Be Audacious, Get Out There and Take a Hold of Your Dreams
This post is inspired by a very good video over at ProBlogger about how to find advertisers for your blog. For the purposes of this article the topic of the video isn’t so important. What is important is the message it conveyed.
The video answered a common question among bloggers. How do I make money from my blog? The answer was simple. Get out there, find businesses in your niche, call them and grab them. Simple, yet how many bloggers have actually taken serious action like that?
I know I haven’t. I do think it’s a little early yet for Balanced Existence seeing as this site is still less than three month old. Regardless, the fundamental message is still applicable to many of my current goals for this website. Just as it is for anything you may currently be aspiring to achieve.
If you and I really do want to achieve what we want we will need to be at least a little audacious. We will need to get out there and initiate. We will have to recruit others to our cause. Very little happens when we sit back and wait for life to land the golden goose in our lap. It’s like the lottery. Sure you might win. Chances are you wont.
My Audacious Action for Today
A seriously big goal of mine is to have 1,000 subscribers to this website by December 31, 2008. That’s a tall order and even more so if I happen to not do anything about it. Certainly it is not something that will happen without serious action on my part and a lot of help from other people, 1,000 other people to be exact.
So in the spirit of being audacious and taking action and hopefully so as to inspire you to get out there and take hold of what it is you want I’ve decided to step out of my comfort zone and lead by example.
I want you to please subscribe (audacity, but with manners!) to Balanced Existence either by RSS Feed or via email by entering your email address into the form at the end of this post and clicking the Subscribe button. It’s completely free, I will not ever do anything with your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.
I also ask that, before you leave my website today, please tell just one person about Balanced Existence. That one person might be a coworker sitting just next to you, that person might be your partner, they might be a parent or someone who just needs a helping hand with their health and wellbeing. Just tell one person and ask them to pass it on.
Now it’s Your Turn
When it comes to your dreams don’t sit back and wait for something that isn’t ever going to happen without you getting up and getting out there to make it happen. Your life will pass you by and your dreams will wither and die. Get out there and grab a firm hold of your dreams with your two hands. What audacious action to bring about your dreams are you going to take today?
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November 18th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Hi there
I love to see people setting “audacious” goals. Feels so full of life! Put it out there and it will happen.
For me? Well, it’s helping people realise it’s really possible to create your life. It’s writing blogs that people find interesting, enjoyable and beneficial.
Which all translates I suppose to increased site traffic, blog readers, application users, subscribers etc.
Audatious for me? Well, marketing is not my strong point. (That’s actually putting it mildly). So, each time I’m out there promoting is a giant step for Juliet-kind.
Cheers for now
(oh and I am already one of your 1000 )
Juliet
November 18th, 2008 at 6:03 am
Hey Juliet,
Marketing and putting myself out there are certainly not my strong points either. I can’t but feeling that what might be audacious for you or me is nothing out of the ordinary for others. But I like to challenging myself and expand the boundaries that have somehow become set as “myself” at this time.
Glad to see you’re one of the 1,000. I find it interesting to think about how sometimes an increase of say 1 seems so little compared to 1,000. Bur really 1,000 is nothing more then 1,000 1’s
Writing a blog that people find interesting, enjoyable and beneficial does translate to a degree to traffic and so forth. But it also translates, I feel, to personal satisfaction, connecting with new and interesting people and simple joy. As I’m sure you’re aware there are many ways to look at the matter.
All the best,
Stephen
November 18th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Heya Stephen!
It’s a great time to be audacious! Especially by the end of this year when we can do a review on the things we have accomplished and then to plan for a greater year to come.
Probably you can help me out too in achieving the same goal of having 1000 subscribers by the end of this year.
Daniel
November 18th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I agree that nothing will happen if we don’t get up and take action! One of my favorite quotes by Twyla Tharp is “doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you’ll learn to do it better.”