One of my major “Ah-Ha!” moments came when I looked at all of my online endeavors and realized that I am spreading myself thin with far too many projects – many of which don’t really excite me anymore!  I was sitting down and writing out 2012 goals for each of my websites and making lists of all of the tasks I  wanted to get done.  And WHOA!  Holy NUTS! Boy-oh-boy!  I have enough work for several people to do.  This includes work on this site, my Public Domain site, my FBA Collectible Toys site, several sites filled with Public Domain content, a few niche sites and a partridge in a pear tree. Originally I thought – I can handle this, I’ll just do a little on each site – I’ll make a schedule and I’ll stick to it.  “I’ve done this before – I can do it again” I said to myself.  Then I started looking at all the crap I’d have to do – and – yuck! If there were 48 hours in each day AND I could type without my hands hurting then this would be feasible.  But then, I could outsource some of the work – right?  True, I “could” do that – but then I have to create detailed instructions about what I want done, I have to make sure they understand what they’re doing, I have to double-check their work until everything is running smoothly…etc. If I’m handing something over to an outsourcer, I don’t want to worry about anything.  Truth be told – I DO NOT want to sit here put that all together.  Sure, I could outsource little pieces of the whole puzzle and then I have to put the puzzle together myself – that’s all well and good – but I don’t want to be doing that – at least not with projects/websites that just don’t excite me anymore.  Never-mind the fact that having the time to only do a tiny bit of work on each site is going to get me nowhere fast!

Seriously….how in the world do I expect to grow an audience for a website when I post very intermittently and by the time I finally send out an e-mail to the list for the site, the folks have already forgotten they even signed up to receive e-mails from me/the site? Silly, silly.

So, after figuring out what I DON’T want, I focused on what I DO want…

• Continue sourcing and selling items for FBA (I am REALLY enjoying this!)
• Keep websites/projects that excite me – stuff I REALLY enjoy – stuff I’d do for free.
• Create a realistic schedule of what I’m doing with the sites I’m keeping.
• Focus on adding value while creating hands-off passive income.
• Leverage, leverage, leverage each post/idea/item I create.
• Schedule in some fun “me time” EVERY Day!  – All work and no play make’s Beth a grumpy gal! – out of everything, this is going to be the most challenging one to stick to!

One (of many) people who has helped to influence this positive “shift” in my business is Katie Freiling.  I randomly found her on YouTube and signed up for her free video series “Power to Profit” – I HIGHLY recommend watching the videos – especially if you’d like to figure out your passions and make them part of your business.  I’m also becoming a fan of Cheryl Richardson – she is really big on taking care of yourself first – if you’re feeling depleted then you’re not going to be good to anyone around you, and your business will suffer too!

So I’m on my way to creating the business that I want.  How about you?

What kind of business do you want to create and what are you going to do to get there?

“Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”

- Keri Russel

Anyways, I am now making a commitment to post regularly here – my goal is once a week.

So, what have I been up to in the months prior?

• My First How-To Product – Well,  back in April I launched my first “how-to” product – Public Domain  Made Easy It shows you how to find not commonly used PD books to create ebooks from, sell on ClickBank, use for blog content, sell on eBay…etc.  I just recently updated it and it now has a section about scanning PD books and a whole bunch more stuff added – 11 videos and 7 ebook guides in all !!  Check it out here.

• Increase in Google Adsense Revenue – I’ve been continuing to add PD content to my blogs and I’ve seen a jump in affiliate commissions – especially from Google Adsense.  Seriously – increases of 20% and more each and every month!  My simple strategy is this – the more pages I post online, the more money I make.

• Experimenting with Rebrandable Reports – I recently started learning about Viral Reports/Ebooks and have implemented one already.  Here’s the basics – you write a truly good report filled with quality, useful info for people.  That report has links in it to one of your products/services.  You make that report “re-brandable” so that others can insert their affiliate links to your report and allow them to give it away or sell it.  They share your report.  Are you seeing where this is going?  Your report, with links to your product gets passed around A LOT!  It is like free advertising.

It’s a win-win-win for everyone.  The people reading the report get good quality information.  Your affiliates get good quality information to pass along. If the person reading the report chooses to purchase the advertised product, they get a good quality product, your affiliate gets a commission and you make money.  PLUS…just in general, you end up with more traffic to your website.

I know this method is not particularly new – but I had never done anything with it before.  I’ll post more about it in the future.

• Gearing Up To Get Healthy – On a personal note, I have decided that it is time to get healthy.  Oh heck – what I really want is to fit into my “skinny jeans” !!  I have several pairs of jeans sitting neatly in my closet that I can’t – I mean ABSOLUTELY can’t – squeeze my rear into!  Last year I could – what happened?  Anyways… I think if I can get rid of 10 lbs. of extra fat molecules on my body then there’s hope of dusting off those jeans

I’ve always liked Weight Watchers – but I don’t stick to it for very long.  So I’m going to go back to the bare bones basics – counting calories and choosing healthy foods while allowing myself smaller portions of the “bad” – but oh so good – stuff   But I’ve still got to find the mojo to do this….I’m working on mustering that up.

Well, that’s all for now.  Have a GREAT Thanksgiving!

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is scanning another Public Domain book – this one is from 1909,369 pages all about Christmas Perfect for my next web site #

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