I will never forget the early days when I was looking for success in my online business ventures. I may be one of the few to admit that success online took longer than I ever thought possible. What used to annoy me more were the numerous blogs that used to claim that they were making thousands of dollars a day while I could never manage more than 10cts a day on adsense.

It was very obvious to me even then that I needed to rethink my online business goals if I was not going to wind up losing my mind and going crazy.

Factors to Consider While Setting Online Business Goals

Set Realistic Goals

The power of the internet is that it is hard to lie. You may see from this blog that among the first articles I wrote was my goal to earn a million dollars from my blogging.

Granted that it shows that I am rather ambitious, it still shows that I was rather naïve in my thinking at that time. It didn’t take long for me to realize that it is easier to type 1 million dollars than doing the work that is necessary for that to occur.

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I am not alone as a new blogger who has been advised to write a top 10 least. I have been told that Google just loves top 10 lists. So because it’s Easter and I feel a bit nice, I decided to write my own top 10 list. That is when all the problems began. I really tried hard to come up with my first top 10 list of something but somehow all I could come up with is the top 10 reasons I really hate top 10 lists.

1. Relevant topic

I have to find a relevant topic to write about. Hmm. What do I like that other people might find interesting ? I could write about my beer, but it’s not in keeping with my serious business blog. I could write about my wife, but it’s easier to find 20 reasons I hate about her. Anyway, I can’t imagine why anyone would like her.

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Nothing is worse than starting an online business and finding that your domain name is really not suitable for your Internet business positioning. If you are trying to establish yourself on the Internet spend some time and effort coming up with a good domain name – it should help you position yourself easier.Bad domain names can even lead to interesting articles about your own domain name. You really do not need to be called Apple when you are selling oranges do you ?

It is a bit late to change the domain name here and anyway I like it as it makes my point. However it would have been wise to read on how to choose a domain name for your blog and domain name ideas before messing up everything before this blog even started. Before you start screaming about failing in blogging as I did, you can learn the easier way by avoiding the same mistakes I made with this particular blog.

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I have suffered already from the biggest mistake that bloggers make with their sites. However how do you learn if you are always right? I am about to get tired with blogging because I think someone is trying to play games with my head.

I have tried to work on this site with the right rules. eg, post everyday,don’t post everyday, post consistently, post sometimes etc. Don’t you just get tired blogging according to someone else’s rules ? I have worked so hard to try to come up with the right formulae to make me a million dollar blogger.However, I have found myself in a situation where blogging becomes a job that is not paying. Read the rest of this entry

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