It’s Canada Day! Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians. I’m heading out to the lake later today to celebrate, but first I’m doing all my month end reports.
Month end reports used to give me ulcers when I worked at an office, but now that I work from home, I really look forward to them. I mean REALLY.
Looking back over all the numbers helps me decide what’s working and what isn’t. It lets me see what parts of my sites need improving, what parts are working really well, and what parts need to be scrapped completely.
It doesn’t take long once everything is set up, and the information gained from it is well worth the time investment.
All you need is OpenOffice or MS Word. I do all my reports in OpenOffice Calc. If you want to get all organize-y, you’ll need a printer, binder and a 3-hole punch as well.
I take all the info from Clickbank, Adsense, Google Analytics, etc. and pile it all into readable reports that I then print out each month.
I keep these reports neatly organized in my super cool binder. I bought myself a cutesy girly binder from Walmart and some funky dividers just to add some fun. As if month end reports aren’t fun enough right?!?
Now I can go through these reports and map out a plan to increase my numbers for next month. Since I’ve started doing these reports, my numbers have steadily increased. It makes such a big difference when you have a really good understanding of everything that goes on with your online business.
Now I’m off to the cabin to roast some wieners and drink beer!
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I still hate month end reports, bookkeeping and all that jazz. It gives me a headache. LOL Although it is kind of cool to look back at old reports from like when I first started out and compare them to where I’m at now – it always amazes me how far I’m come.
Enjoy your day…don’t eat too many wieners or drink to much beer
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That’s precisely why I LOVE doing reports. I can see how far I’ve come which motivates me to work more. That way I can afford all the wieners and beer!
What a great idea! I spend a lot of time figuring out how to get where I want to go, but not much time looking back to see what worked and what didn’t. I’m definitely going to put something like this together.
You make it look so easy, I’m sure it’s more difficult that it seems. Specially for me that have a bit of problem with getting organized. I’m going to do this for sure, although I have to work on so many other tips, I’ve got from you, too.
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@Cindy – I hope it works for you. It’s made a huge different for me.
@Anna – If you need any help with it just let me know. I’m constantly changing my spreadsheets to make entering and analyzing data more efficient so it’s a never-ending process. Just start with one small report and add to it from there gradually.
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