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It should come as no surprise that on the last day of 2011 we would post an article about setting your blogging goals for the coming year. It is during this time of year that most people are talking about resolutions rather than goals. I have found, however, that resolutions tend to be rather vague, which is why I much prefer the setting of goals. Where resolutions typically read “I resolve to write more blog articles in 2012,” goals are more precise, “I will write 5 blog posts per week.” As you can see, a goal is a clear and precise direction for which actionable steps can be made to achieve them.

Before one can make a set of clear and positive goals for the next year, it is important to examine your accomplishment of the goals you (hopefully) set for 2011. This is an important step because doing so will help to better identify your own strengths. Not only in setting and achieving goals, but in determining what strengths you have had and what weaknesses you need to work on.

Have you been making regular and relevant posts to your blog? Have you achieved the financial needs you set for yourself this year? How about getting the kind of traffic you had hoped for? There are a great number of ways to increase your readership in 2012, but if you are having difficulty identifying what you succeeded in during 2011, your first goal should be to set real and tangible goals.

All successful businesses thrive when they operate from a business plan and a clear set of business goals. If you are trying to profit from your blogging efforts, you have a business. Today, being the last day of 2011, is not too late to set the right path for your efforts in the coming year, but don’t put off doing so any longer. Even if you set a hard goal target to develop a list of goals by the end of the week, set a specific day and set your mind to making that a priority.

For those who have not set goals in the past, it may seem petty to try to do so now, but I would be willing to bet that at the end of 2012, you will be glad you did!