I am finally getting a bit of final work done on several of my projects. It’s been a long slow road getting everything in order, but finally it looks like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think I have made a good choice on how I’m implementing these projects.

First off, I had to decide on a broad niche and then come up with supporting sites. The goal is that each site is somewhat related to the other sites so that traffic is better utilized. I’ve decided to take an expat angle.

My broad is going to have sites about international real estate, forex trading, expat jobs, services for expats…I think you get the idea. I certainly don’t have first mover advantage, but I think I just might be able to see some success with it. In fact I am already seeing some success, I just need success to translate to all of them.

Back in Personal Projects for 2008 Part I, I talked about my upcoming projects in IT that I hoped to be able to complete in 2008. I know they are ambitious and for personal business projects in the works, the list is even more ambitious.

1. I want to finish my book of short stories and poetry that I have been writing for years. I will probably self publish and do the promo work myself. That’s why this is a business project.

2. As mentioned before, I want to have five websites in some new niches put up. I want to work on the forex, asset protection and international real estate niches. I think I might put up a hotel reservations site and a supporting site. I don’t know if they will take off, but it is an area I have considerable knowledge about.

3. I want to shed my unneeded and unused domains or put them to good use. I have about 25 domains that I am not using. That seems to be a waste of money, so I intend to either cancel the domain, give the domain away, or put something worthwhile on it. I figure one website per week.

4. I want to make sure all of my books are in order and look at a way of organizing my business.

I don’t know if I will accomplish these or not, but it is sure worth a try. We will see how it all goes down soon enough.