• Posted on Allena Tapia
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• on January 7, 2008
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Following are the goals I tweaked over the course of last week. Sorry about all the “xxxxx“- proprietary information!

Business Goals:
Gross 3500 month with part time hours
Grow client base: add 5 repeat customers, keep current 10 repeats
Join orgs: SPAWN, etc
Accept one speaking engagement
Foray into Podcast and Video
Use volunteer match to take on short term writing volunteer opp
Become LLC or LLP (currently sole proprietorship)
Take blog off of blogger- move to something on my own .com
Keep up blogs on Techno and Ping
Learn Digg/Stumble
Start package products: press releases
Read: Copywriters Handbook by Bly
Delineate work v. family time
Keep up Adelante dbase
Keep up my dbase
Diversify into indexing- take class
Cold call/get established with local ad agencies/graphic artists

Writing Goals:
Keep WritersUnbound– 1 year
Finish memoir
Finish novel
Query 2 mags/month (24 total)
Targeted pubs: xxx
One story on xxx
Follow up on xxx
Interview: xxx
Kids Book xxx
Kids Book on xxx
Kids Book on xx
Article: xxx
Article: xxx
Article on xxx(Back to School issue)
Article on xxx
Article: xxx
article xxx
Sell post: xxx
Expand editing by groups, forums, job listings, unions, searches, outsource sites, etc
Blogging goal: get into XXX

Marketing:
Press release About.com?
Ezine articles
Quarterly newsletter
One targeted print or online ad
Put up video
Join alumni assoc & use their tools
Use MerchantCircle tools
Online networking: XXX
Ask for credit on website- recco
Do Google adwords from GoDaddy
Find and advertise in 10 online directories
Go to one local trade/business show (xxx)
December- send out greeting cards
Submit blog to 20 Links under bookmark “business info”
Pin up cards on all boards
Yellow pages/white pages
Form a partnership with another freelancer (graphic designer, web designer)
Listing at xxx.com literary marketplace
Send THANK YOU to each project
Add social bookmarking to all blog posts
Put up ads in xxx.com and xxx.com and keep up
Do a brochure/postcard
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