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Last week I took a look back and now that we’ve put the past aside it’s time to look ahead to the next 11 1/2 months of 2009. As I did last year I’ve set myself some realistic goals I’d like to accomplish and thought I’d share so we can all look back a year from now and either make fun of me for not doing what I set out to do or gather for one big pat on the back. Hopefully the latter.

If you read my last post looking back you’ll notice my goals for this year are mainly to finish some unfinished business from 2008. What I’d like to do in 2009 is:
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C’mon Steve it’s already January 6th. Isn’t it a little late for one of these looking back, looking ahead posts? I know, I know. I’m a little late to the party, but still I wanted to share some of my goals for 2008 and how successful I was in implementing them. Thought I’d also share some of my goals for 2009. Hopefully you’ll find some things to help you in setting goals for your business along the way.
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Can you feel the cobwebs? Do you see the tumbleweeds blowing across the pages of this blog? I know I do. It’s been awhile since I posted and I figured it was about time I explained my absence and how I’ve let this place become a temporary ghost town, especially since a few people have recently asked me if I was still ok.

Lucy, you got some ’splainin to do.
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You may have noticed it’s been a little quiet around here lately. TheVanBlog has become something of ghost town (or maybe it’s a ghost blog) in recent weeks. Other things have kept me from writing, which I’ll get to momentarily, but first I’ll put the offer out for guest posts. If you’re interested in writing a post here send me an email.
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They aren’t sexy, they seem ancient in web years, and they don’t get talked about as much as they once were, yet forums are still one of the best sources of quality traffic. Done right they bring consistent traffic month after month, traffic that does stick around and subscribe to your blog and inquire about your services.
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In my last post welcoming you to the new site James asked a question in the comments.

Was curious though, as why you chose to redesign the site and move the domain, looking forward to hearing your post about everything.

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Hopefully I’ve done a good job and made a smooth transition and you’ve found your way to the new site safe and sound. As you can see a lot has changed from the old site so feel free to look around and make yourself at home.
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Thought I’d give you all an update on the domain move. I think I’ll have everything done by tomorrow, but I’ll likely hold off on moving till sometime late in the day or evening on Friday. Things should be a little slower over the weekend and moving will probably be a little less disruptive at that time. While I’m doing what I can to ensure a smooth move I assume I’ll break a few things along the way and hopefully the weekend will allow some time to sort out the most major of breaks.
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Some of you know I’ve been planning on moving this entire site to a new domain for a little while. Ok, longer than a little while. I’ve been working on a new site for a few months and I think this will be the week where the move finally happens. Let me emphasize the word think in the previous sentence. It’s possible something will come up (those pesky clients) to keep me from the last few details or I’ll discover something that needs to be done that I haven’t thought about. I’m pretty sure though, that sometime later this week everything you see here now will be sitting somewhere else.
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You may have noticed I’ve been posting a little less the last couple of weeks. A simple matter of being busy with a few other things that has left less time than usual for blogging. I expect the busy times to continue for a bit longer and instead of trying to force a few posts into the mix I thought I would take a short break from the blog. The break won’t be long, but I’ll probably be scarce here for the next week or so. I don’t want to leave you completely empty handed so here are a few posts I’ve written elsewhere that you may not have seen.
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