Again I forgot to make a post here at the start of December with my December goals, but I will try and remember for January (after my 2010 goals post).  December is awesome for me as I just finished school yesterday and am free for 27 days!  This should give me a lot of time to act like I’m full time again, and I will be busting my ass for the most part.

I started a thread over at PAL titled “Your 2009 Review” where I basically asked everyone to post their accomplishments from 2009, as well as gave my own.  I wanted to make a quick blog post over here to expand on my accomplishments from 2009…

Hit my income goal for the year – At the start of year I wrote down a number that I wanted to hit for the year.  The number was more than double what I made in 2008 (my first year of affiliating).  I ended up hitting that number by the end of November and am pretty proud, but now I look to at least double that amount again in 2010 to be satisfied.

Expanded into sports betting, casino, and bingo – In the first half of the year it was really shitty for me.  I had built a couple sites but didn’t really know what I was doing yet.  I finally got things rolling in the second half of 2009 and currently about half of my income is from these three streams.

4 or 5 personal best months – One of the best feelings is having a big month income wise.  Throughout 2009 I had about 4 or 5 months that were my personal best months, and it is an awesome feeling when you hit one.  I try not to pay attention too much on how much I’m making on the month because I’ve had times where I was on pace for a huge month and then things slow down completely.

Started capturing visitors e-mails – One thing that a lot of poker affiliates don’t seem to do is capture e-mails.  Many internet marketing experts talk about how important this is, so I decided I needed to do it.  I learnt how to use Aweber and started implementing it with my sports betting site.  In early 2010 I am going to look to capture e-mails for poker as well.

Those were my four proud accomplishments of 2009 for my affiliating business.  Things that I wish I did in 2009  include work even harder, epxand into other niches that I had planned to, and I wish I did more with my casino stuff at the start of the year.

I should have another post before xmas, but just in case .. Have a Merry Christmas!!