Have you set your goals and started to ramp up your internet marketing business for 2010? After a couple of weeks break over the holidays, with family visiting with us from Australia, I am in the middle of doing all this for our own IM business.

It seems to me, though, that it’s not just a moment for new and bigger ideas and goalsetting.  Along with all that it’s time to also hit “reset”.  Clear the decks.  Start the new year with a clean slate.

Let me suggest 3 important first steps you can take:

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Jay Conrad Levinson, the father of Guerrilla Marketing, tells a story about a boy who was overheard making a telephone call.

“Hello, I’m calling because I want you to be proud of your yard.”

And the reply from the other end was, “Well, we ARE really proud of our yard already.”

So he said, “Well, what I’m really calling for is to make sure that your hearts fill with joy and rapture whenever you see your garden.”

And they answered, “Young man, our hearts DO fill with joy when we see our yard or our garden.”

The boy spoke one more time. He said, “Well, the main reason I’m calling is to make sure you have the services of the best yard boy in town.”

And the reply came, “Well, young man, to tell you the truth, we already do have the services of the best yard boy in town. But thank you for calling.”

He said, “Well, I’m very happy for you”, and he hung up.

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