Thread: Action Takers - What Are You Up To?

Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle-- has it really been almost

55 days

since the last post?

C'mon action takers-- post up!

-Russ H.

October accomplishments:
Re-organized and simplified (I hope) The Ultimate Solution website.
Solidified a partner
Opened the door to adding another potential team member
Added additional source of income with vending machines
Added additional affiliate sources of income
Added additional sources of income with services sites
Invested in some additional domain names
Reduced outgoing expenses

For November:
Business and Financial -
Concentrate on list building
Implement lead gen for local businesses
Solicit for more local business websites
Add additional Affiliate sources of income
Rebuild or build at least 12 new sites

Physical and Mental Health -
Lose 3 pounds
Exercise 3 days a week
Eat regularly and make better eating choices
Finish the Boundaries Class
Finish my Journey TrekV class

Family -
Make a weekly date night with my husband (looking for some country dancing)
Keep my weekends available to my family

Other -
Come back and post progress and next months accomplishments and goals

Originally Posted by Lamboman350K

Goals for September-

1. Find a good patent attorney Done
2. File for a provisional patent and maybe create an entity. Next Week
3. Pass my drivers test. Done

For the end of October-

1. Finish Up all College Applications.

For November-

1. Meet with patent attorney. (Next week)

2. File the provisional patent

3. Meet with manufacturing company to discuss product.

Getting ready to redeploy from Iraq but made very good use of my time to work on my side ventures.

- In September/October, bought a domain and working with Kerry (Wildambitions) to go online Jan 20, 2010 with a forum. More to follow on this on a future post as I continue to build the site.

- Identified my target area for my next real estate venture. Working with a realtor and lawyer and prepared to make a few deals on fourplexes.

- Change out of command on Nov 18, 23 months in command total. I need a break.

- Spend some well deserved family time.

Tom

Originally Posted by tchandy

Getting ready to redeploy from Iraq but made very good use of my time to work on my side ventures.

- In September/October, bought a domain and working with Kerry (Wildambitions) to go online Jan 20, 2010 with a forum. More to follow on this on a future post as I continue to build the site.

- Identified my target area for my next real estate venture. Working with a realtor and lawyer and prepared to make a few deals on fourplexes.

- Change out of command on Nov 18, 23 months in command total. I need a break.

- Spend some well deserved family time.

Tom

Congrats on the successful command. Not easy and few outside the military even have a clue what that means. Stay safe in the sandbox.

Trying to sell my 2nd house for this year. I want to meet my goals and pay taxes on the earnings this year. Hopefully it works out.


I'm also looking for a anothe deal, when this place sells I'm going to have a lot of cash just looking for a new home.

Originally Posted by EastWind

i left a frugal forum and joined this forum. :-)

EastWind-

Good on you for making the switch. And welcome.

But this thread is for TAKING ACTION.

A few mouse clicks don't really qualify.

What is your PLAN?

What are you doing to achieve financial freedom*?

What have you done-- up til now-- that worked, or did not work?

List specific things* you intend to accomplish in the next 30 days.

Or, list what you HAVE accomplished* in the past 30 days.

-Russ H.

* All of these items relate to your plan for financial freedom--not just random things you've done.

Finally got all my vacancies filled.
Just got a 3 year balloon note renewed at 1% lower rate.
Had a mobile home deal fall through.
Negotiating the purchase of a 5 unit apartment building.
Making offers on and negotiating 1-2 mobile home deals a day.
Selling flat bed trailer to buy a 20 foot enclosed trailer(serves several purposes).
Organized a chess club for my students at school(fun).

November:


Streamlining office process at PM company (eliminate and automate)
NaNoWriMo
Learning to spin (taking a class)
Celebrating Anniversary
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Hunting Season

I guess November is a personal growth month for me...

For December my goals are
- place a bid on fourplexes
- check with a mortgage broker on loan options
- talk to my lender about HELOCs and home equity loans
- do some home repairs
- go to Hawaii for my wedding anniversary
- work on my website going online Jan 20th
- interview for a possible new job with someone I worked with before (oh and I have less than 7 years to retire from the Army)

http://www.thefastlanetomillions.com...tml#post109912

Sold all my shit

Moved into an apartment

Setting up new routines

Trying to figure out the best way to change my daily work habits. Right now (aff stuff anyway), I'm trying to ultra simplify things and make myself feel at ease by only having one goal everyday: Build one website. That's it. Start to finish, for the next 30 days.

I'm doing this to change my lifestyle. I want to workout at lunch, watch mixergy, have thinking/brainstorming time everyday, eat healthier and at home more, etc...

I'm a month behind though... this "30 days" for me just started, so after January, I'm going to begin working on rolling out my own brands, and quitting affiliate marketing*)

* OR, populate my target markets with affiliate sites that can marinate for a few months, only to be switched over with my products in the end. This is a strategy I have been working on for a long time... if you do it right, your affiliate income for each site will pay for the promotion/release/launch of your own products under your own brand.

PS- living in an apartment is weird!

For December:

Registered domain
Paid for LLC and just got my Employer Identification Number
Next 3-4 weeks dependent on schedule, flying out to California to meet with web designer and sound designer. Fastlane time!

For December:

• Got new customers.
• Recurring income start kicking in
• Met with a great article writer. Exchanging talents!
• Met with a potential partner and channel sales / marketer
• Local SEO efforts are paying off. Organic search traffic jump 80%

Goals For January 2010:

• Get 5 new customers
• Continue local SEO
• Finish Facebook integration
• Sign the first partner contract
• Finish marketing materials
• Create first video advertisement
• Double Google Adsense income and offering ad space to generate more passive income

Originally Posted by Lamboman350K

For the end of October-

1. Finish Up all College Applications.Done

For November-

1. Meet with patent attorney. (Next week) Done

2. File the provisional patent. Done

3. Meet with manufacturing company to discuss product. In Process

For the rest of December-

1. Meet with manufacturing company to discuss product.

Originally Posted by wildambitions

For November:
Business and Financial -
Concentrate on list building
Implement lead gen for local businesses
Solicit for more local business websites
Add additional Affiliate sources of income
Rebuild or build at least 12 new sites

Physical and Mental Health -
Lose 3 pounds
Exercise 3 days a week
Eat regularly and make better eating choices
Finish the Boundaries Class
Finish my Journey TrekV class

Family -
Make a weekly date night with my husband (looking for some country dancing)
Keep my weekends available to my family

Other -
Come back and post progress and next months accomplishments and goals

November and December Accomplishments:
Business and Financial -
Created obvious list building areas on sites
Implemented lead gen sites for one or two local businesses - very basic, no real revenue
Added additional Affiliate sources of income
Rebuilt or built 53 new sites

Physical and Mental Health -
Finished the Boundaries Class
Completed 1/2 of my Journey TrekV class

Family -
Kept my weekends available to my family

January Goals:
Business and Financial -
Create the follow-up messages for my lists
Increase my affiliate income from this month
Rebuild or Build an average of at least 1 new site a day
Get 5 new clients that add additional recurring service accounts

Physical and Mental Health -
Drink at least 8 cups of water a day
Develop a plan and execute better eating habits
Lose 5 pounds
Exercise daily

Family -
Continue to keep my weekends free for family
Get that date night going with my husband