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Year 2008 is on the way and it is coming real fast. Have you planned anything ahead for the coming new year or you expect things to be alike with this year? I started planning last few days on what will be my goals for Wayne Liew Dot Com and to do stuffs for me to reach it.

What would you like to see more on Wayne Liew Dot Com?

Have you started to plan out yours? If you have not, you can join me now in drafting out resolutions for our blogs and hopefully by the end of the next year, we will be satisfied with the results. Why am I doing this so early is because within this one month, you will have a lot of things popped up in your mind of what will you do to improve your blog and where your blog will head for next year.

Starting out late will only heap pressure on you or even worse, you will have no goals for your blog and it will be running like a headless chicken.

How did your blog fare in 2007?

I use Google Analytics as my site counter because it will keep all my visitors data until I delete the tracking code from my site. Statcounter is a good counter but it only gives you only 500 visitor logs for the free package.

Take a peek at your site counter, look at the traffic trends and also, look at your stats on number of blog subscribers. Compare them to the contents you have published, check the number referrals from other sites so that you can optimize your marketing plan on those sites.

Look back at your comment stats and section. Get yourself to know what kind of articles will get you the best responses from your readers. The participation level is extremely important for a blog because this shows you that “Do your readers really read what you write?”

What situation will you be in 2008?

What are the significant changes that you are expecting in 2008 which will affect your routine? Will it cut short your time devoted to blogging? Will your offline life gets closer to the blogging topic you are currently on? Will the money you are earning be enough to support your blog?

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All of the above questions are important because you can have a wonderful plan and set impressive goals for your blog but in the end some other things will stop you from following your plan. Sometimes things come after they show you the signs. Before you get promoted, you will get praises from your boss. When paid post writing and link trading is booming, you knew Google will do something.

Try to project or use your guided imagination to predict what might be happening to you and resources that you might have next year. It might be a huge lump sum of money from some funds you invested earlier and probably you can quit blogging instantly!

Plan and Write

Start to plan for your blog now. Stick to the characteristics of a SMART goal - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. You can talk to your friends about it, discuss it with fellow bloggers or you can be a lone ranger by doing all the research and think that what you think is always correct. The goals can be how many daily unique visits you want, how many money you want to make or even how many readers via feed you want to achieve.

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When you got yourself a set of goals, write it down on a piece of paper and draft out your action plan subsequently. You will have several things to do in order to achieve something and it is definitely not good if you are not implementing the methods consistently. Thus, write it down and paste it somewhere around your workstation so that you can jot down any extra methods or goals that you want to achieve. It will also reminds and motivate you to continue blogging.

Everything that have been written down must not be rub off until the end of 2008 when you are planning a new set of resolution. Don’t cheat yourself and the best way is to post it up on your blog and tell everyone about it so that you are disciplined enough to stick with it.

Feedback From You

Have you draft out your blogging resolution for 2008 even before I write this? Will you join me in posting it up during 1st of January 2008? What kind of goals will you set for yourself? OK, whatever it is, start writing it now if you are serious about blogging.

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