Goal Setting for your home based business

Have you started thinking of what home based business you want to start? Have your written down goals of how much you will need to start the business and how much money you would like to make to get out of your W-2 job? These are things you must do in order to achieve success.

Goal setting is all about writing down your dreams and how you will achieve them. Make them attainable.

For example:

1. By March 30, 2008 I will have 3 new clients working with me. To achieve this I will advertise on marketing sites like Craigs List, wahm.com and others weekly. I will talk to at least 10 people a week either online or offline about my business. I will follow up with everyone at least 5 times to make a connection.

If you say you are going to make $50,000 by the end of the year, but don't write it down and all of a sudden it is October and you haven't even come close to that amount you will get burned out and say that goals don't work.

But they do work if you WRITE THEM DOWN! I never achieved anything without writing down my goals. My business ran stagnant until I started writing. Now I write goals for my daily goals, my weekly goals, my monthly goals and my yearly goals.

You can do it! Now start writing!

Jo Simmons, Brandon, South Dakota is the owner of http://www.simmonsvirtualassistant.com/. She has been a virtual assistant and owner of her company since 2005. She loves helping her clients grow their businesses so they can achieve their goals. She is the past founding Managing Director of eWomenNetwork for South Dakota and has been a leader in several networking groups. She has a BA in Human Services and believes in the “giving first” philosophy.