If you don’t set goals,
you won’t achieve them. The reason why most people don’t set writing goals is
because of the fear of commitment.
What most people ask
themselves are: what if I don’t have ideas? What if I am not able to finish
this project at the right time?
What if someone else is
writing the same concept as I am? The genuine thing about writing is the
eloquent and unique nature of a style you pick.
This normally comes naturally with each individual since everyone has his or her own talent.
This normally comes naturally with each individual since everyone has his or her own talent.
The speed and
efficiency you choose to write with, and the intense depth of research of
quality information you can give to your readers depends on the right goals you
set. Without planning and setting of goals, all the above qualities can never
be achieved.
This can be termed as
written goals. Written goals are broken down into smaller tasks which are also
guided by a time management skill. We shall go through this process thoroughly
by setting up daily working goals when writing eBooks or creating website.
To the eBook or
blogger’s point of view, a goal is a desired result or outcome of work to
accomplish through planning and commitment at a specified point in time.
By
setting deadlines, we motivate ourselves through speed, focus and efficiency to
beat the deadline. The goal itself is a motivation to focus.
We will be using goals,
tasks and time management to come out with a strategy to help speed productivity.
The purpose of learning
this skill is to decrease the time spent on writing and increase the
efficiency, effectiveness and productivity.
The process of setting
goals allows individuals to specify and work toward objectives. In other to
increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity, time management skills are
required to help reach our goals in time. And then manage these goals with a
table of time management processes.
Goals with Website Writing.
Setting up goals when
writing should be based on the main idea and purpose of the book. Once
you know what the title of the book is, you might as well know the purpose of
the book.
You then break down how to achieve such purpose with smaller parts of
the ideas or titles which takes the reader a step further to the main purpose.
Because I decided to
tackle how to create a website and eBook with the spider technique model in a
single book. I will be using a walkthrough example of setting Goals which shows
how to create and launch a website in 3days and publish quality 20 articles in
2months.
In other words we are
going to write Goals to a book titled: “How
to launch authority website” in that aspect, by the time you will be done
with the walkthrough, you will also indirectly know the key points and
processes when creating and launching a website. I will be using an imaginary
writer or character by the name “Augustus”.
Augustus is an aspiring writer who seeks the best
and efficient way to use Goals to set up a writing project. Because Augustus is
a web developer, he has decided to write an eBook to help up coming writers
and bloggers who can’t understand every single technical detail when setting up
website.
From the point of
brainstorming the idea and main product niche to the time the website makes
sales. And to the point where the website reaches a higher conversion rate with
either product or service orientation.
You must be aware that, Augustus’s
example can be applied to any other niche in book writing. In his case, he is
writing this book, because he possesses the technical knowhow to launch and
create quality website.
Augustus knows all the
technical processes to launch a great website from design of templates and also
to writing of quality articles. However, writing an eBook about this whole
process will not be easy if he doesn’t plan well.
His first approach was to jot
down every purpose he wishes the eBook should benefit it readers. The following
are what he wrote down.
Book benefits to readers
·
The
reader should know the best and fastest way to buy a domain name and hosting platform.
·
The
reader should know the fastest way to configure the domain name to the hosting
server.
·
The
reader should know the fastest, effective and easiest content management
platform to launch their website.
·
The
reader should know the steps involved when installing the chosen content
management system.
·
The
reader should know the most suitable themes currently for most general
categories of website product or services niche.
·
The
reader should know the suitable theme color, logo and all branding strategies.
·
The
reader should know the most used, rated and standard plugins to install on the
platform.
·
The
reader should know the best strategies to the website pages, the frequent used
standard pages, and the best post requirements.
·
The
reader should know what is meant by keyword research skills and the best tools
to use.
·
The
reader should know the best and most effective way to write a quality article
and publish the content.
·
The
reader should know all the search engine optimization (SEO) skills required to
publish an article, and also the on page optimization (OPO) skills.
·
The
reader should know the benefits of attractable images, illustrations,
Infographic and when to implement them in articles.
·
The
reader should know how to setup social network platforms to share their articles
to pull numerous traffic with followers.
·
The
reader should know the top and best strategy to optimize conversion rates to
generate more revenues for the site.
·
The
reader should know the top analytics online programs to use and how to use them
effectively to benefit the improvement of traffics and conversion rates.
·
The
reader should know the best and efficient way to tackle online marketing with
paid and natural organic traffics.
·
The
reader should know the best and fastest way to build Whitehat backlinks with
all the don’ts and do’s.
·
The
reader should know the top advertising and affiliate programs online to choose
from and how to implement them.
·
The
reader should know the best approach to guest blogging and the benefits.
·
The
reader should also know the best way to create backup for the website manually.
·
The
reader should know various affiliate online payment options like western union,
wired accounts and gift cards and which is suitable based on geographical
locations.
Even though the above list was written by our imaginary
friend Augustus, I will used the same list in the chapter “Creating Authority Websites” with detailed walkthroughs. Because
this book also tackles the creating of websites.
As you can see, Augustus
has laid down the benefits he wants his readers to get from his book. After
writing those down, Augustus saw that he could just implement his goals with
the above list and set up a time management process with the list.
The
following table shows how Augustus implemented this list. He was also able to
summarize the above list which he later used as the content list of the eBook.
Written
Goals (in this column you summarize and
specify the above list)
|
Tasks
(Here you
explain each goal into smaller task within the length of the elapse time)
|
Targets
(no.
of words) you
specify total number of words for each chapter
|
Elapse
Time ( as in
total number of hours spent on each goal so you can rate yourself whether you
accomplished it)
|
Goal 1. Domain and Hosting
|
1. Write and explain the different types of domain
extensions and their purpose of usage.
2. Write and compare most hosting platforms online
and with your experience, list the most suitable for the beginner.
|
4000 words
|
8 hrs.
|
Goal 2.
Configuring Domain and Hosting
|
1. Write a
guide to brainstorm, selecting a perfect domain and configuring the hosting
platform.
|
2000
|
3 hrs.
|
Goal 3. Content Management
System
|
1. Write about content management systems and the
current best and effective one to use for a website.
|
2000
|
2 hrs.
|
Following the
above table, I believe any aspiring writer can continue and complete the above
table. All you have to do is to follow the trend by summarizing your list of
benefits to your users as goals.
You can use the same strategy to incorporate your
choice of writing genre or niche. In the above table, Augustus used the list of
his written notes to summarize the Goals, which he will later use as a content
list for his eBook.
Augustus used
the tasks column to break the goals down into frames of targets. The target
column specifies an estimated total number of words required to write such
goal. And the elapse time shows the time needed to complete the short term
written goals. When you use such a format to write your written goals. You stay
focus, you speed up with productivity, and your work becomes efficient.
When you use the
above process, you get organized with paperwork and of tasks. You will also
protect your time by insulation, isolation and delegation. The above process is
actually a motivator to a focus and concentrated mind.
