With a New Year comes an end of year, when you have to tally up all of the numbers to see what it is you earned this year and what type of taxes you have to pay for being self employed. End of year profit/loss statements are fun for me, but I use Outright.com all year round to assist in keeping reporting easy. Outright.com – Dead Simple Accounting Online. Free Trial!

Wait a minute, forget about the end of year reports, it’s a NEW YEAR, it’s 2012 and I want to know what your goals are this year! I think when we share our goals with each other it holds us accountable to stick with them and report in to someone, which means we are more likely to pursue reaching or exceeding our goals in 2012. As with every blogging effort, we are a community so let’s rock 2012 together!

Goals for My Blogs in 2012

• Increase traffic by 50% mid year and 100% by end of year.
• Sign on with a new ad network to increase revenue from blog viewers.
• Grow my MVL blog to have 50% more traffic by end of year.
• Attend one blog conference and take courses to help me reach my goals.
• Research local events in NH, Boston MA and NYC to gain sponsorship to attend.
• Find a babysitter so that I can attend more blog events locally. {semi-personal & blog goal}
• Focus on creating an editorial calendar for each month & stick with the calendar.
• Know my worth; don’t settle for anything less than what I set my rates to be unless it’s for a charitable cause close to my heart.
• Comment on more friends blogs and find some new blogs that I can benefit from reading.
• Get on a “blogger list” by end of year; such as the lists companies create acknowledging certain bloggers for specific strengths.

Now – tell me at lease ONE goal you have in 2012 that you want to be held accountable to following through with or working hard to make happen?