2 Weeks In2 2022!
If you have seen my last 2 blogs then you know that after 2 years of "dabbling" with WA, I am making this the year that I give 100% to this business. Just like when I used to run almost daily in the Army, that initial boost quickly gives way to the "What am I doing, I can't do this!" attitude as difficulties and obstacles begin to mount. But the only option is to keep running forward anyway, even when it seems impossible.
As you know from last week I only hit 2 articles published out of my goal of 3. However this week I was able to publish 4, bringing me back to a 3 per week average. Even though I had to stay up pretty late last night to complete the fourth one! Here is my complete breakdown so far for all published articles on my website.
Those gaps are so painful for me to look at! Some were when I was working and going to school full time, some were me suffering with severe health issues (like bells palsy) while my poor wife had to deal with the kids, some were months of being depressed after my father and then a few months later my Grandmother died. No matter what the reason, that is not the way to make money in this business! As the training says, 3 articles a week!
The part that is much easier to look at is the 2022 section. In just 2 weeks my wife and I have completed 6 articles (while juggling work, school and 2 small kids as well)! 6 articles may not seem like much but they are a huge achievement for us. Especially considering we published only 4 in 2019, 11 in 2020, and 7 in 2021!
In regards to the difficulties and delays I alluded to last week, I heard back from 2 of the 3 affiliates I needed to, one just yesterday. This was great news because I was able to publish my 2 articles yesterday (women's and men's gardening boots) and I am on track to publish my next review article this upcoming Friday (about a monthly flower delivery program).
I am still a bit frustrated because one of my affiliates moved from CJ to an entirely different platform (Impact). Last year I had my first and one and only sale and it was from this affiliate, also that review page is one of my highest ranked pages (about garden statues). I spent hours to sign up for an entirely new affiliate network, had to wait over a day to be accepted, and here it is almost a week later and the affiliate has still not approved me yet, even though I was already approved with them on CJ, very frustrating!
Despite these frustrations I am optimistic due to the amount we have been able to increase our publishing schedule. Another awesome thing is that I was able to get an annoying problem with our website fixed. Every time an image was placed on our website it had a thin line border around it. This was not so bad for many pictures but the pictures with a white background (mainly the images for review articles) looked very wierd with it.
I spent about 3 hours this week researching the problem and then in the WA chat last night someone suggested contacting site support. They fixed it in just a few minutes! I am so lucky to have found this community and this platform and I am making the most of it from now on, no more dabbling!
Another awesome thing is I have really started to enjoy doing the website comments. I finally figured out the gravatar (not that hard once I actually focused on it, don't know why it took so long). So my new goal is to do at least 30 website comments a week as well. And I actually met my goal of getting this blog done on Saturday too, YAY!
Thank you everyone, you don't know how much all of you inspire me!
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Thank you so much! I don't know why its so hard for me to just "follow the instructions"! Guess I will have to blame it on my ADD.
You can only take action in the now.
NOW===>WON
Can you really see that. I mean really see that?
Or, just for you, Jeremy,
It is your INNER that make you the WINNER!
You said, the, YOUR "only option is to keep running forward anyway, even when it seems impossible".
Is DragomirVC one you follow? Romanian Rock Star is what I call him. 8 months at WA, and have to study English too.
No whining get moving. Yeah but I know you are moving! DivineGood, Elizabeth in one year ~450 posts, and look at her financial goals.
She's vacationing for a bit. But in actually 11 months, she changed our WA world and her own. She had previously published a book in 2010, now its a kindle book on Amazon for $10.
Blessings with more and more to come to you Jeremy. Keep running forward.
Suzay
Thank you so very much for your comment! Truly motivational and very useful. I need to research those individuals as you said, but just hearing you talk about these success stories really keeps me motivated to keep going! I hope one day I can be an inspiration to others as well, especially my children!
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Depending on how the advertiser transferred their program from CJ to Impact, they may have no idea that you were previously an affiliate in their program. I could tell you so many stories about Impact, but I must remain politically correct. Be patient, hopefully they'll catch up this quarter.
Thank you for the information, I had not thought of that. With that information in mind I sent them an email and a message a few days ago, unfortunately I still have not heard back! I will work on being patient like you said!
OR, you can always see if there's another source for the product and change to an advertiser who gets you approved quickly, so that you won't keep losing sales while waiting for the first one to do their job!
That is a great idea, luckily the problems are resolved now! I see by your profile that you are an affiliate program master. I am currently part of CJ and Impact and a couple individual programs as well. Hope to partner with many more quality brands as I expand my business!