Whether you’re blogging or in business, or your blog IS your business, I know you are always on the lookout for ways to work smarter, not harder. I know, because I’m right there with you.

One of the biggest take aways my husband and I have gotten from the 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever course by Michael Hyatt (which you should buy if you haven’t yet, SO worth it!) is his system for coming up with your goals. We all have an idea what we’d like be more like. Or what we’d like to be, at some point in the future, but Michael has a plan with the acronym SMARTER for helping you create action word descriptions of what you will do in order to be. It’s been very helpful as we evaluate our year in retrospect and begin to plan for our family, ministry and business in the New Year.

Michael’s class registration for the Best Year Ever is open right now, but for a limited time. Click here to get more information. I’m offering a bonus to my readers if you buy through my link, and there’a a money back guarantee, but I don’t think you’ll need it.

Because I believe in this program so much, I’m making my readers a special offer: Anyone who purchases this years Best Year Ever course can get a $25 rebate from me (via paypal) and a Free copy of my Blog Like a Pro Master Planner to help you get organized for success. Just click through my link before you purchase, email me a copy of your receipt, so I can verify that you signed up under me, and let me know which planner you’d like. (katie at comoblog dot com)

Here are some other great resources for planning to work smarter in the New Year:

Free Tools:

FREE ebook from Best Year Ever: 8 Stategies Super Successful People Use to Prepare for the New Year

FREE Goal Planning worksheets by Cómo Blog: Click here to Download

Break down your yearly goals into quarterly and monthly bite size pieces with these FREE printable sheets from Paradise Praises. Click Here.

Products:

The Blog Like a Pro Planner is a great way to get organized for the new year. The great thing is you can get it all, or just get the packs of forms you need, anything from goal setting and mileage tracking, to affiliate and review records, meeting notes, marketing calendars and content planning forms. Get it here.

Profitable Projects is a low cost membership delivering suggested tasks and helpful to-do lists monthly to make your online business more effective. Click here to learn more.