It is a long time ago when I setted up plans and goals for websites. At this moment I am working without a decent plan to follow. I know this is not the smartest thing to do because I am not working towards something. This is slowing me down for sure.
Setting Goals
A bit late, but here is my goal for 2009: I want to earn $1000 a month from my content websites by the end of 2009. I have 3 months left to succeed. It will be a hard goal to get, but going for it 100%.
How am I going to do this?
- Updating my sites frequently
- Getting higher rankings in search engines
- Monetizing websites with more than only adsense
- Finding new ways to make money online
- Work harder
I know making $1000 a month is not easy, but it is not impossible either. Chris for example is doing very nice figures with his travel sites, this makes $1000 a month look like an easy task but it certainly is not.
Do you set goals for your websites?
This is an essential step to success
Good goal.
1000 is a good number. I remember 3 years ago when I just started and was making $5 a month from my first site, I thought it would be nice to make that much a day. 3 years later I make 6-10 times that a day and now going for a goal of $100 a day by the beginning of 2010… Hard to get to the target when working, but having a goal definetely helps. 
$100 a day is also a very nice goal! You will reach it Rasim! I am pretty sure
I have the bad habit of selling sites that make good money on adsense, I should stick on it
Yeah, selling makes you more right away though. I never sold a site that makes $ in adsense, but thinking about it all the time.
I only think about selling one when I know that there is no more room for growth. Once it is fully optimized, all the features are in place and I am pretty sure that I would be making the same amount next month as I made this month I think it’s time to sell. It may be a good revenue, but depends on the niche too… 
If I have interest in it, I usually still do it. 
Howcome there is no adsense or any type of ads on your blog?
Don’t think it will work at this point Rasim. First build a good audience
Need subscribers
You are right about selling when you got the max out of it…
I see. Well, I usually plug in adsense once I get 20 uv a day.
Never hurt to get an extra couple hundred before you build subscribers. 
True, but I don’t think 20 UV will bring in an extra couple hundred
It is getting around 50 UV now…