After 3 days I am now at my first goal of $5! This is a baby step in the long journey ahead of me, but it feels good completing a goal regardless of how small. One major discouragement with fresh to the game internet marketers, including myself, is having one far off lofty goal that is impossible to attain. You probably think 10k a month is one of these goals, and I can see where you’re coming from! However I’ve broken this goal down in to little goals, baby steps, because you have to crawl before you can walk, and walk before you run!

Meeting little goals encourages me to keep going and gets me even more committed and focused on the next goal.

Step 1. If you are new to internet marketing, sit down and figure out how much you want to make. Realistic thought is definitely your friend at this point, don’t say a million a month unless you think you have the determination and bag of tricks to get to this point.

Step 2. Once you have a goal, break it down to mini milestones. Some good mini milestones are:

  • Traffic goals: I will have 500 unique visitors this month!
  • Backlink goals: I will get at least 4 links a day for the next 30 days!
  • Site development goals: I will write at least 10 posts a week on my blog!

Step 3. Write your goals down! This is huge, it’s so easy to dismiss a thought or a will that has never entered in to reality. Writing a goal down makes it REAL, it makes you feel like REAL shit looking at goals from the past and realizing that you haven’t accomplished them. Staying away from feeling like shit is a good motivator, but so is the success that comes with reaching your goals. Tell someone or post on your blog about your new goals, this takes writing it down one step further! This step also makes you adjust your dreamy goals so they are more attuned to reality.

Step 4. Start completing the goals! Completing goals gives you a sense of satisfaction and boosts your motivation to continue. Look at me, I made $5 and I’m feeling on top of the world because I am one step closer to my end goal! I am 1/11th of the way down my path to $10k a month.

You can use this motivation technique for anything as well. Hope this helps you out, but remember, you gotta do it to make it work!