Special Announcement …
Congratulations to Cheryl D.
Winner of the Apple iPad
AWAI is happy to announce the newest winner of AWAI’s Commit to Achieve Your Goal in 2011 giveaway!
Cheryl D. is the winner of our final 2011 Goals giveaway and our biggest prize yet – the Apple iPad!
The iPad is the best way to experience the Web, e-mail, photos, and video. And, it all come on a big, beautiful Multi-Touch screen. The 16GB Apple iPad with Wi-Fi is only 1.5 lbs. and is .5” thin – makes carrying it with you a breeze! The iPad comes with Safari, Mail, Photos, Videos, YouTube, iPod, iTunes, App Store, Maps, Notes, Calendar and Contacts applications.
This giveaway encourages you to make the commitment to your success, and at the same time gives you the opportunity to win some really fun prizes!
Cheryl’s goal for 2011: “To earn $60,000 (or more) in copywriting fees. My actions steps are: 1) commit to writing for 1 hour each day to improve my copywriting skills; 2) order AWAI's Master's Copywriting Program; 3) build my website, with portfolio of spec assignments from Masters' course and samples from other writing projects; 4) develop a marketing kit to send to at least 50 new potential clients per month which will net at least 6 clients worth $10K each by December 31, 2011.”
Thank you to everyone who participated and here’s to a successful 2011!

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Congratulations, Cheryl! Not just for the iPad, but for your specific and doable goals. I look forward to sharing success stories the end of next year!
Kellie Craft – December 24, 2010 at 9:33 am
How were the winners selected? It's fun to watch this every day, but what were the criteria?
Guest (Nancy) – December 24, 2010 at 12:21 pm
The winners were chosen at random each day using Random.org. Otherwise it would have been nearly impossible to choose the "best ones." There are many great goals for 2011!
Rebecca Matter – December 27, 2010 at 3:45 pm