Today I’d like to chat with you about questions.

Tony Robbins said “The quality of your life will be determined by the quality of the habitual questions you ask on a daily bases.”

Tony also talked about endless loop questions that get and keep you stuck. Questions like “Why is it that no one leaves comments on my blog?” Endless loop questions are disempowering and provoke more endless loop questions that drive you down to a place where not much good can come from. (A better question could be, “How can I repackage my message so I ignite more interaction with my target audience via blog comments?”)

So today I’d like to post some questions about your blog, or blog to be and where it’s all going for you. I’m doing this in hopes of creating some real value for you as a reader here. But more importantly, I want to be the one that saves you loads of time because if some of these questions are not answered, you could end up very frustrated and discouraged with the results you produce.

If some of these questions make you uncomfortable, that’s OK. If it’s too uncomfortable to answer, then you’re just not ready and that’s OK too.

But please understand, at some point if you don’t answer these questions, you could end up spinning your wheels for a real long time ending up frustrated, disappointed and bitter. Now we don’t want that do we?

If you do answer them, you’re chances of profiting are as good as it’s going to get for you.

And, if you were to get some coaching, I guaranty your coach is going to be asking you a lot of questions in hopes of getting you to see the answers to your aspirations and dreams that you just could not see before because you never really asked these types of questions.

Let’s ask a few simple questions.

1. Who are you talking to? (I think this is the most important question you can ask)
Say you have a blog about internet marketing, and your answer is “everyone that wants to make money online”. I can tell you right now, you’re going to be very frustrated in a few weeks or months. Why is because that answer is just too unfocused.

Your answer needs to be very clear and hyper laser focused. Think super sub niche.

If you’re into weight loss for example, think in terms of the ideal person you want to have as a subscriber. Create a list, one like the following but not limited to.

1. Woman between 28 to 38.
2. Soccer mom.
3. Two to three kids.
4. Kids are in private schools.
5. Household income is 200k a year.

But go even deeper… Much deeper.

So who are you really trying to communicate with?  Anyone who wants to lose weight is not going to cut it.

2. What will your outcome look like once it happens and how will you know?

I don’t know what your blog is about or what you want out of it but what ever it is, having a very clear picture will set the stage for every action step you take from day one.

Maybe you have a blog that is about creating change in the world and you could careless about it making any money. Great! How will you know when you have succeeded?

3. Who else has done what I want to do and how can I learn from them?

Want to save a lot of time and frustrating late nights in front of the computer screen?  Find someone successfully doing what you want to do and model them. This is a short-cut and we like shortcuts

4. Is what I’m doing now working? How do I know?
You may already be succeeding and not feeling it.

5. Am I going to create products and services for my subscribers or just do all the research on the best products and services they’d be interested in and become they’re trusted adviser?

6. What do you want your visitors to do when they see your blog for the first time?

Here is the big reason why I’m posting all this question stuff today:
I’m going through an audit right now with the tax office here in Japan and there are some areas of my business that are so unfocused, it’s made a real mess. I do not wish this on anyone, even that jerk who picked on me for being fat way back in the fifth grade. If this post and the offer that follows helps you avoid some unwanted pain down the road, then all this will serve its purpose.

Look at these questions above as a self auditing process to help you focus and give you direction. If not, you may end up in a position down the road where answering to yourself in this way is the least of your worries.

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For the first three people to leave a comment, I will personally spend 30 minutes (If needed) on the phone with you giving you free coaching which I never do anymore.

We will look at your blog and see how it can get to where you want it to be as soon as possible. If you do not have a blog yet, we can get clear on a plan of action so you are up and running this week.

If you are one of the three to take me up on my offer, you’ll need to take the following action steps.

1. Download Skype from http://www.skype.com which is free and install it on your computer.

2. Add “craiginjapan1512” to your contact list.

3. Get headphones and a Mic or a headset if you don’t already have them.

4. Email me to fix a block of time that works for us both.