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Recently I wrote a series of posts on Article Marketing Secrets and am currently writing a series on goal-setting.  If you submit articles to ezinearticles.com you would have received two very important e-mails over the past week, and I thought I summarize what I learned from both.  They emphasize how combining article marketing and goal-setting are more important than ever for article marketing success.

1.  Why You Must Submit More Articles

According to ezinearticles.com 10 years ago 1-2 dozen articles in your niche would drive lots of traffic back to your website or blog. At that time your articles ‘were likely to appear high in search engine results because there were a lot less websites back then.'  With the explosion of internet users and websites, the competition is much greater Read the rest of this entry →

Goal-setting is a process for personal planning.  It could be regarded as a tool for narrowing your focus and segmenting your business so that you can evaluate where you need to give more attention for maximum results.

Goal-setting provides you with long-term vision, while providing you with short-term motivation.

Benefits of Goal-Setting for Entrepreneurs

• Setting goals allows you to determine what you want to achieve in your business:

-  Do you want to have a hobby that provides a small extra income?

-  Do you want to have a serious business that generates a healthy cash flow? Read the rest of this entry →

Every few months I re-visit the topic of goal-setting.  I've found that to a large extent the measure of success that I experience in my life and business is closely connected to the goals I set and work towards, as well as the effort made to achieve those goals.

How about you?  Do you set realistic goals in various aspects of your life, or do you dream about what you'd like to achieve and make decisions on a day-to-day basis?

Areas of Life to Apply Goal-Setting

• Spirituality – Grow in your level of spirituality
• Relationships – Develop healthy relationships with others:  family, co-workers, business, etc.
• Work – Become more focused on your business while keeping work in its proper place
• Friendships – Become a better friend, and build more genuine friendships
• Personal health and fitness – Evaluate where you are and where you need to be in order to enjoy optimal health to the extent you can control.

These are all areas of life in which each one of us can set realistic goals.  However, this series will focus on Goal-Setting for Entrepreneurs.

Goal Setting for Entrepreneurs

Whether you are a Solopreneur who works from home, an entrepreneur who has a home-based office but works mostly away from home, or you have a brick and mortar office or store, all of us are affected by how well we implement the goal-setting process.

In my next post we'll discuss some personal benefits you can gain from setting goals.