Articles Don't Make Money Until They Are Written
You're in Hawaii... laying on the sandy beach, with the sand between your toes, the 90-degree weather, but a cool breeze from the oceans makes it a perfect balance between hot and cold, sipping on a sweet coconut with a taste so fresh it blows your mind!
Then you you hear the faint sound of a phone ringing... it's very faint at first and you just ignore it... it gets louder and louder. You close your eyes for just a split second, and when you open your eyes, your cell phone is on the floor in front of you ringing. You look around and realize you are still at home... sitting on your coach... doing absolutely nothing...
That grand Hawaii vacation was a dream, you imagined the whole thing... and snap back to reality. You have gone nowhere. Your same problems are still there. You are still unhappy with where your life has ended up and you go back to your 'regular' life.
So... what's the point?
That story illustrates that you cannot simply think about doing something and expect it to become a reality.
You need to take action to make ANYTHING happen.
One common problem I get from new students is the need to MASTER a process before engaging. That is the guaranteed way to fail.
There is no need to be a master at website creation, no need to be a great 'writer' to be an effective blogger, no need to be great at photoshop, or computers or tablets or **insert your excuse here**
The most important thing you can do with your burgeoning online business is to start writing articles. The articles don't have to be perfect. They don't have to be great, they just have to be written.
"Great content" will always rank.
"Good Content" will rank.
"Average content" can rank
"Poor content" might rank.
"No content" WILL NEVER rank.
Fight past the mindset that you have to be 'excellent' to be a good blogger... just blog! Throw caution to the wind and take massive action.
It is the only way that you will make money. Your business, your website, your articles will not make any money until you write them.
Take control,
Chris M
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Great post and so true.
Getting content on your site is vital and that is what we need to make progress on first.
My first posts were not very good, but they do get better.
Also, we can go back and tidy those posts up at a later date.
Content is King!
Thanks for sharing
Darren :)
This article should be every newbies first lesson! And then it should follow them throughout their time here on WA. Because that's literally the key to success of this business.
People get fixated on making things perfect or being perfect with their content. And I keep it real with folks. I tell them your first couple of articles are probably going to suck and that's fine. The more you do them the better you get. When I look at articles when I first started my site, I cringe. But if I waited to be perfect then I would have just keep procrastinating and never got results.
So you've hit it on the head chris.
Stop being distracted by everything else: Are you distracted by the wrong things? Get to writing!
Chris, thanks for this post. It reminds us to keep writing and don't quit. I must admit that self doubt creeps in often. But hearing it from you means a lot because you're became successful at it.
I could not have said it better, and if you follow WA (aka Magistuduis) 7 SEO steps when posting, it would put you ahead of your competitors. Thank you for the encouragement, Chris.
David
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When we do things let's put in mind one important principle that makes it better than what we did before. But always don't push yourself pace yourself, learn things which could make your work better and better. Then remember as well what you have done in your best level is always good enough. You cannot be a tall tree suddenly let yourself grow doing things. Great advice!