Starting Over and Advice Needed
Hey everyone! It's been quite a while since I've done affiliate marketing or have even gotten on Wealthy Affiliate, but about 5 months ago I had major surgery on my left hip & in fact, I'm still recovering. I was on heavy narcotics & medication for about 2 and a half months & I'm now in physical therapy recovering. At the beginning of my road to recovery, I had much time to contemplate. I realized that I did enjoy learning about affiliate marketing, but I didn't really like my niche nor did I know a lot about it. When I first started with Wealthy Affiliate I was so eager for success & wanted it right away. I put all this unnecessary stress & expectations on myself because my parents paid for my membership & I hated the idea of failure. I didn't even know anything about online businesses but was lucky to have found Wealthy Affiliate from TikTok.
So this idea of starting & owning my own website & business was sooo exciting for me especially at my age (I'm 17), but when things repeatedly didn't work out (like constantly getting rejected from affiliate programs, not making any money, or generating enough viewers) I became so angry & frustrated that I stopped. I regret stopping, but there is a lesson for everything. After my surgery, I couldn't even walk for two months much less do anything by myself so I thought it would be impossible to continue with school & everything else that was happening in my life. I now realized after some time that I was forcing myself into a niche that I honestly didn't like or know about. I also felt overwhelmed by all the information I didn't know or understand about building websites. I would constantly doubt myself & say that maybe I was too young to do something like this.
Anyways, after much time of healing & thinking, I realized that I wanted to restart. At the moment, I have no idea what I want my niche to be or where to start I just know that I wanna do it. I'm very into fitness & sports because it's always been a part of my life. I've also spent three years basically living at the doctor's office & at physical therapy due to my constant injuries from gymnastics so, I'm a little knowledgeable in that area. My old niche was about fitness apparel, but I honestly could care less about clothing. However, I am sure that I want my niche to definitely be related to fitness in some aspect.
If anyone could give me advice I would be eternally grateful. Thank you & have a wonderful evening!
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I hope your recovery continues satisfactory, but I would suggest restarting and finishing the OEC step=by-step. Of course, make sure your niche is one that you are comfortable with first!
Jeff
I hope your recovery goes well. Nice to see that you are back here. I think that telling a personal story is always an effective blog that when combined with related affiliate products can be successful. What about a blog about navigating through the health system. You probably have lots of ideas about finding out about new pain, choosing a doctor, how medical stuff interrupts life and on and on. You seem to be a pretty good write based on this post. You just breaking all that you have been through from why you needed surgery through your complete recovery might really help some other people. Just an idea, but you have sure lived it and have a great attitude.
Welcome back and wishing you a speedy recovery. Target a niche that inspires you, what would you most enjoy writing about, will you always have ideas and topics to write about.
Based on your story, I think it's going to be vital that you pick a niche which you are passionate about. When reading a blog post, I can always tell when someone truly knows and loves their subject; the writing doesn't sound like a book report!
Find your passion, start your site, and make sure you have about 8-12 posts on there before applying to any affiliate networks or posts. Then, if you run into any problems, let me know and I'll do my best to help you, since I work for an affiliate network.