{"id":6537,"date":"2010-12-01T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2022-11-24T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T22:10:57","slug":"2010-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/2010-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2010: Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overall, my goals \/ resolutions for this year were simple and minimal:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Travel more<\/li>\n<li>Take more time off<\/li>\n<li>Maintain or increase my income<\/li>\n<li>Lose 10 pounds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Well, three out of 4 ain't bad. (I <em>gained<\/em> seven pounds &#8211; but had a great time doing it! \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n<p>As for <strong>traveling more<\/strong>&#8230; I did that in spades with trips to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/?s=hawaii\">Hawaii<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas (for <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/affiliatesummit\">Affiliate Summit<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/10262-2-kilometer-road-trip\/\">Ontario from British Columbia<\/a> in the new RV<\/li>\n<li>Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/?s=chilcotin\">Chilcotin<\/a>, Oregon Coast and local camping trips<\/li>\n<li>Boise for a Clickbank Mastermind<\/li>\n<li>Holland for a <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/family-reunion-in-the-netherlands\/\">family reunion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/?s=dubai\">Dubai<\/a> for the UPO conference<\/li>\n<li>and still to come&#8230; South for the winter in the new 5th wheel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>As for <strong>time off<\/strong>&#8230; in reality, I worked only 2 months this year. <\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I worked most of February to get <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/abp\">Affiliate Blogger PRO<\/a> up and running by March. Then in July I put in some time when it was too hot here to be outside during the day.<\/p>\n<h3>Interesting, but those 2 months of blogging were enough to help me exceed my previous years' income.<\/h3>\n<p>I think what REALLY helped was the fact that I <em>finally<\/em> got engaged on Facebook, after I  separated my friends and family account from my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rosalind.gardner.biz\">business account<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Granted, I did this all WRONG, <a href=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/my-big-facebook-faux-pas\/\">killing an account<\/a> with almost 5000 friends. Instead of making this the Family account, I should have made it the Business account&#8230; but live and learn, i.e. don't make the same mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The good thing about that error was that it made me aware of the power of Facebook to drive traffic.<\/p>\n<h3>The thing that I did most right this year was KILL 2 blogs. <\/h3>\n<p> I was trying to maintain and create content for my travel blog (Roamsters.com) and my friend Ed's  blog, MyEnergyPal.com when I finally realize that the travel  and energy savings tips would be just as useful on my personal blog at <a href=\"https:\/\/RosalindGardner.com\">http:\/\/RosalindGardner.com<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>It's all just part of what I do!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I'm less concerned about keyword strategies than branding &#8212; not to mention reducing my workload &#8212; so the change works well for me.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, I'm again paying more attention to my dating service blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/101Date.com\">101Date.com<\/a> &#8212; which is where my affiliate marketing business began, and that blog has over 100,000 subscribers &#8211; a WORTHY number to give more of my attention! <\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; what and HOW did YOU do this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overall, my goals \/ resolutions for this year were simple and minimal: Travel more Take more time off Maintain or increase my income Lose 10 pounds. 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