New Website - New Challenge!

byAPouliot

597 followers

6 years ago

Hello WA family,

Today marks my third week in quarantine, working from home (I have the chance of still having my job). Last week, I decided to start a new challenge - a new website.

I have been here for a little more than a year now and it also been a year that I work on my MMO website. Starting in the MMO niche while you are a complete newbie... I do not recommend. 😅 Since it is really competitive, you need experience, you need to know where to go before starting to "beat" your competitor. I didn't have this experience a year ago, but I have it now.

However, in the past 2 months, I felt stuck a bit with this website since I have a lot of difficulties to find inspiration to write 2500 words on a single review. In 2020, I only wrote 2 reviews and it has been really long for me before publishing them. I didn't want to give up this website that I have been working so hard in the last year, but you know, I needed a break.

But since I am in quarantine (I still work but I have a lot of free time), I didn't want to lose my time and I thought it could be a good moment to try something new, something different. And that's where I decided to start a new website - a new challenge.

With everything that I know now, it makes it a lot more easier to build a website from scratch fast because I know where I'm going.

I started this new website last week on April 1st. I officially bought the domain on April 2nd. In one week, I had achieved more than in 3-4 months with my other website. In one week I:

• Bought a domain name
• Designed my website how I want it
• Made a logo
• Added a newsletter
• Created all the basic pages (About, privacy policy and affiliate disclosure)
• Published 6 articles of 2500+ words long (one per day)
• Wrote 17 394 words
• Received 28 comments
  

How the hell did I do that? 🤯

I always had difficulties to write 1500 in a week, how could I write 17 000 in one single week??

Motivation.

That's the only word that comes to my mind. I'm motivated. I really want to make this new project work. I know I need to keep working at it if I want it to work but I know I can.

I repeat that I did not give up on my other website. I just decided it was time I take a break. It's probably not the right thing to do I know. I should keep updating it, I know and I will, but less frequently, for now.

Writing for this new website is a lot more easier that's why I can easily reach 2500 words in one day.

The lessons I learned

Looking back at my last year here at WA I learned that every little steps that you take bring you forward even if you can't see it. That's why it's important to keep going. Yes, I'm taking a break of my first website, but I don't stop.

I decided to apply on a new website everything that I learned in the last year and it turned out pretty well until now and I have to keep it this way.

If you feel stuck, try something else, whether it is on your actual website or on a new one, but keep going. Everything that you learn is something to add in your experience booklet.

I will end this post with a quote that I saw yesterday:

"Your Speed Doesn't Matter, Forward is Still Forward."

I wish you the best during these hard times my friends, take care. xxx

Audrey