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How Do I Stick With It?
Kathy Gates, Professional Life Coach
www.reallifecoach.com

“How do I stick with it?” is a question I hear over and over and
over, not only in my business but also from my friends and
family.  I’m sure you’ve said it yourself, and heard it from
others as well.

Getting excited about a project in the beginning is one thing,
but about half- way through that organizing or exercising project
your will-power fails, and you begin to wonder just what you were
thinking.  Sound familiar?

But it doesn’t have to be that way.  You can stick with it, and
here are a few ideas that can help.

Examine the choices of your life for the fun factor.
Choose goals that make you smile now, not “when I get it”, or
“when I weigh less”, or “when the kids grow up”.  If the goal
makes you smile every day, you are able to enjoy the journey and
not just the destination.  A goal that’s truly yours will light
you up, make you grin, or at the very least, give you a sense of
peace or uuummmmm good (like a warm fire on a cold day).  Lighten
Up – put the fun back into your goals.

Make sure that your goals haven’t morphed.
Sometimes, somewhere along the way, a goal turns into a “should”,
or “ought-to”, or “boy it’ll be embarrassing to tell people I
don’t want to do that anymore”.  What your parents think of you –
or your kids, or even your friends – should mean a lot to you.
But what you think of yourself is just as important.  A key to
motivation is the MOTIVE behind it.  It has to be something that
keeps you moving in the same direction over and over and over.

Focus on the details.
The big picture and the motive behind it is the “pull” that helps
you remember why you get out of bed every morning, above and
beyond the immediate desire to pay the electric bill.  But the
details -- the persistent, consistent, small steps -- are what
help you manage the big picture without feeling overwhelmed and
creating self doubt.  Keep your eye on the task right in front of
you.  The motivation will rise to the top again and again.

Be a Grownup
Get real.  Make yourself accountable.  Decide that this is what
you really want and take on the challenge.  This is either your
desire or it’s not, and if it’s not just admit it and forget it.
But if you really do want it, you’re going to have to make
yourself accountable for your decisions, and follow through with
what needs to be done.  Motivation comes from seeing your
progress.

The bonus to sticking with a project is that when life throws you
some difficult challenges -- and it will -- you’ll feel a
confidence from having accomplished the other goals.
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Professional Life Coach Kathy Gates’ programs helps people clean
up their messy lives both physically and emotionally.  Find out
how to create a clean, uncluttered, comfortable, content life at
www.reallifecoach.com.

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for my ezine on the thank you page of a comparable (but not
directly competitive) website. This offer is made to folks who
just signed up for an ezine, and are therefore deemed 'in the
mood for more.' Offer a swap with your site, and try not to list
more than about two other ezines. Also, make a point of
including only really good, reliable publications that reach
your target market.

5. Give away a bonus for other sites to use, based on your
ezine. A popular web marketing technique is the special one or
two-day promo that offers big bonus lists when you buy a
certain product on those particular days. (I cover this promo
technique in more detail in my e-book/binder, Get Known Now; How
to Build Your Platform as a Self Help Expert.) So collect some
of your best ezine essays, pack 'em up in a downloadable
PDF-based e-book, and offer it as a bonus these sites can use in
their special promos. Don't forget juicy descriptive copy about
your ezine, and a subscribe link at the end of your e-book. I've
gotten hundreds of new readers this way, and much tra.ffic to my
site.

6. Announce ezine 'events' on PRweb.com and other PR sites.
There's an entire world of web-based press release distribution
services out there, some of which are low cost or even fr.ee. So
use them. But be sure to only plant press releases that are
truly newsworthy, and thus likely to get press attention. Even
if the media don't use your words this time, they'll hopefully
file you as an expert for future use.

7. Use discussion boards or groups. These are sites frequented
by gangs of people interested in the same thing. Avoid the
unmoderated sites, because they're likely to be spam targets
that generate little bonafide traf/fic. Boards found on member
sites are the best. Don't spam the board with your subscribe
message. Instead, offer some genuinely helpful info. Then sign
off with a signature line that includes ezine and subscribe
info. You can find some of these groups at groups.yahoo.com,
topica.com, mail-list.com, and listfool.com for starters.

8. Sponsor other people's contests. Jenna Glatzer gives away
products like her paid newsletter, Absolute Markets Premium
Newsletter, to writers' groups, contests, and conferences that
request it, regardless of size. I've tried this too, to good
effect. Simply run an announcement in your ezine that you'd be
happy to sponsor comparable events. Ask them to provide a URL
for an event description so you know it's legit. Then offer up
your gifts, and ask for a plug for your ezine and for them to
talk up your dazzling freebie, as well. Jenna notes that groups
she sponsors "often send out ads for us to their lists . just as
a thank you."

9. Run quality content. There's no substitute for heartfelt
writing plus solid information about a subject that matters.
Jenna writes: 'The main reason our list stays so big is our
'letter from the editor' . Each week, I chronicle my writing
life and my triumphs and failures . when an article is killed,
when I'm having trouble finishing a book . And I share personal
things, too, like when my grandfather died.. People write: ' I
feel like I know you so well.' And I think that's why they stay
on the list, even when their mailbox fills up with dozens of
other writer's newsletters.

10. Allow reprints. Allow any newsletter that wants to reprint
your articles do so. I like to have an email requesting
permission, so I can enter their info into a big database I use
to track where I can send more articles in the future. I end
each article with the line: You may reprint this article in your
own ezine or website. Simply send an email requesting
permission to EMAIL ADDRESS. Please be sure to include our full
bio box at the end. 

11. Create a survey or contest. This would be one of those
newsworthy 'ezine events' I mentioned above in point # 6. Make
it a fun, relevant question that you could really develop a
good, newsy story from. I did a survey asking people what they
fought with their spouse/partner/boy or girlfriend about. The
results made for the kind of reading offline media enjoy running
short, 100-word pieces about (fillers.) I made sure to
attribute the survey to my ezine, The Joy Letter, with a mention
of the site's basic URL. You can get the technology to run your
own survey and collect responses at surveymonkey.com (for a
fee) or bravenet.com (for free.)

I think I could actually go on and on hëre. The possibilities
seem to be endless. If you try even half of these techniques on
a regular basis, you'll find your subscriber rates double and
even triple. Here's to building your list . the foundation that
much of your traffic and success rely on.


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