Well it’s time to say goodbye to 2008. I hope that you guys had great success in your Internet marketing business ventures and personal lives.

Once again I want to thank all my wonderful readers and commenters for all your participation and support for this blog, it has been one of my biggest online successes because of you.

• Over 200 Subscribers
• 1911 Comments -  Thanks to you
• Page 2 of SERPS
• 91 Posts
• Over 10,000 backlinks and counting

I wish you the best for the New Year and a big toast to all our success for 2009!!!

New Google Page Rank Update

Well another PR update has taken place. I think Google has f**ked this one up, one of my sites went from PR0 to PR3, and it did not really deserve it, but I’ll take it! Another 2 sites were appropriately ranked from PR1 to PR2. This blog stayed a PR3, surprising considering the number of backlinks, but substantial amount were no-follow from the many blogs I comment on, but I will have to look into this further.

Internet Marketing Goals for 2009

As with any business, Internet marketing and online campaigns should have some kind of business plan and specific goals. I think this is especially important in Internet Marketing because we work alone and we need to maintain a high level of organization and focus that is so crucial for success.

With all the tedious daily tasks and hard work before us, such as, link building, writing content and articles, website design, promotion etc… it is easy to get caught up and lose site of the goals behind the work and neglect to pay attention to what is working what is not.  Don’t just work, work smart.

Earning Goal – If you want to make $1000 a month in 2009, then set that goal and then outline the ways you will get there. Be specific.

List the venues and campaigns you will utilize to reach your goal, such as websites and/or blogs. Write it down and make sub-outlines detailing what needs to be done for each one to reach your goals. You may have many niche ideas in mind, but make sure to evaluate each one and focus on those that will bring you to your goals.

Planning can make or break you in this business. You can only go so far just flying blindly. Making Money Online is not just crap shoot, having a solid Internet Marketing plan can take you a long way.

Internet Marketing Lessons

End of the year is a great time to plan for the future year by reflecting and analyzing what did and did not work in 2008. The biggest successes in Internet Marketing and affiliate marketing come from the failures and those trials and errors can be your best friends. So evaluate, analyze and re-analyze so that you do not waste more time in the future.

The Best in Internet Marketing from 2008

Here are some of the best of the best in Internet marketing for 2008.

Check out the Biggest Collection of RSS Buttons and graphics for your blog at RSS Tutorial. This really is the biggest collection, every kind of design, shape, size and color you can imagine, just right click and Save Image As.

The Biggest Collection of Smileys – Free and very cool.

Courtney Tuttle, one of the most knowledgeable bloggers in Internet Marketing, launched Make Money at the Keyword Academy and here is a must read from that blog How Many Links Does It Take To Get Ranked #1 In Google? that answers one of the most asked questions in Internet Marketing.

Jim Regan, aka, The Net Fool at Make Money Online wrote a really hands-on guide about earning more from your blog Ad Space at: Secret to Earning MORE from Ad Space.

Michael Martine, aka Remarkablogger, wrote a must read, How I Increased My RSS Subscribers to Nearly 900 in Less Than 2 Weeks.

Josh Spaulding always offers excellent, honest and white hat advice at his  Internet Marketing Blog. Josh wrote an excellent guide to making money with free reports at How I Made Thousands of Dollars with Free Reports.

Make sure to check out Caroline Middlebrook’s post How to Balance Income, Promotion and Value to Your Readers.

Another must read is from Yan of Blog for Beginners, 101 Blogging Tips I’ve Learned in 2008.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

What are your goals for 2009? What will you do differently in Internet Marketing for 2009? What were your PR results?