2008 was a very good year for me business-wise. I am REALLY happy with how things went. I had a couple of goals for the year: to unseat Google as my top earner, to create my first info product for sale, to create even more new affiliate income streams and to double my income. I have accomplished all of it.
Google was my main source of income for a long time and I still make good money every month from them but it always seemed too “up in the air” to me and I did not feel comfy having that be the check that paid all the bills so to speak. I didn’t want my Google earnings to go down I just wanted my other income to go up and top Google…and it did. But I also did take a hit with Google as I sold one huge Adsense site that was earning several hundred a month. I ended up buying a car with the money from the sold site so I guess I can hardly complain about the drop in monthly income. Now though I make consistently more than Google from other affiliate sources like Amazon and Shareasale.
I created my first info product and I am still reeling from the success. Seriously I thought I might sell 20 books in the first month and then maybe 1-2 books each month thereafter. That was my prediction. I am averaging around 25-30 sales every month with some of these recent months being even better earners than the first. I worked for about 4 days straight to get the book done and the site up. That one decision and popularity of the niche I chose has resulted in an extra $300 (est.) in my pocket every month. How cool is that? Imagine if I had a dozen products like this??? Ooooh yeah…2009.
My third goal was to tap into new affiliate streams and programs. I did that as well. I have started getting checks from Commission Junction, Vita-Mix, and a few others.
My fourth goal to double my income has been met as well. At the end of this year I realized that I am now making more annually than I did when I was in advertising and marketing. I also have been making more than my hubby. For 2009 I am hoping to double it again…might as well dream big!
A new goal would be to step up my activity in the celebrity niche. When I started a couple actor fan sites this year just for fun I never imagined how well they would do. I now have 4 of them and I would not mind adding to that number.
2009 will be my lucky year. 
