How was your 2009?

This year has been the best year for me to date.

The business has really taken off, with that comes more freedom (kind of) and more choices.

My kid is doing well in school (at last) and for 2010.. well, more insentives for him to carry on working hard and the business is going to expand in early 2010.

It's looking good for us

Hello,
I held a assistant managers job for a very extreme corporate company,
they had a four step write up system where if you made it to fourth step you were
out the door.
Every time I had a write up for myself I had to stop myself from laughing my
head off.

I will never work for a company like that again.

Lou

Been a good year, I remember I made myself a new year resolution on that day that I would push forward with my IM career and boy am I glad I did. Ive learned so much this year its just crazy when you think back on it. SEO, bookmarking, articles, started my own videos, created a few of my own products, pushed click bank. Just been a real big turning point this year

My 2009 was pretty phenomenal.

I discovered IM in March, started to hit it hard in May, just put out my first unique product, and am planning to move my family to the country in the spring to buy a farm.

IM has made this all possible, and my mind is still reeling!

2009 was a great year...despite Google changing the rules on us with " The Slap"
With more and more people and businesses looking to the Internet for information and new business, 2010 is going to be an awesome year. I have been self employed full time Internet Marketer since 2007.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Years my friends !!!

That's really nice to hear Quentin - good for you. The world needs more people like you who give back. I hope 2010 is a successful year for you.

2009 has been my worst year in 12yrs.
Got slapped with a debt for not jumping through the right hoops. It's due in 2 days. I have no money to pay it.
Mum also become unemployed this year after getting harassed on the job by a new boss. She also got into debt becuase workers comp said no but she recieved emergency payments which had to be repaid even though she has no income.
My uncle's mother died in october quite suddenly.

Next year i'm determined to change things.
I want to get the debts paid off.
I want a consistent income from my online activities.

I set up 2 websites in 2009, I will bring these 2 websites to the next level in 2010.

2009 has been a good year for me. Finally got my head around the concept of making money online vs developing an online business.

I'm looking forward to 2010.

Yes for many this year has been a really tough year and a learning curve.

My mom had cancer so going for a check up next week.

Most people I would surmise are in debt.

Next year will no doubt be a better year if only one can be prepared enough to face this volatile industry with a positive attitude and a warrior spirit.

Keep your spirit high!!

2009 has been one of the most productive years of my life. I have probably earned more money this year than I have in my entire life.

2009 was my learning year. didn't really decided what to do until April and it changed a couple of times although the original plan stayed in effect. Big learning curve. got 'taken alot'. 2010 will hopefully take off, reduce debts, live a simpler life. start a couple of roller coasters. couple of things in the works I can put on autopilot to supplement the main things I want to do. Start 2010 with an attempt to lower pain (and med) levels. Have some networking things going with a few 'players' or 'players to be'. not MLM in case you were wondering. Lol. (though some might appear that way). 2009 was a toughie. by the end 0f 2010 should be good to go. (either a millionaire or living in a rented house with no hot water and a broken window, ;0))
Lol.
Many thinks for the people here. perhaps that is what I am most grateful for. Even those who don't think their comments were heard, they were not just heard but, also HEARD.
Implement, Implement, Implement. Easy to do for others, harder to do for one's own self sometimes.
Coming to grips with conflicting advice from several obviously successful marketers isn't always easy until I learned to put my own spin on things. Take what you learn and then use your brain (and your heart) to take it to the next level. (whatever that level is for you).
2010 portends to be a scary year, but my experience with scary is things seem to work out much better than I would have even planned at the start. Don't suppose 2010 will be any different.
If you had asked me where I'd be today last year at this time, I'd have said living under an overpass. Instead i still have 2 houses two cars and 3 dogs and money in the bank. All a miracle in itself, one made possible at least in part by everyone in here. (Though some were more helpful and some more inspirational than others.)
Thanks and Merry Christmas.
Mark

2009 is a good year for me. I stepped into internet marketing and got some success. I can never forget aug-2009 in my life.

One thing i wanted was to double my clickbank earnings as compared to the year before...i actually tripled them As always, learned a lot in this year.

2009 was pretty good, but 2010 is going to be even better

Jared

2009 was a good one for me. I've made more than I ever have online and was able to drop a few bookkeeping clients. I'm anticipating 2010 to be my best year ever online and the year when I can finally drop my last bookkeeping client and totally support my family with my online earnings. I can't wait!

2009 was the birth of my Internet Marketing career. I forced myself to learn a lot about IM especially these last few months. This have been influenced much also by the though that I might be out of job by January next year. It would really be nice to quit my office job and work full time as an IM..

This year has been the best year for me so far regarding Internet Marketing, I have earned the most money, I have more assets behind me and I have more knowledge I have a clear goal and I know how to get there, no secret, just hard work.

As for real life, my 2 and a half year relationship broke down, however I found the most amazing, beautiful and perfect girl which I am now going out with and I could not be happier.

I am currently in China on holiday too, so things could not be better although I miss my girlfriend incredibly...

Great, pretty phenomenal I think. It had its up and downs but overall, it was alright. 2010 & 2011 is going to be awesome years though.

the best year for me so far regarding Internet Marketing

2009 was the best year ever! I went IM Full-time! 2010 will be even better!

2009 was my first full year of no job, just IM. I made a general plan last December and all started out well.

Then things changed 4 months in for the worse and I had to make changes. From there, I have had decent months and bad months. I still can't find consistency in my IM business, but working on it.

I think I just need a little more direction and discipline and focus. Maybe a mentor to hold me accountable would help?

Next week I will sit down and make a new plan for 2010 and see if I can make it a much better year.

I've had better, I've had worse. Looking forward to 2010.

Very tough year but it has forced me to work harder and expand my knowledge of IM.

This is the reason I joined this forum.

Best to all in 2010!

2009? Amazing. I discovered new techniques that netted me enough to make me more motivated than ever for 2010.

In 2010 I may start singing "The Year of the Car".

nadavs

We've only just started our on-line business and are busy learning about SEO etc, but otherwise we'll be really pleased to see the back of 2009.

Our client base halved over the past 12 months in our other business, entirely due to the recession, and we're so looking forward to making IM a full time option.

Roll on 2010!

2009 so far has been one filled with many highs and lows.

My JV partner of over two years, decided to leave IM for good, leaving me with a few things to deal with, and some still not resolved.

Midsummer was time for evaluations. Which lead to a whole new adventure in IM, left the niches I had worked on for more than 5 years and ventured out into unknown waters.

So far not bad, but I feel very confident about the new year being more financially successful.

Tina

I wouldn't say i made much success in terms of cash but was able to understand a lot about IM and guess what 2010 is just gonna be for me.

2009 was the best year of my life, I started online later in 2008 and have learned so much in 2009 I feel like a completely different person. I know that 2010 is going to be a great year for me and I am expecting 6 figures. Wish me luck!

It was my first full year of being a full time business owner.

This is a year of success for me

From just making a mere of hundreds dollar, I have grown to making a 5 figure income from home every month. (It's still varies now). Lots of automation taken place and I do not have to manually handle everything.

2009 is a good year for me. how about you?

First half was good and the next..................................

It has been great, professionally and personally (I am going to be a proud Dad in may 2010).

December has been the best month ever, with strong sales of my authority ebook, and more importantly having had two "bang!" moments that will become new products in January.

2009 has been the best year so far in IM. Went full time in March, starved untill July when a major key phrase hit page 1 and doubled what I was making in my corporate job - on a monthly basis! Looking forward to 2010!

I started off seriously in IM on 1st October this year after getting back from a 3 week honeymoon in Florida as we found out we were pregnant and i figured i would have to step up my game. I still work fulltime 9-5 but on the side, not only did i make my first thousand but made nearly three thousand dollars in commissions in my first month by the beginning of November! Bring on 2010! I have learnt so much and can't wait to earn much more!

Main Goal for 2010 - To make $5000 per month constantly and quite the 9-5!

Well, there have been much worse years in my life but i am still not fully satisfied Doubled my income in this year but i need to get focused again on so many ideas that are floating in my head, write a big plan and go for it. So the goal for 2010 would be to quadruple the current income

Let 2009 shine i only started this IM business in late November this year so just a Newbie hey!
Well even newbies can sky rocket in a few months i have some great ideas and a great business plan for 2010 so keep your eyes peed
And i look forward to some interesting JVs in the near future have great Christmas you all and an even better NEW YEAR!

Not too good to start off with.
Things have improved, have my laptop and I am in Paris {it's freezing after the Australian summer]
I have not made any money this year but I also have not increased my debts, so this is a good thing. A strange year because it was a year of waiting for changes and trying my hand at IM, this has not done too well as yet so there is a lot of room for improvement.
2010 will be a good year, for me at least. I will dedicate more time developing some IM ideas and find better coffee.

On the whole very good.

The only pain we sometimes feel is growing pains with our businesses. Expanding well, but the rate of expansion did slow down compared to before the recession.

People still want stuff, if it is stuff they are interested in.

There is still big money to be made, even these days.

Sam

2009 has made me realise that the surest path to success on the internet is through IM, 2010 is going to be the year where I use IM to achieve personal goals. That's earning enough for traveling and being able to invest in long term opportunities.

This year, 2009, was a massive roller coaster ride. I made a couple of bigtime mistakes, but took away some very important lessons from them which is going to help make 2010 an even better year. I was in and out of the hospital, dealing with health issues (I'm too young for that!), and that's humbled me bigtime. Despite the roller coaster ride, 2009 was a good year and 2010 is going to be even better,

At this point, I'd say it was rather so-so.

On the plus side, I submitted a few articles to ezinearticles.com from January to March/April, had all of them accepted without a problem. Then for some reason, my efforts petered out.

I hoped to have several minisites up and at least two or more streams of income from them, but became flummoxed in efforts to develop squeeze pages.

Biggest obstacle was and is actually getting myself focused and become more productive ...... implementing ideas rather than just daydreaming about them.

I think that even getting a single minisite up and running would motivate me to work harder and see better results.