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Setting goals is one of the most important steps on the road to success for any internet marketer. In fact, it’s important not only for internet marketers, but for everybody who seeks success and fulfillment through any means. It can relate to anything: losing weight, eating healthier, stopping bad habits, finding a date. All of these things require setting goals.

Simply sitting around and “hoping” that something will happen is not going to have an effect. You need to have clear ideas about what you want and HOW you’re going to accomplish it.

It’s a good idea to sit down with a pen and pencil (or a word processor) and list out all of your goals. They don’t have to be too specific at first. These goals can be anything related to your internet marketing career. Let’s say one of your goals is to “Earn $5,000 in Clickbank commissions”.

The first thing you need to do is take this goal and put a timeframe on it. When I say timeframe I don’t mean, “Sometime in the next year”. Make it specific. “I will earn $5,000 in Clickbank commissions BY JUNE 1ST.” This gives you a specific “window” of time for you to complete the task.

Now how are you going to earn $5K in Clickbank commissions? If you don’t know how you’re going to do it, chances are it’s not going to happen. So figure out your METHODS. Are you going to build a website and use organic SEO to drive traffic? Will you use PPC? Article marketing?

Basically, you need to pinpoint which methods you’ll use, then break down your lofty goal into smaller and smaller chunks. Let’s say you choose article marketing for your main traffic method. Set a goal to achieve 300 visitors a day to your site/landing page by June 1st. Then set a mini-goal to reach 100 visitors per day by April 1st. Then set a mini-goal to reach 50 visitors per day by the end of this month.

How are you going to drive traffic? Set small goals. “I will write 3 articles every day”. Make the goals manageable so that you don’t stress yourself out or set yourself up for disappointment. If you only have time to write one article per day, then keep it to only one.

Now you have a comprehensive plan for driving traffic and making money, and it will be set up in manageable chunks that are very easy to do. So you’re no longer trying desperately to make $5K. All you have to do is write an article today. Then write another article tomorrow. And so on and so on.

Successful internet marketers didn’t find success overnight. They set manageable goals, completed those goals, and through doing so they achieved greatness!

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