June Goals

Erik Karey Jun 6th, 2007 14 Comments

Its a couple days into June and I wanted to make a quick post outlining my goals for the month. I think they are pretty modest, but will still take some work to get to.

1. Increase RSS readership above 50 - Although it may seem low to some, I think it’s a really great number to be at already. The fact that 50 people would already be interested in what I have to say is encouraging. Right now my RSS readership is at 22, so basically I need to double it in a month.

2. Create 3 additional websites – This one should be fairly easy as I already have ideas for over 3 and 2 of them are already in development.

3. Increase Ad Revenue – This ones a no brainer. Of course I want to increase my revenue from ads. I think I just need to spend more time on my current sites optimizing and refining.

4. Take a Vacation – I don’t want to do anything huge, just a nice long weekend would suffice. I have a few ideas for this as well. We’ll see what I have the time for.

What are your June goals?

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Matt Huggins June 6, 2007

I keep a to-do list on Netvibes, and here are a few (of the many) things from it that I’m working on this month.

- finish reading The 4-Hour Work Week and Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur, and post a review of each,
- finish my Make Money from Your Blog series,
- get my blog-related project (currently under wraps) online and making money.
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Erik Karey June 6, 2007

I’ll be looking forward to your project and the book reviews. Thanks for sharing your goals.
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chemist June 6, 2007

Erik, why is “Increase RSS readership” is #1 on your list? Wouldn’t you prefer people to come to your blog, rather than having them read the posts via RSS?
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Erik Karey June 6, 2007

My list isn’t in any order of importance, however RSS readership is something I value. It’s a good solid stat that I can base the value of my content on.

I also keep track of traffic to my site month to month and of course would like to see an increase in that as well. The increase in RSS readership is just one of my main goals for the month.

Especially doing this without any sort of real promotion, just producing content everyday. Thanks for the question.
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chemist June 6, 2007

Wow that was fast! Thank you for your answer.

I was thinking in terms of that if you are trying to make a living from your blog, say by having Adsense or other ads, then if all of your users read it via RSS you are not going to make a cent.

I see a lot of blogs that serve the entire content and even comments via RSS, there is almost not reason for people to use their browser to visit the site.

On the other hand, I’ve seen contextual ads in some of rss feeds I read.
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Shaun June 6, 2007

I would like to say awsome goal list I wish you the best of luck!

I noticed through MyBlogLog that you recently visited my site. I greatly appreciate all visitors to my site http://www.shaunlow.com. I just subscribed to your feed I hope you do the same for me . Hopefully I’ll see you back one day!
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Matt Huggins June 6, 2007

I meant to ask in my first post, are there any specific steps you’re looking to take to increase ad revenue other than increasing readership and starting new projects? i.e. are there ways you’re trying to improve current advertising be it ad sources, positioning/sizing, relevancy, etc?
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Erik Karey June 6, 2007

@chemist - I’m not too concerned with making money directly from this blog right now, so increasing readership is my main goal.

@Shaun - Thanks for the comment, I’ve also subscribed to your blog.

@Matt - I’m not specifically trying to increase revenue on this blog, however on other sites, I’m hoping to have the time to try out some new ad networks and different placements. I know I can do better on a few of my sites, it’s just a matter of tweaking placement and ad type.
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Adventures In Money Making June 13, 2007

I didn’t really have any goals for June but I did my taxes for 2006!

Thats a big achievment in itself! Got one thing out of the way and a $4,500 refund so I’m up for the month!
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