Setting Writer Goals for the New Year

I love January. Not because its cold and wintry here in Maine. Not because the mad rush of Christmas is past. I love January because it is new and fresh and the expanse of a new year lays before me. I love the feeling that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.

As a writer that means setting new goals and striving to reach a new level with my career. If you are writer, and I assume you are if you are reading this post, its time for you to set new goals, too. Although I haven't set specific goals yet, I have created my checklist.

• My goals challenge me, but are reasonably attainable.

• My goals align with my personal and professional needs.

• My goals include check points, evaluation and room to adapt as necessary.

• My goals are written down in clear concise language.

• My goals contain short and long term expectations.

• I review my goals regularly to monitor my progress.

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If you are new to online writing, you may be suffering from a bit of disappointment that your first attempts haven't worked out so well. Don't worry. That's part of the process of learning to get your work in front of readers who really want the information you have to share.

When I first began writing online, I asked other writers how it was done. They gave me a song and dance about writing high quality content that people are searching for and pretended that was all they knew. I knew they weren’t telling me the whole truth about SEO techniques, using keywords and the value of AdSense. I knew they had a secret formula for writing keyword rich content and improving their search engine ranking. But, they weren’t sharing it.

So, I gathered bits and pieces of SEO information from all the SEO experts, but I didn’t have anyone to talk to about Google adsense and Google ad words. I didn’t have anyone to guide me through the process of optimizing my work, finding a profitable niche or choosing topics that readers really wanted to read.

As a writer, I believe you deserve to know the secrets the successful online writers are trying to keep from you, which is what motivated me to start this blog. Visit the lesson pages to learn the secrets of online writing, best SEO practices to build a reader base and pull traffic to your work, and to refine your basic writing skills.