, if I actually took the time to handle them more than once every 3 months, it probably wouldn't seem like such a darned horrendous undertaking. The big stumbling block however is that just the thought of filtering through and filing all that stuff brings me close to tears at times.
There's always something better to do. A new affiliate promotion. Newsletter writing. Blog posting…
By result, I regularly waste money on late filing fees and otherwise unecessary interest payments.
So there, that's my grand confession for today.
So… any thoughts about what YOUR upcoming New Year's resolutions might be?
Share 'em below – misery LOVES company. 🙂
I made my ‘short list' of New Year's resolutions public which is one of the ways that I stay true and on track with my goals.
So, now it's your turn. 🙂 In what ways do you plan to grow your Internet and affiliate marketing business this year? Will you…
Tell us what your plans are by leaving a comment below – then commit to the process. We'll be doing follow-up with you! 🙂
Happy New YEAR!
Last year around this time I shared my New Year's resolutions for 2006 with you.
As resolutions go, I kept some and broke some. However, considering my overall income increased by 17% and I managed to take even MORE vacations than usual, I have to conclude that 2006 was a pretty darned fine year.
So on to 2007. I'm keeping my resolutions pretty basic this year – In a nutshell, I plan to double both the income increase (to at least 34%) as well as the amount of time I take off.
How do I plan to accomplish that? Well, basically, by being more productive, increasing the size of my subscriber lists and the amount that I communicate with my visitors and subscribers.
Pretty simple, eh? And as I succeed in those ventures, I plan to share the “how-to's” with YOU. So, stay tuned!
It seems like only a few short months ago that I posted my work and play resolutions for 2006, and now the year is almost over! Now is the time to start planning for next year.
Bu not so fast… It's hard to know where you're going, if you don't know where you've been! Relection is just as critical to your success as planning.
So, what did you do?
Did you… [Read more…]
This year's NPT is starting on a ‘high' note… about 36,000 feet high above Canada, somewhere between Toronto to Vancouver. 🙂
In last week's NPT, I shared my business resolutions for 2006. This week I'll take a step back with a restrospective on the best of Internet and Affiliate marketing tools, tutorials, seminars and more in 2005… all of which are still applicable in 2006!
Instructional Book – I couldn't have started last year off any better than by reading Dan Kennedy's “No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs
Inspirational Book – Once I'd learned how to make time for the important stuff, I next read my friend John Harricharan's inspirational book, “Power Pause“. He offers a 3-point approach which helps you weed through the ‘noise' of our typically busy lives to find calm, peace and ultimately success. If you think it's time to get out of your own way, John's words of wisdom will help you overcome.
Site-Building Multi-Media Tutorial – Although it was released in 2004, no subseqent web site buidling tutorial surpassess Jim Edwards “Mini-Site Creator” in depth or scope. If you plan to build a business on the Internet, learning how to create your own pages is the best thing you can do for yourself, and Jim's the guy who'll make that learning process as pain-free as possible.
Page & Site Building Software – I talked about the value of Webmerge for the first time in early February of last year, and the software has become an item in my toolkit very nearly as important my HTML editor and graphics programs. I love being able to take an Excel spreadsheet, my site template and have Webmerge process the spreadsheet into a 26-page site glossary with a mouse click.
Marketing Tool – Making your own articles available for use on other webmasters sites is a smart yet simple way to get traffic to your sites through the link in your author's resource box. Article marketing is also a fabulous way to gain credibility in your niche and build your brand. Getting those articles published on other sites with minimal time and effort was made considerably easier this year with the release of Jason Potash's “Article Announcer”.
Web Host – I was delighted immediately upon signing up with Steve Hetrick's Datawebpro hosting service, and my delight and satisfaction continue to grow. Working with Cpanel (compared to Plesk) is so easy, and the features included, especially Fantastico which lets you auto-install bulletin boards, blogs, a variety of content management systems and other services on your server is like the name… Fantastico!
Unique Advertising Approach – Although I really wasn't impressed when the The Rich Jerk dropped the price of his book from $97 to $47 after I'd bought it and talked about it in the NPT, I did appreciate his very unique “I'm Rich, You're Not” advertising campaign on Google Adwords. I see that many other marketers have adopted similar methods… though not nearly so effective nor entertaining if I do say so myself.
Internet Marketing Seminar – No doubt about it, Yanik's Underground Seminar in Washington, D.C. last May was not to be missed. That's why I (and a number of other speakers from the first Underground) will be going as attendees to the Underground II this coming March. All fresh speakers, all fresh content… I know it'll be incredible once again. To top it off, Yanik is a total class act, treating both attendees and speakers like royalty.
Affiliate Marketing Industry Seminar – Shawn Collin's and Missy Ward's “Affiliate Summit” is the affiliate marketing industry's premier seminar with a very diverse array of learning opportunities for both affiliates and merchants, with a large number of affiliate networks participating.
Speaking of the Affiliate Summit, I'll be on another airplane in 4 days winging my way to Vegas to speak at the event. I hope to see you there!