One Step At A Time-My Progress Thus Far

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Updated 5 years ago

In my impatience to finish my Certification Course, it sometimes feels like I'm standing still. However, in looking back over the past six months, I am amazed at the progress I have made.

Slow, but sure, the WA tortoise.

I joined WA on November 7, 2017 and went Premium on Black Friday. Since that time, I have made slow, but steady progress one baby step at a time, with several zigs and zags along the way.

I have decided on my niche, bought my domain, purchased my own name domain, built my first website, published six posts, received 39 comments on my website, and this is the 38th post on my blog.

Frustration!

I am not very computer savvy, and was frustrated while learning to use Word Press. But with much support and encouragement from the community, I am now much more comfortable with the computer most of the time.

I also had a challenge getting images onto my already published posts. I was editing and adding the images in SiteContent, and was very frustrated that the images did not show up on my website. Only a blue line with the link was visible. Finally, SiteSupport told me to edit my already published articles in WordPress instead of SiteContent, and that solved the problem.

Much later, someone in the community mentioned in passing that you cannot edit an already published article on SiteContent. That was my problem all along.

Finally, Some Progress!

My First Published Post!

I wrote my first blog post on November 23, and published the first post on my website on November 24.

Once I finally got the images on my already published posts, it has been smooth sailing since then. I now add my images as I type the article, and then publish from SiteContent without a hitch!

Smooth Sailing Ahead!

Brain Fog!

During the time when I was having difficulty with brain fog from fibromyalgia, I knew I was not able to focus on anything new. However, I immersed myself in my niche and made some progress there.

I have been accepted into the affiliate program for VeryFineDanceShoes and received their permission to utilize their logo and images of their dance shoes on my site. I also made contact and discussed ballroom dance shoes with two dance instructors. I am now on a mailing list for information about ballroom dances in the Asheville, NC area and have found resources for ballrooms in other cities as well.

Thanks to Phomrong, I have developed a dancing signature that reflects my niche, and I have received many compliments on it.

I am becoming more comfortable with the computer now, and was so proud of myself for being able to make the changes for GDPR compliance without difficulty, thanks to Kyle, Loes, Marion, Mary, and others who paved the way for us.

My website and 3 of my posts as well as my new Privacy Policy have been indexed in Google. I have received my six month badge, my current rank is 42, I have 1.4K followers in my network, and I am on the verge of graduating to level 3 of the Certification Course.

Shiny Object Detour

In March, I decided to downsize and move to an apartment in town. Thus, I have been very preoccupied with preparations to sell my house, so my time for working on my WA training, content, and the community has been limited.

However, the floor covering has been replaced, the painting is finished, and most of the spiffing up is done except for some minor repairs that will hopefully be done this week. I am hopeful that the house will be ready to put on the market next week, and that it will sell quickly once it is listed for sale. Then I will be able to devote more time and energy to my business.

Future Plans

I am going to complete the series of posts describing a variety of ballroom dance shoe brands that I have been working on, and will be branching out to include dance clothing and jewelry as well.

I am gathering information on adult education dance classes and ballroom dance studios to assist my readers in finding an avenue for learning to dance that suits them and their comfort level.

I am also planning to add dance instruction videos for a variety of dances, such as cha-cha, waltz, swing, polka, foxtrot, rhumba, and others as requested by my readers.

In addition, I will be supplying information on dance rhythms, and sources of appropriate music for each of the featured dances.

I have plans to provide a billboard where ballrooms and dance instructors can post their upcoming dances and information about classes they are offering. This service will also provide information for strangers to find a place to dance when they are in a new city.

I will also be expanding the scope of my website to include folk dances, contra dancing, country and western dancing, and square dancing. As a therapist, I am especially excited about a new specialty that I just discovered...wheelchair dancing.

So you can see, I am not going to have time to get bored! As I have become more deeply involved with my niche, I have uncovered more and more fascinating additions for my website. And the more ideas that I encounter, the more excited I become!