What a good year for the newspapergrl blog! You were here through the grand adventure that sometimes felt like a freefall but always ended up well.

I’ve learned social media press releases, ran a successful AdWords campaign, tried out my first MSN campaign, started learning Drupal, gotten two articles published in a magazine, written my first email newsletters to large lists, wrote an infomercial, and am still transitioning into telework. I almost forgot to note I was recently voted secretary at RMAMA (Rocky Mountain Association of Affiliate Marketers).

For the next year I want to

• improve my email marketing savvy
• learn podcasting and do a few of my own
• change my blog to its own domain & make the layout cleaner
• get a few more interviews up on Affiliate Flash
• hire a designer to finish Affiliate Flash
• get up some more affiliate sites
• get a press pass to a big conference and get an article published about it

Thank you for your insightful or funny comments, your supportive emails, and friendship this year.

Famous people who’ve commented on newspapergrl: Dave Taylor of Ask Dave, Craig of Craig’s List, Shawn Collins, Richard Shefren, Matt Mullenweg, owner of WordPress Tim Storm of Fat Wallet, Jeremy Palmer, and Lee Odden. Bambi Francisco responded to a press release I wrote. I also met and exchanged emails with Rosalind Gardner. I hope I’m not forgetting anyone. If you were here, you’d hear a cheer whenever a comment comes in from people I admire.

Hope to see some of you at Affiliate Summit in a few weeks! I’m looking forward to a warm Las Vegas. You can look forward to some great posts about it. To me, it’s the highlight of the year in affiliate marketing. There are always such interesting personalities (like I say, from the high to the low rollers) and so much to learn.

Wishing you all happiness, whatever that means to you but what we all know when it’s there or when it’s absent. Pursuit it.

2 Responses to “Happy Christmas Happy New Year”

1. Vlad Says:
   December 26th, 2006 at 8:20 pm

   Happy New Year!
   Jannet I just tagged you. I am sure you have been tagged before, This is yet another game.
   http://www.volodymyrzablotskyy.com/i-too-got-tagged-now-im-it/

2. newspapergrl Says:
   December 27th, 2006 at 1:14 pm

   Vlad,
   Thanks for tagging me…I just barely got tagged and wrote, by Jeremy actually. A lot of people I know have already done it…maybe try the Yepic guys (Richard or Corey)?
   Janet

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