Hey all, its been a few days and typically I’d like to be writing at least 4 times a week as I often have a lot of things to rant about 
but I’ve been busy managing a few projects on this site. We’re working on a new version of WhyDoWork with Unique Blog Designs and also have a bunch of social networking initiatives in progress which are eating up much of my time. Today I thought I’d leverage the awesomeness of our forums and pull out a post worth highlighting. It’s quite often that we get new members posting topics like this one; Must find a way to make $1000 from home monthly, PLEASE HELP and our community is quick to provide answers. Some great ideas included submitting articles regularly to Constant Content and Associated Content, both of which will pay you to write. (Personally I think Constant Content is the better of the two as you can set your own prices, especially if you’re outside the US). Is it really that easy to make a thousand dollars online a month? It is if you set achievable and measurable goals.
What Does it Really Take to Make $1,000 a Month?
As the community pointed out, its a much more manageable task if you break it down into a daily target: $33.00.
How I Did It
$33 dollars a day. Sounds a little less daunting than a number like $1000. When I first started out online, my goal was to make a mere $5 a day. I worked a full two months before I could say I was successful in achieving that on auto-pilot. From there, my goal chart went like this:
$5/day
$10/day
$20/day
$35/day
$50/day
$100/day
$150/day
$200/day
$300/day
Notice a pattern? When you’re just starting out it can be agonizing to climb the ladder, but once you’ve learned the ropes and made reasonable gains it is much easier to use your knowledge to make larger leaps in income growth.
Make it Measurable, and Make it Happen
I can’t stress enough how important setting a reasonable goal is. When I first started out I didn’t want to just make $5 a day, but I knew that $5 a day was something that I could reach.
With the knowledge you’ll gain by hitting the $5/day of passive income, you’ll be ready to move up to the next goal, and with the knowledge you gain achieving that goal…I think you get it; your efforts will snowball and eventually you’ll be rolling along without a problem.
It’s always good to look at your existing success and see how you can improve. What are your income goals? Are they reasonable?
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James Mann responded on 22 Jan 2008 at 5:26 am #
It’s like most things in life. If you don’t plan where you are going you end in places you didn’t expect and mostly not good places.
I have found, over the years, that planning or goal setting is best done in small steps. Goals are easier to get back to if they go wrong, when they are small.
Even though a lot of people run when they hear MLM I must say that in the past it was MLMers that taught me how to set goals.
My goals for our new garden this year are small and easy to manage. When I achieve these small goals I already have more goals in mind, just not in the forefront of my mind. Each small goal leads to the next small goal which eventually leads to our new garden feeding us through the winter. Mmmmm, love goals.
WhyDoWork responded on 22 Jan 2008 at 7:40 am #
Planting a lot of small goals that grow can definitely keep you going. If i can find a way to automatically ‘water’ my goals once I achieve them leads to the greatest level of success.
Canada responded on 24 Jan 2008 at 7:24 pm #
Yes, you are absolutely correct. Start small and have a plan and a goal. Patience and perserverance. I will take your advice, for sure.
Thanks for all that!
Matt responded on 27 Jan 2008 at 9:47 pm #
I agree it’s a good approach to take a small absolute amount and achieve that, then increase it.
I’ve been using a similar angle which is more proportional, or relative.
I’ve been trying out various affiliate programs, earning through pary-per-click, etc. I figure that as long as I’m profiting — even a little bit — with each program, then all I have to do is keep adding programs. Bit by bit this will add up to a substantial income.
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